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Jesse Pound / CNBC:
Trump says a 25%+ tariff “must be paid by Apple” on iPhones not made in the US, and he told Tim Cook long ago that iPhones sold in the US must be made in the US  —  President Donald Trump said in a social media post Friday morning that Apple will have to pay a tariff of 25% …
Reuters:
Sources: DOGE is using a customized Grok to analyze US government data, including at DHS where it has not been approved, raising security and privacy concerns  —  Billionaire Elon Musk's DOGE team is expanding use of his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok in the U.S. federal government to analyze data …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: companies co-owned by JPMorgan Chase, BOA, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, and other large commercial banks are exploring whether to issue a joint stablecoin  —  The discussions involve payments companies co-owned by JPMorgan Chase, other large banks  —  The nation's biggest banks …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump hosted a gala dinner for top buyers of $TRUMP, including Justin Sun, and said he was fulfilling his promise to make the US the world's “crypto capital”  —  The president hosted the biggest investors in his memecoin at his golf club outside Washington
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Bluesky lets “notable and authentic” accounts apply for blue check verification and enables select organizations to become Trusted Verifiers to verify others  —  Bluesky on Thursday quietly opened the doors to those who want to become verified on its social networking service.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Discord SVP Peter Sellis says the app is exploring forums and LLM-powered summaries to make discussions easy to follow and shareable outside the platform  —  It's thinking about something like forums, too. … Discord has become the place for gaming communities on the internet.
More: TechCrunch.  Bluesky: @dryad.technology and @jaypeters.net.  Mastodon: @mcc@mastodon.social
Jody Godoy / Reuters:
The US FTC drops a case that sought to block Microsoft's $69B acquisition of Activision Blizzard, saying that pursuing the case was not in the public interest  —  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission dropped a case that sought to block Microsoft's (MSFT.O) $69-billion purchase of “Call of Duty” …
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
The US DOJ announces criminal charges against 16 individuals allegedly linked to DanaBot, a Russia-based malware operation that infected 300K+ machines globally  —  A new US indictment against a group of Russian nationals offers a clear example of how, authorities say, a single malware operation …
Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer:
The US DOJ indicts a Russian national for allegedly leading the Qakbot malware operation that infected 700K+ computers and enabled ransomware attacks for years  —  The U.S. government has indicted Russian national Rustam Rafailevich Gallyamov, the leader of the Qakbot botnet malware operation …
Philip Stafford / Financial Times:
UK-based R3, a blockchain tech developer for financial institutions, partners with the Solana Foundation to let it and its customers use the Solana blockchain  —  R3 reaches agreement with Solana Foundation in move to tokenise global stocks, bonds and funds
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple aims to release smart glasses at the end of 2026 as part of a push into AI devices, but has shelved plans for an Apple Watch with a camera  —  Apple Inc. is aiming to release smart glasses at the end of next year as part of a push into AI-enhanced gadgets …
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Anthropic's System Card: Opus 4 often attempted to blackmail engineers by threatening to reveal sensitive personal info when it was threatened with replacement  —  Anthropic's newly launched Claude Opus 4 model frequently tries to blackmail developers when they threaten to replace …
Sam Bowman / @sleepinyourhat:
Anthropic says Opus 4 will use an email tool to “whistleblow” if it detects users doing something “egregiously evil”, like marketing a drug based on faked data
The Mozilla Blog:
Mozilla plans to shut down Pocket, the read-it-later service it acquired in 2017, on July 8, and Fakespot, which helps identify unreliable reviews, on July 1  —  Firefox is the only major browser not backed by a billionaire and our independence shapes everything we build.
Anthropic:
Anthropic releases new API features for building agents: a code execution tool, an MCP connector, a Files API, and extended prompt caching, all in public beta  —  Today, we're announcing four new capabilities on the Anthropic API that enable developers to build more powerful AI agents …

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Washington Post:
Internal email: 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi told staffers Bari Weiss pulled the CECOT segment after the Trump administration refused an interview

Ali Watkins / New York Times:
Channel 4 says Jimmy Kimmel will share a message on Christmas Day as part of its Alternative Christmas Message show, emphasizing the importance of free speech

CNN:
A list of times the Trump administration tested the limits of the First Amendment during his second term, stoking alarm among civil rights experts and critics

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Harry McCracken / Fast Company:
An interview with Roku founder and CEO Anthony Wood about diversifying Roku's business beyond hardware, its services business, the Roku Channel, ads, and more
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Valve releases SteamOS 3.7.8, adding support for the Lenovo Legion Go S, a recovery image to install SteamOS on other AMD handhelds like the ROG Ally, and more

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David Heaney / UploadVR:
Meta is testing turning images on some Instagram feeds into 3D photos on the Instagram app for Quest, as well as a new Horizon OS interface called Navigator
Reuters:
Sources: OnlyFans owner Fenix is in talks to sell OnlyFans to an investor group led by Forest Road Company at an ~$8B valuation and is also considering an IPO
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Filing: Disney sues YouTube, claiming breach of contract after YouTube hired longtime Disney executive Justin Connolly as its global head of media and sports
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
State lawmakers and AGs from both parties, Democrats, consumer advocates, and others oppose GOP's push to ban state AI regulations for the next 10 years
New York Times:
Sources: the US FTC is investigating whether Media Matters illegally colluded with advertisers; Elon Musk sued the advocacy group in 2023
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
Docs: ODNI is developing a centralized portal to streamline the purchase of commercially available information, like location data, by US intelligence agencies
Benj Edwards / Ars Technica:
Anthropic's Claude 4 models support “extended thinking with tool use”, a beta feature that lets them alternate between reasoning and using tools like web search
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