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FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried formally applies for a presidential pardon; he was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2024, following the FTX collapse — FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried formally applied for a presidential pardon, more than two years after he was convicted …
More: Fox Business, CoinDesk, TechCrunch, The Block, crypto.news, Blockonomi, CryptoPotato, Fox Business, and Fox Business
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Nvidia and LG expand their partnership in AI, robotics, and mobility tech, including building an AI factory and co-designing future data center architectures — Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, visited the LG Group headquarters and shouted “Fighting LG,” emphasizing, “We are collaborating with LG … | Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
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| Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: |
Meta says it's filing a federal court contempt order against NSO for violating a permanent injunction that barred NSO from ever targeting WhatsApp and its users — Meta (META.O) said on Monday it is filing a federal court contempt order against Israeli spyware firm NSO Group for violating … | Reuters: |
UK PM Keir Starmer says tech companies must introduce “device controls” that stop kids from sending and receiving nude images or face laws forcing them to do so — Big tech firms operating in Britain must introduce safety measures on children's phones to prevent …
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Report: UK PM Keir Starmer is set to announce a ban on “harmful” online platforms for children under 16 while maintaining access to some “safer” social media — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to announce a ban on “harmful” online platforms for children under 16 … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Beijing-based Moonshot, which makes the Kimi chatbot, is in talks to raise up to $2B at a $30B valuation, up from a $20B+ valuation in a May round — Moonshot AI is seeking as much as $2 billion in a new funding round that would value the startup at $30 billion …
More: The Next Web, South China Morning Post, Tech Funding News, Tech in Asia, The Decoder, and TechNode. LinkedIn: Zheping Huang
| Katie Tarasov / CNBC: |
Amazon announces a multiyear, multibillion-dollar deal with Corning to produce optical fiber for its US data centers; Corning shares jump 8%+ — Amazon is paying Corning billions of dollars for optical fiber to power and connect its rapidly expanding U.S. data centers …
More: Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Barron's Online, Fierce Network, The Next Web, About Amazon, Sherwood News, and Yahoo Finance. Forums: r/StockMarket
| Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters: |
Bending Spoons files for a US IPO, reporting a net income of $27.5M on revenue of $601M in Q1, vs. a net loss of $112.2M on revenue of $259M a year earlier — Vimeo parent Bending Spoons filed for a U.S. initial public offering on Monday, as a busy summer IPO window takes shape.
More: Tech.eu, Sifted, TechCrunch, Reuters, Bloomberg, Axios, and The Next Web
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| Zack Whittaker / ~this week in security~: |
In a notice to Maine's AG, Meta says 20,225+ Instagram accounts may have been hacked during the months-long abuse of its Meta AI chatbot, starting on April 17 — Meta fixed the bug that let anyone trick its Meta AI chatbot into resetting the password on Instagram accounts that didn't have two-factor authentication.
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X: @heaney555. LinkedIn: Zack Whittaker. Bluesky: @yurrpost, @christinaayiotis, @heaney555, and @onthistangent.eurosky.social
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
Travis Kalanick, Mark Pincus, and other founders share their horror stories of pitching to VCs; Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince publicly calls out Vinod Khosla — Asking venture capitalists for investment is a rite of passage for tech founders. This has led to another universal experience: the VC pitching horror story.
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| Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times: |
A study estimates the iPhone's diffusion explains 33%-52% of the decline in US births from 2007 to 2011, with the most pronounced effects among women aged 15-24 — Modern smartphones rolled out in 2007, the year that fertility rates began falling. Two studies say that is not a coincidence.
More: NBER. X: @benryanwriter, @nic_carter, @caitlin_k_myers, @caitlin_k_myers, @caitlin_k_myers, @caitlin_k_myers, @caitlin_k_myers, @dkthomp, @paulnovosad, @milanv, @joshgans, @bradwilcoxifs, @krishnanrohit, @ptbwrites, @joshgans, @florianederer, @bradwilcoxifs, @jeremylneufeld, @neerajadeshp, @arpitrage, @econcallum, @jon_hartley_, and @iterintellectus. LinkedIn: Hernan Moscoso Boedo. Forums: Hacker News
| Qianer Liu / The Information: |
Sources: Google recently placed an order with Intel to manufacture 3M+ TPUs in 2028; Nvidia is testing Intel's tech for a new processor and running 18A trials — TSMC's capacity struggles are turning into a boon for Intel. — As the Taiwanese chip making giant struggles to meet overwhelming demand …
More: Benzinga, Bloomberg, Reuters, Barron's Online, Yahoo Finance, Motley Fool, The Next Web, Blockonomi, Finbold, ZeroHedge News, and Sherwood News. Forums: r/intelstock
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Spotify has approached concert promoters about licensing music festival livestreams, aiming to add more video to become a one-stop shop for music fans — Spotify is looking to become a hub for live music — Good evening from New York. I just landed here so that I can help smuggle Charles Oakley …
More: The Next Web, TechRadar, and Music Business Worldwide
| Maria Armental / Wall Street Journal: |
PointFive, which helps companies reduce unnecessary cloud and AI spending, raised a $60M Series B led by Accel, bringing its total funding to $100M — A $60 million growth investment led by Accel values the software maker at $500 million — Early-stage investor Accel led …
More: FinSMEs, CTech, New York Stock Exchange on YouTube, and Ventureburn
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