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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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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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Mastodon: @bruno_j_navarro … and @Gurre@mastodon.nu
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
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 …
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| 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.
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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 … | 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
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| 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 …
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| 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 …
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LinkedIn: Ryan Tannenbaum and Irislis Rodriguez
| 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.| 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
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
First Lady Melania Trump releases an audiobook of her memoir, with her “official AI voice” created by ElevenLabs, available exclusively in the ElevenReader app — First Lady Melania Trump released her recently published memoir “Melania” as an audiobook that will be available … | 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” … | 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 …
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| 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, and CyberInsider
Bluesky: @couts and @agreenberg
LinkedIn: Martin G. Nystrom, Ryan Kalember, Dharmesh Mehta, Jamie Wendell, and Selena Larson
| 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
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