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Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Google says it is behind the viral “nano-banana” image model and launches it as Gemini 2.5 Flash Image with finer edit controls in the Gemini app, API, and more  —  Google is upgrading its Gemini chatbot with a new AI image model that gives users finer control over editing photos …
Chris Eudaily / CNBC:
Filing: Intel warns the US taking a 10% stake could cause “adverse reactions”, like in international sales, which made up 76% of revenue in its past fiscal year  —  Intel on Monday warned of “adverse reactions” from investors, employees and others to the Trump administration taking …
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
Stanford researchers: over the past three years, employment has dropped 13% for entry-level workers just starting out in fields that are the most exposed to AI  —  Artificial intelligence is making it harder for entry-level workers in the US to find jobs in fields like software development …
Bloomberg:
AT&T agrees to buy spectrum licenses from EchoStar for ~$23B in cash, adding ~50MHz of spectrum, expected to close by mid-2026, pending regulatory approval  —  EchoStar Corp. has agreed to sell spectrum licenses to AT&T Inc. for about $23 billion in a deal that will help the company stay …
Oliver Knight / CoinDesk:
Trump Media and Crypto.com sign a deal to integrate Crypto.com's wallet and adopt the CRO token for Truth Social's rewards; Trump Media will buy $105M in CRO  —  Trump Media and Technology Group (DJT) said it agreed to form a joint venture with Crypto.com that will invest in the exchange's CRO token …
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Court filing: Tesla rejected a $60M settlement offer in a lawsuit over a fatal 2019 crash of a Model S with Autopilot, before a jury awarded a $243M verdict  —  Billionaire Elon Musk's electric vehicle company Tesla (TSLA.O) rejected a $60 million settlement proposal in a lawsuit …
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Melania Trump says she hopes to become the “First Lady of Technology” as she leads the Presidential AI Challenge to inspire children and teachers to embrace AI  —  In an exclusive statement to the New York Post, first lady Melania Trump has revealed her next official project …
Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
SSA's chief data officer files a whistleblower complaint that DOGE uploaded a database with every Social Security number ever issued to an insecure cloud server  —  DOGE team members uploaded a database with the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to a vulnerable cloud server …
Humeyra Pamuk / Reuters:
Sources: the Trump administration is considering imposing sanctions on EU or member state officials that implement the DSA, after US tech company complaints  —  President Donald Trump's administration is considering imposing sanctions on European Union or member state officials responsible …
Financial Times:
Japanese media groups Nikkei and Asahi Shimbun jointly sue Perplexity in Tokyo, alleging the AI startup “copied and stored” their articles without permission  —  The publishers say the company illegally ‘copied and stored article content’  —  Two of Japan's largest media groups …
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Spotify launches a DM feature that lets users share audio and send text chats, available to mobile users aged 16 years and older in “select markets” this week  —  Both Free and Premium accounts can share audio content and send messages to each other.

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Variety:
Sources: the legal team for Paramount President Jeff Shell has engaged in preliminary talks about a possible exit from the company, where he was hired in 2024

Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
WME is selling sports marketing agency 160over90 to Publicis Groupe for, sources say, $500M+; WME bought the agency in 2018 for about $200M

Erik Wemple / New York Times:
Judges have now cited verbal attacks on the press by Trump and appointees when ruling against the US government in at least three cases involving news outlets

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Alex Barasch / New Yorker:
A profile of film studio A24, valued at $3.5B in June 2024, as it focuses on big budget projects and explores AI tools via A24 Labs, drawing mixed reactions

Earlier Picks

Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Google says NotebookLM's Video Overviews now support 80 languages, and Audio Overviews now provide more detailed non-English summaries
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Forty-four US AGs sign an open letter to 11 chatbot and social media companies, warning that they will “answer for it” if their AI chatbots knowingly harm kids
Reuters:
Sources: Doug Beck, director of the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit, resigns; DOD officials had previously raised concerns about his donations to Democrats
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Google plans to begin verifying the identities of developers who distribute Android apps, even outside the Play Store, rolling out in phases from September 2026
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
xAI sues Apple and OpenAI, alleging their deal to integrate ChatGPT into Apple's OSes stifles competition and that Apple favors OpenAI in its App Store rankings
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