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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
Terje Solsvik / Reuters:
Norway imposes a near ban on gen AI use by elementary school children and restricts its use in older kids' education, to prevent a negative impact on learning  —  Norway is imposing a near ban on the use of generative AI tools by elementary school pupils while also restricting their use …
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.
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 …
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 …
Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware:
ASML says claims that one of its EUV lithography systems has ended up in China are inaccurate, after a report on Howard Lutnick's questions to ASML's leadership  —  ASML denies it has ever shipped an EUV scanner to China. … It follows a report that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick …
More: Bloomberg
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.
Reuters:
Sources: Abu Dhabi's MGX is exploring buying Singapore-based data center operator DayOne; last month, sources said DayOne planned a US IPO at a $20B valuation  —  Abu Dhabi-backed artificial intelligence investor MGX has been exploring buying Singapore-based data centre operator DayOne …
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  —  US regulators have taken their biggest step yet to speed the connection of data centers to the country's grids while simultaneously attempting …
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

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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Sony's Spider-Man: Brand New Day opened to a record-setting $360M in North America, beating Avengers: Endgame's $357M; globally, it hit $932M, second to Endgame

Corey G. Johnson / ProPublica:
Two watchdog groups seek federal investigations into whether two FCC members broke ethics rules by accepting free Kennedy Center tickets from Paramount

Justin Fox / Bloomberg:
US federal statistics show that Manhattan had 8.3% of newspaper jobs in 2025, despite accounting for just 0.5% of the US population

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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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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
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
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
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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