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Microsoft suspending an ICC judge's email account raised alarms across EU about how dependent its governments, businesses, and citizens are on US tech companies — To comply with a Trump executive order, Microsoft recently suspended the email account of an International Criminal Court prosecutor …
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| Ellen Huet / Bloomberg: |
A profile of Scale AI co-founder Alexandr Wang, whose ties to influential people in the AI industry and the GOP could give Meta leverage over its competitors — Scale AI co-founder Alexandr Wang is such an enthusiastic networker that his former roommate — OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman …
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| Philip Stafford / Financial Times: |
BitcoinTreasuries.net: about 130 publicly-listed companies currently hold a combined ~$87B in bitcoin, about 3.2% of all the bitcoins that will ever exist — Corporate treasuries now hold more than 3% of the world's biggest cryptocurrency, a stash worth $87bn| Meaghan Tobin / New York Times: |
A look at Temu, Shein, Meituan, and other Chinese companies' expansion plans in Brazil, as they face slowing domestic demand and hurdles in the US and Europe — Confronted with tariffs and scrutiny in the United States and Europe, Chinese consumer brands are betting that they can become household names … | Brian Flood / Fox News: |
Docs: the FCC is probing USCTM, launched by the Biden administration as a voluntary safety label for IoT devices, over its administrators' alleged ties to China — Internal document reveals national security concerns over alleged Chinese ties to U.S. Cyber Trust Mark program administrators
More: PCMag, Reuters, and Bloomberg Law
| Chris Metinko / Axios: |
Uncountable, which makes AI tools to let R&D teams accelerate development cycles, raised a $27M Series A led by Sageview, bringing its total funding to $32.5M — Uncountable, a digital platform for industrial research and development, raised a $27 million Series A led by Sageview Capital …
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| Megha Rajagopalan / New York Times: |
Experts say China-linked groups have repeatedly hacked Russian companies and government agencies in search of military secrets since the war in Ukraine began — Since the war in Ukraine began, analysts have monitored a series of intrusions aimed at stealing information about weaponry and warfighting.
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| John Sakellariadis / Politico: |
Sources: the WH rejected DOD's proposal for the head of NSA and US Cyber Command, extending the agencies' leadership vacuum; Trump fired NSA's head in April — Army Lt. Gen. Richard Angle's name was put forward to lead the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command.| Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes: |
A look at “Generative Engine Optimization” startups like Profound and Bluefish AI, which help businesses improve content to appear in AI search summaries — Businesses are scrambling to be cited in AI-generated answers on Google, Perplexity and ChatGPT.| Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: |
Hackers briefly exploited a front-end vulnerability in CoinMarketCap's rotating doodles feature to inject fake “Verify Wallet” phishing pop-ups — Hackers exploited a vulnerability in CoinMarketCap's front-end system, using a seemingly harmless doodle image to inject malicious code …
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| Satviki Sanjay / Bloomberg: |
Kantar: the share of Indians consuming media exclusively on mobile phones grew to 23% in Q1 2025, up from 15% in Q1 2023, as TVs stay unaffordable for many — The number of users who only use digital channels ballooned to 23% in the March quarter of 2025, according to market research firm …
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| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
Insurance giant Aflac says a cybercrime group breached its systems and may have stolen data; source: the attack bears the hallmarks of Scattered Spider — Insurance company Aflac said a “sophisticated cybercrime group” breached its systems and may have stolen data.
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| Alex Riehl / BetaKit: |
Report: Vista Equity Partners and Blackstone buy out other investors in Assent for $400M, valuing the Ottawa-based supply chain software company at $1.3B — Company spokesperson denied that Assent had been acquired, but declined to break down post-deal ownership structure.
Source: Globe and Mail
| Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: |
Huawei unveils a beta version of HarmonyOS 6, making it available to developers, and announces the HarmonyOS Agent Framework to help developers create AI agents — The tech giant did not give a public launch date for the latest version of the operating system, but said it will be more intelligent and open
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