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| Chris Stokel-Walker / Fast Company: |
Some WordPress veterans and the Linux Foundation start FAIR, a federated update network to decentralize WordPress infrastructure and boost supply chain security — Backed by the Linux Foundation, the new federated update network aims to decentralize WordPress infrastructure …
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Forums: r/Wordpress, r/WPDrama, and Slashdot
| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Bill Atkinson, a pioneering Apple engineer and key member of the original Macintosh team, died on June 5 at age 74 from pancreatic cancer — From his family, on Atkinson's Facebook page: … One of the great heroes in not just Apple history, but computer history.
More: Wired, New York Times, AppleInsider, and Six Colors
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| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
An interview with Leah Belsky, OpenAI's VP of Education, as the startup competes with Google and others to offer premium AI tools to universities and students — OpenAI, the firm that helped spark chatbot cheating, wants to embed A.I. in every facet of college. First up: 460,000 students at Cal State.
More: Gizmodo, The Japan Times, Politico, Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, and Independent Institute
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| Michael Acton / Financial Times: |
Former Apple employees say integrating LLMs with Siri has led to bugs, an issue not faced by companies that have built GenAI-based voice assistants from scratch — iPhone-maker hit by technological challenges that have led to delays to the full rollout of its ‘Apple Intelligence’ features
More: Gizmodo
| Sam Phillips / South China Morning Post: |
Singapore-based investment app Syfe raised a $53M Series C extension, taking the round to $80M and total funding to $132M, and plans to expand into Hong Kong — Singapore-based Syfe's expansion plans reflect the city's position as the largest hedge fund and cross-border wealth management hub in Asia| Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch: |
Obvio, which uses AI-powered stop sign cameras to detect infractions, raised a $22M Series A led by Bain to expand beyond its first five cities in Maryland — American streets are incredibly dangerous for pedestrians. A San Carlos, California-based startup called Obvio thinks it can change … | Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: |
Justin Sun-linked BiT Global dismisses with prejudice its lawsuit against Coinbase for delisting wBTC; the delisting followed Coinbase launching rival cbBTC — BiT Global agreed to dismiss its lawsuit against Coinbase, with each party covering its own legal expenses. — What to know:
More: Cryptopolitan, The Block, and The Crypto Times
| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
Enterprise vibe coding startup Superblocks raised a $23M Series A, bringing its total funding to $60M, and launched an enterprise coding AI agent called Clark — Brad Menezes, CEO of enterprise vibe coding startup Superblocks, believes the next crop of billion-dollar startup ideas are hiding … | Rest of World: |
Filipino workers in Taiwan's chip industry report struggling with overwork and discrimination, citing overnight shifts of up to 16 hours and abusive treatment — A record number of people are leaving the Philippines to work in Taiwanese factories, where they face long shifts, low pay, and unequal treatment.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: ByteDance replaced some TikTok Shop's US staff in Seattle with China-based managers after 2024 US revenue hit $9B, far short of its $17.5B goal — TikTok Shop initially set a goal to increase its US e-commerce business tenfold last year to $17.5 billion in transaction volume …
More: NewsMax.com and Digital Music News
| The Guardian: |
Sources: the UK has delayed proposals to regulate AI, with plans to introduce an AI bill in 2026 to address concerns about issues like safety and copyright — Law expected to include safety and copyright issues but delay likely to raise concerns about ongoing lack of regulation| Lizzie Dearden / New York Times: |
The UK High Court warns lawyers of possible criminal charges for using AI-generated fake legal material, citing two recent cases with hallucinated content — A senior judge said on Friday that lawyers could be prosecuted for presenting material that had been “hallucinated” by artificial intelligence tools.
More: Associated Press, Pivot to AI, TechCrunch, The Guardian, Politico, and Daily Mail
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| Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
Sources: before installing Starlink at the White House in February, DOGE ignored security concerns that the service bypasses traditional WH security controls — Starlink satellite connections in the White House bypass controls meant to stop leaks and hacking.
More: NewsMax.com, Mother Jones, Raw Story, and To the Contrary
Bluesky: @aleksandrina, @wandery, @jimgoldgeier, and @paleofuture
Forums: r/Military, r/technology, r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/somethingiswrong2024, r/Intelligence, and r/politics
| Dan Whateley / Business Insider: |
YouTube rolls out a tool to let some creators upload different thumbnails for each video dubbed into a different language, to help expand their global audience — - YouTube is adding a new tool to let creators change thumbnails for videos in different languages.Sponsor Posts
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