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Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
Figma disables its recently launched generative AI app design tool Make Design, after a user showed it copied Apple's Weather when asked to design a weather app  —  The design tool Figma has disabled a newly launched AI-powered app design tool after a user showed that it was clearly copying Apple's weather app.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple will get an observer role on OpenAI's board, with Phil Schiller chosen for the position, as part of their partnership announced last month  —  - Apple's observer position would match that of Microsoft  — Phil Schiller, Apple's former marketing chief, chosen for role
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat:
Meta shares its research on Meta 3D Gen, a system that creates high-quality 3D assets from text descriptions in less than a minute  —  Meta, the tech giant formerly known as Facebook, introduced Meta 3D Gen today, a new AI system that creates high-quality 3D assets from text descriptions in less than a minute.
Financial Times:
Google says its greenhouse gas emissions have surged 48% in the past five years due to the expansion of the data centers that underpin its AI efforts  —  Tech giant's ambition of reaching ‘net zero’ by 2030 under threat from power demands of artificial intelligence systems
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
For ~10 years, millions of macOS and iOS apps using CocoaPods were vulnerable to a serious flaw in the dependency manager, which was patched in October 2023  —  Apps that used code libraries hosted on CocoaPods were vulnerable for about 10 years.  —  Vulnerabilities that went undetected …
Kamila Wojciechowska / Android Authority:
Source: Google plans AI features for the Pixel 9 under the Google AI brand, like Pixel Screenshots, which lets users search their screenshots using on-device AI  —  Google's implementation of the feature means good news for those concerned with privacy.  —  •
Reuters:
Sources: Magic, a US startup developing AI models for coding tasks, is in talks to raise $200M+ at a $1.5B valuation  —  Magic, a U.S. startup developing artificial-intelligence models to write software, is in talks to raise over $200 million in a funding round valuing it at $1.5 billion …
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Jaspreet Singh / Reuters:
Meta says it will lift its ban on the word “shaheed”, or “martyr” in English, after its oversight board's year-long review found the approach to be “overbroad”  —  Meta Platforms (META.O) said on Tuesday it would lift its blanket ban on the word “shaheed” …
Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
A US judge temporarily blocked a new Mississippi law that would require age verification for all and parental consent for teens to join some social networks  —  A federal judge blocked a Mississippi law from taking effect that would have required age verification for all and parental consent …
Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information:
Source: generative AI video startup Runway is in talks to raise $450M at about a $4B valuation, with General Atlantic in talks to lead the round  —  Runway, already the best funded among a cluster of startups developing artificial intelligence software to generate videos for Hollywood …

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Rob Wile / NBC News:
President Trump's 2025 financial disclosures show $80M in income from settlements tied to his lawsuits against ABC, CBS, Meta, YouTube, and other companies

Edith Hancock / Wall Street Journal:
The European Commission says Paramount offered concessions for its $110B WBD takeover to ease competition concerns, and sets a July 22 investigation deadline

Kelly McBride / NPR:
NPR's Nina Totenberg misheard a statement about retirements and told editor Krishnadev Calamur that Alito was retiring; Calamur then posted a prewritten story

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Bloomberg:
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Tubi launches in the UK with over 20K movies and TV episodes, featuring content from distributors including Disney, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, and Sony Pictures
Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg:
Revolut's 2023 revenue almost doubled to £1.8B after interest income grew from £83M in 2022 to £500M; auditor BDO gave Revolut's accounts a clean bill of health
Byron Kaye / Reuters:
Australia's eSafety Commissioner issued notices to internet firms asking for an enforceable code to protect kids from pornography and other content by October 3
Lucian Constantin / CSO:
Qualys researchers say an OpenSSH flaw can let attackers remotely compromise servers and allow unauthenticated RCE as root; over 14M servers may be vulnerable
Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
The US SEC charges the parent company of Silvergate Bank and executives with misleading investors about its AML compliance strength; Silvergate settles for $50M
CBS News:
SCOTUS orders lower courts to take another look at Texas' and Florida's social media laws, saying neither lower court conducted proper analysis of 1A challenges
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