Techmeme: Tesla says a Model Y drove itself from Gigafactory Texas to a buyer's home 30 minutes away, marking its first fully autonomous vehicle delivery (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

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Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:

Tesla says a Model Y drove itself from Gigafactory Texas to a buyer's home 30 minutes away, marking its first fully autonomous vehicle delivery — The milestone was achieved a day early. But Tesla's robotaxis still require safety monitors and remote supervisors.

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Rishabh Jaiswal / Reuters:

The DOJ settles its lawsuit challenging HPE's $14B acquisition of Juniper; HPE must divest Instant On and license the source code for Juniper's Mist AI software — The U.S. Department of Justice has settled its lawsuit challenging server maker Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (HPE.N) …

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Jeremy Kahn / Fortune:

A profile of London-based CloudNC, a leading provider of AI-powered CNC software that is helping US manufacturers overcome a shortage of trained operators — There's absolutely no room for error with the precision parts that MSP Manufacturing in Bloomington, Ind., makes for the aviation industry …

More: The Times. LinkedIn: Johnny Goode

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

Meta and Anthropic prevailed in copyright suits against them, but the rulings have major caveats and don't address when AI output might infringe copyright — In the past week, big AI companies have — in theory — chalked up two big legal wins. But things are not quite as straightforward as they may seem …

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Samuel Axon / Ars Technica:

A look at AIFF 2025, Runway's third annual AI Film Festival featuring 10 shorts, as the film and TV industry remains divided over the role of AI in its future — We saw 10 AI films and interviewed Runway's CEO as well as Hollywood pros. — Last week, I attended a film festival dedicated to shorts made using generative AI.

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Patrick Howell O'Neill / Bloomberg:

Atlantic Council: US cyber power is hampered by an inefficient supply chain for zero days, with too few providers and “levels of middlemen” driving up costs — Atlantic Council research says market for zero days is bloated, leaving the US behind rivals such as China. — The Cyber Angle

Bluesky: @patrickhowelloneill.com

Cezary Podkul / ProPublica:

An in-depth look at how foreign scammers use US banks to facilitate large-scale transfers of funds stolen from victims of “pig butchering” scams overseas — - Struggling Gatekeepers: In the face of some $44 billion a year in pig-butchering scams conducted by Asian crime syndicates …

More: The Daily Hodl. Bluesky: @chrismootham, @themorrancave, @propublica.org, and @digitalwarrior. Mastodon: @amcooper@toot.cat

Eric Geller / Cybersecurity Dive:

Experts detail how the Trump administration has seriously weakened the public-private partnerships that protect US critical infrastructure from cyberattacks — Recent federal cuts, reorganizations and other disruptions have alarmed industry leaders, who say the government is a less reliable partner even as cyber threats increase.

More: The Verge. Bluesky: @ericjgeller.com. Forums: r/cybersecurity

Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog:

The term “context engineering” is gaining traction over “prompt engineering” as it better describes the skill of providing LLMs with the necessary information — I've spoken favorably of prompt engineering in the past - I hoped that term could capture the inherent complexity of constructing reliable prompts.

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Yi Wei Wong / Bloomberg:

Canada orders Chinese video surveillance tech provider Hikvision to cease all operations and close its business in the country over national security concerns — Canadian Industry Minister Melanie Joly says that the government has ordered Hikvision Canada to cease all operations in the country …

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X: @melaniejoly. Forums: r/canada

Bloomberg:

Sources: Big Fund III, China's main chip fund that has secured only a part of its $48B goal, plans to focus on key shortcomings in lithography and EDA software — China's main chip investment fund is planning to focus on the country's key shortcomings in sectors like lithography …

More: Tom's Hardware

Andrew Demillo / Associated Press:

NetChoice sues Arkansas over two laws that would put limits on social media content and let parents of children who died by suicide sue over platform content — A tech industry trade group sued Arkansas Friday over two new laws that would place limits on content on social media platforms …

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