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June 10, 2025, 10:10 AM

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New York Times:
Sources: Meta plans to build an AI lab dedicated to pursuing “superintelligence”, led by Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, with seven- to nine-figure compensations  —  The new lab, set to include Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang, is part of a reorganization of Meta's artificial intelligence …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg, frustrated with Meta's shortfalls in AI, is personally assembling a team of AI experts and met engineers at his homes in recent weeks  —  Zuckerberg has prioritized recruiting for the secretive new team, referred to internally as a superintelligence group, according to people familiar with his plans.
Caroline Petrow-Cohen / Los Angeles Times:
Waymo suspends downtown Los Angeles operations after at least five vehicles were destroyed during protests, but continues to operate in other parts of the city  —  The autonomous ride-hailing service Waymo has suspended operations in downtown Los Angeles after several of its vehicles were set …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Apple introduces a Liquid Glass design language across its software platforms, adding transparency and glass shine effects to in-app operating system interfaces  —  Liquid Glass is coming to iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, and more. … Apple is introducing a new Liquid Glass design across its software platforms today.
Wall Street Journal:
Similarweb: Google's AI tools are significantly cutting organic search traffic to news publishers; traffic to BI, HuffPost, and WaPo is down ~50% in three years  —  Chatbots are replacing Google's traditional search, devastating traffic for some publishers  —  The AI armageddon is here for online news publishers.
Stephen Katte / Cointelegraph:
US SEC Chair Paul Atkins says the agency is working on an “innovation exemption” to boost onchain product creation and fulfill Trump's vision of a US crypto hub  —  Securities and Exchange Commission chair Paul Atkins also bashed the previous administration under former SEC Chair Gary Gensler and its approach to crypto.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Apple unveils iOS 26, featuring its Liquid Glass design language, an updated lockscreen, and new features in Camera, Safari, Phone, Messages, Music, and more  —  Apple is sharing details about its next big iOS update. … Apple has announced iOS 26, the next version of its iPhone operating system …
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Tim Hardwick / MacRumors:
Apple announces the Foundation Models framework, which for the first time gives developers direct access to its on-device AI model powering Apple Intelligence  —  Apple at WWDC today announced Foundation Models Framework, a new API allowing third-party developers to leverage the large language models …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Apple unveils Xcode 26, integrating ChatGPT for coding, documentation generation, and more, and says developers can use API keys to add other providers' models  —  At WWDC 2025, Apple released a new version of Xcode, its app development suite, that integrates OpenAI's ChatGPT for coding, doc generation, and more.
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple says macOS 26 Tahoe will be the last macOS release that supports Intel-based Macs, with macOS versions from 2026 only available for Apple Silicon models  —  During the Platforms State of the Union at WWDC, Apple just announced that macOS 26 Tahoe will be the last release of macOS that supports Intel.
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Reuters:
Chinese state media: Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei says the company's chips lag one generation behind US peers, and claims the US “exaggerated Huawei's achievements”  —  Huawei Technologies' (HWT.UL) chips are one generation behind those of U.S. peers but the firm is finding ways …
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Roblox hires Paramount's Naveen Chopra as its new CFO, effective June 30; Chopra previously held senior roles at Amazon and served as CFO at Pandora and TiVo  —  “Naveen's experience as CFO at leading companies equips him with invaluable financial and strategic acumen to foster Roblox's growth …
Wall Street Journal:
IBM plans to build IBM Quantum Starling, a “fault-tolerant” quantum computer with 20,000x the compute of today's quantum computers, in New York state by 2029  —  The powerhouse computers can be sensitive and error-prone.  Now, IBM is offering some details on how it will overcome …
Financial Times:
The UK plans to launch an autonomous taxi trial in London in spring 2026, a year earlier than planned; Uber and Wayve will partner to operate the service  —  Britain tries to catch up in the race to adopt autonomous vehicles  —  The UK plans to bring a small number of driverless taxis …
Reuters:
Sources: OpenAI plans to add Google Cloud to meet its growing needs for computing capacity, a surprising collaboration; source: the deal was finalized in May  —  OpenAI plans to add Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google cloud service to meet its growing needs for computing capacity, three sources told Reuters …
Roman Anin / OCCRP:
Investigation: Russian network engineer Viktor Vedeneev controls thousands of Telegram IP addresses and maintains its servers; his companies have FSB links  —  INVESTIGATION  —  The technical infrastructure that underpins Telegram is controlled by a man whose companies have collaborated with Russian intelligence services.
David Pierce / The Verge:
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Apple plans to release iOS 26, iPadOS 26, tvOS 26, and macOS Tahoe 26 in fall 2025; developer betas will be available on June 9, with public betas in July  —  The new updates will arrive in a few months. … Apple's next major versions of iOS and macOS, iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe 26 …

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