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June 22, 2026, 1:50 AM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: John Ternus gets ready to put his firm imprint on Apple's industrial design team, which has lost a true seat at Apple's exec table over the past decade  —  Also: The 2027 iPhone and AirPods plans.  —  The No. 1 priority for new Apple CEO John Ternus should be revamping …
Wall Street Journal:
Investigation: Polymarket is paying creators to make deceptive videos about winning bets, targeting users in the US, where its primary crypto platform is banned  —  The prediction market has flooded social media with deceptive videos by paid creators, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation
Caroline Petrow-Cohen / Los Angeles Times:
SF-based Humble Robotics, which is developing an electric, self-driving cabless freight truck with 200 miles range and 55 mph max speed, raised $24M  —  - 7 min Click here to listen to this article  — San Francisco startup Humble Robotics has raised $24 million to build an electric …
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Luz Ding / Bloomberg:
Tencent starts testing the new Xiaowei AI assistant powered by WeLM and DeepSeek models in its WeChat app in China, in an effort to catch up in the AI race  —  Tencent Holdings Ltd. has started testing a new AI assistant for WeChat as part of its efforts to catch up with peers in China's white-hot artificial intelligence race.
Nikkei Asia:
Japan's top five chip equipment makers posted their first-ever fall in combined China sales, down 10% in the year ended March 31, as China boosts local players  —  TOKYO — Japan's top five manufacturers of chipmaking equipment posted a 10% decline in combined sales to China for the year ended March 31 …
Dakin Campbell / The Information:
Source: Morgan Stanley is pitching data center developers to use leveraged loans rather than bonds, and estimates ~$15B will be issued this year in such loans  —  Morgan Stanley, one of the most active banks in financing data center developers, is now pitching some of those same clients …
More: Bloomberg
Henny Sender / Nikkei Asia:
Sources: ByteDance shares are trading at a $600B+ valuation in gray markets; an IPO is unlikely and its growth continues to benefit its Chinese and US backers  —  Henny Sender is the founder and managing partner of Apsara Advisory, a strategic consultancy for financial services companies.
Wataru Suzuki / Nikkei Asia:
China adds ten US companies, including MP Materials and Teal Drones, to export controls and bars government purchases from 46 US companies, including Anduril  —  BEIJING — China on Monday announced new restrictions on exports and government procurement targeting dozens of American companies …
Sophie Shulman / CTech:
Sources: Anduril has begun exploring the possibility of establishing operations in Israel and is in talks to recruit a local manager  —  Palmer Luckey's $61 billion startup considers local operations, partnerships, and investments in Israeli startups.  —  Anduril, the world's largest …

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