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Bloomberg:
Sources: Intel approached Apple about a potential investment in the chipmaker as part of its turnaround efforts and discussed how to work more closely together  —  Intel Corp. has approached Apple Inc. about securing an investment in the ailing chipmaker, according to people familiar with the matter …
NBC News:
Trump plans to sign a TikTok deal on Thursday; source: TikTok US would be run by a new joint venture company, with ByteDance holding less than 20% of its stock  —  This structure will comply with a bipartisan law passed in 2024 that sought to ban TikTok if the platform were not sold to U.S.-based owners this year.
Josh Taylor / The Guardian:
Some Australian leaders and experts debate whether the country should use a Chinese-owned version of TikTok or one run by Trump allies  —  Expert raises concerns about what US TikTok deal could mean for News Corp's ‘worrying dominance’ in Australian media  —  Would you rather a Chinese-owned TikTok …
Washington Post:
How Trump leveraged Biden's TikTok ban law to help allies gain control of the app, amid fears it could be used to boost pro-Trump content and suppress criticism  —  The Biden administration argued a forced sale of the app would protect it from political influence.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft is bringing Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 to Microsoft 365 Copilot, starting with Researcher and Copilot Studio  —  Microsoft is bringing Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 to Microsoft 365 Copilot users. … Microsoft is bringing Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 …
Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware:
Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme chips for PCs, offering up to 18 cores, and says the latter is the first Arm chip to hit 5GHz  —  Systems with the chips are scheduled for the first half of 2026. … At its Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii …
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Meta says Instagram has hit 3B monthly users and is changing its home screen to prioritize DMs and Reels; it is testing opening directly into Reels in India  —  Instagram has reached 3 billion monthly users, cementing the network as one of the most popular consumer apps of all time and leading …
Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNET:
Google launches its Search Live feature in the US, letting users ask questions in AI Mode while sharing their phone's camera feed for real-time help  —  ZDNET's key takeaways  — Search Live officially launches in the US.  — You can share your video feed and talk to Search.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Oracle seeks to borrow $15B through the US sale of corporate bonds, as it begins to fulfill massive cloud infrastructure deals with OpenAI and others  —  Oracle Corp. sold $18 billion US investment-grade bonds on Wednesday, the market's second-largest deal this year …
Imran Rahman-Jones / BBC:
UK's National Crime Agency says it's arrested a man in connection with a cyberattack that has caused days of disruption at Heathrow and other European airports  —  A person has been arrested in connection with a cyber-attack which has caused days of disruption at several European airports including Heathrow.
Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
Waymo launches Waymo for Business, a service targeting employers, universities, and event organizers, available in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix  —  Waymo is launching a new product that lets businesses offer employee or event rides in its robotaxis, a move that could expand …
Luz Ding / Bloomberg:
Alibaba's Hong Kong-listed shares hit a nearly four-year high after CEO Eddie Wu announced plans to increase AI spending beyond the $53B target over three years  —  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s shares surged to their highest in nearly four years after revealing plans to ramp up AI spending past …
Bloomberg:
OpenAI partners with SAP to launch OpenAI for Germany, bringing its AI tools to Germany's public sector through SAP's Delos Cloud  —  SAP SE announced deals with OpenAI and Amazon Web Services to expand its “digital sovereignty” offerings to European governments.
The Economic Times:
Indian digital payments giant PhonePe confidentially files for an IPO in India, seeking to raise $1.5B, sources say at a valuation of $15B  —  PhonePe, supported by Walmart, has confidentially filed its DRHP with SEBI.  The digital payments platform reduced its net loss by 13.4% to Rs 1,727.4 crore …
Wall Street Journal:
Inside the Trump Administration's chaotic H-1B visa overhaul, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick initially presenting the $100,000 fee as an annual charge
Elizabeth Chamberlain / iFixit News:
iPhone 17 Pro teardown: the anodized aluminum scratches badly around the camera plateau edge, the screwed-in battery is a nice repairability upgrade, and more  —  iPhone 17 Pro Teardown  —  The anodized aluminum finish on the brand new iPhone 17 Pro is gorgeous, right up until it meets …
Bloomberg:
Taiwan curbs chip exports to South Africa over national security concerns, the first time it has used its chip industry as a weapon against a China ally  —  Taiwan has imposed restrictions on the export of chips to South Africa over national security concerns, taking the unusual step of using …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Emergent, which lets non-technical users build apps via AI agents that handle coding errors and more, raised a $23M Series A, bringing its total funding to $30M  —  In the last decade, as the camera quality of smartphones improved, platforms like Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok rose in popularity for photo and video sharing.

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Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
The Washington Post's new Your Personal Podcast, which offers AI-generated customizable podcasts, was developed under a multiyear agreement with ElevenLabs

Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Disney and OpenAI sign a three-year deal to bring 200+ Disney characters to Sora; Disney will make a $1B investment in OpenAI and become a major OpenAI customer

Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Sources: the tenure of Anastasia Nyrkovskaya, Fortune's outgoing CEO, was marked by turmoil over a clash with Victor Pang, a lawyer for the company's owner

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Saritha Rai / Bloomberg:
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Earlier Picks

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Huxe, an app built by three former NotebookLM developers that offers users personalized daily briefs and topic exploration with AI podcast hosts, raised $4.6M
Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog:
Alibaba releases the Qwen3-VL vision models, the Qwen3Guard “safety moderation” models, and three closed-weight models, including Qwen3-Max with 1T+ parameters
Wired:
OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank announce five new data center locations in the US, boosting Stargate's planned capacity to nearly 7 GW
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Meta starts rolling out built-in message translation in WhatsApp, with support for 19+ languages on iOS and six on Android
Myles Miller / Bloomberg:
The US Secret Service says it has dismantled 300+ SIM card servers in the NYC area that could have disrupted communications ahead of the UN General Assembly
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