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Google releases its proposal for the White House's AI Action Plan, arguing that “fair use and text-and-data mining exceptions” are “critical” to AI development — Google, following on the heels of OpenAI, published a policy proposal in response to the Trump Administration's call for a national “AI Action Plan.”| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI calls DeepSeek “state-controlled” and recommends that the US ban “PRC-produced equipment and models that violate user privacy and create security risks” — In a new policy proposal, OpenAI describes Chinese AI lab DeepSeek as “state-subsidized” and “state-controlled …
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The GSMA announces the new RCS standard supports interoperable E2EE between platforms; Apple says it will add support for the standard in a future update — 'We will add support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messages to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS in future software updates.'| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is planning an AirPods feature that will enable live translation of in-person conversations, coming in an update due later in 2025 tied to iOS 19 — Apple Inc. is planning a new AirPods feature that allows the earbuds to live-translate an in-person conversation into another language …
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European authorities raided 21 addresses, arrested several people, and sealed two offices in the EU Parliament, as part of a spiraling bribery probe into Huawei — Chinese tech giant's offices raided and Parliament offices sealed in case that echoes the 2022 Qatargate investigation.
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Two activist groups launch a legal challenge against the UK's bid to force Apple to create a data “backdoor”, arguing it would breach consumers' privacy rights — Privacy International and Liberty's complaint adds pressure on government as iPhone maker fights demand in court
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Foxconn CEO Young Liu says “the attitude and the approach” of the US government toward tariffs has become a “big headache” for companies like Apple and Amazon — World's biggest contract electronics manufacturer highlights disruption caused by trade policy to groups including Apple and Amazon| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google says Gemini can now personalize answers based on users' search history, an experimental feature for Gemini and Gemini Advanced subscribers on the web — If you enable personalization, Gemini will reference your search history to ‘enhance’ some of its responses.
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Crypto payments company MoonPay acquires Iron, an API-focused stablecoin infrastructure company, a source says for $100M+, after acquiring Helio in January 2025 — - The acquisition is comparable to Stripe's acquisition of the stablecoin platform Bridge, and MoonPay's financial services … | Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
Flock Safety, a maker of computer vision-enabled video surveillance tech for police and businesses, raised $275M at a $7.5B valuation, up from $4.8B a year ago — Flock Safety and one of its long-time VCs, Bedrock Capital, announced Thursday that the startup raised a fresh $275 million at a $7.5 billion valuation.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UiPath acquires Peak, which makes AI tools for pricing, inventory management, and more; Peak has raised $121M in total and reported ~£9M in revenue in 2023 — A rush of agentic AI solutions is hitting the enterprise market, and now one of the bigger players in automation has scooped …
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A US bankruptcy court lets 3AC raise its claim against FTX from $120M to $1.53B, despite FTX's objection that it was too late; 3AC originally filed in June 2023 — - A U.S. bankruptcy court allowed 3AC to expand its claims against FTX from $120 million to $1.53 billion.
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