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| Tom's Hardware: |
Apple unveils the $599+ MacBook Neo, with a 13-inch Liquid Retina display, an A18 Pro chip, side-firing speakers, a 1080p webcam, two USB-C ports, and Touch ID — Apple debuts a new entry-level MacBook at just the right time — Apple finally took the wraps off its long-rumored budget laptop.
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X: @juanbuis, @lukemiani, @stevemoser, @codybrown, @mgsiegler, @nicnguyen, @nathievr, @stephenrobles, @joannastern, @alexkehr, @chancehmiller, @neilcybart, @markdkelly75, @gregjoz, @zollotech, @film_girl, @mweinbach, @engadget, @cartidise, @snazzylabs, @engadget, @joannastern, @lukemiani, @mitchellh, @piercemcdonnel, @cad_diabolo, @chancehmiller, @aaronp613, @tim_cook, @neilcybart, @worthusing, @markgurman, @parkerortolani, @aaronp613, @graysonsgraphic, @engadget, @asymco, @zacbowden, @film_girl, @caro_milanesi, @markgurman, @lanceulanoff, @michael_billig, @scobleizer, @parkerortolani, @engadget, @avstorm, @mweinbach, @benbajarin, @maguay, @mkbhd, @basicappleguy, and @bryfitz. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski
Bluesky: @girlwiththemostcake.com, @daniloc.xyz, and @danny.page
Forums: r/mac and r/hardware
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
The MacBook Neo is $599 with 256GB of storage and $699 with Touch ID and 512GB of storage, available in citrus, silver, indigo, and blush colors — Apple Inc. rolled out the $599 MacBook Neo in its biggest push yet into low-end laptops, aiming to challenge Windows PCs and Chromebooks for budget-minded shoppers.
More: TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Windows Central, CNET, Computerworld, 9to5Mac, Barron's Online, PhoneArena, Mashable, Spyglass, AppleInsider, MacRumors, and Tom's Guide
X: @ernestwongbwm, @rjonesy, @durvidimel, @mbrkhrdt, @zacbowden, @vadimyuryev, @dylanmcd8, @markgurman, @tomwarren, @mweinbach, and @benbajarin. Forums: r/technology
| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
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X: @steipete, @mweinbach, @snazzylabs, @benbajarin, @mweinbach, @stevemoser, @highyieldyt, and @highyieldyt. Bluesky: @tomwarren.co.uk
| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
More: MacRumors on YouTube, MacRumors, The Register, Forbes, The Verge, Neowin, TechRadar, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, 9to5Mac, Six Colors, MacDailyNews, The Hans India, and The Verge
X: @aaronp613, @markgurman, @stevemoser, @chancehmiller, @joannastern, @joannastern, @sdw, @raywongy, @aaronp613, @mrwhosetheboss, @snazzylabs, @mgsiegler, @raywongy, and @9to5mac. Bluesky: @devindra
| Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
A US lawsuit says Gemini sent a man to find an android body it could inhabit, before he died by suicide; Google says it sent him to crisis hotlines “many times” — A new lawsuit alleges Google's chatbot sent a Florida man on missions to find an android body it could inhabit.
More: TechCrunch, BBC, The Guardian, Bloomberg Law, 9to5Google, CNET, The Verge, RTÉ, The Keyword, CBS News, The Sun, Telegraph, Futurism, The Decoder, Associated Press, Newser, ZeroHedge News, NZ Herald, Engadget, Semafor, Time, and Mercury News
X: @rachyljones. Bluesky: @justinhendrix, @caseynewton, @charleswlogan, @hypervisible.blacksky.app, and @craigtimes
Forums: r/technology and r/ArtificialInteligence
| Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: |
Polymarket removes long-running markets that let users bet on if a nuclear weapon will be detonated, amid the Iran strikes; a 2025 contract had $1.7M+ in volume — Nuclear weapon-themed markets aren't new on the prediction market platform, but public outcry about the contracts has apparently forced the platform to delete them.
More: 404 Media, Polymarket, Gizmodo, Fast Company, Event Horizon, Bloomberg, Truthout, The Lever, The Block, Newser, DNYUZ, and The Crypto Times
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| Amy Fan / New York Times: |
Analysis: since 2025's end, Polymarket users rarely bet large sums on US strikes by the next day; the day before the Iran strikes, 150+ accounts made such bets — Polymarket users placed hundreds of bets of at least $1,000 predicting an imminent American strike, raising concerns about insider trading.
