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Sources: the US State Department is building an online portal at freedom.gov to let users in Europe and elsewhere view content banned by their governments — The U.S. State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned …
More: The European Conservative, The Post Millennial, GB News, and Reclaim The Net
X: @jamestitcomb, @as400495, @florian4gamers, @ordinarygamers, @elonmusk, @g_slattery, @developerharris, @alx, and @nickadobos
Bluesky: @abeardedpanda, @realjuicyjay.blacksky.app, @petertl, @marypcbuk, @carnage4life, @benfenton, @parismarx.com, @tyleraking.com, @bcmerchant, @kendrawrites.com, @noupside, @alexanotherone, @caseynewton, @originalsp.in, @markjacob, @lottelydia, @davidcorn, @lepetitereboot, @brainnotonyet, @5-2blue, @ndrew, @explaintrade.com, @froomkin, @davidakaye, @tjmcintyre.com, @mbkplus, @waldo.net, @fritzbischoff, @paleofuture, and @lukesteuber.com
Mastodon: @evacide@hachyderm.io and @kevinrothrock@infosec …
Forums: r/privacy, r/worldnews, r/politics, r/eutech, r/europe, and r/europeanunion
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
India's TCS signs OpenAI as its first data center customer, starting with 100MW of capacity; Tata Group plans to deploy ChatGPT Enterprise, starting with TCS — OpenAI has partnered with India's Tata Group to secure 100 megawatts of AI-ready data center capacity in the country, with plans to scale to 1 gigawatt.| Cherylann Mollan / BBC: |
More: Times of India, Al Jazeera, Telegraph, NDTV, Business Standard, Bloomberg, Digit, Press Trust of India, The Hindu, and Storyboard18. Forums: r/news
| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
| New York Times: |
More: Reuters, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Reuters, The Guardian, Politico, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, and Bloomberg. X: @madhavchanchani
| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
| CNBC: |
Social media addiction trial: Mark Zuckerberg says increasing engagement on Instagram is not a company goal and that Meta removes underage users it identifies — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back against the notion that the social media company made increasing time spent on Instagram a company goal.
More: The Guardian, Business Insider, SFGATE, New York Times, NBC News, Los Angeles Times, BBC, Forbes, BERNAMA, Wall Street Journal, NPR, Associated Press, Rolling Stone, Anadolu Ajansı …, Times of India, NEOS KOSMOS, CNN, Tech Times, Courthouse News Service, BMI, The Boston Globe, CBS News, Moneycontrol, Newser, The Korea Herald, The Verge, Wired, Implicator.ai, Deadline, Information Age, Business Insider, The Information, Washington Examiner, Tech Oversight Project, Engadget, Bloomberg, Livemint, Straight Arrow News, Mashable, Forbes Australia, Al Jazeera, The Free Press, Overturned, Gizmodo, YouTube, NewsNation, Semafor, One America News Network, Digital CxO, LAW.com, The American Bazaar, CNN, Breitbart, CBS News, International Business Times, ABC, Fox News, Axios, New York Post, The National, New York Post, The Wrap, Sydney Morning Herald, Deseret News, Bloomberg, and Quartz
X: @tech_oversight, @kyle_a_morse, @barnes_law, @matthewstoller, @philthatremains, @tech_oversight, @thewarmonitor, @amy_siskind, @sachalouise, and @senblumenthal
LinkedIn: Kelly Stonelake and Nicki Petrossi
Bluesky: @karlbode.com, @alexlaughs, @theresistanceco, and @davelee.me
Forums: r/apple, r/politics, r/politics, r/NPR, r/technology, and r/LegalNews
| Gayoung Lee / Gizmodo: |
Microsoft's Project Silica team details its laser-modified glass storage tech, saying tests suggest that it can preserve information for at least 10,000 years — “This will change the way we think about keeping data and archival preservation.” — Our knowledge of the past comes from stone tablets and old parchment.
