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| Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek: |
Notice: Meta says ~20,000 Instagram accounts may have been hacked in a recent attack that abused an AI-powered account recovery support tool to reset passwords — The social media giant has informed authorities about the impact of the recent attack involving an account recovery support tool.| Heekyong Yang / Reuters: |
Nvidia says South Korea's Naver will use its technology to build AI factories at “gigawatt scale” to meet rising global demand for AI services and physical AI — Nvidia (NVDA.O) said on Monday that South Korean internet conglomerate Naver (035420.KS) would use its technology … | Choi Eun-Kyung / The Chosun Daily: |
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: |
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Inside the early 2025 senior exec meeting where Apple admitted its AI failures; Tim Cook became intimately involved in Apple's AI roadmap around the same time — Also: What to expect at WWDC 2026. — A top secret meeting finally got Apple to take its AI crisis seriously.
More: Business Standard, The Hans India, Barron's Online, Associated Press, The Independent, Hindustan Times, Apple Must, Appleosophy, iPhone in Canada, ZDNET, ZeroHedge News, The Deep View, Daring Fireball, PhoneArena, CNET, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, Tom's Guide, The Indian Express, Livemint, heise online, MarketWatch, Trusted Reviews, and The National
| Eddie Makuch / GameSpot: |
Xbox EVP Matt Booty clarifies Microsoft's new exclusivity strategy, saying new games will be reviewed case-by-case and multiplayer games will stay multiplatform — Today's Xbox Games Showcase was the first under the leadership of Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, who has pledged to consider making changes to Xbox's exclusivity strategy.
More: XBOX Wire, GamesIndustry.biz, IGN, TheGamer, XDA Developers, Video Games Chronicle, Gameranx, Tech4Gamers, Push Square, Stevivor, DayOne, Pure Xbox, Kotaku, and Windows Central
Bluesky: @aarongreenberg and @xboxgamedev
Forums: r/xcloud and r/XboxAlly
| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
OpenAI plans to overhaul ChatGPT in the coming weeks, turning it into a superapp with coding tools and AI agents to serve as a gateway to higher-margin products — $850bn start-up to recast hit chatbot as a route to higher-margin products before a potential IPO.
More: Business Today, Silicon Republic, Gizmodo, Android Authority, BMI, Benzinga, Digit, SiliconANGLE, Memeburn, Digital Trends, PYMNTS, Engadget, TechCrunch, Spyglass, iPhone in Canada, Tech in Asia, Bloomberg, WinCentral, Reuters, and Reuters
X: @kimmonismus, @vraserx, @miles_brundage, @andrewcurran_, @edzitron, @jimpethokoukis, and @edzitron. Bluesky: @edzitron.com. Threads: @eric_seufert. Mastodon: @ianbetteridge@social …. Forums: r/ChatGPT
| Tim De Chant / TechCrunch: |
Fusion energy startup Helion raised a $465M Series G led by Thrive Capital at a $15.5B valuation, nearly tripling the valuation from its January 2025 round — Helion, the fusion startup backed by Sam Altman, announced on Thursday that it had raised $465 million in a new funding round that values the company at $15.5 billion.| Reuters: |
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 … | Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Spotify has approached concert promoters about licensing music festival livestreams, as it pivots to 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
| Wall Street Journal: |
KPMG survey: only 26% of companies have a comprehensive view of their AI costs, while 50% have some visibility and 22% have none or only see costs after billing — Only 26% of companies say they have a comprehensive view of their AI costs, according to a new survey
More: Digit. X: @eglyman. LinkedIn: Ritesh Patel. Bluesky: @whocouldsay, @oisinmcgann, and @edzitron.com
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Beijing-based Moonshot, which makes the Kimi chatbot, is in talks to raise $1B+ that would value it at $30B, up from a $20B valuation in a recent round — Moonshot AI is seeking as much as $2 billion in a new funding round that would value the startup at $30 billion …
More: South China Morning Post and The Next Web
| The Guardian: |
Microsoft says it will tighten human rights controls when working with national security agencies after an inquiry found Israel's Unit 8200 violated its ToS — Announcement seeks to close a difficult chapter for the company after the Guardian revealed its platform was used in mass surveillance of Palestinians
More: CTech
| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
London-based PhysicsX, which uses AI to design industrial parts like jet engines and semiconductors, raised a $300M Series C led by Temasek at a $2.4B valuation — PhysicsX, a British startup that develops artificial intelligence models for manufacturing components like jet engines and semiconductors …
More: Silicon Republic, Financial Times, and BusinessCloud
| Mike Butcher / Pathfounders: |
UK-based Creator Fund closes a $56M fund to back European PhD founders, reaching them in universities before they're pulled into academia, Big Tech, or US labs — Creator Fund has closed a $56 million European fund to back PhD founders before they have a pitch deck, let alone a company.
More: Tech.eu and Tech Funding News
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