More: PYMNTS.com, Bloomberg, and crypto.news
X: @sstapczynski, @tripgabriel, @sam_federman, @evanhill, @alex_panetta, and @hissgoescobra. Bluesky: @shashj. Forums: r/politics
| Reuters: |
Sources: some investors push Anthropic to de-escalate its DOD dispute and avoid the “supply-chain risk” designation; source: some Anthropic-DOD talks continue — Some Anthropic investors are racing to contain fallout from the AI research lab's dispute with the Pentagon …
More: Axios, Gizmodo, Bloomberg, CNBC, The Atlantic, Semafor, The Milli Chronicle, and Channel NewsAsia. X: @reedalbergotti
| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
More: Blaze Media. Bluesky: @seanhodgdon.com, @masnick.com, and @cassandroid.substack.com. Mastodon: @BrideOfLinux@mastodon …
| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Sony no longer plans to release its big single-player PlayStation 5 games on PC, a major strategy shift that sees it returning to console exclusivity — The video-game publisher no longer plans to put out PC ports of PlayStation games such as ‘Ghost of Yotei’
More: Ars Technica, Thurrott, PCMag, Push Square, iPhone in Canada, Engadget, VideoCardz.com, GamesIndustry.biz, Game Developer, MobileSyrup, Neowin, PC Gamer, Dexerto, TheGamer, TechRaptor, Game Informer, The Verge, and Pure Xbox
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Bluesky: @jasonschreier and @jasonschreier
| Washington Post: |
Sources: the US used Palantir's Maven Smart System, integrated with Claude, to find and prioritize 1,000 targets within the first 24 hours of its attack on Iran — Advanced AI technology is identifying targets in Iran and quickly prioritizing them, supporting the massive military operations carried out by U.S. and Israeli forces.
More: Slate, TechCrunch, Futurism, Business Insider, Bloomberg, and Financial Times
Bluesky: @willoremus.com, @hypervisible.blacksky.app, @duhe, @convergingriskslab, @baileymcc, and @jaylyall. Forums: r/technology
| Matt Kapko / CyberScoop: |
Authorities from 14 countries shut down LeakBase, seize its domains, and arrest multiple people allegedly tied to the cybercrime forum, which had 142K+ members — The marketplace was one of the world's largest hubs for cybercrime with more than 142,000 members.
More: Europol, TechCrunch, BleepingComputer, Europol, US Department of Justice, The Record, PCMag, DataBreaches.Net, Washington Times, and Cyber Security News
X: @darkwebinformer, @dojcrimdiv, @alvierid, @darkwebinformer, @vxunderground, and @darkwebinformer. Bluesky: @europol.europa.eu
Forums: r/hacking and r/cybersecurity
| Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: |
Source: OpenAI is preparing to launch GPT-5.4, with an “extreme” reasoning mode and a 1M-token context window, matching past models but up from GPT-5.2's 400K — OpenAI's next GPT model is coming—and soon, according to a person with knowledge of it.| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
Epic and Google propose a settlement that would have Google share its Play Store app catalog with rivals and offer a registered app store program for Android — Alphabet Inc.'s Google unveiled a new system for apps on its Android phones and tablets Wednesday, agreeing to easier access …
More: Android Developers Blog, Engadget, TechCrunch, Thurrott, Epic Games, 9to5Google, The Verge, Bloomberg Law, Android Authority, Channel NewsAsia, courtlistener.com, Mobilegamer.biz, and Sherwood News
X: @ssamat, @timsweeneyepic, @timsweeneyepic, and @tonicdave
LinkedIn: Aurash Mahbod and Lee Rawles
Bluesky: @nicetopatrick and @zhugeex.com
| Jason Snell / Six Colors: |
Apple changes its CPU terminology alongside the M5 Pro and M5 Max, renaming “performance cores” to “super cores” and “efficiency cores” to “performance cores” — One of the most surprising parts of Apple's announcement on Tuesday of new M5 Pro …
More: Ars Technica, Daring Fireball, iPhone in Canada, Ace of Spades HQ, O'Grady's PowerPage, Trusted Reviews, Macworld, On my Om, and MacStories. Mastodon: @jsnell@zeppelin.flights
| Wall Street Journal: |
Kraken says its banking unit won “master account” access to the US Fed's core payment systems, making it the first crypto company that can move money like banks — ‘Master account’ approval gives firm access to the same payment rail as thousands of banks and credit unions
More: Kraken Blog, American Banker, DL News, The Block, Decrypt, Ledger Insights, PYMNTS.com, Blockchain.News, CryptoSlate, Blockonomi, BeInCrypto, Yahoo Finance, PaymentsJournal, Reuters, Inc.com, Benzinga, Cointelegraph, The Crypto Times, CoinGape, Crypto in America, Bitcoin Magazine, The Crypto Basic, CoinDesk, and ZeroHedge News
X: @eleanorterrett, @senlummis, @timevalueofbtc, @dgt10011, @senlummis, @matthew_sigel, @krakenfx, @arjunsethi, and @senlummis. LinkedIn: John Darsie
Bluesky: @grahamsteele and @rmac
| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Tencent-owned Finnish game company Supercell says it is cooperating with a CFIUS security probe of Tencent's data practices — Supercell Oy, the Finnish game company owned by Tencent Holdings Ltd., said it's cooperating with a US government security probe of its Chinese parent's data practices.| Financial Times: |
More: Reuters, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Benzinga, Blockonomi, Tom's Hardware, and PocketGamer.biz
X: @chrisrmcguire and @wario64
Bluesky: @chetsucks.com and @robogorillaman
Forums: r/fuckepic and r/gachagaming
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Google details Coruna, an exploit kit used to hijack iPhones via malicious websites; iVerify suggests it may have been originally built for the US government — A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more.
