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Bloomberg:
The NHTSA says it is probing incidents where Tesla's robotaxis seemed to violate traffic laws, including entering opposite lanes, as seen in social media videos  —  The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is aware of the incidents that were captured in videos posted on social media …
Financial Times:
Tesla's Austin robotaxi service gets a limited launch, with ~10 Model Y vehicles and safety drivers; Elon Musk says initial users will pay “a $4.20 flat fee”
Google Developers Blog:
The Linux Foundation unveils the Agent2Agent Project, with founding members including Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft; Google donated the protocol spec and SDK  —  Today at Open Source Summit North America, the Linux Foundation announced the formation of the Agent2Agent project with Amazon Web Services …
Nathan Lambert / Interconnects:
A look at 2025's AI models and what's ahead: OpenAI's o3 is a breakthrough, AI agents will improve randomly and in leaps, but scaling parameters will slow down  —  Summer is always a slow time for the tech industry.  OpenAI seems fully in line with this, with their open model “[taking] …
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
A look at the AI landscape and its impact on Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon, as well as the foundation model makers, including OpenAI and Anthropic
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Elliptic: Tudou Guarantee and other Telegram-based crypto scam marketplaces have grown rapidly since Telegram banned the two most popular ones a month ago  —  Last month, Telegram banned black markets that sold tens of billions of dollars in crypto scam-related services.
Michael Paulson / New York Times:
How Broadway is embracing large-scale, high-resolution videos and projectors as an integrated narrative tool aided by AI, as some creatives worry about overuse  —  Sarah Snook screen-sharing selfies from a face-filtering phone app.  Nicole Scherzinger getting her close-up via movie cameras.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Source: the US House's CAO informed congressional staffers that WhatsApp is now banned on their government devices as the app is deemed “a high-risk to users”  —  The U.S. House's chief administrative officer informed congressional staffers Monday that messaging app WhatsApp …
Financial Times:
The UK CMA says it has provisionally found Google meets the legal tests to designate it with “strategic market status” in general search and search advertising  —  Big Tech giant slams Competition and Markets Authority's plan as ‘punitive’ and risk to economic growth
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Court filings from in-ear hardware startup iyO's trademark dispute lawsuit against OpenAI detail OpenAI and io's early work on in-ear hardware devices  —  Legal filings submitted earlier this month from lawyers representing OpenAI and Jony Ive's io reveal new details about the companies' efforts …
Paul Thurrott / Thurrott:
Microsoft unveils Mu, an on-device small language model used in Copilot+ PCs, mapping natural language queries in the Settings app to function calls  —  Microsoft today detailed Mu, its latest small language model (SML) for Copilot+ PCs, which maps natural language queries to Settings function calls.
Wired:
Filing: Elon Musk's lawyers say he “does not use a computer” after OpenAI accused Musk of not complying with the discovery process in his lawsuit against OpenAI  —  The claim appeared in a court filing related to Elon Musk's ongoing lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI.
Will Sattelberg / 9to5Google:
Samsung unveils the Exynos 2500 mobile chipset built on its 3nm GAA node, with a 10-core ARM CPU, an AMD RDNA 3-based GPU, and up to 59 TOPS of NPU performance  —  It's far later into 2025 than Samsung likely hoped for, but its Exynos 2500 chipset is finally official, just ahead of next month's rumored Unpacked.
Chris Welch / Bloomberg:
Samsung schedules its next Galaxy Unpacked event for July 9 at 10am ET in Brooklyn, where AI updates, the Galaxy Z Fold 7, and Galaxy Z Flip 7 are expected  —  Company announces will introduce new Galaxy devices and AI features at Unpacked summer event  —  Samsung Electronics Co. announced plans …

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Major brands were replaced by direct-response advertisers during commercial breaks of CBS News' December 13 town hall with Erika Kirk, moderated by Bari Weiss

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

More News

Anna Tong / Reuters:
Decagon, which offers AI-powered customer service agents for enterprises, raised a $131M Series C co-led by Accel and a16z at a $1.5B valuation
Emily Mason / Bloomberg:
Fiserv aims to launch its own stablecoin by the end of 2025 and partners with PayPal and Circle to develop new products for financial institutions and merchants
Jody Godoy / Reuters:
The FTC approves Omnicom's $13.5B acquisition of rival Interpublic on the condition that the new company does not boycott platforms over political content

Earlier Picks

Jez Corden / Windows Central:
Microsoft says it is testing a new aggregated gaming library in the Xbox PC app for Windows 11 with Xbox Insiders, integrating “leading PC storefronts”
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
Anthony Pompliano's ProCap raised $750M+, including $235M in convertible debt, and is going public via a SPAC; the new firm aims to hold up to $1B in bitcoin
Alexandra Sternlicht / Fortune:
Legal AI startup Harvey raised a $300M Series E co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Coatue at a $5B valuation and says it serves 337 clients like KKR and PwC globally
Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge:
Google unveils new Gemini AI features, like select to search, for Chromebook Plus laptops like Lenovo's new $649+ 14" flagship with a MediaTek Kompanio Ultra
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