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AI companies' bet on prediction token-based LLMs may make them vulnerable to disruption by a novel approach, especially as new models face diminishing returns — Fortunes are riding on one AI technique, even as cracks start to show. — Every investor knows not to put all your eggs in one basket.| Vas Panagiotopoulos / Wired: |
Atlantic Council: the number of US-based investors in spyware companies nearly tripled in 2024 to 31, compared to just 11 in 2023, topping Israel's 26 investors — A new report warns that the number of US investors in powerful commercial spyware rose sharply in 2024 and names new countries linked to the dangerous technology.
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| Financial Times: |
How Larry Ellison, briefly the world's richest man, and Oracle CEO Safra Catz capitalized on the AI boom and vaulted Oracle into contention with industry giants — Tech billionaire capitalised on the AI boom to briefly claim the title of world's richest person
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| Tim Anderson / The Register: |
Microsoft releases its first preview of Visual Studio 2026, the first major version update since November 2021, with a new design and deeper AI integration — New look for Visual Studio but the core still runs on the old .Net Framework — Microsoft has released a preview of Visual Studio 2026 …
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| New York Times: |
Graphic videos of Charlie Kirk's shooting, first posted to X, also spread to Instagram, Threads, YouTube, and Telegram within hours, amassing millions of views — First posted to X, they amassed millions of views on Instagram, Threads, YouTube and Telegram within hours.
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| Sam Schube / Wall Street Journal: |
Interviews with Tim Cook, Apple VP of Industrial Design Molly Anderson, and others about iPhone Air design choices, cross-body straps, the iPhone Pro, and more — As Apple releases its lightest, leanest iPhone ever, the company explains the thinking behind its ultra-slim design, which has buyers deciding between capacity and chic
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
F5 plans to acquire CalypsoAI, which helps companies secure their generative AI infrastructure, for $180M; CalypsoAI raised $43.2M — Seattle-based security and application delivery giant F5 will pay $180 million to acquire CalypsoAI, a startup founded in 2018 that helps companies secure their generative AI infrastructure.
More: Silicon Republic, F5, Inc., and Help Net Security
| Declan Harty / Politico: |
CFTC nominee Brian Quintenz says the Winklevosses asked Trump to pause his confirmation after he refused to make promises “rectifying” a prior Gemini settlement — “Our complaint raises serious questions and concerns about the culture of the agency that you are about to chair … | Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: OpenAI signs a contract with Oracle to purchase $300B in computing power over roughly five years, requiring 4.5 gigawatts of capacity, starting in 2027 — The vast majority of new revenue revealed by Oracle will come from OpenAI deal, sources say — OpenAI signed a contract …
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
An iOS support page says AirPods' Live Translation feature won't be available to users in the EU with an EU-region Apple Account, likely due to EU regulations — Apple's new Live Translation feature for AirPods will be off-limits to millions of European users when it arrives next week …
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| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
The FTC orders Google, OpenAI, Meta and Instagram, Snap, xAI, and Character.AI to provide information on how their AI chatbots impact children and teens — The Federal Trade Commission ordered Alphabet Inc.'s Google, OpenAI Inc., Meta Platforms Inc. and four other makers of artificial intelligence chatbots …
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| Reuters: |
Digital banking group NOBA plans to list on Nasdaq Stockholm in Q3 2025, in a deal expected to value the company at around $3.74B — Digital banking group NOBA has announced plans to list on the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange sometime in the third quarter of this year in a deal expected to value …
| Bloomberg: |
Blockchain-based lender Figure and some of its backers raised $787.5M in a Nasdaq IPO, selling 31.5M shares at $25 each, valuing the credit company at ~$5.3B — Blockchain-based credit company Figure Technology Solutions Inc. and some of its backers raised $787.5 million in an initial public offering … | Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: |
Ant Group unit Robbyant showcases its first LLM-powered humanoid robot, the R1, at a conference in Shanghai, joining an intensifying effort by Chinese companies — Jack Ma-backed Ant Group Co. showcased its first humanoid robot on Thursday, formally joining an intensifying effort … Sponsor Posts
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