More: Google Cloud Blog, iVerify, TechCrunch, Decrypt, HotHardware, Militarnyi, iDrop News, Android Headlines, Nextgov/FCW, Silicon Republic, 9to5Mac, PCMag, Risky Business, Boing Boing, and CyberScoop
X: @mandiant, @patrickwardle, @vxunderground, @lukolejnik, @darkwebinformer, @c2iris, @_danielsinclair, @godisvoluntary, and @a_greenberg
LinkedIn: Brian Murphy, Etizaz Mohsin, and Patrick Wardle
Bluesky: @joparkerbear, @ssg.dev, and @couts
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/hacking, r/TrueReddit, r/ios, Lobsters, and Slashdot
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Jensen Huang says Nvidia's recent $30B investment in OpenAI “might be the last time” it invests in the company, because OpenAI is “going to go public” — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company's recent $30 billion investment in OpenAI “might be the last time” …
More: The Information, Bloomberg Law, Reuters, and Channel NewsAsia
| Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider: |
The Media Trust report: online ads surpassed email as the primary malware channel in 2025, accounting for 60%+ of all observed malware and phishing campaigns — Follow Lara O'Reilly … - Online ads leapfrogged email as the primary channel for malware in 2025, per a new report.| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Corning unveils Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3 for smartphones, promising better protection against years of drops, first launching on the upcoming Motorola Razr Fold — Corning has announced Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3, a new upgrade to smartphone cover glass that promises protection against years of drops …
More: Corning, SammyGuru, Droid Life, and Digital Trends
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Junyang Lin, a tech lead on Alibaba's Qwen team, abruptly steps down, and two other team members leave; one contributor says “I know leaving wasn't your choice” — Alibaba's Qwen AI project has lost one of its most visible technical leaders just a day after the Chinese tech giant unveiled …
More: Simon Willison's Weblog, VentureBeat, and eWeek
X: @justinlin610, @huybery, @xinyu2ml, @kxli_2000, @vince_chow1, @cherry_cc12, @kxli_2000, @wzhao_nlp, @jiayq, @yuchenj_uw, @hxiao, @natolambert, @poezhao0605, @jbrukh, @anthonyronning, @teortaxestex, @bonegpt, @cedric_chee, @jeremyphoward, @scaling01, @elaina43114880, @himanshustwts, @chujiezheng, @yzhang_cs, @afinetheorem, @kimmonismus, @xwang_lk, @frontier_foid, @ns123abc, @yulun_du, @phequals7, @beffjezos, @teortaxestex, @francis_yao_, @dejavucoder, @xianbao_qian, @kevinsxu, @bryancsk, @beffjezos, @altryne, @crystalsssup, @youjiacheng, and @tydsh. Forums: Hacker News
| Joe Tidy / BBC: |
TikTok says it won't add E2EE to DMs because it would prevent police and its safety teams from reading messages when needed and it wants to protect young users — TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption (E2EE) - the controversial privacy feature used by nearly all its rivals - arguing it makes users less safe.
More: PCMag, Neowin, Fast Company, AzerNews, Engadget, Mashable, 9to5Mac, and OnMSFT
Forums: Hacker News, r/nottheonion, r/privacy, and Slashdot
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Eight Sleep, which sells smart mattress accessories to track sleep patterns and adjust temperatures, raised $50M at a $1.5B valuation, up from $500M in 2021 — Sleep tech company Eight Sleep today said that it has raised $50 million in a strategic round led by Tether Investments at a valuation of $1.5 billion.
More: Tether, DL News, FinSMEs, Blockchain.News, HIT Consultant, Tech Funding News, Crunchbase News, and Blockonomi
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Trump says “the GENIUS Act is being threatened and undermined by the banks”, which are holding the CLARITY Act hostage, as they oppose stablecoin yield payouts — U.S. President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social that the banking industry is trying to undermine the stablecoin bill he signed into law last year.
More: The Block, Yahoo Finance, Benzinga, CNBC, CryptoPotato, Politico, The Hill, and The Block
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Sources: Arda, co-founded by ex-OpenAI chief research officer Bob McGrew to automate manufacturing using AI, is raising $70M at a $700M valuation — Bob McGrew is raising $70 million to fund a startup making software platform to help run autonomous factoriesSponsor Posts
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