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Anthony Robledo / USA Today:
The Trump Organization replaces T1 Phone's “made in America” language on Trump Mobile's site with “brought to life right here in the USA” and “proudly American”  —  President Donald Trump's newly launched cellular service is defending its claims …
Isaiah Poritz / Bloomberg Law:
A US judge rules that Meta's use of books to train Llama is protected by fair use but says his opinion is more a reflection of the plaintiffs' poor arguments  —  Meta Platforms Inc. escaped a first-of-its-kind copyright lawsuit from a group of authors who alleged the tech giant hoovered …
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
A group of authors sue Microsoft in a NY federal court, claiming the company used nearly 200,000 pirated books without permission to train its Megatron AI model  —  Microsoft (MSFT.O) has been hit with a lawsuit by a group of authors who claim the company used their books without permission …
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
Getty Images drops its primary claims of copyright infringement against Stability AI in UK court but is still pursuing other claims and a separate US lawsuit
Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg:
US prosecutors charge Kai West, a UK man known as IntelBroker who was arrested in February in France, with conspiring to steal data from dozens of companies  —  A 25-year-old British man known as “IntelBroker” was accused by US authorities of conspiring with a group of hackers to steal data …
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Report: on June 23, French police arrested hackers ShinyHunters, Hollow, Noct, and Depressed, allegedly involved in operating the BreachForums cybercrime forum  —  The French police have reportedly arrested five operators of the BreachForum cybercrime forum, a website used by cybercriminals …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Creative Commons debuts CC Signals, a framework that lets dataset holders detail how machines can or cannot reuse their content, such as for training AI models  —  Nonprofit Creative Commons, which spearheaded the licensing movement that allows creators to share their works while retaining copyright, is now preparing for the AI era.
Callan Quinn / Decrypt:
Kraken secures a MiCA license from the Central Bank of Ireland to offer crypto services across the EU, following Coinbase's approval in Luxembourg last week  —  Approval from Ireland's central bank gives Kraken the ability to operate across 27 EU states as it races to catch up to rival Coinbase.
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
FHFA Director William Pulte orders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to consider crypto as an asset in single-family mortgage applications without liquidating to USD  —  In a landmark shift for the U.S. housing finance system, the Federal Housing Finance Agency has issued a directive ordering Fannie Mae …
Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta has poached three researchers from OpenAI's Zurich office, Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov, and Xiaohua Zhai, for its superintelligence efforts  —  Social-media giant has hired Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov and Xiaohua Zhai for its superintelligence effort
Stephen Totilo / Game File:
Sony says its PlayStation Plus three-tier overhaul has “surpassed our expectations” and that the $160/year Premium tier has grown 18% in the past 12 months  —  Sony kicks off PS Plus' 15th anniversary by chatting with Game File about the past, present and future …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Anthropic now lets Claude app users build, host, and share AI-powered apps directly in Claude via Artifacts, available in beta to Free, Pro, and Max users  —  The upgrade, launching in beta, builds upon Anthropic's Artifacts feature introduced last year that lets you see and interact with what you ask Claude to make.
Amber Neely / AppleInsider:
US senators reintroduce the bipartisan Open App Markets Act to try to break Apple's and Google's app store dominance; the 2021 version never came up for a vote  —  Big Tech's grip on the app economy is under fire again as lawmakers reintroduce the bipartisan “Open App Markets Act” …
Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Microsoft is pushing to remove the AGI clause from its OpenAI contract, which lets OpenAI limit Microsoft's access to its IP once its systems reach AGI  —  Silicon Valley is at odds over whether AI can reach and exceed humanlike intelligence, a milestone with major implications …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
WhatsApp launches optional Meta AI-generated summaries of unread messages in the US; Meta says it can't read the chats, and other users can't see the summaries  —  Meta announced on Wednesday that it's adding an AI-powered summaries feature to WhatsApp.  The optional new feature uses Meta AI to summarize unread messages in a chat.
Sam Blum / Inc:
Internal docs: Scale AI's efforts to train Google's Gemini were flooded with “spammy behavior” from unqualified independent contractors submitting shoddy work  —  How the startup that just scored a $14 billion investment from Meta struggled to contain ‘spammy behavior’ from unqualified contributors as it trained Gemini.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Apple execs discussed starting their own theatrical distribution unit; Warner Bros. is distributing the F1 movie and getting a share of the box office  —  Six years after getting into entertainment, Apple lags behind its rivals in streaming subscribers and mainstream appeal, despite lavish spending on A-list stars
Grace Sihombing / Bloomberg:
Indonesia changes rules to require e-commerce platforms like TikTok Shop to withhold income tax from sellers, instead of asking sellers to pay the government  —  A rule change in Indonesia will require online merchants to pay income tax to e-commerce platforms rather than directly to the government …
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Kate Clark / Bloomberg:
Kalshi raised $185M led by Paradigm at a $2B valuation; sources: Polymarket is completing a $200M+ investment led by Founders Fund at a ~$1B pre-money valuation  —  Kalshi Inc., a prediction market that competes with Polymarket, said it has raised $185 million at a valuation of $2 billion.
Menaka Doshi / Bloomberg:
Amazon launches at-home diagnostic services in six Indian cities in partnership with Orange Health Labs, marking its entry into India's diagnostics market  —  With diagnostic services the e-commerce giant now offers a ‘trifecta of digital health’ … Will Amazon Draw Blood?

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Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Disney and OpenAI sign a three-year deal to bring 200+ Disney characters to Sora; Disney will make a $1B investment in OpenAI and become a major OpenAI customer

Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
The Washington Post's new Your Personal Podcast, which offers AI-generated customizable podcasts, was developed under a multiyear agreement with ElevenLabs

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

More News

Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Micron reports Q3 revenue up 37% YoY to $9.3B, vs. $8.85B est., forecasts Q4 revenue above estimates, and says it's on track for record revenue this fiscal year
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
License plate reader company Flock has stopped US agencies from accessing cameras in CA, IL, and VA after reports of lookups related to ICE and an abortion case
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Sam Altman posts a series of his exchanges with founder of iyO Jason Rugolo, before and after OpenAI's io deal; Rugolo responded he just wants to compete fairly

Earlier Picks

Antonio Regalado / MIT Technology Review:
Google DeepMind unveils AlphaGenome, an AI tool to predict the effects of DNA changes on molecular processes, available via an API for non-commercial research
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
Samantha Subin / CNBC:
Bumble plans to lay off 30% of its workforce, or ~240 roles, and invest the up to $40M saved annually into new product and tech development; BMBL closes up 25%
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
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
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