Open Links In New Tab
Mobile Archives Advertise Site News
Techmeme
June 23, 2025, 4:15 AM
Mediagazer memeorandum WeSmirch
Home River Leaderboards About Events Newsletter

Top News

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
OpenAI says it has removed all marketing materials announcing its acquisition of Jony Ive's io due to a trademark dispute lawsuit  —  Social media users noticed Sunday that a video and website hosted by OpenAI that announced the artificial intelligence company's $6.5 billion acquisition …
Bloomberg:
The Senate parliamentarian rules that a Republican effort blocking 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 …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
A look at Apple's conservative approach to M&A, which may need to change to catch up in AI by acquiring a startup like Perplexity, Cohere, Sierra AI, or Mistral  —  Apple will need to make the biggest acquisition in its history to put an end to its artificial intelligence debacle.
Jack Buehrer / The Verge:
The music industry is developing tools to detect AI-generated music across the music pipeline, with a focus on licensing and control rather than takedowns  —  With no way to stop the onslaught of AI music, the industry is taking a different approach: figuring out how to make money off of it.
Forums: Slashdot
Reuters:
Texas enacts legislation, effective September 1, requiring a permit to operate self-driving vehicles, ahead of Tesla's planned robotaxi trial in Austin  —  Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, has signed legislation requiring a permit to operate self-driving vehicles just before Tesla's planned launch …
Financial Times:
Sources: Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky could get a multibillion-dollar payout if he drives the fintech's valuation to ~$150B, under an Elon Musk-style pay deal  —  Nik Storonsky struck deal before SoftBank funding round that awards him more shares if valuation clears set hurdles
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch:
A profile of Katie Haun, a former federal prosecutor turned a16z partner who later founded Haun Ventures and believes the GENIUS Act will make stablecoins safer  —  In 2018, when Bitcoin was trading around $4,000 and most Americans, at least, thought cryptocurrency was a fad …
Lauren Weber / Wall Street Journal:
A US judge let an age-discrimination claim, focused on an application-screening algorithm, proceed as a collective action against HR software company Workday  —  After more than 100 unsuccessful job applications, Derek Mobley sued software firm Workday for discrimination, claiming its algorithm screened him out

Sponsor Posts

Google:
Try Gemini 3 Pro  —  Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Shopify:
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26  —  Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
Zoho:
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control  —  Picture this: It's Monday morning.  You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data  —  Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Sponsor Techmeme

Featured Podcasts

Big Technology Podcast:
 OpenAI's 2026 Priority, Disney's AI Play, Datacenter Buildout Trouble
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators.
Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast.
Hard Fork:
 Australia Kicks Kids Off Social Media + Is the A.I. Water Issue Fake? + Hard Fork Wrapped
The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.
Subscribe to Hard Fork.
Access:
 Why the next AI frontier is phone calls, with Beside CEO Maxime Germain
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Great Chat:
 So what happens after AGI?
A podcast mostly about tech. Brought to you weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin, Mac Bohannon, Helen Min, and Ashley Mayer.
Subscribe to Great Chat.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
 Ted Sarandos: Netflix and how tech changed storytelling
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
 Lachlan Cartwright Started in Tabloids. Now He's a Must-Read Media Gossip.
Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka.
Add your podcast here
 

About This Page

This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 4:15 AM ET, June 23, 2025.

The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.

From Mediagazer

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Arkansas PBS severs ties with the PBS network, the first state public TV system to do so since Congress cut CPB funds, citing the annual $2M+ membership cost

Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney's Zootopia 2 surpasses $1B at the global box office, the fastest PG-rated film to do so after just 17 days in release

Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Arthur L. Carter, who started a Connecticut newspaper in 1981, bought and sold The Nation, and founded the New York Observer in 1987, has died at 93

More News

Steven Levy / Wired:
A look at the US Army Reserve's Detachment 201, which lets tech execs like Meta's Andrew Bosworth give advice as senior officers while keeping their day jobs
New York Times:
Inside the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, whose 3.2-gigapixel camera will produce 60PB of space image data over 10 years, to be analyzed using ML and deep learning

Earlier Picks

Mediagazer memeorandum WeSmirch
Home River Leaderboards About Events Newsletter