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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 Tesla CEO Elon Musk “CRAZY” and threatened to cut …
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Tanaya Macheel / CNBC:
Circle's stock soared 168% on Thursday, closing at $83.23 on the NYSE after its IPO priced at $31; the stablecoin company raised almost $1.1B in the offering  —  Shares of Circle Internet Group soared 168% on Thursday after the stablecoin company and its selling shareholders raised almost $1.1 billion in an initial public offering.
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:
Some creatives and academics are rejecting generative AI at work and at home on environmental and ethical grounds, but realize they may end up using it anyway
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google releases an upgraded preview of Gemini 2.5 Pro, saying its Elo score jumped by 24 points on LMArena and it leads in 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.
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
Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg:
Defense tech startup Anduril raised a $2.5B Series G led by Founders Fund, which invested $1B, at a $30.5B valuation, up from $14B in August 2024  —  The latest capital injection and increased valuation — up from $14 billion last year — underscores how quickly the company is establishing itself …
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 …
Thomas Brewster / Forbes:
Cellebrite agrees to buy virtualization software startup Corellium in a $200M deal, with Corellium founder Chris Wade, pardoned by Trump in 2020, joining as CTO  —  Corellium founder and CEO Chris Wade is selling his startup to Cellebrite, law enforcement's favorite cellphone forensics business.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
X is piloting a new program to use Community Notes feature to highlight posts on which people of typically differing opinions agree with each other  —  Elon Musk's X is piloting a new program to use its Community Notes feature to highlight posts where people of typically differing opinions actually agree …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Anthropic unveils a new set of Claude Gov models tailored for US national security customers and designed to be applied to planning, analysis, and more  —  Anthropic says it has released a new set of AI models tailored for U.S. national security customers.  —  The new models, a custom set of …
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 …
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 …
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.
Dylan Martin / CRN:
AMD says it has acquired the team behind AI inference chip developer Untether AI, a day after announcing it acquired AI software optimization startup Brium  —  The chip designer confirms to CRN that it has acquired the employees of Untether AI, a developer of AI inference chips marketed …
More: SiliconANGLE, HPCwire, Evertiq AB, CRN, and TechCrunch
X: @rwang07.  LinkedIn: Justin Kinsey and Dylan Martin.  Forums: r/AMD_Stock
Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal:
Shield Technology Partners, which provides an AI-enabled managed IT service platform, launches with over $100M from Thrive Holdings and ZBS Partners  —  The company established by venture-capital firm Thrive Capital joined with ZBS to invest $100 million into an entity that will integrate AI into IT firms

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
AP warns Lee Enterprises that Lee's attempt to end its deal with AP early, on April 26 instead of December 31, could lead to breach of contract consequences

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Times of London says cutting the number of stories it publishes by 25% as part of a “fewer, better stories” strategy led to three months of audience growth

Ted Johnson / Deadline:
CNN defends the authenticity of an Iranian “victory” statement, saying it came from “official Iranian spokespeople”, after criticism from Trump and Brendan Carr

More News

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Walmart expands its partnership with Alphabet-owned Wing to bring drone delivery services to Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando, and Tampa, adding 100 stores
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Apple's transparency reports show it gave governments data on thousands of push notifications, which can contain unencrypted info, from July 2022 to June 2024
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

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Bloomberg:
Wise says it plans to shift its main listing from London to NYC, the latest loss for London's stock market, but will maintain a secondary listing on the LSE
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”
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