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Sources: Apple is working on a “slight redesign” for macOS 27 to address Liquid Glass issues and plans a feature to automatically group Safari tabs in “27” OSes — Also: The latest on iOS 27 and the truth about the Vision Pro. — Apple is planning design changes …
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| Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: OpenAI facilitated a $6.6B secondary share sale in October 2025 for 600+ current and ex-employees; over 75 people cashed out the maximum cap of $30M — Employees waited two years to sell their shares. Then, the company let them unload $30 million.
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Nvidia embraces its role as an AI investor in 2026, committing $40B+ to equity investments including a $30B stake in OpenAI, $3.2B in Corning, and $2.1B in IREN — Nvidia stepped on the gas last year, putting cash into companies up and down the AI infrastructure stack and helping …
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The 90-day vulnerability disclosure policy is dead, as LLMs compress bug finding and exploit development time, and critical issues must be patched immediately — Table of Contents — story 2: 30 minutes from patch to exploit — what the industry needs to do (and I am not sugarcoating this)| Anna Tong / Forbes: |
A look at Janitor AI, a romantic fantasy roleplay chatbot site run by three men that claims 2.5M DAUs and 15M total users, with 70% to 80% identifying as women — Despite its name, Janitor AI isn't selling productivity agents or enterprise copilots; it's serving up interactive erotic content … | Tanaya Macheel / CNBC: |
Circle raised $222M via the presale of its native Arc token at a $3B valuation; a16z led with a $75M investment, with participation from BlackRock and others — Circle Internet Group has raised $222 million in the presale of Arc, the native token of its new blockchain … | Gene Maddaus / Variety: |
Dua Lipa files a $15M lawsuit against Samsung, alleging that it used her likeness to sell TVs without paying her and without permission starting in 2025 — Dua Lipa has filed a $15 million lawsuit against Samsung, alleging that the electronics manufacturer used her likeness to sell TVs without paying her and without permission.
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A look at “YouTube whisperers” like Paddy Galloway and Mario Joos, a booming class of advisers that help popular YouTube creators grow their audiences — When wildlife TV personality Forrest Galante sat down for his monthly call with YouTube consultant Paddy Galloway, he received some bad news.
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| Sean Keach / The Sun: |
TikTok plans to roll out TikTok Ad-Free, a £3.99-per-month subscription for UK accounts aged 18 or older in the coming months, after testing the option in 2023 — You can update your preferences at any time, and it's always possible to switch back to the free version of the app.| Min-Jeong Lee / Bloomberg: |
SoftBank partners with South Korea's Cosmos Lab and DeltaX to mass produce next-gen data center batteries in Japan at the scale of one GWh per year in FY 2027 — SoftBank Group Corp.'s mobile unit plans to expand into selling AI computing power and the manufacture of large-scale battery cells … | Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Wise plans to debut on the Nasdaq as WSE, and relist in London for its secondary listing; Wise reports year-to-March net revenue up 19% YoY to $2.5B — Wise Group Plc is making its trading debut in the US with a Nasdaq listing as the financial technology firm tries to take advantage …
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| Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal: |
Musk v. Altman: profiles of US judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, an Obama-nominated blunt and efficient operator, and Elon Musk's and OpenAI's attorneys — Trial features jurist known for straight talk and lawyers who have worked on milestone cases — In Silicon Valley's trial of the year …
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| Jez Corden / Windows Central:NEW |
Microsoft's Playground Games accidentally uploads unencrypted pre-load files for Forza Horizon 6 to Steam, leaking the PC version before its release next week — It's a potentially multi-million dollar error. Playground Games uploaded fresh pre-load files to Steam, albeit without encryption.
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| Sarah Kessler / New York Times: |
Corporate lawyers say AI-transcribed meeting notes may not have attorney-client privilege, making otherwise protected conversations discoverable in lawsuits — A trendy productivity hack, A.I. note takers are capturing every joke and offhand comment in many meetings.
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