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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
What to expect at WWDC 2025: iOS 26 and other software branding changes, redesigned software interfaces, productivity enhancements, minor AI changes, and more — Company set to highlight software redesigns as it remains on sidelines of AI revolution. — Apple Inc.'s upcoming Worldwide …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Tucker Carlson was on WH's list of potential TikTok investors, with JD Vance pushing for his inclusion, along with others like a16z and Blackstone — Vice-president JD Vance pushed for right-wing media star's inclusion in a deal for video app — Alex Rogers in Washington …
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| Alex Leary / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Trump plans to extend TikTok's June 19 sale deadline; ByteDance told the White House China wouldn't approve a deal until there are trade negotiations — The move would mark Trump's third extension, as he seeks to stave off enforcement of a law requiring that the app be banned in the U.S. or sold
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OpenAI appeals a court order in The New York Times case requiring it to keep ChatGPT outputs indefinitely, saying it conflicts with its user privacy commitments — OpenAI is appealing an order in a copyright case brought by the New York Times that requires it to preserve ChatGPT output data indefinitely … | Financial Times: |
Tech industry fears Musk-Trump rift fallout as some downplay its permanence, and sources say, try to stop Musk from appearing on an emergency All-In episode — Tech industry fears commercial and political damage from breakdown in relationship between Tesla boss and US president
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Winklevoss twins' crypto exchange Gemini says it has confidentially filed for an IPO in the US, after SEC dropped its probe and Gemini settled with CFTC for $5M — Gemini, the cryptocurrency exchange and custodian founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has confidentially filed for an IPO in the U.S. …
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
X names Polymarket as its official prediction market partner, with plans to combine Polymarket predictions with X data to deliver live insights — X, formerly known as Twitter, announced on Friday that it has partnered with Polymarket, naming it the platform's official prediction market partner.| ProPublica: |
VA used a DOGE AI tool by Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia that hallucinated contract sizes to cancel 24+ deals; Lavingia says “mistakes were made” — We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill.
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| Lydia Moynihan / New York Post: |
Sources: Trump's team seeks a potential consent decree as part of an FTC deal forcing Meta to pay restitution to conservatives affected by content moderation — On Inauguration Day 2025, tech titans like Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, and Sundar Pichai secured front-row seats …
More: Fortune
| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
The UK FCA says it will lift its ban on offering crypto exchange traded notes to retail investors “to support UK growth and competitiveness” — The move is to support U.K. growth and competitiveness, the FCA said. — What to know: … U.K. financial regulator …
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| Emmet Lyons / CBS News: |
A probe found hundreds of ads for “nudify” apps on Meta platforms; Meta removed the ads, and says those behind the apps constantly evolve to avoid detection — Meta has removed a number of ads promoting “nudify” apps — AI tools used to create sexually explicit deepfakes using images … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google rolls out “scheduled actions” in the Gemini app, allowing AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers to ask the AI assistant to perform tasks at specific times — Now subscribers can ask the AI assistant to provide calendar summaries on a daily basis or generate a summary of an event after it takes place.| Joe Murphy / NBC News: |
Analysis: Community Notes submissions on X fell from a high of 120,000 in January to fewer than 60,000 in May; Musk now rarely mentions the feature — Half as many crowdsourced Community Notes were created in May than were created in January. — Participation is plummeting …
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| Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post: |
China's Hainan province tests letting some corporate users bypass the Great Firewall for global internet access, as the island seeks to become a free-trade port — China's southernmost province of Hainan is piloting a programme to grant select corporate users broad access to the global internet … Sponsor Posts
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