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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump says Elon Musk “went CRAZY” and that canceling his government contracts is “the easiest way to save money”, as their One Big Beautiful bill feud escalates  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday called Elon Musk “CRAZY” and threatened to cut his companies' government contracts …
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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
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Apple's July 2022 to June 2024 transparency report shows it gave governments data tied to thousands of push notifications, which can include unencrypted content  —  Apple provided governments around the world with data related to thousands of push notifications sent to its devices …
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 …
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Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google rolls out an upgraded preview of Gemini 2.5 Pro and says its Elo scored jumped by 24 points to 1470 and it leads on coding benchmarks like Aider Polyglot  —  Google today released an “upgraded preview” of Gemini 2.5 Pro that will soon be generally available in the coming weeks.
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
Source: Trump's World Liberty Financial sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company behind $TRUMP and to Magic Eden after they announced the $TRUMP Wallet  —  Tensions between the competing factions of Donald Trump's ever-growing crypto empire are ramping up, with a company owned in part …
Rocket Drew / The Information:
Source: Amazon is developing software for package delivery humanoid robots and is almost done building 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 …
Shannon Bond / NPR:
OpenAI says it disrupted 10 malicious operations in the past three months, four of which likely originated in China and targeted multiple countries and topics  —  Chinese propagandists are using ChatGPT to write posts and comments on social media sites — and also to create performance reviews detailing …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
An Apple-funded study says developers using the App Store generated $1.3T globally in billings and sales in 2024, 90% on which developers paid no commission  —  Ahead of its Worldwide Developer Conference on June 9, Apple on Thursday offered a new update on its global App Store business …
Dario Amodei / New York Times:
Anthropic CEO says a 10-year moratorium on AI regulation is “far too blunt an instrument” and calls for US federal transparency standards for AI companies  —  Picture this: You give a bot notice that you'll shut it down soon, and replace it with a different artificial intelligence system.
Bloomberg:
Cursor maker Anysphere raised $900M led by Thrive at a $9.9B valuation, bringing its total funding to $1B+ and says its annualized revenue crossed $500M  —  The artificial intelligence rush has enabled some small startups to grow very big very quickly.  But by some estimates …
Tanaya Macheel / CNBC:
Shares of Circle jumped 124%, opening at $69.50 on the NYSE, after the stablecoin company raised almost $1.1B in an IPO  —  Shares of Circle Internet Group soared 124% after the stablecoin company and its selling shareholders raised almost $1.1 billion in an initial public offering.
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.
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 …
Chris Welch / Bloomberg:
OnePlus unveils the $700+ OnePlus Pad 3, a 13.2-inch Android tablet less than 6mm thick, with a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, 17+ hours of battery life, and an LCD  —  Three generations into its Pad lineup, OnePlus is still trying to stand out in a market dominated by a few players.

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