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Kyle Kucharski / ZDNET:
Google unveils Googlebook, its new laptop lineup featuring a unified OS merging ChromeOS and Android, with devices from Dell, HP, and others coming this fall  —  ZDNET's key takeaways  — Googlebook is a new device line coming this fall.  — It merges Android and ChromeOS for smoother phone-to-laptop use.
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Google unveils Gemini Intelligence, bundling existing and new Gemini features, including task automation across apps and letting users vibe-code Android widgets  —  We're one step closer to our phones just using themselves. … It is, once again, Gemini season.
Prakhar Khanna / ZDNET:
Google has worked with Meta to improve Instagram on Android, adding Ultra HDR support and more, and with Apple to overhaul the iOS-to-Android transfer process  —  ZDNET key takeaways  — Google partnered with Meta and Apple to improve Android.  — Adobe Premiere is launching on Android soon.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google announces Pause Point, an Android 17 feature that forces a mandatory 10-second pause before opening any app a user has labeled as a distraction  —  An anti-doomscrolling feature is now built into Android.  (Yes, things have gotten that bad.)  —  On Tuesday, Google announced Pause Point …
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Google unveils a “full bleed” Android Auto design that fills unconventionally shaped screens like in the BMW Neue Klasse, plans to add YouTube video streaming  —  The phone projection system will now completely fill unconventionally shaped screens, in addition to a variety of other improvements.
Bloomberg:
Musk v. Altman: Altman testified that in 2017 Musk demanded complete control of a proposed OpenAI for-profit arm, musing that he would pass it to his children  —  OpenAI's Sam Altman testified that he was “extremely uncomfortable” with Elon Musk's insistence that he have complete control …
Business Insider:
Musk v. Altman: Altman faced an intense cross-examination from Musk's attorney, who asked “are you completely trustworthy?”; Altman replied “I believe so”
Bloomberg:
Sources: Anthropic is in early talks to raise at least $30B at a $900B+ valuation; the round is expected to close as soon as the end of this month  —  Anthropic PBC is in early talks with investors to raise at least $30 billion in fresh financing, according to people familiar with the matter …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Jensen Huang was not invited to travel with President Trump on his China trip, a potential setback to Nvidia; Huang expressed his willingness to join  —  The roster of business leaders invited to join President Donald Trump on his trip to China this week left off one notable …
New York Times:
Sources: Anthropic officials refused a Chinese think tank's request to change its stance and give Beijing access to Mythos at a meeting in Singapore in April
Bloomberg:
eBay rejects GameStop's $56B takeover offer, saying the unsolicited bid is “neither credible nor attractive”, in a letter from eBay Chairman Paul Pressler  —  EBay Inc. rejected a $56 billion takeover offer from GameStop Corp. Chief Executive Officer Ryan Cohen …
Qasim Nauman / New York Times:
Instructure reaches a deal with the hackers who breached its Canvas edtech platform to return stolen data and destroy copies, without saying what it exchanged  —  Instructure, which provides Canvas software to thousands of schools and universities around the world, did not say what it had given …
Pritam Biswas / Reuters:
Isomorphic Labs, an AI-powered drug discovery spinoff from Google DeepMind, raised $2.1B led by Thrive, after raising $600M in its first round in March 2025  —  Isomorphic Labs, an artificial intelligence-driven drug discovery company, said on Wednesday it has raised $2.1 billion …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to make the Camera app fully customizable in iOS 27, along with noticeable design changes across Siri, Safari, Weather, and more  —  Apple Inc. is planning to upgrade its Camera app, making the software fully customizable as part of a broader set of user interface changes coming in its next iPhone software update.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon launches Amazon Now, its 30-minute delivery service, in dozens of US cities including Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Philadelphia, and Seattle, after pilots  —  Amazon deliveries keep getting faster.  On Tuesday, the online retailer announced the launch of its 30-minute delivery option …
Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg:
Anthropic names eight unauthorized secondary market sellers of its shares, including Hiive and Forge Global, warning that any share transactions there are void  —  Anthropic PBC identified a number of secondary marketplaces as unauthorized sellers of the company's shares, telling investors that buying the stock won't work.
Financial Times:
Sources: some Amazon employees are using in-house OpenClaw-like tool MeshClaw for unnecessary tasks to inflate AI token use after Amazon set weekly AI targets  —  In-house MeshClaw tool enables employees to delegate jobs to AI agents and climb company's AI leaderboard
Etiido Uko / Tom's Hardware:
Microsoft says it is investigating a Mistral AI PyPI package v2.4.6 compromise; researchers say it is likely part of the Mini Shai-Hulud supply chain attack  —  The malware reportedly refused to run on Russian-language systems but could execute a destructive payload under certain geographic conditions.
Socket:
Many npm packages for Mistral, UiPath, and TanStack's web developer tools like react-router were compromised, likely in the Mini Shai-Hulud supply chain attack
Assaf Gilead / Globes:
Source: Microsoft Israel's GM leaves after an internal probe into alleged unethical use of Azure by Israel's MOD; Microsoft France will manage Microsoft Israel  —  Alon Haimovich is leaving after an investigation into alleged unethical use of Azure by the Ministry of Defense, “Globes” has learned.
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Spotify celebrates its 20th anniversary with a Wrapped-like experience that features “never-before-shared data” going back to when users first joined Spotify  —  The company will include ‘never-before-shared data’ as part of its 20th anniversary celebrations.
Tobias Burns / CNBC:
CME Group and Silicon Data announce a futures market for computing capacity, with contracts based on daily GPU benchmarks for on-demand rental rates  —  A new futures market for semiconductors will let traders hedge their artificial intelligence investments with bets on the increasingly expensive price of computing power.
Sawdah Bhaimiya / CNBC:
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU will take action against “addictive design” features on TikTok and Instagram, like “endless scrolling”  —  The EU is clamping down on social media firms and plans to target “addictive design” …
The Information:
Source: Anthropic is in advanced talks to acquire New York-based Stainless, which helps developers generate SDKs from APIs, for at least $300M  —  Anthropic is in advanced talks to acquire developer tools startup Stainless for at least $300 million, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.

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Washington Post:
Jacqueline Smith, the Stars and Stripes ombudsman who was fired in April, sues the Pentagon, claiming the government violated her First Amendment rights

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Ben Lang / Road to VR:
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