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June 23, 2025, 9:30 AM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
OpenAI says it has removed all marketing materials announcing its $6.5B acquisition of Jony Ive's io from the web due to a “baseless” trademark dispute lawsuit  —  Social media users noticed Sunday that a video and website hosted by OpenAI that announced the artificial intelligence …
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Reuters:
Texas enacts legislation requiring a DMV permit to operate self-driving vehicles, effective from September 1, as Tesla launches its robotaxi trial in Austin  —  Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, has signed legislation requiring a permit to operate self-driving vehicles …
Bloomberg:
The Senate parliamentarian rules that a Republican effort to block US states from enforcing AI laws for 10 years will remain in Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill  —  A Republican effort to block US states from enforcing new artificial intelligence regulations will remain in President Donald Trump's massive tax …
Kevin Draper / New York Times:
How Walmart, seeking to take on e-commerce rivals, is spending billions to attract workers to a Bentonville, Arkansas HQ and woo shoppers with drone delivery  —  The retailing giant is spending billions to attract workers to a new headquarters and woo shoppers with drone delivery and a broader range of items …
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Sahil Patel / The Information:
Sources: Google reduces its Google TV and Android TV budget by 10% and cuts Android TV and Google TV's ~300 employees by up to 25%, as it focuses on YouTube  —  Google has cut its smart TV budget and trimmed its team—marking the most concrete signs yet of the company's waning interest competing …
Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge:
Google unveils Gemini AI features, like select to search, for Chromebook Plus laptops like Lenovo's new $649+ 14" flagship with MediaTek's Kompanio Ultra chip  —  Features include select-to-search images and on-screen text, smart grouping of tabs and documents, and automated image editing.

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