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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a vapor chamber for the next iPad Pro in 2027 and plans to start selling ads in its Maps app as early as next year  —  Apple is working on a vapor chamber to improve cooling and performance in an iPad Pro slated for as early as 2027.
Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
Swift releases Swift SDK preview for Android, allowing developers to build Android apps in Swift and making it easier to share code across iOS and Android  —  The first preview release of the Swift SDK for Android was published this week, allowing developers to build Android apps in Swift …
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
Employees are increasingly using AI to create ultra-realistic fake expense receipts; AppZen and others attribute the rise to advances in image generation models  —  Business software groups warn that top AI models are increasingly being used to create ultra-realistic fake receipts
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Trump and Xi will “consummate” a TikTok deal on Thursday in South Korea, confirming a final US-China agreement on the sale  —  The United States and China are ready to move forward on a TikTok deal, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Alex Heath / Sources:
Sources: Sam Altman's brain-computer interface startup Merge Labs hires Mikhail Shapiro, who works on noninvasive techniques for neural imaging and control  —  The hire suggests that Merge is taking a much less invasive approach than Elon Musk's Neuralink.  Also: Sources IRL and reactions to yesterday's Snap scoop.
Sneha Kumar / Reuters:
Australia sues Microsoft for allegedly misleading ~2.7M Microsoft 365 users into accepting a price hike for Copilot plans while hiding cheaper non-AI options  —  - Microsoft 365 personal plan price increased by 45%  — Cheaper ‘classic’ plan only revealed during cancellation process
Bloomberg:
The US AI data center boom is consuming capital, power, and people that the rest of the economy needs, and is crowding out Trump's manufacturing revival plans  —  Spending on factory construction is down 2.5% so far this year, while that for data centers is up almost 18%.

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From Mediagazer

Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Sources: the Pentagon fired Stars and Stripes' publisher, EIC, and a Middle East reporter for insubordination; the publisher earlier announced his retirement

Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Sources: Paramount reps are expected to meet Monday with the California AG's office to discuss a possible settlement of the antitrust suit blocking the WBD deal

Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Chris Aronson, ex-president of domestic theatrical distribution at Paramount, sues the company, claiming breach of contract and age discrimination

More News

Jowi Morales / Tom's Hardware:
Microsoft says its Gaming Copilot feature, which recently hit Windows 11 as a public beta, uses screenshots to understand in-game events, not to train AI models

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Aigerim Turgunbaeva / Reuters:
Kyrgyzstan launches a national stablecoin and a CBDC in partnership with Binance; CZ says a national cryptocurrency reserve includes Binance's BNB token
Alex Scott / Chemical & Engineering News:
Glasgow-based Chemify, which combines AI with robotics and chemistry to rapidly make novel molecules for pharmaceutical companies, raised a $50M+ Series B
RT Watson / The Block:
Pave Bank, which lets businesses manage both fiat and digital assets in real time, raised a $39M Series A led by Accel, with Tether and others participating
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