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GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke says he is leaving to “become a startup founder again”; memo: Microsoft is opting not to directly replace the position — GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke announced Monday that he plans to step down, with Microsoft opting not to directly replace the position, according to memos shared first with Axios.| Financial Times: |
Sources: Nvidia and AMD agreed to pay the US government 15% of H20 and MI308 chip revenue from China sales, as a condition of export licenses granted last week — Chipmakers agree to unusual arrangement to secure export licences from Trump administration — Nvidia and AMD have agreed …
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Trade experts: Nvidia's and AMD's deals to export AI chips to China and pay the US 15% of revenue is “unprecedented” and a sign of “a new and dangerous world” — The revenue-for-exports deal between the US government and two of the world's biggest chipmakers opens …
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| Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is set to meet Trump on Monday to propose ways the US and Intel could work together, show his commitment to the US, and more — Lip-Bu Tan is set to meet with the president, who last week called for Tan's removal — Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is set to visit …
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| Sam Tobin / Reuters: |
A UK judge dismisses Wikimedia's Online Safety Act challenge over requiring Wikipedia to verify users and contributors' IDs, but says it can file new challenges — The operator of Wikipedia on Monday lost a legal challenge to parts of Britain's Online Safety Act, which sets tough new requirements …
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| Luc Olinga / Gizmodo: |
Sam Altman says OpenAI will bring back GPT-4o to ChatGPT and raising reasoning model rate limits for free and Plus users, as usage of reasoning models increases — The move is a stunning reversal, proving that even the most powerful AI company can't ignore a mutiny from its loyal user base.
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| Gary Marcus / Marcus on AI: |
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LinkedIn: Hugi Aegisberg, Gary Marcus, and Chris Richardson
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| David Sacks / @davidsacks: |
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| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
UK researchers estimate 80 game cheat-selling websites generate $12.8M to $73.2M annually from 30K to 174K monthly buyers across North America and Europe alone — Gaming cheats are the bane of the video game industry—and a hot commodity. A recent study found that cheat creators are making … | Robert Frank / CNBC: |
CB Insights: there are now 498 AI unicorns, with a combined value of $2.7T, including 100 founded since 2023, and over 1,300 AI startups are valued above $100M — Artificial intelligence startups have minted dozens of new billionaires this year, adding to an AI boom that's quickly becoming … | James Davey / Reuters: |
UK retailer M&S resumes click and collect services 15 weeks after disclosing a cyberattack, set to cost it ~£300M; M&S resumed online delivery orders on June 10 — British retailer Marks & Spencer (MKS.L) has resumed taking click and collect orders for clothing …
More: BBC, GB News, ITPro, The Independent, Bloomberg, The Grocer, and BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon's Kuiper launches 24 satellites via SpaceX's Falcon 9 after four launch attempts were delayed by weather issues, taking its total to 102 in orbit — Amazon shipped another batch of internet-beaming satellites into orbit on Monday atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, after four previous launch attempts … | Financial Times: |
The EU Commission approves Prosus' €4.1B takeover of Just Eat Takeaway in a bid to create a “European tech champion” to rival DoorDash, which acquired Deliveroo — The European Commission has approved the €4.1bn takeover of Just Eat Takeaway by Prosus …
More: Reuters, Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg
| Alex Knapp / Forbes: |
Tahoe Therapeutics, which is building AI models of living cells, raised $30M led by Amplify Partners at a $120M valuation, taking its total funding to $42M — The Palo Alto, California-based company, now valued at $120 million, has developed a scalable way to quickly generate crucial biological data needed … | Reuters: |
Rumble says it plans to acquire German AI cloud group Northern Data in an all-stock deal; estimates show the deal could be valued at ~$1.17B, a 32% discount — U.S.-listed video platform Rumble (RUM.O) is considering a potential offer of about $1.17 billion (1 billion euro) … | Bloomberg: |
Sea is nearing a $100B market cap after its stock has soared 300%+ since early 2024, driven by Shopee's in-house, community-based logistics network SPX Express — Shopee now dominates the Southeast Asian e-commerce market thanks to a cavalry of retirees, homemakers and students delivering parcels
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