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| Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: |
TSMC CEO C.C. Wei says TSMC expects a record profit in 2025 despite geopolitical, tariff, and FX risks, and confirms it is not building a fab in the Middle East — HSINCHU, Taiwan — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. on Tuesday said it expects to log a record profit … | Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
TSMC CEO C.C. Wei blames worsening traffic for delays in adding a second plant in Japan, and reaffirms plans to spend $100B in Arizona over the next five years — Wei reaffirmed a commitment to spend another $100 billion ramping up manufacturing in Arizona over the next half-decade.
More: MacDailyNews, Fortune, Verdict, The Japan Times, Benzinga, and TechSpot
| Thomas Ptacek / Fly: |
A software developer explains how AI agents help automate tedious coding tasks, and addresses concerns like hallucinations, job losses, mediocre code, and more — Tech execs are mandating LLM adoption. That's bad strategy. But I get where they're coming from.
More: Forbes and Simon Willison's Weblog
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X: @mitchellh, @tqbf, and @patio11
Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, r/programmingcirclejerk, and Lobsters
| Reuters: |
Microsoft, Google, CrowdStrike, and Palo Alto Networks plan to create a public glossary of state-sponsored hacking groups to ease unofficial alias confusion — Microsoft, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto (PANW.O) and Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google on Monday said they would create a public glossary …
More: Microsoft Security Blog, Microsoft Learn, Metacurity, WebProNews, CrowdStrike, CSO, SC Media, Neowin, BleepingComputer, Cyber Security News, WinBuzzer, SiliconANGLE, Cybersecurity Dive, The Hacker News, Cyber Daily, and BetaNews
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Forums: r/cybersecurity and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Elon Musk is selling $5B in xAI debt at a double-digit interest rate via Morgan Stanley, with demand already over $3.5B and commitments due by June 17 — Elon Musk is selling $5 billion in debt for his artificial intelligence startup, xAI Corp., the latest in a series … | Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
More: Neuralink Blog, The Economic Times, Maginative, Cryptopolitan, Nairametrics, Tech in Asia, Business Today, Reuters, SiliconANGLE, CNBC, and Bloomberg
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| Gregory Meyer / Financial Times: |
A look at Walmart's use of automation to grow sales without job creation, as analysts say its staff count raise questions about the future of US retail labor — Growth in ecommerce and automation sparks questions about future of retail sector's labour force| Financial Times: |
Sources: Xiaomi is among the Chinese companies most affected by new US chip design tool export rules, including its new 3nm mobile chip made by TSMC in Taiwan — Companies may struggle to manufacture silicon in Taiwan with export controls preventing updates to design tools| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on Airbnb Experiences, launching new services, OpenAI, AI agents, making decisions at Airbnb, cutting PMs, Jony Ive, and more — Today, I'm talking with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky. This is Brian's fourth time on the show, and he's one of my favorite guests …
Bluesky: @roqueig and @mhwilliams
| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces Windows changes in response to the EU's DMA for EEA users, including Edge not prompting users to set it as the default browser unless opened — Apparently only the Digital Markets Act can stop Bing from begging you to switch . … Microsoft's changes in response …
More: Windows Blog, Engadget, XDA Developers, BetaNews, PC Gamer, Tom's Guide, TechSpot, Tech Times, Silicon Republic, Neowin, Windows Central, and Thurrott
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| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio launches LawZero, a nonprofit focused on safer AI; LawZero has raised nearly $30M from donors including Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn — Turing Award winner launches LawZero not-profit for safer AI, while warning recent models display dangerous characteristics
More: Axios, Time, Axios, HPCwire, The Guardian, Bloomberg, and Tech in Asia
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| Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority: |
Google says it is ending PayPal account integration in Google Wallet for US users, effective June 13, after stopping new PayPal account linking in April 2025 — Later this month, Google Wallet will no longer let users in the U.S. use their PayPal account for payments
More: ZDNET, Engadget, PCMag, TechSpot, WinBuzzer, Android Police, The Verge, 9to5Google, Thurrott, TechIssuesToday.com, Tech in Asia, The Hans India, Tech Times, Pocket-lint, Android Headlines, WebProNews, and Phone Scoop. Forums: r/technology
| Kate Park / TechCrunch: |
Dublin-based cross-border payment startup NomuPay raised a $40M Series C at a $290M valuation, following a $37M Series B at a $200M valuation in January 2025 — As global trade evolves, there's an increasing demand for diverse cross-border payment options.| Gina Narcisi / CRN: |
Ciroos.AI, whose AI-powered site reliability engineering tool built on MPC and A2A helps businesses automate operations, emerges from stealth and raised $21M — Founded by a deep bench of tech talent, including former Cisco, AWS and Gigamon execs, Ciroos.AI is launching with $21 million raised …
More: SiliconANGLE and Constellation Research
| Tim Starks / CyberScoop: |
Cynthia Kaiser, the FBI's former deputy assistant director leading cyber policy, intel, and engagement, left to join cybersecurity company Halcyon as an SVP — The 20-year bureau pro wants to see what it's like to fight ransomware from the private sector. — Learn more.
More: Halcyon Tech, Inc and Nextgov/FCW
| Chester Dawson / Bloomberg: |
Indeed says CEO Chris Hyams has stepped down, replaced by parent company Recruit Holdings CEO Hisayuki “Deko” Idekoba, who returns to the role after six years — Hisayuki ‘Deko’ Idekoba resumed the top job from Chris Hyams, who has stepped down.| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Broadcom begins shipping its Tomahawk 6 data center switch chips, which it says can perform the work of six previous-gen chips, to improve GPU utilization rates — Data center switch will let customers get more from their Nvidia processors — Broadcom Inc. began shipping a new version …
More: Reuters, SiliconANGLE, Investor's Business Daily, Broadcom Inc., and Motley Fool
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Adobe launches Photoshop for Android in beta for devices running Android 11 or later with 6GB+ of RAM, offering tools like layers, masks, and Generative Fill — Android users can now download Photoshop for mobile. Adobe announced on Tuesday that it's releasing the beta version …
More: 9to5Google, Android Police, PCMag, PhoneArena, Android Authority, nextpit, WinBuzzer, and BGR
| Miguel Salazar / New York Times: |
David Cope, a composer and algorithmic composition pioneer who developed a program in the 1980s to write music in the style of Bach and others, died at age 83 — His EMI algorithm, an early form of artificial intelligence that he developed in the 1980s, prompted searching questions about the limits of human creativity.| New York Times: |
Sources: the FTC is investigating whether roughly a dozen US advertising and advocacy groups violated antitrust law by coordinating boycotts among advertisers — The regulator is looking into whether roughly a dozen groups violated antitrust law by coordinating boycotts among advertisers.
More: Bloomberg and HotAir
Bluesky: @karlbode.com, @carnage4life, @emptywheel, @i-hate-acronyms, @kenvogel, @democratswin, @ernie.tedium.co, @paleofuture, @jessehawken, @hypervisible, @mtsw, and @mmasnick. Mastodon: @dangillmor@mastodon.social
| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
After Google lost two US antitrust cases in the past year, a look at critics' claims that a breakup might be better for investors, customers, and innovation — Google has lost two important antitrust cases in the past year. Its search business is threatened, and its stock is stalled.| Michael Acton / Financial Times: |
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