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Sources: Meta is in talks for a potential multibillion-dollar investment in Scale AI, Meta's largest external AI investment; Scale AI was last valued at ~$14B — The financing could exceed $10 billion in value, some of the people said, making it one of the largest private company funding events of all time.| Chris Stokel-Walker / Fast Company: |
Some WordPress veterans and the Linux Foundation start FAIR, a federated update network to decentralize WordPress infrastructure and boost supply chain security — The recent travails of WordPress have caused consternation among the web community that relies on the platform, which powers more than four in ten websites online today.
More: The Linux Foundation, fairpm on GitHub, joost.blog, WP Minute Podcasts on YouTube, fairpm on GitHub, fairpm on GitHub, and The Register
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Forums: r/Wordpress, r/WPDrama, and Slashdot
| Michael Acton / Financial Times: |
Former Apple employees say integrating LLMs with Siri has led to bugs, an issue not faced by companies that have built GenAI-based voice assistants from scratch — iPhone-maker hit by technological challenges that have led to delays to the full rollout of its ‘Apple Intelligence’ features
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Sources: Mistral AI has closed or is closing a handful of commercial contracts, each worth $100M+ over three to five years, as it expands its own infrastructure — Start-up has embarked on expansion of its own infrastructure and secured significant contracts
More: The Decoder
| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Bill Atkinson, a pioneering Apple engineer and key member of the original Macintosh team, died on June 5 at age 74 from pancreatic cancer — From his family, on Atkinson's Facebook page: … One of the great heroes in not just Apple history, but computer history.
More: New York Times, Wired, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, notes art, 9to5Mac, Moneycontrol, TidBITS, and Six Colors
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| Liam Vaughan / Bloomberg: |
An in-depth look at the US SEC's EDGAR system breach that was disclosed in 2017, as one of the key hackers, Olga Kuprina, says EDGAR remains a soft target — When a notorious gang of Ukrainian cybercriminals hit a crucial database, the regulator quickly downplayed the breach.
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LinkedIn: Liam Vaughan, Tim Pappa, Robert C., and Olga Kuprina
| Divsha Bhat / Rest of World: |
A look at the intensifying race for super apps in the Gulf, as Careem, Talabat, Amazon, Botim, and Noon consolidate various services into single platforms — From Dubai to Riyadh, apps are consolidating ride-hailing, payments, and delivery into single platforms. — The race for super-apps is intensifying in the Middle East.
Bluesky: @restofworld.org
| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
Enterprise vibe coding startup Superblocks raised a $23M Series A, bringing its total funding to $60M, and launched an enterprise coding AI agent called Clark — Brad Menezes, CEO of enterprise vibe coding startup Superblocks, believes the next crop of billion-dollar startup ideas are hiding … | Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
An interview with Leah Belsky, OpenAI's VP of Education, as the startup competes with Google and others to offer premium AI tools to universities and students — OpenAI, the firm that helped spark chatbot cheating, wants to embed A.I. in every facet of college. First up: 460,000 students at Cal State.
More: The Atlantic, Gizmodo, Politico, Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, and Independent Institute
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| Cate Lawrence / Tech.eu: |
Treefera, which uses satellite imagery, drone imagery, and AI to provide real-time insights into supply chains, raised a $30M Series B led by Notion Capital — Treefera delivers real-time, first-mile traceability using adaptive AI, satellite imagery and financial-grade risk modelling.
More: FinSMEs, Sifted, Tech Funding News, BusinessCloud, Pulse 2.0, UKTN, Silicon Canals, and Treefera
| Lucy Adams / Tech.eu: |
Skyral, a London-based modeling and simulation startup developing AI-based digital twin tech for defense, healthcare, and other sectors, raised a $20M Series A — Global demand for predictive simulation and digital twin technology has accelerated in recent years, driven by geopolitical instability and climate risk.
More: Daily Express, BusinessCloud, FinSMEs, and UK Tech Investment News
| Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: |
Justin Sun-linked BiT Global dismisses with prejudice its lawsuit against Coinbase for delisting wBTC; the delisting followed Coinbase launching rival cbBTC — BiT Global agreed to dismiss its lawsuit against Coinbase, with each party covering its own legal expenses. — What to know:
More: Cryptopolitan, The Block, and The Crypto Times
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Thoughts on the major design overhaul of Apple's OSes with “Liquid Glass” UI elements, which will launch at WWDC and set the stage for fresh hardware products — A new software design style will be at the center of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference — and set the stage for an upcoming iPhone overhaul.
More: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, PhoneArena, Cult of Mac, and The Mac Observer
| Rest of World: |
Filipino workers in Taiwan's chip industry report struggling with overwork and discrimination, citing overnight shifts of up to 16 hours and abusive treatment — A record number of people are leaving the Philippines to work in Taiwanese factories, where they face long shifts, low pay, and unequal treatment.
Bluesky: @rinachandran
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