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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
OpenAI releases ChatGPT Images 2.0 with new “thinking capabilities”, allowing it to search the web to help it create multiple images from a single prompt — The update allows ChatGPT Images 2.0 to create a series of images based on one prompt.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Longtime colleagues say John Ternus will bring back Jobs-era decisiveness, shifting from Cook's era when decisions were made collectively by top executives — When Apple Inc. announced Monday that longtime leader Tim Cook would be replaced by John Ternus, it published an image …
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| CNBC: |
John Ternus, senior VP of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple's next CEO on September 1; Tim Cook will become executive chairman of Apple's board — Apple said on Monday that John Ternus is succeeding Tim Cook as CEO, with Cook assuming the role of executive chairman on Sept. 1.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
All-hands: Tim Cook said he's stepping down now to ensure the “best-ever transition,” citing strong financials, an “incredible” pipeline, and Ternus' readiness — Apple Inc.'s Tim Cook, who's stepping down as chief executive officer later this year … | John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Tim Cook reshaped Apple in his own image and exits as CEO on his own terms, seemingly picking the right successor in John Ternus, much like Jobs did with Cook — It's a profoundly different feeling today than the last time Apple's CEO announced his transition to chairman of the board …
| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of John Ternus, a mechanical engineer by background, who joined Apple in 2001 and whose biggest success was helping Mac's transition to Apple Silicon — John Ternus must help Apple catch up in the AI race as it looks for its next big hit — The Mac Mini was sorely in need of an update …
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Tim Cook had an extraordinary run and impeccable timing in stepping down, with Apple in a better place than it has ever been as AI becomes its next big test — It's the nature of business that the eulogy for a chief executive doesn't happen when they die, but when they retire, or … | Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
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| Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: |
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| Reuters: |
Meta is installing tracking software on US staffers' computers to capture mouse movements, clicks, and keystrokes in work-related apps for use in AI training — Meta (META.O) is installing new tracking software on U.S.-based employees' computers to capture mouse movements …
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| NPR: |
How opposition to data centers, over concerns like power demands, pollution, and water needs, has become a voting issue for many people in the 2026 US midterms — Fifteen minutes after Susan Bourgeois was appointed to lead Louisiana Economic Development, the state agency responsible … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft cuts Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price from $29.99 to $22.99/month and PC Game Pass from $16.49 to $13.99, but both tiers won't get new Call of Duty games — After Xbox CEO Asha Sharma admitted last week that “Game Pass has become too expensive for players,” Microsoft is dropping …
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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
New York Attorney General Letitia James sues Coinbase and Gemini, claiming their prediction markets violate state laws against illegal gambling — New York's attorney general sued Coinbase Financial Markets (COIN.O) and Gemini Titan (GEMI.O) on Tuesday, claiming their prediction markets violate state laws against illegal gambling.| The Information: |
Draft IPO prospectus: SpaceX debt grew from $14B in 2024 to $23B in 2025, tied to a $4.5B lease deal with Valor Equity for AI equipment such as chips for xAI — SpaceX increased its debt load by nearly two-thirds last year, to about $23 billion at the end of 2025 from $14 billion the year prior.| Alex Ebert / Bloomberg Law: |
Florida AG James Uthmeier issues criminal subpoenas to OpenAI to investigate if ChatGPT's role in planning a mass shooting constitutes criminal liability — Florida is sending criminal subpoenas to OpenAI, opening a novel investigation into whether a chatbot could be criminally liable for use in a mass shooting.| Financial Times: |
Sources: Revolut is aiming for a valuation of $150B to $200B in an IPO; founder Nik Storonsky said this week that Revolut would IPO in 2028 at the earliest — Bumper IPO would trigger increased stake for founder Nik Storonsky but group has no plans to float shares before 2028
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| Julia Love / Bloomberg: |
Google's Chief AI Architect Koray Kavukcuoglu is working to unite its internal AI coding tools under the Antigravity platform, to counter Claude Code and Codex — At Google, leaders are anxious about falling behind in the race to offer AI coding tools, especially as rivals like Anthropic PBC offer … | Sam Sabin / Axios: |
Sources: CISA doesn't have access to Mythos Preview, even as some other government agencies use it; Anthropic says it briefed CISA before Mythos' unveiling — The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency doesn't have access to Anthropic's powerful new Mythos Preview model … | Lily Mae Lazarus / Fortune: |
Humble unveils a fully electric cabless autonomous truck called the Humble Hauler and comes out of stealth with a $24M seed led by Eclipse — The autonomous vehicle wave has its newest entrant. — Humble, a San Francisco-based startup, emerged from stealth today with a $24 million seed round … | Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Trump says his administration had “some very good talks” with Anthropic during a WH meeting last week and “it's possible” there will be a deal with DOD — President Donald Trump on Tuesday told CNBC that “it's possible” that a deal will be made to allow Anthropic's …
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| Jody Godoy / Reuters: |
Clarifai says it has deleted 3M OkCupid user photos and facial-recognition models trained on them after the US FTC settled with OkCupid over privacy violations — Artificial intelligence company Clarifai said this month it had deleted 3 million OkCupid user photos and facial-recognition models trained …
More: Engadget, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, and The Next Web
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Mozilla says its Firefox 150 release includes fixes for 271 vulnerabilities identified using early access to Anthropic's Mythos Preview — The Firefox team doesn't think emerging AI capabilities will upend cybersecurity long term, but they warn that software developers are likely in for a rocky transition.
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