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| Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times: |
An interview with Jony Ive and Laurene Powell Jobs on tech's next chapter, meeting in 1997, Steve Jobs, Apple, Powell Jobs backing LoveFrom in 2019, and more — After Apple, the Silicon Valley visionaries are looking to artificial intelligence to shape the future again
More: The Verge, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Neowin, Forbes, Fortune, iClarified, The Guardian, Spyglass, Apple Must, 9to5Mac, and Benzinga
| Edith Hancock / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple appeals the EU's iOS interoperability order under the DMA, saying the requirements create “a process that is unreasonable, costly, and stifles innovation” — Companies face fines of up to 10% their worldwide annual turnover if the EU decides they are flouting its Digital Markets Act
More: Axios, Thurrott, Reuters, WebProNews, New York Post, iClarified, Cult of Mac, BGR, MacRumors, WinBuzzer, 9to5Mac, Patently Apple, and MacTech.com
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Meta aims to help brands fully create and target ads using AI by the end of 2026, including images and budgetary goals, expanding its current AI tools — AI-powered advertising is part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg's vision for the company's future — Meta Platforms is betting that automation is the future of ads.
More: PCMag, Benzinga, Cryptopolitan, Neowin, Yahoo Finance, The Guardian, Quartz, Reuters, Adweek, Proactive, Morningstar, Inc., WinBuzzer, The Economic Times, TVNewsCheck, TheCable, and Sherwood News. Bluesky: @hypervisible
| Financial Times: |
Sources: xAI is launching a $300M secondary stock offering that values the group at $113B, allowing staff to sell shares to new investors — Deal to allow investors to buy into group following March takeover of X — Tabby Kinder, George Hammond and Hannah Murphy in San Francisco, and Ivan Levingston in London
More: New York Times and Reuters
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Samsung is nearing a deal to invest in Perplexity, preload Perplexity's app on Samsung devices, add Perplexity search to Samsung's browser, and more — The two companies are in talks to preload Perplexity's app and assistant on upcoming Samsung devices and integrate …
More: Thurrott, The Information, Tech.co, TechCrunch, MobileSyrup, Tom's Guide, Lifewire, Patently Apple, Android Police, PCMag, WinBuzzer, Moneycontrol, Analytics India Magazine, PhoneArena, Fortune, Radio Free Mobile, TechRadar, Trusted Reviews, TechIssuesToday.com, Sam Lover, Business Today, NDTV Profit, Business Standard, KED Global, Android Authority, Android Headlines, Neowin, SamMobile, Financial Express, SammyGuru, Tech in Asia, Blockchain.News, Cryptopolitan, and DigiTimes
Bluesky: @emilprotalinski. X: @testingcatalog, @joshuatopolsky, @maxwinebach, and @markgurman. Forums: r/Android
| Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: |
A deep dive into Apple TV's privacy features shows that Apple's streaming device is more private than the vast majority of alternatives, save for dumb TVs — Using the Apple TV app or an Apple account means giving Apple more data, though. … Among smart TVs, streaming sticks …
More: MacRumors and PCWorld
Mastodon: @mookie@wantstoruletheworld …. Forums: r/apple, r/technews, r/privacy, Ars OpenForum, and MacRumors Forums
| Emily Mullin / Wired: |
Paradromics inserted its Connexus brain implant in a patient and removed it after ~10 minutes during epilepsy surgery on May 14, a first for the Neuralink rival — Paradromics, a brain-computer interface startup, inserted its brain implant in a person—briefly—in an early test of its technology.| Barbara Moens / Financial Times: |
The EU Commission fines European takeaway groups Delivery Hero and Glovo €329M for taking part in an “online food delivery cartel”, ending its July 2024 probe — European Commission says European food delivery groups shared trade secrets — Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT …
More: Agence France-Presse, UPI, Nairametrics, European Commission, Wall Street Journal, Euractiv, Delivery Hero, and Politico
X: @lewis_crofts and @eu_competition
| Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: |
A UK government trial of 20K+ civil servants using Microsoft Copilot for three months found that they saved 26 minutes per day on average, or two weeks per year — Staff used Microsoft's Copilot to help draft documents and summarise meetings — Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest …
More: GeekWire, Windows Central, GOV.UK, ComputerWeekly.com, and Microsoft
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
X aims to roll out an “XChat” messaging feature “with encryption, vanishing messages and the ability to send any kind of file” to all users this week — Elon Musk on Sunday announced that a new version of X's Direct Messaging (DM) feature, XChat …
More: The Information, Patently Apple, CryptoRank, Business Insider, CoinDesk, The Hans India, PCMag, WinBuzzer, Coinpedia Fintech News, Nairametrics, CryptoPotato, Mashable, Business Today, CryptoSlate, Bitcoin Insider, Financial Express, Forbes, The Independent, Digit, Decrypt, Crypto Briefing, Benzinga, Cointelegraph, Cryptopolitan, The Crypto Times, and CoinGape. Bluesky: @3fecta
| Maureen Farrell / New York Times: |
US asset management firms like Blackstone, KKR, and BlackRock are pouring hundreds of billions into AI data centers, creating “oversupply” and bubble concerns — Private equity firms like Blackstone are using their clients' money to buy and build data centers to fuel the artificial intelligence boom.
Bluesky: @ekp
| Yadarisa Shabong / Reuters: |
UK neobank Monzo reports FY 2025 revenue up 48% YoY to £1.2B, pretax profit up 335% YoY to £60.5M, deposits up 48% YoY to £16.6B, and users up 25% YoY to 12.2M — Monzo reported revenue above 1 billion pounds ($1.35 billion) for the first time and a sharp rise in annual profit …
More: PYMNTS.com, Bloomberg, Monzo, Tech.eu, The Times, The Independent, Tech in Asia, Finextra, and UKTN
| Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
Filing: neobank Chime plans to sell ~26M shares in its IPO at $24 to $26, valuing it a $10.3B to $11.1B; co-founders Chris Britt and Ryan King each own 4% to 5% — Banking app Chime plans to sell shares in an initial public offering at a price that would value it at between $10.3 billion and $11.1 billion …
More: PYMNTS.com, Business Wire, Fast Company, Fortune, Proactive, Bloomberg, The Crypto Times, Reuters, Reuters, and Axios
X: @jrichlive, @danprimack, and @mikulaja
| Le Monde: |
Paris' public prosecutor says it charged 25 people, including six minors, over a spate of kidnappings and attempted abductions targeting crypto executives — Twenty-five people, including six minors, were charged in Paris over a spate of kidnappings and attempted abductions in France's cryptocurrency world …
More: crypto.news, Blockhead, Cointelegraph, The Block, and Cryptopolitan
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