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Sources: OpenAI and Microsoft talks have become so fraught that OpenAI executives discussed accusing Microsoft of anticompetitive behavior before US regulators — The startup, growing frustrated with its partner, has discussed making antitrust complaints to regulators
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| The Information: |
Sources: OpenAI wants Microsoft to take a ~33% stake in exchange for giving up future profit rights, and seeks to revise its exclusive cloud deal with Microsoft — Negotiations between Microsoft and OpenAI over the startup's plan to restructure its for-profit unit, which requires Microsoft's approval … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
The US Defense Department awards a one-year $200M contract to OpenAI to develop AI tools for addressing challenges in “warfighting and enterprise domains” — OpenAI has been awarded a $200 million contract to provide the U.S. Defense Department with artificial intelligence tools.
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| Mike Rogoway / Oregonian: |
Memo: Intel's manufacturing VP says Intel plans to cut 15%-20% of staff starting in July “to meet our affordability challenges and current financial position” — Intel plans to lay off up to a fifth of its factory workers, an enormous cutback that will have a profound effect on one of the chipmaker's core businesses.| New York Times: |
WhatsApp rolls out ads in its Updates tab, a first for the app, and Meta will collect some data to target the ads, but says it has no plans to put ads in chats — They will appear in only one part of the Meta-owned messaging service, it said. The move is potentially lucrative, while raising questions about user privacy.
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| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
Amazon plans to hold Prime Day 2025 from July 8 until July 11, lasting four days instead of the usual two and open to Prime members, starting at 3AM ET — Prime members will have even longer than usual to score some of the year's best tech deals. … Amazon has announced the dates …
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| Katie Notopoulos / Business Insider: |
The Meta AI app now shows a warning prompt before users share content to the public feed, after reports of users accidentally sharing chats with personal info — - Business Insider found that the Meta AI app's public feed was full of personal information that looked to be accidentally published.| Nieman Lab: |
Reuters 2025 Digital News Report: social media overtakes TV as the top US news source, with 54% accessing news via social media and video apps, vs. 50% for TV — Plus: The pivot to video is really happening, digital subscriptions may have peaked, and other findings from RISJ's 2025 Digital News Report.| Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
Sources: Meta's Scale AI talks started in mid-April, with Mark Zuckerberg floating a $5B investment in early May, which Alexandr Wang later countered with $20B — The negotiations started as just one billionaire tech founder talking to another. Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg approached … | Brayden Lindrea / Cointelegraph: |
TheMinerMag: the median bitcoin mining cost is set to rise 9.4% QoQ in Q2 2025 to $70K, up from $52K in Q4 2024, squeezing margins for less efficient miners — The median cost of mining a single Bitcoin was only $52,000 in Q4, but jumped 23% in the first quarter and has risen again in Q2.
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| Bloomberg: |
The US Senate's draft tax bill would raise the CHIPS Act's tax credit for semiconductor factories from 25% to 30% until the tax break expires at the end of 2026 — The Senate's draft tax bill calls for increasing an investment credit for semiconductor manufacturers, a potential boon … | Mark Sweney / The Guardian: |
Sky, ITV, and Channel 4 plan to provide streaming ad space in one marketplace, letting advertisers run campaigns simultaneously, to combat Google and Meta — The TV streamers are pooling their advertising services to make it easier for small companies to run campaigns| Mark Mwachiro / Adweek: |
Meta launches generative AI tools in its Advantage+ suite for advertisers and agencies at Cannes, including to turn still images into videos and Virtual Try-On — The new features include the ability to transform still images into video. — With the advertising world congregating this week … | Isabel Berwick / Financial Times: |
Studies: women are 25% less likely than men to have basic digital skills, are more likely to be in automation-threatened jobs, and use ChatGPT less at work — Curiosity, experimentation and learning are crucial if women are to shape the future of work — The writer is FT Working It editor and author of ‘The Future-Proof Career’Sponsor Posts
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