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| Maxwell Zeff / Wired: |
Google DeepMind Chief Scientist Jeff Dean and 30+ employees from OpenAI and Google file an amicus brief supporting Anthropic in its legal fight with the US DOD — Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean is among the AI researchers and engineers rushing to Anthropic's defense.
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Bluesky: @pamspaulding and @peard33
Forums: r/technology, r/google, r/Anthropic, and r/OpenAI
| Maria Curi / Axios: |
Sources: the White House is preparing an executive order formally instructing federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's AI tools after Trump called them “woke” — The White House is preparing an executive order formally instructing the federal government to rip out Anthropic's AI …
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| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
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| Jack Queen / Reuters: |
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/law, r/news, r/Anthropic, r/LegalNews, r/ChatGPT, r/artificial, r/ClaudeAI, r/Anthropic, and r/politics
| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
Yann LeCun's Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs raised a $1.03B seed at a $3.5B pre-money valuation to work on world models, in Europe's largest-ever seed round — Meta's former chief artificial intelligence scientist Yann LeCun has raised more than $1bn for his new start-up in Europe's largest ever seed funding round.
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| David Gewirtz / ZDNET: |
Anthropic debuts Code Review for Claude Code, which uses agents to check pull requests for bugs, and says a typical code review costs $15 to $25 in token usage — ZDNET's key takeaways — Anthropic launches AI agents to review developer pull requests. — Internal tests tripled meaningful code review feedback.
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| Financial Times: |
Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab signs a chip supply deal with Nvidia worth tens of billions of dollars, planning to deploy 1GW+ of next-gen Vera Rubin chips — Multiyear partnership includes a further ‘significant’ investment from Nvidia into one-year-old AI start-up
More: Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and NVIDIA
| Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware: |
MacBook Neo review: premium chassis, vivid display, mechanical touchpad is clickable anywhere, and affordable, but no backlit keyboard and no USB-C port labels — The MacBook Neo looks and feels like it's expensive. That's the magic. … Why you can trust Tom's Hardware …
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| Brian Westover / PCMag: |
MacBook Pro 16" (M5 Max) review: the “Super core” architecture and 40-core GPU mean beastly performance, but it has a five-year-old design and is $100+ pricier — EDITORS' CHOICE — 4.5 — Outstanding — THE BOTTOM LINE — The 2026 MacBook Pro 16-inch with M5 Max …
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google rolls out Gemini-powered AI capabilities across Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive, including a “Help me create” tool in Docs to generate first drafts — Google announced on Tuesday that it's bringing a slew of new Gemini-powered AI capabilities to Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive.
More: The Keyword, CNET, 9to5Google, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, PCWorld, Fast Company, Wired, and Digital Trends
| Wired: |
Sources: Nvidia is pitching NemoClaw, an upcoming open-source AI agent platform for enterprises, and plans to offer security and privacy tools as part of it — Ahead of its annual developer conference, Nvidia is readying a new approach to software that embraces AI agents similar to OpenClaw.
More: The Economic Times, International Business Times, Gizmodo, The Indian Express, CNBC, The Information, CoinDesk, Tech in Asia, and Blockonomi
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| Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple made ~55M iPhones in India in 2025, up 53% YoY from 36M in 2024, or ~25% of total iPhone production, as it shifts away from China amid US tariffs — Apple Inc. increased iPhone production in India by about 53% last year and now makes a quarter of its marquee devices there …
More: Benzinga, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Business Today, MacRumors, The Indian Express, MacTech.com, Apple Must, Times of India, Digit, The Hans India, Notebookcheck, Tech in Asia, Livemint, Blockonomi, Gamereactor UK, and Mobile World Live. Forums: r/india
| Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times: |
Memo: Amazon SVP Dave Treadwell says junior and mid-level engineers now require more senior engineers to sign off any AI-assisted code changes, after outages — Ecommerce giant says there has been a ‘trend of incidents’ linked to ‘Gen-AI assisted changes’ — Amazon's ecommerce business …
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| Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
Jay Graber steps down as Bluesky CEO, saying a “seasoned operator focused on scaling and execution” is needed; Bluesky names VC Toni Schneider as interim CEO — Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky's board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.
