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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 that Apple will have to pay a tariff of 25% or more for iPhones made outside the United States.
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Bluesky: @craigipedia, @petertl, @timeforchange, and @mrsdeborahlynn. Truth Social: @realDonaldTrump …. Mastodon: @cafechatnoir@mastodon.social
X: @mingchikuo, @markgurman, @atrupar, @pitdesi, @pkafka, @rolfewinkler, @mgsiegler, and @tomwarren
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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 …
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Bluesky: @rimaanabtawi, @stopspyingny, @karenavo, @marypcbuk, @stahl, @mollymckew, @texasyankee, @dek1, @justinhendrix, @karenavo, @brunojnavarro, @amysiskind.com, and @richburroughs.dev
Mastodon: @bruno_j_navarro … and @Gurre@mastodon.nu
Forums: r/politics and r/technology
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Glitch CEO Anil Dash says it will stop hosting projects and close user profiles on July 8; Glitch launched in March 2017 and Fastly acquired it in May 2022 — The collaborative coding platform will no longer host projects starting July 8th. … Glitch, the coding platform where developers …
More: Glitch Blog. Bluesky: @jos1264.social … and @taggart-tech.com. X: @kylebrussell
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan used an AI avatar for his initial comments on Zoom's Q1 earnings call on May 21; Klarna's CEO used an AI avatar to deliver earnings on May 19 — CEOs are now so immersed in AI, they're sending their avatars to address quarterly earnings calls instead of themselves, at least partially.
More: TechCrunch, Business Today, The Verge, and Tech Funding News
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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
More: Reuters, South China Morning Post, Fox News, Coinpedia Fintech News, PREVAIL, CryptoSlate, DL News, CoinDesk, Cryptopolitan, New York Times, and Forbes
Bluesky: @bethtoja, @hollia, and @lesleyabravanel
| 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 …
More: Unchained, DL News, Reuters, The Block, Bitcoin Insider, PYMNTS.com, Blockchain News, Finextra, Yahoo Finance, Barron's Online, Ledger Insights, Coinpedia Fintech News, CryptoPotato, BeInCrypto, The Paypers, crypto.news, Tech in Asia, The Daily Hodl, Decrypt, ZyCrypto, CoinDesk, CryptoSlate, Benzinga, Cointelegraph, Blockhead, and Crypto Briefing. LinkedIn: Chris Drury
| 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.
More: Forbes, Bluesky, Fast Company, Engadget, Thurrott, and BetaNews
Bluesky: @safety.bsky.app, @stardustbluepr.com, @ijbaker, @karissabe, @bengoggin, @bengoggin, and @jonbois. Forums: r/BlueskySocial
| 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.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Tim Cook called Texas Governor Greg Abbott last week urging a veto or changes to a bill that would require Apple to verify users' ages on its devices — Apple's CEO called Greg Abbott after law passed requiring app stores to verify user ages — Apple stepped up efforts in recent weeks … | 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 …
More: US Department of Justice, The Guardian, Metacurity, Tech Monitor, ITPro, The Stack, The Cyber Express, Help Net Security, The Register, Reuters, and The Record
Bluesky: @ericjgeller.com and @selenalarson
| 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” … | 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
More: R3, Bitcoin Insider, Coinspeaker, Ledger Insights, PYMNTS.com, R3, TokenPost, crypto.news, The Block, and CoinDesk
X: @gendal, @solana, @bradyowen_, @muzicluver, @perkinscr97, and @marcosalzmann80
| 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 …
More: Krebs on Security, US Department of Justice, WeLiveSecurity, CyberScoop, Proofpoint, The Register, Protos, CyberInsider, and Flashpoint
Bluesky: @couts and @agreenberg
LinkedIn: Martin G. Nystrom, Ryan Kalember, Dharmesh Mehta, Jamie Wendell, and Selena Larson
| Francesca Stevens / Bloomberg: |
Vietnam orders ISPs to block Telegram over its failure to prevent illegal content and activities, including fraud, drug sales and suspected terrorism on the app — Vietnam authorities have instructed local telecoms and internet service providers to block the Telegram messaging app in the country …
More: Reuters and The Business Times
| Kane Wu / Reuters: |
Sources: Foxconn is among potential bidders for Singapore-based semiconductor assembly and testing firm UTAC in a deal that could value the company at ~$3B — Taiwan's Foxconn (2317.TW) is among potential bidders for the Singaporean semiconductor assembly and testing business UTAC Holdings … | 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 — With this kind of (unusual but not super exotic) prompting style, and unlimited access to tools, if the model sees you doing something *egregiously evil* like marketing a drug based on faked data, it'll try to use an email tool to whistleblow.
More: VentureBeat. Bluesky: @skynetandchill.com. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @sleepinyourhat, @austen, @8teapi, @growing_daniel, @benhylak, @repligate, @emericdecroix, @itsgeorgepi, @asynccollab, @intellect256, @suryaoruganti, @marcaruel, @darrenangle, @sporadicalia, @spengrah, @dxrmok, @we4v3r, @undeservingfut, @soniasarao_, @pranav_so, @billyperrigo, @generatorman_ai, @skkjava, @ass_computer, @samlakig, @runekek, @dguido, @asynccollab, @dorialexander, @jacobwolinsky, @petersalib, @ghiggly, @kevinroose, @sleepinyourhat, @sleepinyourhat, @sleepinyourhat, @sleepinyourhat, @sleepinyourhat, @sleepinyourhat, and @sleepinyourhat
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