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June 20, 2025, 6:45 AM

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Barbara Ortutay / Associated Press:
Trump extends the TikTok ban deadline for a third time; there is no legal basis for the extensions and it is unclear how many times the deadline can be extended  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 90 days to give …
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Angus Whitley / Bloomberg:
A government-backed tech trial in Australia finds user age checks are technologically possible, clearing the way for a social media ban for under-16s this year  —  Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s moved closer to implementation after a key trial found that checking …
Richard Waters / Financial Times:
Tesla's robotaxi service will launch in Austin with just ~10 cars that are geofenced to avoid complex intersections and monitored by backup teleoperators  —  Autonomous ride-hailing service to make tentative debut in Austin, Texas, with only about 10 cars  —  For Elon Musk, tech's great showman …
Kate Rooney / CNBC:
Sources: Meta tried to buy Safe Superintelligence earlier this year; Zuckerberg moved to recruit SSI CEO Daniel Gross after Ilya Sutskever rebuffed the offer  —  When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg poached Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang last week as part of a $14.3 billion investment …
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Marissa Newman / Bloomberg:
Israeli authorities urge citizens to turn off home cameras, and say Iran is tapping into security cameras in Israel to gather real-time intelligence for attacks  —  Iran is tapping into private security cameras in Israel to gather real-time intelligence about its adversary …
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Peggy Corlin / Euronews:
The EU says Apple and Meta will not face sanctions immediately after their 60-day DMA grace period ends on June 26, following €500M and €200M fines in April  —  The European Commission will opt not to impose immediate financial penalties on Apple and Meta—even if they fail to comply …
Andrej Karpathy / Y Combinator on YouTube:
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