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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo: Apple plans a cheaper MacBook powered by iPhone 16 Pro's A18 Pro chip and with a ~13" display, expected to enter mass production in late 2025 or early 2026 — Apple's current entry-level laptop is the $999 MacBook Air, but analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes Apple is aiming to launch an even more affordable model soon.
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| Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo expects Apple to mass produce a Vision Pro with M5 in Q3 2025, a Vision Air in Q3 2027, a Vision Pro with a new design and XR glasses in H2 2028, and more — In a blog post today, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo detailed his updated roadmap forecast for Apple's headset and smart glasses markets.
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| Zoë Schiffer / Wired: |
Memo: OpenAI's Mark Chen responds to Meta offers, says it feels like “someone has broken into our home and stolen something” and OpenAI is “recalibrating comp” — As Mark Zuckerberg lures away top research talent to Meta, OpenAI executives say they're ‘recalibrating comp,’ according to an internal memo.
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| NPR: |
Sources: the US DHS, in partnership with DOGE, has built the first-ever searchable national citizenship data system, pulling from SSA and immigration databases — The Trump administration has, for the first time ever, built a searchable national citizenship data system.
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| Associated Press: |
Canada rescinds its Digital Services Tax “in anticipation of” a trade deal with the US, with trade talks resuming; the tax was set to go into effect on Monday — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says trade talks with U.S. have resumed after Canada rescinded its plan to tax U.S. technology firms.
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| Sudip Kar-Gupta / Reuters: |
Europol says it has dismantled a crypto investment fraud ring in Spain that laundered €460M using a global network of accomplices, and five people were arrested — A cryptocurrency investment fraud ring that investigators said laundered 460 million euros ($540 million) …
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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Spotify updates its Discover Weekly playlist after ten years, adding new genre filters for Premium users, and says users streamed 100B+ tracks via the playlist — Spotify's Discover Weekly playlist, which shares new listening recommendations every Monday, is getting an update.| Kerry Flynn / Axios: |
Tinder is mandating new users in California verify their profiles using facial recognition technology starting June 30 in a bid to reduce impersonation — Tinder is mandating new users in California verify their profiles using facial recognition technology starting Monday, executives exclusively tell Axios.| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Source: Nintendo pulled its products from Amazon's US site after noticing third-party merchants were selling games in the US at prices below Nintendo's rates — The Japanese company stopped selling on Amazon after noticing that third-party merchants were offering games for sale in the US … | Bloomberg: |
GOP Senators agree to change a provision in the tax bill from a 10-year ban on state AI regulation to a 5-year ban with carve outs for issues such as copyrights — The Senate is poised to approve a controversial provision preventing some US states from regulating artificial intelligence … 
| Benicia Tan / Bloomberg: |
PitchBook: Australian startups raised $3.4B in 2024, down from 2021's $6.5B peak; 39% of early-stage capital in Australia came from overseas vs. 21% in the US — Australian startups lag far behind the US and China in funding raised despite the country's historical effectiveness at creating unicorns.
LinkedIn: Mick Liubinskas
| Soo-Hyang Choi / Bloomberg: |
Bank of Korea temporarily halts preparations for the second phase of its pilot initiative testing program for a central bank digital currency, scheduled for Q4 — South Korea's central bank has halted its digital currency pilot program, signaling diminishing enthusiasm for state-led digital currencies …
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| Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline: |
The F1 movie gives Apple its first box office hit, opening to $144M worldwide and $55.6M in the US; it was pushed on Apple Music, Podcasts, Fitness+, and Wallet — It's a win for racing car movies. It's a win for Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht led Apple Original Films on the big screen …
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