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Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
An Interpol-led law enforcement action in 26 countries disrupted infostealer operations, leading to takedowns of 20K+ malicious IPs and domains and 32 arrests  —  An international law enforcement action codenamed “Operation Secure” targeted infostealer malware infrastructure …
Erik Hayden / The Hollywood Reporter:
SAG-AFTRA ends the 320+ day video game performers strike after reaching a tentative new Interactive Media Agreement contract with the major video game companies  —  The union had taken a stand on artificial intelligence, among other concerns, as it looked to advocate for voice and performance capture workers.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta has poached Jack Rae, a principal researcher at Google DeepMind, for its “superintelligence” team, and an ML lead from AI voice startup Sesame AI
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
An interview with Craig Federighi on the new multitasking UI in iPadOS 26, problems with Stage Manager, and why the iPad's Mac-style multitasking took so long  —  Federighi talks to Ars about why the iPad's Mac-style multitasking took so long.  —  CUPERTINO, Calif.—When Apple Senior Vice President …
Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica:
Android 16 review: live updates and Advanced Protection are nice, but features like desktop mode and Material 3 Expressive design won't come until later in 2025  —  After months of speculation and beta testing, Google is rolling out Android 16 starting today.
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Sources and documents: Amazon Prime Video's ad load has increased to 4-6 minutes per hour, up from 2-3.5 minutes when ads were first introduced in January 2024  —  More ads could mean lower CPMs, but performance could slip.  —  When Amazon introduced ads on Prime Video in January 2024 …
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Some domains owned by Nvidia, Stanford, NPR, and the US CDC were exploited to host AI spam blogs redirecting users to a spam marketing website  —  Web domains owned by Nvidia, Stanford, NPR, and the U.S. government are hosting pages full of AI slop articles that redirect to a spam marketing site.
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MIT Technology Review:
A look at Amsterdam's failed experiment to create a fair welfare AI system that would evaluate every welfare applicant in the city for potential fraud  —  This story is a partnership between MIT Technology Review, Lighthouse Reports, and Trouw, and was supported by the Pulitzer Center.  —  Two futures
Zoe Kleinman / BBC:
The UK passes the Data (Use and Access) Bill, criticized by creatives, without an amendment to force companies to declare using copyrighted material to train AI  —  A bill which sparked an extraordinary stand-off between some of the UK's most high-profile artists - and their backers in the House of Lords - has finally been passed.
Sri Muppidi / The Information:
Sources: OpenAI talked with Saudi Arabia's PIF, India's Reliance, and the UAE's MGX about investing in the next installment of its $40B round led by SoftBank  —  OpenAI has talked to Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries and existing shareholder United …
Sharon Goldman / Fortune:
Researchers find the first known “zero-click” attack on an AI agent; the now-fixed flaw in Microsoft 365 Copilot would let a hacker attack a user via an email  —  Microsoft 365 Copilot, the AI tool built into Microsoft Office workplace applications including Word, Excel, Outlook …
Julie Bort / TechCrunch:
Landbase, whose GPT-4o-based AI tool automates outreach marketing, raised a $30M Series A co-led by Ashton Kutcher's Sound Ventures and Picus Capital  —  When Daniel Saks was working as a co-CEO of the previous startup he co-founded, AppDirect, billionaire Michael Dell sent him a LinkedIn message asking for a meeting.
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Paayal Zaveri / Bloomberg:
Nominal, which makes industrial design software for space, energy, and defense tech, raised $75M led by Sequoia, after raising $27M in April 2024  —  Nominal wants to make it easier for companies in defense, energy and manufacturing to develop new products.
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Databricks says it expects to generate $3.7B in annualized revenue by July, up 50% YoY, with nearly 50 of its 15,000+ customers spending over $10M annually  —  Databricks, a data analytics software vendor, said on Wednesday that it expects to generate $3.7 billion in annualized revenue by July, with year-over-year growth of 50%.
Emily Mason / Bloomberg:
Stripe agrees to acquire Privy, which helps companies build crypto wallets into their user experiences; Privy was last valued at $230M in March 2025  —  Terms of the transaction weren't disclosed.  —  Privy helps companies build crypto wallets into their user experiences.
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
The Wikimedia Foundation pauses an experiment that showed Wikipedia users AI-generated summaries at the top of some articles, following an editor backlash  —  The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization which hosts and develops Wikipedia, has paused an experiment …
Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Meter, which sells and maintains packages of custom data center networking equipment, raised $170M led by General Catalyst at a $1B+ valuation  —  The company has collected $170 million in new capital as it seeks to help connect data centers and other businesses in the age of artificial intelligence.
Dana Hull / Bloomberg:
Tesla sues ex-Optimus engineer Zhongjie Li, who worked at Tesla from 2022 to 2024, accusing him of stealing humanoid robot info and setting up a rival startup  —  Zhongjie “Jay” Li worked at Tesla between August 2022 and September 2024, according to a complaint filed in a San Francisco Federal Court late on Wednesday.
Ian Thomas / CNBC:
Pittsburgh-based Gecko Robotics, which makes robots to inspect infrastructure, raised a $125M Series D at a $1.25B valuation, up from $633M in December 2023  —  Gecko Robotics announced on Thursday that it raised $125 million in a Series D funding round, raising the AI and robotics company's valuation to $1.25 billion.
Julie Bort / TechCrunch:
Spain-based Multiverse Computing, which makes tools to compress LLMs by up to 95% using “quantum-inspired” networks, raised a €189M Series B and has 100 clients  —  Spanish startup Multiverse Computing on Thursday said it has raised an enormous Series B round of €189 million …

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Bloomberg:
Sources: WBD begins exclusive talks with Netflix to sell its film and TV studios and HBO Max; Netflix is offering a $5B breakup fee if the deal isn't approved

The Guardian:
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate

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Reuters:
Nvidia plans to build its first industrial AI cloud platform in Germany for European manufacturers, combining AI with robotics to assist carmakers like BMW
Catherine McGrath / Fortune:
London-based OneBalance, which lets developers integrate crypto features into their apps, raised a $20M Series A led by Cyber Fund and Blockchain Capital
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Oracle reports Q4 revenue up 11% YoY to $15.9B, vs. $15.59B est., cloud revenue up 27% YoY, signals strong cloud infrastructure revenue growth; ORCL jumps 6%+
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Filing: Disney and NBCUniversal sue Midjourney in California, accusing it of direct and secondary copyright infringement; they say talks with Midjourney failed
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