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Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal:
Meta and Palmer Luckey's Anduril Industries partner to build EagleEye, a new AI-powered weapons system, including rugged helmets, glasses, and other wearables  —  The Facebook and Instagram parent is partnering with Anduril Industries to develop combat VR headsets for the Army
Luz Ding / Bloomberg:
DeepSeek says its R1 update can perform mathematics, programming, and general logic better than the previous version, and comes close to o3 and Gemini 2.5 Pro  —  The Chinese startup DeepSeek said Thursday that its upgraded artificial-intelligence model can perform mathematics, programming …
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Like its predecessor, DeepSeek-R1-0528 has an MIT License and model weights are on Hugging Face; DeepSeek API users will get to use the model at no extra cost  —  The whale has returned.  —  After rocking the global AI and business community early this year with the January 20 initial release …
Axios:
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says AI may wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs and spike US unemployment to 10%-20% in the next one to five years  —  Dario Amodei — CEO of Anthropic, one of the world's most powerful creators of artificial intelligence — has a blunt, scary warning for the U.S. government and all of us:
New York Times:
The New York Times agrees to license editorial content to Amazon for use in its AI platforms, marking NYT's first licensing deal with a focus on generative AI  —  In 2023, The Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement.  Now its editorial content will appear across Amazon platforms.
New York Times:
Sources detail factors that weakened Elon Musk's alliance with President Trump, including his frustrations with Trump's tariffs and his disillusionment with DC  —  The billionaire has made clear he is frustrated with the obstacles he encountered as he tried to upend the federal bureaucracy.
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Elon Musk departs the Trump administration as a “special government employee”, defending DOGE's mission to reduce wasteful government spending  —  Elon Musk pivoted to damage control in his final days as a “special government employee,” publicly recommitting to Mars …
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
GreyNoise researchers detail a novel botnet infecting 9K+ routers from Asus and others with a persistent SSH backdoor, enabling access after reboots and updates  —  Over 9,000 ASUS routers are compromised by a novel botnet dubbed “AyySSHush” that was also observed targeting SOHO routers from Cisco, D-Link, and Linksys.
Jennifer Young / Windows Central:
Nvidia debuts a native GeForce NOW app for Steam Deck, supporting games in up to 4K at 60 FPS; in testing, the app extended Steam Deck battery life by up to 50%  —  You can download GeForce NOW on Valve's Steam Deck today and play PC titles outside of the handheld's capabilities over the cloud.
Andrew Orr / AppleInsider:
An Apple-funded study says the US App Store drove $406B in 2024 billings and sales, up from $142B in 2019, with developers paying no commission on 90% of sales  —  Perhaps to fight off the ire of legislators worldwide about App Store fees, Apple says that it has grown the global economy …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
A federal appeals court grants the Trump administration's request to temporarily pause a lower court ruling that struck down most of President Trump's tariffs  —  - CNBC Councils  — Supply Chain Values  — CNBC on Peacock  — Join the CNBC Panel  — Ad Choices  — News Tips
Tabby Kinder / Financial Times:
Stargate's financing and future are far from straightforward, with ~$50B in commitments to date, far below the $500B touted by President Trump and Sam Altman  —  The financing and future of Stargate hailed by Trump are far from straightforward  —  Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT …
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Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Victoria's Secret replaces its website with a message saying “we identified and are taking steps to address a security incident”, and closes some store services  —  Fashion giant Victoria's Secret has taken down its website and some store services because of an ongoing security incident.
Bloomberg:
Source: Victoria's Secret tells staff to avoid using company tech due to a “security incident”; CEO Hillary Super says “recovery is going to take awhile”
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Perplexity launches Perplexity Labs, letting users craft reports, spreadsheets, dashboards, and more, available on the web, iOS, and Android for its Pro users  —  Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine gunning for Google, on Thursday released Perplexity Labs, a tool for subscribers …
Bloomberg:
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says Chinese AI rivals are filling the void left by US companies leaving China and Huawei has become “quite formidable”  —  Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said that Chinese AI rivals are filling the void left by the departure of US companies …
Axios:
Sources: the Trump administration is looking to change the AI Safety Institute's name to the Center for AI Safety and Leadership in the coming days  —  The Trump administration is looking to change the AI Safety Institute's name to the Center for AI Safety and Leadership in the coming days, per two sources familiar with the matter.
Financial Times:
The Czech Republic says that the state-sponsored Chinese hacking group APT31 has targeted its foreign ministry's unclassified communications network since 2022  —  ‘Malicious’ assault blamed on group known as APT31 that has been linked with Chinese state security ministry
Sahil Lavingia:
Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia discusses working as a DOGE software engineer for the VA and says he was let go after his Fast Company interview was published  —  In August 2014, President Obama and Congress created the United States Digital Service (USDS).  —  In January 2025 …
Wall Street Journal:
Making a short AI film with tools from Google, Runway, ElevenLabs, and Midjourney shows the tech has improved but it takes tedious work to get scene consistency  —  We tried to direct an AI film with Veo and Runway.  The tools are magic.  The process is madness.  —  Click for Sound
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Google unveils new Photos features, including a redesigned editor with AI features rolling out globally to Android next month and to iOS “later this year”  —  The UI has been redesigned to focus on Google's AI Magic Editor features.
Rest of World:
Migrant Filipino workers in Taiwan's chip industry say job brokers control everything from paychecks to dorm beds, leaving them feeling trapped and exploited  —  In Taiwan's AI-fueled chip boom, brokers control everything from paychecks to dorm beds, leaving workers feeling trapped and exploited.

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