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Bluesky: @fwsa, @carnage4life, @robynpowell, @toni.bsky.team, @kandake.africa, @fraying, @anildash.com, @danabra.mov, @gilliandn, @bnewbold.net, @clairewillett, @evansutton, @quillmatiq.com, @gendenelith, @davelee.me, @ryanlcooper.com, @caseynewton, @brainnotonyet, @masnick.com, @daveweigel, @chriswolfvision, @rose.bsky.team, @strngwys, @craigbrittain.com, @jay.bsky.team, @joshsternberg.com, and @wired.com. Mastodon: @liaizon@social.wake.st
Forums: Hacker News, r/technews, r/BlueskySocial, and Slashdot
| Olivia Moore / Andreessen Horowitz: |
More: Forbes Australia and SmartCompany
X: @alexmashrabov, @changchen_cc, @scobleizer, @anisha_moonka, @lennysan, @aleximm, @a16z, @illscience, @a16z, @a16z, and @omooretweets. Forums: r/OpenAI
| Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg: |
Meta emails advertisers about “location fees” in select European countries to cover digital services taxes, starting July 1; Google and Amazon have similar fees — Meta Platforms is asking advertisers to cover the costs of digital services taxes, levies imposed by countries on local sales made by technology firms.| Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
How AI training company Mercor, valued at $10B in 2025, uses AI interviewer Melvin and invasive monitoring software Insightful to manage its 30K+ workforce — ART BY SAMAR HADDAD — This article is a collaboration between The Verge and New York Magazine.
Bluesky: @ketanjoshi.co
| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
AI networking equipment startup Eridu emerges from stealth and raised a $200M Series A led by Socratic, John Doerr, and more, taking its total funding to $230M — Drew Perkins has been inventing computer network tech and building startups since the dawn of the internet age.
More: SiliconANGLE
| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory, Richard Osman, and ~10,000 writers publish Don't Steal This Book, an “empty” book to protest AI companies using their work — About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaign
More: The Verge, Türkiye Today, Gamereactor UK, LBC, ITV News, The Independent, and Daily Mail
X: @ednewtonrex. Bluesky: @paularmstrongtbd, @senategabe, @writersguildgb, and @emgeekay. Mastodon: @JulietEMcKenna@wandering.shop. Forums: r/books
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple delayed the release of its smart home display, planned for March, until around September, when the company anticipates the new Siri will be ready — Apple Inc.'s artificial intelligence struggles are rippling through its product plans, forcing the company to delay a long …
More: PYMNTS.com, The Verge, Spyglass, Digit, Silicon UK, DigiTimes, Business Standard, iDrop News, iPhone in Canada, Android Authority, iClarified, The Mac Observer, and Cult of Mac
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| The Information: |
Sources: Tencent is developing a top-secret AI agent for WeChat, and has tested using models from Zhipu, Alibaba, and DeepSeek, to compete with Qwen and Doubao — Tencent Holdings is secretly building a new AI agent for its hugely popular WeChat messaging app, in hopes of leapfrogging rivals …
More: South China Morning Post
| Jake Rudnitsky / Bloomberg: |
Israeli startup Jazz, which uses AI agents to tackle data loss prevention, raised $61M across seed and Series A led by Glilot and Team8, and has 15 paying users — Israel's Jazz raised $61 million in funding to create a platform that uses artificial intelligence to tackle data loss prevention.| Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg: |
Swedish legal AI startup Legora raised a $550M Series D led by Accel, tripling its valuation to $5.55B since its October 2025 raise, as it expands in the US — Swedish legal artificial intelligence startup Legora has raised $550 million in a Series D funding round led by Accel …
More: Sifted, Reuters, Tech.eu, and Menlo Ventures
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Amazon starts its bond sale, targeting ~$37B to ~$42B in an offering in dollars and euros, in potentially one of the biggest-ever corporate bond sales — Amazon.com Inc. has kicked off what is likely to be one of the biggest corporate bond offerings ever, in the latest blockbuster fundraising …
More: The Information
| Chris Metinko / Axios: |
Paris-based Qevlar AI, an agentic AI developer for security operations centers, raised $30M led by Partech and Forgepoint Capital International — Qevlar AI, an agentic AI developer for security operations centers, raised $30 million led by Partech and Forgepoint Capital International …
More: FinSMEs, Ventureburn, Pulse 2.0, Pathfounders, Tech.eu, EU-Startups, and Tech Funding News
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
AI cybersecurity startup Armadin, started by Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia to build AI agents, raised ~$190M led by Accel; Google bought Mandiant for $5.4B — Four years ago Kevin Mandia agreed to sell his cybersecurity company Mandiant to Google for $5.4 billion. Now he's back in the game, with Google's help.
More: Help Net Security and Pulse 2.0
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