More: Microsoft Research, Help Net Security, Nature, Ars Technica, New Scientist, Microsoft Research, PCWorld, Digital Trends, The Register, GovTech, LiveScience, Science, The Guardian, and The Independent
X: @satyanadella. LinkedIn: Satya Nadella. Mastodon: @hkrn@mstdn.social. Forums: r/technology and Ars OpenForum
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Accenture told executives that promotions would require “regular” AI adoption and it is tracking individual weekly AI tool logins for some senior staff — Consulting firms use ‘carrot and stick’ with some senior staff less willing to use technology than junior colleagues| The Keyword: |
Google rolls out Lyria 3, a generative music model to make 30-second tracks with Nano Banana-generated cover art, in beta in the Gemini app in eight languages — The Gemini app now features our most advanced music generation model Lyria 3, empowering anyone to make 30-second tracks using text or images in beta.
More: Livemint, Ghacks, The Verge, Digit, The Rundown AI, The Deep View, SammyGuru, Los Angeles Times, Communicate Online, SiliconANGLE, arabnews.jp, GSMArena.com, Business Standard, Moneycontrol, Ars Technica, Digital Trends, Mashable, The Register, Engadget, MarkTechPost, SQ Magazine, Mix 1049, Campaign Middle East, Neowin, PCMag, Tom's Guide, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, and EFTM
X: @geminiapp, @googledeepmind, @slow_developer, @pyvrma, @kimmonismus, @marcelocaporale, @710_eth, @iamemily2050, @natlungfy, @rpnickson, @allan_d_clive, @ammaar, @stocksavvyshay, @jasonbaldridge, @_philschmid, @google, @google, @googleai, @officiallogank, @synthwavedd, and @joshwoodward
LinkedIn: Jeff Chang and Debbie W.
Forums: r/singularity and Slashdot
| Niko Gallogly / New York Times: |
eBay agrees to acquire secondhand clothing app Depop from Etsy for ~$1.2B in cash; Etsy bought Depop, popular with Gen Z, in 2021 for $1.6B; ETSY jumps 17%+ — The $1.2 billion deal comes as eBay looks to expand its appeal among younger users. — Secondhand clothing apps hit a stride during …
More: Etsy, Inc., Silicon Republic, Associated Press, Barron's Online, City A.M., The Independent, Economic news, TheIndustry.fashion, Sky News, BusinessCloud, TheJournal.ie, SmartCompany, Dow Jones Newswires, The Information, WWD, The Business of Fashion, Vogue, Oktopost, TechCrunch, 9News, San Francisco Business Times, BBC, Value Added Resource, Wall Street Journal, Benzinga, and CNBC
X: @bjornjeffery, @jimcramer, @mikeisaac, and @mikeisaac
| The Guardian: |
The UK proposes new rules requiring tech firms to remove nonconsensual abusive content within 48 hours or risk blocking and fines of up to 10% of global revenue — PM says measure, also applied to deepfake nudes, is needed owing to a ‘national emergency’ of online misogyny
More: BBC, Silicon Republic, Bloomberg, Financial Times, GOV.UK, Ofcom, Sky News, The Indian Express, The Times, Telegraph, Mirror, Reuters, and The Sun
Forums: r/unitedkingdom and r/europe
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple adds support for third-party voice-based conversational apps in CarPlay starting with iOS 26.4, letting CarPlay users access apps like AI chatbots — With iOS 26.4, CarPlay users will be able to use third-party chatbots with CarPlay. AI services like Claude, Gemini …
More: Apple, Digital Trends, Ghacks, Moneycontrol, CNET, NERDBOT, Car and Driver, Mashable, iDrop News, AppleInsider, iClarified, iPhone in Canada, 9to5Mac, and BGR
| Ece Yildirim / Gizmodo: |
An experiment finds X's feed algorithm favored conservative content, and switching to the For You feed shifted users' views toward more conservative positions — The algorithm also doesn't like posts by traditional news media, the researchers found. — In case you had any doubt …
More: Nature, Ben Werdmuller, and Forbes
X: @phinifa, @dwallacewells, @razarumi, @ezhuravskaya, @mortenstostad, and @hanaatameez. Mastodon: @Doug_Bostrom@scicomm.xyz
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/technology, and r/NoShitSherlock
| The Record: |
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues TP-Link, alleging it deceptively markets its products as secure while allowing the CCP to hack into consumers' devices — Texas is suing networking equipment company TP-Link Systems for allegedly allowing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to hack into consumers' devices … | New York Times: |
Meta plans to spend $65M in 2026 to boost AI-friendly state politicians; filings show Meta started two super PACs, one backing the GOP and another for Democrats — Meta's biggest election investment aims to prevent state legislation that it fears could inhibit artificial intelligence development.
