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The European Commission issues preliminary DSA findings against Meta, saying Instagram and Facebook fail to prevent under-13 users from accessing the services — The European Union's executive arm accused Meta Platforms Inc. of failing to keep young children off its services, ramping up a probe that could result in hefty fines.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: OpenAI has, in practice, abandoned its Stargate JV in favor of large bilateral deals; execs say its guiding principle remains to “build more compute” — Chief executive Sam Altman's flexible approach to infrastructure projects is unsettling partners but boosting computing lead| Bloomberg: |
Musk v. Altman: Elon Musk testifies he is suing OpenAI because “it is not okay to steal a charity” and its pivot sets a concerning precedent for philanthropy — Elon Musk testified Tuesday he's suing OpenAI and two of its co-founders — Sam Altman and Greg Brockman …
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Sources: the White House is developing guidance for government agencies to get around Anthropic's supply chain risk designation and onboard models like Mythos — - One source described the White House efforts as a way to “save face and bring em back in.” — Earlier this month … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans a new Siri camera mode in iOS 27 by moving Visual Intelligence, currently tied to the Camera Control button, into the camera app — Apple Inc. is planning to embed artificial intelligence more deeply into the iPhone's camera app, adding a new Siri mode alongside …
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| Will Knight / Wired: |
OpenAI's instructions in Codex CLI contain a line, repeated several times, that forbids the tool from randomly mentioning goblins, gremlins, and other creatures — “Never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
YouTube rolls out Full Multiview Customization to YouTube TV, letting users pin up to four live streams in a window, after debuting a limited version in 2023 — Custom multiview is finally here. Custom multiview is finally here. … YouTube CEO Neal Mohan announced Tuesday that YouTube TV is getting “fully customizable” multiview.
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Sources: China suspends issuing Level 4 autonomous vehicle licenses, after 100+ of Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxis stalled and disrupted traffic in Wuhan in March — China has suspended issuing new licenses for autonomous vehicles, according to people familiar with the matter … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Divine, a Vine reboot financed by Jack Dorsey-backed nonprofit “and Other Stuff” and built by an early Twitter employee, debuts with ~500K restored Vine videos — A new project to bring back Vine's six-second looping videos is now available for download on the App Store and Google Play.| Macy Meyer / CNET: |
Google celebrates 20 years of Translate with a new AI pronunciation practice tool for Android users in the US and India; Translate gets 1B+ queries per month — Google's new AI-powered language tool can give you real-time feedback by analyzing speech and correcting your pronunciation.| Financial Times: |
Source: China's leverage against Meta in the Manus deal could include that 10%+ of its revenue is from Chinese ads and Goertek in Meta AI glasses' supply chain — National Development Reform Commission is becoming Beijing's chief enforcer — China's abrupt order to Meta to unwind …
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| Chris Welch / Bloomberg: |
Motorola unveils its 2026 foldables lineup, including its first book-style model, which costs $1,900; prices for clamshell models have gone up by up to $200 — The company's clamshell phones have gone up by as much as $200, while its first book-style foldable barely undercuts Samsung at $1,900.| Clare Duffy / CNN: |
Seven families of victims in the Tumbler Ridge shooting in Canada sue OpenAI, accusing it of failing to warn authorities about the suspect's ChatGPT activity — Seven families of victims in a February school shooting sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Wednesday, alleging the company … | Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Crypto payments company MoonPay acquires Israeli crypto security startup Sodot, sources say in a ~$100M all-stock deal, to launch a unit focused on institutions — MoonPay Inc. has acquired Sodot, an Israeli crypto security startup, as part of a plan by the crypto payments firm to launch …
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SpaceX IPO filing: Elon Musk can only be removed as CEO via a vote by holders of Class B super-voting shares, which he will control post-IPO, a rare provision — SpaceX is telling investors that no one can fire Elon Musk from his role as chief executive and chairman of the board without … | Alex Heath / Sources: |
An interview with AWS CEO Matt Garman on why AWS will be “a better partner to OpenAI” than Microsoft, high chip demand, Jeff Bezos' Project Prometheus, and more — AWS CEO Matt Garman on why Amazon will “be a better partner” than Microsoft. Also: His reaction to bubble fears …
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| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Uber partners with Expedia to launch a hotel booking integration in its app in the US, and plans to add Expedia's Vrbo brand later in 2026 — Uber Technologies Inc. is adding hotel bookings in its flagship app, marking the ride-hail company's biggest push yet into the travel market as it seeks to create an everything platform.
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| Jason Gale / Bloomberg: |
Mayo Clinic researchers detail Redmod, an AI system that identified subtle changes in routine CT scans an average of 475 days before pancreatic cancer diagnosis — An artificial intelligence system can spot pancreatic cancer long before it shows up on scans, raising the prospect of catching … | Tim Harford / Financial Times: |
A working paper uses an LLM to analyze X's political discourse, finding that anger is by far the most common emotion expressed by US users, especially those 65+ — There is a gap between the calm, rational decision-makers we often aspire to be and the overwrought, sentiment-tossed creatures we often are.| Natasha Voase / Bloomberg: |
Knight Frank: Anthropic, OpenAI, and other AI companies have leased 1M+ square feet of London office space since the start of 2025, or ~7% of available listings — Artificial intelligence-linked companies, including Anthropic PBC and OpenAI, have been rushing into London for office space in a surge that's surprised local landlords.| Todd Gillespie / Bloomberg: |
Rogo, which uses AI to help lighten junior bankers' workloads, raised a $160M Series D led by Kleiner Perkins at a $2B valuation, up from $750M in January — Rogo, started by young bankers around a kitchen table in 2021, just won a multibillion-dollar valuation
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| Tim Fernholz / TechCrunch: |
Scout AI, which is building an AI model to operate and command military assets like autonomous ATVs, raised a $100M Series A co-led by Align and Draper — At a U.S. military base in central California, four-seater all-terrain vehicles roam hillside trails.| Reuters: |
Cognizant agrees to acquire Astreya, which helps manage data center infrastructure, AI lab environments, and enterprise networks, for ~$600M, set to close in Q2 — Cognizant Technology (CTSH.O) has agreed to buy Astreya, an IT services and technology provider focused on AI infrastructure … | Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: |
Pursuit, which uses AI to scan public data to help companies find and win government contracts, raised a $22M seed led by OpenGov co-founder Mike Rosengarten — Mike Vichich grew up in Michigan. His family, he recalls, dedicated their lives to public service.| Brock E.W. Turner / Axios: |
Aidoc, which provides AI medical imaging software to flag incidental findings on CT scans and X-rays, raised a $150M Series E, taking its total funding to $520M — Aidoc, a clinical AI medical imaging provider, raised $150 million in Series E funding, CEO Elad Walach tells Axios Pro exclusively.| Charlotte Trueman / DatacenterDynamics: |
OpenLight, which designs custom application-specific photonic chips, raised $50M in a Series A extension, after raising $34M in August 2025 — Startup designs custom application-specific photonic chips — OpenLight has raised an additional $50 million in an extended Series A funding round …
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| Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg: |
A US judge rejects Sam Bankman-Fried's new trial request based on what SBF called new evidence; SBF asked to withdraw his request, which the judge also rejected — A federal judge rejected FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried's do-it-yourself motion for a new trial based on what the former crypto king claimed was new evidence.
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| Dawn Lim / Bloomberg: |
Brookfield-backed Compass drops plans to develop 800+ acres in Virginia's 2,100-acre Digital Gateway data center corridor, sources say due to local opposition — Compass Datacenters is pulling out of a yearslong effort to build a key part of 2,100-acre data center corridor in Northern Virginia …
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