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President Trump signs the GENIUS Act, and says the first federal bill to regulate stablecoins will “secure the dollar's status as the world's reserve currency” — President Donald Trump signed the first federal bill to regulate stablecoins, hailing it as a “giant step …
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SEC Chairman Paul Atkins says the GENIUS Act is a “historic step” and the SEC is weighing an “innovation exemption” from regulations to incentivize tokenization — The Securities and Exchange Commission is weighing an innovation exemption from regulations to incentivize tokenization … | Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg: |
Joel Kaplan says Meta won't sign EU's AI code of practice, calling its guidelines overreach that will throttle development and deployment of AI models in Europe — Meta Platforms Inc. said it won't sign the code of practice for Europe's new set of laws governing artificial intelligence …
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Ring reinstated its mission to “make neighborhoods safer” and reintroduced video sharing with police in April, as its founder led an overhaul since his return — - Ring founder Jamie Siminoff has led a broad overhaul of the company since his return in April.
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Adobe updates its Firefly video model and adds a beta Generate Sound Effects tool that can create custom sounds from text prompts and the user's voice — Just a year and a half ago, the latest and greatest of Adobe's Firefly generative AI offerings involved producing high-quality images …
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft shuts down the Movies & TV storefront on the Microsoft Store on Windows and Xbox; users will continue to be able to access their past purchases — After 12 years, Microsoft is shutting down its storefront that let Windows and Xbox users buy or rent Movies & TV shows natively on the platform.
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Clothing inventory monetization startup CaaStle's ex-CEO Christine Hunsicker is charged with defrauding investors of more than $300M over the past six years — A former chief executive of two clothing technology companies who was once portrayed as an on-the-rise fashion entrepreneur …
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S&P Global says Block will join the S&P 500 on July 23, after announcing Monday that ad tech firm The Trade Desk will also be added; XYZ jumps 9%+ after hours — Block shares jumped more than 10% in extended trading on Friday, as the fintech company get set to join the S&P 500, replacing Hess.| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to provide technical support to the US military, after a ProPublica report raised security concerns — Microsoft (MSFT.O) on Friday said it will stop using China-based engineers to provide technical assistance to the U.S. military … | Eleanor Hawkins / Axios: |
Source: the CEO and the chief people officer of Astronomer were put on leave after a video of them cuddling on a kiss cam at a Coldplay concert went viral — Astronomer — the software company that made headlines after a video of its CEO Andy Byron and chief people officer Kristin Cabot canoodling …
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Source: Blackstone has withdrawn from the consortium led by Susquehanna and General Atlantic seeking to invest in TikTok US, after considering a minority stake — Private equity giant Blackstone has withdrawn from a consortium seeking to invest in TikTok's U.S. operations, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.
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Sources: Mark Zuckerberg has offered 10+ OpenAI researchers packages of $300M over four years, and asked OpenAI's Mark Chen if he would consider joining Meta — The cutthroat recruitment efforts to land the smartest minds in Silicon Valley have hit a feverish new peak in recent days
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| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
The European Commission accepts Corning's offer to end exclusivity terms in its supply contracts, ending an antitrust investigation opened in November 2024 — Corning Inc. has avoided the threat of European Union antitrust fines, after it agreed to end exclusivity terms in its supply contracts …
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Sources: Cursor maker Anysphere acquired Koala, an AI-powered CRM startup that raised a $15M Series A five months ago; Koala plans to shut down in September — The startup behind the viral AI coding app Cursor is snapping up top talent from AI enterprise startups in a bid to bolster … Sponsor Posts
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