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Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Google launches Gemini CLI, an agentic AI tool that lets developers make natural language requests in terminals by connecting Gemini models to local codebases  —  Google is launching a new agentic AI tool that will put its Gemini AI models closer to where developers are already coding.
Financial Times:
As Apple rolls out CarPlay Ultra, many carmakers are developing their own infotainment systems in hopes of generating more revenue from in-car services and data  —  CarPlay Ultra rollout comes as auto groups are introducing their own infotainment systems Apple is facing pushback …
Andrew Liszewski / The Verge:
Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, 8GB of RAM, and enhanced modularity via 12 swappable parts  —  The repairable smartphone is now even more modular with new accessories that expand its functionality.
Business Insider:
Scale AI used Google Docs to track work for customers like Google, Meta, and xAI, and left confidential AI training documents accessible to anyone with the link  —  - Scale AI routinely uses public Google Docs for work with Google, Meta, and xAI.  — BI reviewed thousands of files …
Mike Rogoway / Oregonian:
Leaked memo: Intel will shut down its automotive business and lay off “most” employees working in the unit, the latest step in Intel's downsizing  —  Intel will shut down its small automotive business and lay off the majority of the workers in that segment, the latest step in the chipmaker's dramatic downsizing.
Mark Lane / Financial Times:
How AI, AR, and VR tech developed for agriculture, from watering systems to robotic mowers, is trickling down to smaller-scale domestic growers and gardens  —  From laser scarecrows and solar-powered weeding robots to trees bred to capture more carbon, high-tech horticulture is in full germination
Sarah Kessler / New York Times:
A surge in AI-generated résumés is overwhelming employers, who are turning to AI screening and video interviewing tools to assess responses and rank candidates  —  Candidates are frustrated.  Employers are overwhelmed.  The problem?  An untenable pile of applications …
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE:
Andy Konwinski, a co-founder of Databricks and Perplexity AI, launches the nonprofit Laude Institute, self-funded with $100M for grants to AI projects and labs  —  Databricks Inc. co-founder and Apache Spark creator Andy Konwinski this week announced the creation of a new artificial intelligence …
FinSMEs:
Paraform, which operates a hiring marketplace with AI-powered candidate relationship management and other tools, raised a $20M Series A led by Felicis Ventures  —  Paraform, a San Francisco, CA-based marketplace built for elite recruiters, raised $20M in Series A funding.
Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Analysis: of the 750 data brokers registered in at least one US state, many haven't registered in states with transparency laws, undermining data deletion tools  —  Written in collaboration with Privacy Rights Clearinghouse  —  Hundreds of data brokers have not registered with state consumer protection agencies.
Forums: r/technology
Zac Bowden / Windows Central:
Microsoft makes Windows 10's extended security updates free for an extra year for users who sync PC settings via a Microsoft Account and the Windows Backup app  —  Windows 10 users will have the option to continue receiving security updates for free beyond October 2025 …
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
CareerBuilder + Monster, which once dominated online recruitment, files for Chapter 11 and agrees to sell its job board to JobGet and sell its other businesses  —  CareerBuilder + Monster, which once dominated the online recruitment industry, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection …
Reuters:
New Zealand-based Xero, which offers accounting software for small businesses, agrees to acquire payments software company Melio in a $2.5B+ cash-and-stock deal  —  New Zealand accounting software giant Xero agreed to buy New York payments provider Melio for $2.5 billion, the companies said on Wednesday …
Arabelle Sicardi / The Verge:
How AI is changing perfume creation, as startup Osmo promises 48-hour sample turnarounds and conglomerates DSM-Firmenich, Givaudan, IFF, and Symrise embrace it  —  AI is rapidly changing how fragrance is created — and who gets credit.  Some say it's innovation.  Others call it erasure.
Cate Lawrence / Tech.eu:
Paris-based Zama, which is developing fully homomorphic encryption tech for blockchain and AI apps, raised a $57M Series B at a $1B+ valuation  —  With GPU scaling, chip development, and Ethereum-compatible tools, Zama is turning FHE from theoretical to practical at scale.
Sana Pashankar / Bloomberg:
Colorado-based Maxar Intelligence debuts Sentry, an AI tool that helps its satellites monitor cities, shipyards, airports, and other sites for unusual patterns  —  In the days after President Donald Trump announced the US had “completely and totally obliterated” nuclear sites in Iran …
More: SpaceNews

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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
A look at efforts to preserve local news archives, including work made for digital platforms first, and why some news leaders see archives as community gifts

Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Most major book publishers lack clear rules on AI use, frustrating authors and readers and raising fears that AI-generated books will slip past editors

Financial Times:
Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey drops his £79M libel lawsuit against the Financial Times, after FT said 15 women were willing to testify in court against him

More News

Wired:
Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old who has gone by “Big Balls” online and was one of the first technologists hired as part of DOGE, has resigned
LastWeekTonight on YouTube:
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight looks at AI slop, how it corrodes the concept of objective reality, the slop economy, tech leaders' enthusiasm for gen AI, more
RT Watson / The Block:
Chainlink and Mastercard announce a partnership to enable credit card holders to buy crypto assets “directly onchain through a secure fiat-to-crypto conversion”
Pranav Dixit / Business Insider:
WhatsApp has become a kind of AI marketplace where chatbots like ChatGPT, Meta AI, and Perplexity jockey for users' attention
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple sparks a backlash from iPhone owners after the Apple Wallet app pushed a notification that promoted a $10 discount at Fandango for Apple's F1 movie

Earlier Picks

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Chrome for Android is rolling out a feature that lets users move the address bar to the bottom of the screen, after it launched for iOS users in 2023
The Information:
Sources: in 2024, OpenAI considered document collaboration features but lacked the staff to create them, but has since built some unreleased collaboration tools
Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica:
Google releases a new Gemini Robotics On-Device model with an SDK and says the vision language action model can adapt to new tasks in 50 to 100 demonstrations
Olivia Sophie Rafferty / ai fray:
A US judge rules Anthropic's use of copyrighted books to train AI was fair use, but its storage of pirated books in a central library for training LLMs was not
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Jez Corden / Windows Central:
Microsoft and Meta unveil the $399 Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition, a bundle with the $299 Meta Quest 3S in a new color, available in “extremely limited” quantities
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google rolls out historical Street View imagery on Google Earth as the service turns 20, and says pro US users can access AI insights, like tree canopy coverage
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