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June 19, 2026, 4:15 PM
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John Jumper / @johnjumpersci:
John Jumper, who won the Nobel Prize “for protein structure prediction”, says he is leaving Google DeepMind after nearly nine years to join Anthropic  —  A bit of news: After nearly 9 years, I have decided to leave Google DeepMind and join Anthropic (after taking some time to recharge). I am incredibly grateful for my time at GDM. @demishassabis took a real chance letting me lead the AlphaFold team just six months after finishing
Maria Curi / Axios:
Trump says he saw Anthropic last week as a national security threat, but signals relations have since improved because Dario Amodei was “nice” and “smart” at G7  —  President Trump reached the point last week of viewing Anthropic as a national security threat …
Variety:
Amazon MGM Studios drops Luca Guadagnino's mostly finished movie on Sam Altman; Amazon struck a major deal with OpenAI in February, including a $50B investment  —  The film, starring Andrew Garfield as the controversial OpenAI CEO, will be shopped to other studios.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick questioned ASML leaders on concerns China acquired one of its EUV machines, violating US-led export restrictions  —  Dutch chip-equipment giant ASML Holding NV is contending with its biggest challenge yet under the Trump administration …
Peter Walker / The Guardian:
Sources: England and Wales' attorney general tells his office to stop posting on X, a first for the UK government, amid worries about X inciting violence  —  Exclusive: Richard Hermer's office understood to be first in government to restrict use after recent riots
Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg:
Oura Ring 5 review: impressive thinness, live activity tracking, and conversational AI, but not very durable, LEDs are distracting, and the app is confusing  —  People who already own one of the company's older models have less of a reason to upgrade to the $399 device.  —  The Oura Ring 5 is the best smart ring yet.
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Financial Times:
Sources: SpaceX plans to raise $20B in a bond sale as soon as next week; the funds would be used to pay back a $20B bridge loan taken out after the xAI merger  —  AI and rocket group is tapping debt markets after raising $86bn in stock market debut  —  SpaceX is planning to raise $20bn …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources detail how Google is using Nvidia's playbook to build an AI chip business, including providing $3.2B to fund a NY data center renting TPUs to Anthropic  —  Wielding its war chest to win data-center customers for its silicon, the world's second-biggest company is taking a page from No. 1
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
Appfigures: daily downloads of major VPN apps in India rose 49% on June 16 after India announced its Telegram ban; Proton and Turbo recorded largest increases  —  As India cut off access to messaging app Telegram for a week over concerns about exam-related fraud, users turned to virtual private networks …
Jiahui Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Chinese autonomous driving company Momenta has reached a ~$9B valuation as it gears up to raise ~$1B in an upcoming Hong Kong IPO  —  The company has also been backed by Toyota and SAIC Motor  —  Chinese autonomous-driving company Momenta's valuation has reached around $9 billion …

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Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg:
The FCC approves Paramount's request for foreign ownership above 25% in its proposed WBD acquisition; foreign owners would hold 49.5% of its Class B shares

Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Filing: ABC says the FCC hasn't refuted “substantial evidence” of Trump administration retaliation in ordering an early review of eight ABC TV station licenses

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
Universal says it remains committed to releasing Alex Gibney's Musk documentary internationally, after a report said it was reconsidering; US debut is October 9

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Bloomberg:
The US FERC approves new orders to fast-track data center power requests, aiming to handle them in 90 days, while bringing new requirements for AI hyperscalers
Priyanka Salve / CNBC:
Filing: Jio Platforms, India's largest wireless operator with 526M+ subscribers, files for an IPO; the deal is expected to be one of India's biggest IPOs ever

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Nate Raymond / Reuters:
A US circuit court overturned an injunction against Ohio, allowing the state to implement a law forcing platforms to seek parental consent if a user is under 16
Juby Babu / Reuters:
Intel names former SK Hynix CEO Seok-Hee Lee as EVP of Intel Foundry; Naga Chandrasekaran will lead front-end technology development and front-end manufacturing
Yueqi Yang / The Information:
Sources: Kalshi is generating $2B+ in annualized revenue, up about three times from November, and has held informal talks with banks about an eventual IPO
Anhata Rooprai / Reuters:
Accenture says it will buy a majority stake in Dragos and fully acquire runZero and NetRise in a combined deal for the cybersecurity startups valued at $4.18B
Kai Nicol-Schwarz / CNBC:
Intel's stock jumps 10.64% after Trump said “Apple has agreed to work with Intel to design and build its Chips in America”; INTC is up 520%+ in the past year
Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Midjourney unveils its first hardware product, the Midjourney Scanner, an ultrasound-based full-body scanner; it is unclear how AI fits into the medical effort
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