More: Wall Street Journal, Originally Reported …, Tech Oversight Project, The Verge, and Political Wire
X: @melatkirosco, @likebutterfield, @cernovich, @nathantbernard, @mattplatkin, @rhymewithocean, @jdcocchiarella, @hbendaas, @reed_showalter, @thegreenebj, @ryangrim, @leehepner, @teddyschleifer, and @teddyschleifer
Bluesky: @vortexegg.com, @mattheweadie, and @sachalouise
Forums: r/BetterOffline, r/politics, r/technology, and Slashdot
| OpenAI: |
OpenAI and Paradigm announce EVMbench, a benchmark that measures how well AI agents can detect, exploit, and patch high-severity smart contract vulnerabilities — Making smart contracts safer by evaluating AI agents' ability to detect, patch, and exploit vulnerabilities in blockchain environments.
More: Help Net Security, The Block, crypto.news, Cyber Security News, Blockonomi, DL News, Cointelegraph, Rohan's Bytes, Decrypt, CoinGape, The Crypto Times, and Paradigm
X: @0xalpo, @openai, @scaling01, @antoniogm, and @gdb
Forums: r/singularity and r/OpenAI
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Bluesky integrates Germ DM, an E2E encrypted messaging app built on AT Protocol, making it the first private messenger natively available in the Bluesky app — Here's something that you've never seen on Big Tech social platforms: The decentralized open social network Bluesky has integrated …
Bluesky: @alexbenzer.com, @evacide, @germnetwork.com, and @germnetwork.com
| CEPR: |
A study of 12K+ EU companies finds AI adoption increases labor productivity by 4% on average in the EU, with no evidence of reduced employment in the short run — Artificial intelligence promises to reshape economies worldwide, but firm-level evidence on its effects in Europe remains scarce.
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian digital payments company Pine Labs plans to embed OpenAI APIs into its infrastructure to enable AI-assisted settlement, reconciliation, and invoicing — As India pitches itself as a global hub for applied artificial intelligence, OpenAI has partnered with Pine Labs to integrate AI-driven reasoning …
More: The Economic Times and Tech in Asia
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: OpenAI is close to finalizing the first phase of its $100B round; its overall valuation, including the eventual funding, could exceed $850B — OpenAI is close to finalizing the first phase of a new funding round that is likely to bring in more than $100 billion … | Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Apple Podcasts' fresh leap into video podcasts accelerates the podcast industry's shift from an audio-centric medium to a decidedly video-focused one — Apple Podcasts' fresh leap into video podcasts refocuses the audio medium on visuals — Welcome back to Soundbite.| Hazel Gandhi / Rest of World: |
Nonprofit What To Fix says Facebook's content monetization program grew from under 3M to over 12M participants in just over a year; 8M+ accounts are in English — And Indonesian creators are leading the charge. — Facebook's new content monetization program is booming …
X: @restofworld
| Jeremy White / Wired: |
How Lego's Creative Play Lab built the Smart Brick, its custom chip, sensors, and proprietary communication system to seamlessly integrate with existing sets — Lego's next release is a digital brick loaded with sensors that add new layers of interactivity to its play sets.| Bloomberg: |
Russian forces in Ukraine face communications issues as SpaceX restricts Starlink access and Telegram faces a crackdown, per pro-Russian military channels — Russian forces fighting in Ukraine are facing communications problems from the dual blow of restricted access to Elon Musk's Starlink …
More: Reuters, The War Zone, and Economic news
| Alicia Tang / Bloomberg: |
Fei-Fei Li's World Labs raised $1B from Autodesk, a16z, Nvidia, AMD, Sea, and others to build its world models for robotics, scientific discovery, and more — World Labs, a startup from artificial intelligence pioneer Fei-Fei Li, raised $1 billion in a new round of funding to pursue a novel approach to AI development.
More: Fortune, World Labs, Reuters, Implicator.ai, SiliconANGLE, The Deep View, and PYMNTS.com
| Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg: |
Apple's 40-day correlation to the Nasdaq 100 fell to 0.21 last week, the lowest since 2006, making it an appealing alternative to the AI-fueled volatility — It's been nearly 20 years since Apple Inc. was this untethered from its tech peers, giving investors an appealing alternative … Sponsor Posts
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