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June 5, 2025, 9:05 AM

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David Keohane / Financial Times:
Nintendo launches the Switch 2 globally, with midnight store openings and long queues; analysts expect it to sell 15M to 20M units, in line with its FY guidance  —  Mario fans queue at midnight store openings after games company apologises for failing to meet pre-order demand
Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal:
Reddit sues Anthropic, alleging it accessed Reddit 100K+ times after saying it had stopped; Reddit has reached user data licensing deals with OpenAI and Google  —  The online discussion forum says Anthropic continued to access its site over 100,000 times after saying it stopped
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Epic v. Apple: a US appeals court rejects Apple's request to pause key parts of a federal judge's order requiring it to open the App Store to more competition  —  Apple (AAPL.O) has failed to persuade a U.S. appeals court to pause key parts of a federal judge's order requiring the iPhone maker …
Rocket Drew / The Information:
Source: Amazon is developing software for humanoid robots to deliver packages and is near completion of an indoor “humanoid park” in San Francisco to test them  —  Amazon is developing software for humanoid robots that could eventually take the jobs of delivery workers …
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
Court filing: OpenAI seeks to block a May 13 order requiring it to save all ChatGPT user logs, including deleted chats, “to protect its users' data and privacy”  —  OpenAI is now fighting a court order to preserve all ChatGPT user logs—including deleted chats and sensitive chats logged through …
Lila Shapiro / Vulture:
Hollywood insiders report widespread off-the-books AI experimentation in studios, often hidden to avoid backlash, despite union contracts limiting AI use  —  “We can say, ‘Do it in anime, make it PG-13.’ Three hours later, I'll have the movie."  —  One recent evening on the Eastside of Los Angeles …
Emine Saner / The Guardian:
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Apple's July 2022 to June 2024 transparency report shows it gave governments data on thousands of push notifications, which can include unencrypted content  —  Push notification data can sometimes include the unencrypted content of notifications.  Requests include from the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Israel.
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
OpenAI rolls out connectors for services like Dropbox and OneDrive for ChatGPT Team, Enterprise, and Edu; MCP support is coming to Pro, Team, and Enterprise  —  OpenAI's ChatGPT is adding new features for business users, including integrations with different cloud services, meeting recordings …
Hayden Field / The Verge:
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Anthony Hughes / Bloomberg:
Circle priced its upsized IPO at $31 per share, above its marketed range of $27 to $28, raising nearly $1.1B and valuing the company at approximately $6.9B  —  The firm and backers including co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Jeremy Allaire sold 34 million shares Wednesday for $31 each …
Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer:
The US DOJ seized ~145 domains and crypto linked to BidenCash, a dark web market that made $17M+ in revenue since 2022 by selling stolen credit cards and more  —  Earlier today, law enforcement seized multiple domains of BidenCash, the infamous dark web market for stolen credit cards, personal information, and SSH access.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Meta reveals more information about its research glasses Aria Gen 2, including their form factor, computer vision cameras, sensors, and on-device compute  —  Aria Gen 2 is designed to help ‘shape the next computing platform’ with advanced eye- and hand-tracking capabilities.
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Counterpoint revises its 2025 global smartphone shipment growth forecast to 1.9% YoY, down from 4.2%, citing “renewed uncertainties surrounding US tariffs”  —  Forecasts for Apple and Samsung shipment growth this year were sharply slashed by Counterpoint Research on Wednesday amid uncertainty over U.S. tariff policy.
Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac:
Sources: Apple may announce new features for AirPods at WWDC, including iPhone camera control, new head gestures, and sleep detection for pausing playback  —  Yesterday, 9to5Mac exclusively preported a handful of iOS 26 features that Apple has been working on and may announce on WWDC for its native apps.
Bloomberg:
Wise says it plans to shift main listing from London to New York, the latest blow to London's stock market, and will maintain a secondary listing on the LSE  —  Wise Plc is planning to list its shares in the US, the latest blow to London's stock market.  —  While the fintech will maintain …
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Lime and Uber sign a new multiyear deal to let Uber feature Lime's shared bikes and scooters on its ridehail app; the deal was set to expire in 2025  —  The micromobility company is renewing its deal with Uber that allows the ridehail company to feature its bikes and scooters in its app.
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
The IRS open sourced most of its Direct File tax software on GitHub last week, fulfilling a legal requirement under the SHARE IT Act, despite Intuit pressure  —  The IRS open sourced much of its incredibly popular Direct File software as the future of the free tax filing program is at risk …
Karen Gilchrist / CNBC:
Sensor Tower: Temu's US DAUs fell 52% in May compared to March, while Shein's dropped 25%, amid the US' China tariffs and the closure of “de minimis” loophole  —  Use of low-cost e-commerce giants Temu and Shein has slowed significantly in the key U.S. market amid President Donald Trump's tariffs …
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