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| Om Malik / On my Om: |
Satya Nadella's memo on Microsoft's layoffs portends the harsh reality that AI could make software companies more profitable while employing fewer people — To paraphrase Sigmund Freud, sometimes a memo is not just a memo. That's why we have to read between the lines of Satya Nadella's 1,150-word memo.
More: Microsoft, The Decoder, Notebookcheck, Financial Express, and Business Insider
| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
At TrustCon 2025, trust and safety professionals expressed anxiety over the industry's retreat, but no leaders condemned platforms' rollback of safety policies — It's under assault this year from users, politicians, and their own executives — but the industry has responded with silence
More: Trust & Safety …. Bluesky: @evelyndouek and @caseynewton. Threads: @timothyjchambers. LinkedIn: Trust & Safety …
| Amin Haqshanas / Cointelegraph: |
Tyler Winklevoss claims JPMorgan paused onboarding crypto exchange Gemini after he criticized the bank's data access fees for fintech and crypto companies — Tyler Winklevoss claims JPMorgan paused Gemini's onboarding after he criticized the bank's data access fees, calling the move anti-competitive.| Reuters: |
Huawei debuts the CloudMatrix 384 AI computing system, which outperforms Nvidia's most advanced GB200 NVL72 system on some metrics, according to SemiAnalysis — China's Huawei Technologies showed off an AI computing system on Saturday that one industry expert has said rivals Nvidia's most advanced offering …
More: WinBuzzer, Ukrainian National News, Engadget, Notebookcheck, and Cryptopolitan
| Jackson Chen / Engadget: |
Some users are circumventing UK's age checks by using VPNs, providing fake AI-generated photo IDs, or using images of high-fidelity video game characters — As of Friday, anyone trying to watch porn online in the UK will need to subject themselves to an awkward selfie or get their photo ID ready.
More: PinkNews, GB News, TechCrunch, Tech in Asia, Dexerto, Push Square, Tom's Guide, The Independent, Gizmodo, and Sky News
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Architect Partners: companies have raised nearly $86B in 2025 to buy crypto, with over $43B raised since June 1, as skeptics worry about the market overheating — Small companies are raising billions of dollars to buy bitcoin and other, more obscure cryptocurrencies. What could possibly go wrong?
More: BeInCrypto
| Washington Post: |
Sources: DOGE has built an AI tool aiming to cut 50% of federal regulations, or around 100,000 rules, by the first anniversary of Trump's inauguration — An internal proposal suggests how the Trump administration is planning to slash federal regulations, but obstacles loom.
More: The Daily Beast, Engadget, The Independent, NewsMax.com, WinBuzzer, and The Guardian
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X: @elarrealm, @trustarchitect, @capitolhunters, @merryblueworld, @thewonderladie, @ladyonfyre, @ryp__, and @magaresponse
Forums: r/politics, r/patentexaminer, and r/technology
| Bloomberg: |
Online platforms offering astrological advice are thriving in India, with the leading app Astrotalk claiming about 84% of its 70M users are under the age of 35 — An age-old belief in astrology has snowballed into a $7 billion industry as a younger generation seeks celestial guidance.| Ann Cao / South China Morning Post: |
Alibaba previews the Quark AI glasses, which are its first pair of AI-powered glasses and named after its AI assistant, with plans to launch them later in 2025 — The Quark glasses underscore the tech giant's significant AI investments, which encompass both software and hardware products| Ellie Wolfe / The Baltimore Banner: |
The Johns Hopkins University Press will license its authors' books to train AI models, citing concerns that “the window may be closing” for making AI deals — The Johns Hopkins University will license its books to train proprietary large language models, an advanced form …
More: WinBuzzer. Bluesky: @visualplague, @dael, @nerves, @drjacekdebiec, @eobaltimore, @hypervisible, and @elliew0lfe. X: @n1babc. Forums: r/books
| Rafe Uddin / Financial Times: |
Sources: US suppliers are rebuffing Temu's efforts to undercut Amazon, saying Temu cannot undercut Amazon on branded product prices — Chinese online platform's hopes of undercutting ecommerce giant rebuffed by American suppliers — Temu's efforts to find US suppliers to rebuild … | Financial Times: |
US-German software firm Auterion says it plans to ship 33K of its AI drone “strike kits” to Ukraine by the end of 2025 to help combat mass Russian drone attacks — Pentagon-backed deal aims to help combat mass attacks by Russia — Sylvia Pfeifer in London, Laura Pitel in Berlin and Christopher Miller in Kyiv
More: The Kyiv Independent, Defense Express, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Kyiv Post, RTÉ, and Defense News
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at efforts by startups, such as Positron and Groq, to develop inference-focused chips that aim to be more energy efficient and performant than Nvidia's — Tech giants and startups alike are trying new approaches to what has been a vexing problem — “I can't wrap my head around it … | Sharon Goldman / Fortune: |
Jeff Dean, who co-founded Google Brain and leads Google's AI research, has emerged as a prolific angel investor, backing 37 AI startups over the past two years — Good morning, AI reporter Sharon Goldman in for Allie Garfinkle, who is taking a well-deserved vacation!
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