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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo: Apple plans a cheaper MacBook powered by iPhone 16 Pro's A18 Pro chip and with a ~13" display, expected to enter mass production in late 2025 or early 2026 — Apple's current entry-level laptop is the $999 MacBook Air, but analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes Apple is aiming to launch an even more affordable model soon.
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| Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo expects Apple to mass produce a Vision Pro with M5 in Q3 2025, a Vision Air in Q3 2027, a Vision Pro with a new design and XR glasses in H2 2028, and more — In a blog post today, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo detailed his updated roadmap forecast for Apple's headset and smart glasses markets.
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| Zoë Schiffer / Wired: |
Memo: OpenAI's Mark Chen responds to Meta offers, says it feels like “someone has broken into our home and stolen something” and OpenAI is “recalibrating comp” — As Mark Zuckerberg lures away top research talent to Meta, OpenAI executives say they're ‘recalibrating comp,’ according to an internal memo.
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| NPR: |
Sources: the US DHS, in partnership with DOGE, has built the first-ever searchable national citizenship data system, pulling from SSA and immigration databases — The Trump administration has, for the first time ever, built a searchable national citizenship data system.
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| Associated Press: |
Canada rescinds its Digital Services Tax “in anticipation of” a trade deal with the US, with trade talks resuming; the tax was set to go into effect on Monday — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says trade talks with U.S. have resumed after Canada rescinded its plan to tax U.S. technology firms.
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| Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline: |
The F1 movie gives Apple its first box office hit, opening to $144M worldwide and $55.6M in the US; it was pushed on Apple Music, Podcasts, Fitness+, and Wallet — It's a win for racing car movies. It's a win for Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht led Apple Original Films on the big screen …
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| Noah Smith / Noahpinion: |
Elon Musk calls the Senate tax bill “utterly insane” as it raises taxes on nuclear and geothermal energy and battery storage, which are crucial for AI training — Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” is an attack on American energy production. — There are many things to despise …
More: New York Times, Washington Post, Washington Post, implicator.ai, The Colorado Sun, Reuters, SiliconANGLE, CleanTechnica, The Hill, and Cryptopolitan
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Forums: r/politics, r/NoShitSherlock, r/centrist, r/environment, and r/climate
| Kerry Flynn / Axios: |
Tinder is mandating new users in California verify their profiles using facial recognition technology starting June 30 in a bid to reduce impersonation — Tinder is mandating new users in California verify their profiles using facial recognition technology starting Monday, executives exclusively tell Axios.
X: @kerrymflynn
| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Source: Nintendo pulled its products from Amazon's US site after noticing third-party merchants were selling games in the US at prices below Nintendo's rates — The Japanese company stopped selling on Amazon after noticing that third-party merchants were offering games for sale in the US …
More: Tom's Hardware and HotHardware
| Maya Dharampal-Hornby / Sifted: |
Stockholm-based Tandem Health, which has developed an AI medical copilot for clinicians to record patient consultations, raised a $50M Series A led by Kinnevik — Swedish healthtech startup Tandem Health has raised $50m in Series A funding for its AI-powered assistant for clinicians.
More: EU-Startups, Tech Funding News, and Silicon Canals
| Bloomberg: |
GOP Senators agree to change a provision in the tax bill from a 10-year ban on state AI regulation to a 5-year ban with carve outs for issues such as copyrights — The Senate is poised to approve a controversial provision preventing some US states from regulating artificial intelligence … | Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post: |
Jim Chanos, who famously shorted Enron, calls Michael Saylor's bitcoin strategy “financial gibberish”, as Saylor inspires several copycats like Trump Media — Michael Saylor earned billions selling company stock to buy bitcoin. Jim Chanos, who famously shorted Enron, is suspicious.| Soo-Hyang Choi / Bloomberg: |
Bank of Korea temporarily halts preparations for the second phase of its pilot initiative testing program for a central bank digital currency, scheduled for Q4 — South Korea's central bank has halted its digital currency pilot program, signaling diminishing enthusiasm for state-led digital currencies …
More: Ledger Insights, CoinDesk, The Block, Watcher Guru, crypto.news, The Paypers, and Cointelegraph
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