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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.
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Bluesky: @chadstanton.blacksky.app, @aaronrosspowell.com, @tyleraking.com, @esqueer.net, @esqueer.net, and @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com. Forums: r/politics
| 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 …
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Forums: r/aussie and r/PoliticsDownUnder
| 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 …
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Forums: r/apple, r/hardware, and MacRumors Forums
| 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 …
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| Daniel Bader / Android Police: |
| AFP: |
Apple asks the EU to repeal the DMA, saying the law “is leading to a worse experience for Apple users in the EU” and “exposing them to new risks” — Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Apple asked the European Union to scrap its landmark digital competition law on Thursday … | 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 …
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| 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.
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| Richard Henderson / Bloomberg: |
Australian lawmakers propose rules to regulate crypto exchanges, allowing the government to slap penalties of 10% of annual turnover on firms that violate rules — Australia will slap penalties of as much as 10% of annual turnover on digital asset platform operators that breach proposed rules …
More: Australian Financial Review, Decrypt, The Block, crypto.news, Cryptonews, and Blockhead
| 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 …
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Threads: @zuck, @philfung, @katienotopoulos, @willyoder, @lessin, and @mosseri
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
An Indian court dismisses X's March lawsuit challenging the government's content takedown orders, ruling foreign platforms can't invoke free speech protections — An Indian court has dismissed an attempt by Elon Musk's X to challenge the Indian government's content takedown orders … | 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.
More: OpenAI, The Economic Times, SAP News Center, Network World, Constellation Research, Yahoo Finance, Neowin, The Decoder, and Implicator.ai
X: @satyanadella, @openainewsroom, and @raymondllm
LinkedIn: Chris Lehane, Christoph Winter, and Satya Nadella. Bluesky: @marypcbuk. Forums: r/EU_Economics
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman have sought to get closer to President Trump after Elon Musk fallout, but WH officials remain deeply skeptical of them — White House officials remain sceptical of Meta and OpenAI chiefs as they seek to embrace US president| 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 …
More: Waymo, Benzinga, CleanTechnica, Engadget, The Verge, Travel And Tour World, TipRanks Financial, Axios, Reuters, TechCrunch, and PCMag
| Jack Fenwick / BBC: |
The UK's Cabinet Office says its Fraud Risk Assessment Accelerator AI tool helped the government recover £480M from fraud in the 12 months from April 2024 — A new artificial intelligence tool designed to crack down on fraud has helped the UK government recover almost £500m over the last year, the BBC can reveal.| Semafor: |
How a Microsoft-backed $1B geothermal-powered data center in Kenya faced construction delays due to uncertainty over its value for local businesses — THE SCENE — Of all the battlegrounds in Washington's technology war with Beijing, the Great Rift Valley may be the most beautiful.| Bloomberg: |
London-based “neocloud” startup Nscale raised a $1.1B Series B led by Aker, with Nvidia participating; Aker says it is investing $285M for a 9.3% stake — Nscale, a developer of artificial intelligence data centers, has raised $1.1 billion in financing a week after announcing … | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Nothing plans to invest $100M to spin off budget brand CMF into an independent subsidiary, with India as its manufacturing and R&D headquarters — Hardware startup Nothing said Thursday that it plans to make its affordable device brand, CMF, into an independent subsidiary with India serving …
More: The Hindu, Moneycontrol, The Verge, and Moneycontrol
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