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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Ruoming Pang, head of the foundation models team at Apple, is leaving to join Meta, which offered a package worth tens of millions of dollars per year  —  Ruoming Pang, a distinguished engineer and manager in charge of the company's Apple foundation models team, is departing, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
In iOS 26 beta 3, Apple dials back the degree of transparency in many UI elements, following user complaints about Liquid Glass  —  The iPhone's new glassy look has been toned down with Monday's release of the third developer beta of iOS 26.  This follows user complaints that the update …
Dana Wollman / Bloomberg:
CoreWeave says it has agreed to acquire bitcoin miner Core Scientific in a ~$9B all-stock deal, set to close in Q4 2025, to expand its AI data center capacity  —  The transaction values Core Scientific's stock at $20.40 per share, according to a statement from CoreWeave on Monday.
Reuters:
Samsung projects Q2 operating profit down 56% YoY to $3.3B, vs. $4.5B est., due to struggles in its chip business stemming from US export controls for China  —  Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) on Tuesday projected a 56% drop in second-quarter operating profit from a year earlier …
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
Jack Dorsey shares TestFlight and GitHub links to his “weekend project”, Bitchat, a decentralized P2P messaging iOS app that relies on Bluetooth mesh networks  —  Block CEO Jack Dorsey spent the weekend building Bitchat, a new decentralized, peer-to-peer messaging app that works entirely …
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Epic reaches a settlement with Samsung, which it sued over allegedly conspiring with Google to undermine third party app stores  —  Epic isn't saying what it got out of Samsung. … An “Auto Blocker” feature on Samsung Android phones, which was turned on by default, automatically kept users …
Financial Times:
Sources: OpenAI tightened security, adding biometric checks in offices and isolating sensitive systems, to protect model weights and other IP from espionage  —  Artificial intelligence group has added fingerprint scans and hired military experts to protect important data
Anthony Hughes / Bloomberg:
Quantum computing company IonQ raised $1B via a sale of stock and warrants to Heights Capital Management, an affiliate of Susquehanna International Group  —  Shares of IonQ fell 1.4% to $43.79 apiece as of 10:20 a.m. on Monday in New York.  The stock has more than doubled from $18 each in early March.
Kate Clark / Bloomberg:
An open letter signed by 602 founders, VCs, and more urges Sequoia act after Shaun Maguire said Zohran Mamdani “comes from a culture that lies about everything”  —  Startup executives from Dubai to Cupertino are asking Sequoia to apologize for a partner's post on X
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump announces 25% tariffs on Japan, South Korea, and Malaysia, 32% for Indonesia, 36% for Cambodia and Thailand, 40% for Laos and Myanmar, starting August 1  —  At least 14 countries' imports are set to face steep blanket tariffs starting Aug. 1, President Donald Trump revealed Monday.
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
A look at various responses to AI firms' scraping, like open source Anubis that uses cryptographic JavaScript challenges, Cloudflare's “link mazes”, and more  —  For someone who says she is fighting AI bot scrapers just in her free time, Xe Iaso seems to be putting up an impressive fight.
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple appeals the EU's €500M DMA fine, levied in April 2025 over its App Store steering rules, claiming the decision goes “far beyond what the law requires”  —  Apple is appealing the 500 million euro ($570 million) fine that it is facing in the European Union for allegedly violating the Digital Markets Act.
Sri Muppidi / The Information:
OpenAI told investors stock compensation jumped over 5x last year to $4.4B, or 119% of total revenue for that period but expects it to drop to under 10% by 2030  —  OpenAI has signaled it will hike pay for some employees in the wake of a raid by Meta Platforms on its artificial intelligence researchers.

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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump files a $10B defamation lawsuit against the BBC in a Florida court, alleging it deceptively doctored his January 6 speech in a Panorama documentary

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Howard Stern signs a new three-year deal with SiriusXM, after a report earlier this year suggested that his show was about to be canceled

Jacob Savage / Compact:
A writer argues that since 2014, DEI practices led to discrimination against white male millennials for entry-level and mid-level roles in Hollywood and media

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Zac Bowden / Windows Central:
Stat Counter: Windows 11 had a 50.9% share of the Windows market on July 4, ahead of Windows 10's 46.2%; the OS, released in 2021, only had a <10% share in 2022
Bloomberg:
Huawei's AI lab refutes accusations that its Pangu Pro MoE model source code used uncredited material from key rivals, after a GitHub group debated its origins

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Bloomberg:
Paris-based Capgemini plans to acquire US-listed IT outsourcing company WNS for $3.3B in cash, seeking to boost its agentic AI services; WNS serves 600+ clients
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