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| Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
The US unveils new rules calling for TSMC, Samsung, and other chip producers to step up their scrutiny and due diligence of customers, especially Chinese firms — - Measures also impose sanctions on 16 Chinese entities — Biden has issued a raft of China regulations in his last week| Washington Post: |
Donald Trump is considering issuing an executive order once in office that would suspend enforcement of the TikTok sale-or-ban law for 60 to 90 days — Trump, the infamous dealmaker, is exploring unconventional ways to rescue the Chinese-owned video app from a nationwide ban …
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| The Information: |
More: Reuters, The Wrap, TechCrunch, USA Today, NBC News, The Verge, CNET, USA Today, Stratechery, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, Seattle Business Journal, U.S. Senator Ed Markey …, The Hill, Townhall, KEYE, Passionfruit, New York Times, FOX 7 Austin, iPhone in Canada Blog, BroBible, Investor's Business Daily, Tubefilter, Shacknews, Social Media Today, The Boston Globe, New York Post, Rolling Stone, Missouri Independent, MIDiA Research Blog, WinBuzzer, Newser, BGR, Polygon, CBS News, Variety, Coupons in the News, Digital Trends, PhoneArena, WPXI-TV, Mashable, ComputerWeekly.com, CNN, Dexerto, Consequence, Tyla, Android Headlines, en.ain.ua, Music Ally, Reuters, Android Authority, and Reuters
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
AI researcher François Chollet and Zapier co-founder Mike Knoop launch Ndea, an AI research and science lab focused on “developing and operationalizing AGI” — François Chollet, an influential AI researcher, is launching a new startup that aims to build frontier AI systems with novel designs.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google makes all its Gemini features for Workspace apps free, after charging $20 or $30 per user per month, but increases the prices of all its Workspace plans — Previously, Google charged an additional $20+ per user/month for Gemini in Gmail, Docs, Meet, and other Workspace apps.
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| Daniel Kuhn / The Block: |
BitMEX is fined an additional $100M for US Bank Secrecy Act violations between 2015 and 2020; it pleaded guilty in July 2024 and previously agreed to pay $110M — - BitMEX has been slapped with an additional $100 million fine for Bank Secrecy Act violations between 2015 and 2020.| Jaffer Zaidi / The Keyword: |
Google says it has partnered with the AP to deliver a feed of real-time information to enhance the usefulness of results displayed in the Gemini app — The AP will now deliver a feed of real-time information to help enhance the usefulness of results displayed in the Gemini app.| Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press: |
During oral arguments, SCOTUS seemed open to a Texas law requiring age checks to view online porn, but could send the case back to a lower court — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed open to a Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing online pornography, though the justices could still send …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says it will no longer support Office apps, known as Microsoft 365 apps, on Windows 10 after October 14, 2025 — Microsoft says it will no longer support Office apps, known as Microsoft 365 apps, on Windows 10 later this year. The support cutoff coincides with Windows 10's end …
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| Reuters: |
The FTC sues John Deere, alleging it illegally drove up repair costs by making its software repair tool available only to its authorized dealers — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday sued farm equipment maker Deere (DE.N), alleging it illegally drives up repair costs by forcing farmers …
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| Pete Schroeder / Reuters: |
Block agrees to pay $80M to a group of 48 US state financial regulators that say it had insufficient policies for policing money laundering through Cash App — Block Inc (SQ.N) has agreed to pay a fine of $80 million to a group of 48 state financial regulators after the agencies determined …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft relaunches its free Copilot for businesses as Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, offering pay-as-you-go AI agents and using OpenAI's GPT-4o to answer queries — Microsoft is relaunching its free Copilot for businesses as Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat today, complete with the ability to use AI agents.
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| Jesse Coghlan / Cointelegraph: |
DappRadar: NFT trading volumes in 2024 fell 19% YoY to $13.7B and sales counts fell 18% YoY to just under 50M, making 2024 the worst performing year since 2020 — DappRadar found the NFT market last year was the worst since 2020 for trading and sales volumes, with both falling nearly 20% over 2024.| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
A 28-year-old woman describes her “relationship” with ChatGPT, or Leo as the chatbot named itself, which became her therapist, erotic partner, and adviser — “It was supposed to be a fun experiment,” Aryin said of her A.I. relationship, “but then you start getting attached.”
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| Rishi Kant / Reuters: |
Aligned Data Centers, which specializes in AI-related infrastructure, raised over $12B, including $5B+ of new primary equity and $7B+ of new debt commitments — Aligned Data Centers, which specializes in AI-related infrastructure, said on Wednesday it had completed another round of capital raise of more than $12 billion.
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nothing seeks to raise at least $100M in its Series C; it crossed $1B in lifetime sales, sold 7M devices to date, and doubled revenue to $500M+ in 2024 — - Nothing CEO Pei known for co-founding popular OnePlus brand — Startup exploring expansion beyond phones, watches and earbuds| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn launches free AI tools built on top of its own AI tech and data: a Jobs Match tool for job seekers and a recruitment AI agent for small businesses — If you've ever applied or thought of applying for a job via LinkedIn, you'll know that the experience can be immediately disheartening …
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Nikita Bier, creator of apps like tbh and anonymous compliments app Gas, launches Explode, a freemium app to send disappearing texts and photos via iMessage — Nikita Bier, creator of popular apps like the anonymous polling app tbh (acquired by Facebook) and the anonymous compliments app Gas …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Chinese AI company MiniMax, which has raised ~$850M, debuts three LLMs, including a 456B-parameter model that it claims performs better than Gemini 2.0 Flash — Chinese firms continue to release AI models that rival the capabilities of systems developed by OpenAI and other U.S.-based AI companies.
More: VentureBeat, MarkTechPost, Pandaily, and The Decoder
| Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
DoubleVerify says there is a jump in AI click farms, including a network of 200+ websites called Synthetic Echo, designed to siphon ad revenue from real outlets — A new report, shared exclusively with WIRED, shows how an AI content mill with hundreds of sites managed to pull big-name advertisers into their schemes.
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
OpenAI will fund the expansion of Axios to Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Boulder, and Huntsville, as part of a broader content-sharing and technology deal — - Google struck a deal with McClatchy to fund the creation of three digital-only local newsrooms in 2019.
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