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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple execs have held internal discussions about bidding for, or partnering with, Perplexity, seeking to address the need for more AI talent and tech  —  Apple Inc. executives have held internal discussions about potentially bidding for artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta held talks with Perplexity about a possible takeover and tried to hire CEO Aravind Srinivas before moving ahead with its investment in Scale AI  —  The two companies couldn't come to an agreement and decided not to pursue the deal, said the people, who asked not to be named as the details of the talks aren't public.
Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta unveils the $399+ Oakley Meta HSTN glasses, with Meta AI and the features of its Ray-Ban models, plus 3K video recording and double the battery life  —  The new lineup starts at $399 and captures 3K video. … Meta is announcing its next pair of smart glasses with Oakley.
Financial Times:
Sources: Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab raised $2B led by a16z at a $10B valuation; Murati will hold board voting rights that outweigh all other directors  —  Six-month-old secretive AI start-up in one of the largest initial funding rounds in Silicon Valley's history
Bloomberg:
Sources: Masayoshi Son is pitching Trump officials and TSMC on a Shenzhen-like $1T AI and robotics manufacturing hub in Arizona, codenamed Project Crystal Land  —  Musk's xAI Sparks New EU Scrutiny Ahead of Potential X Penalty  —  Iran-Israel Conflict Spreads to Hacks on Banks, Crypto
Ina Fried / Axios:
Anthropic's test of 16 top AI models from OpenAI and others found that, in some cases, they resorted to malicious behavior to avoid replacement or achieve goals  —  Large language models across the AI industry are increasingly willing to evade safeguards, resort to deception and even attempt …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: an official told Samsung, SK Hynix, and TSMC that the US wants to revoke waivers that let them ship American chipmaking equipment to Chinese factories  —  Move isn't meant to escalate trade tensions, White House officials say  —  A U.S. official told top global semiconductor makers …
Reed Albergotti / Semafor:
Sources: Reddit is exploring Tools for Humanity's World ID identity system to allow users to verify that they are unique individuals while remaining anonymous  —  THE SCOOP  —  Reddit is considering using World ID, the verification system based on iris-scanning Orbs whose parent company was co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
Marina Temkin / TechCrunch:
Cluely, which wants to help users “cheat on everything”, including job interviews and exams, raised a $15M Series A led by a16z, two months after a $5.3M seed  —  Cluely, a startup that claims to help users “cheat” on job interviews, exams, and sales calls, has raised …
Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Coinbase says it has secured a MiCA license from Luxembourg to offer crypto services across the EU, and will shift its European base from Ireland to Luxembourg  —  Coinbase has secured a license from Luxembourg to offer crypto services across the European Union and will make the country its central hub in the region.
Wen-Yee Lee / Reuters:
Sources: Foxconn and Nvidia are in talks to deploy humanoid robots at a new Foxconn factory in Houston by Q1 2026 to produce Nvidia AI servers  —  Taiwan's Foxconn (2317.TW) and U.S. artificial intelligence chips maker Nvidia (NVDA.O) are in talks to deploy humanoid robots at a new Foxconn factory …

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast plans to spin off its media and entertainment assets, including NBCUniversal and Sky, into a new publicly traded entity, set to close by mid-2027

Dan Mangan / CNBC:
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New York Times:
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Christine Wang / Axios:
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince says Google's ratio of pages crawled per visitor sent to a publisher fell from 2:1 10 years ago to 18:1; for OpenAI, it's 1,500:1
Financial Times:
The BBC threatens Perplexity with legal action for allegedly training its “default AI model” using BBC content; Perplexity calls the BBC's claims “manipulative”
Dia Rekhi / The Economic Times:
Sources: Foxconn plans to manufacture iPhone enclosures in India by establishing a new unit in Tamil Nadu; only Tata currently makes iPhone enclosures in India
Angus Whitley / Bloomberg:
Australia's government-backed tech trial finds checking a user's age is technologically possible, clearing the way for a social media ban for under-16s in 2025
Barbara Ortutay / Associated Press:
Trump extends the TikTok ban deadline for a third time; there is no legal basis for the extensions, and it's unclear how many times the deadline can be extended
Guillaume Grallet / Le Point:
Q&A with Pavel Durov on his arrest in France, Macron, Russia, the FBI, the fight for Telegram, leaving his wealth to the 100+ children he has fathered, and more
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