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SCOTUS limits the law enforcement use of “geofence” warrants, saying people have “a reasonable expectation of privacy” in their cell-phone location data — Zack Whittaker Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday limited the law enforcement use of …
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| Peter Vercoe / Bloomberg: |
Australia's ACCC sues Amazon for allegedly introducing ads to Prime Video under unfair contract terms and forcing existing subscribers to pay more to avoid them — Amazon.com Inc. has been sued by Australia's consumer watchdog for introducing advertising to its Prime Video streaming service … | Wired: |
Sources: hundreds of Meta contractors posed as minors to probe how competitor chatbots responded to prompts involving suicide, sex, and other high-risk subjects — Hundreds of contractors working on a project for Meta pretended to be kids—and then prompted rival chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT to discuss high-risk subjects.
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
Source: Taiwanese authorities raided Super Micro's Taiwan office as part of a probe into the alleged smuggling of Nvidia chips to China; SMCI closed down 8.1% — Taiwan government agencies raided the offices of Super Micro Computer Inc. and several of its local affiliates … | Semafor: |
Source: the Trump administration has talked with SpaceX about donating shares to Trump Accounts, which provide children with tax-advantaged savings accounts — THE SCOOP — The Trump administration has spoken with SpaceX about donating stock to the children's savings accounts known …
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| Bloomberg: |
Nebex, a fintech startup aiming to act as a broker platform connecting US space tech suppliers, foreign governments, and investors, raised a $30M seed led by GV — Alphabet Inc.'s GV venture arm led a funding round to provide $30 million in seed money to a fledgling space fintech company founded …
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| Reuters: |
Sources: a ransomware group stole Apple component and supplier lists, photos of iPhone 18 Pro models, and other files from Apple's Indian supplier Tata — Sensitive lists of components and suppliers, and photos of Apple's upcoming iPhone 18 Pro models are part of files posted on the dark web …
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| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
AI coding startup 8090 raised a $135M Series A led by Salesforce Ventures; founder Chamath Palihapitiya announces that he will lead the company as CEO — Chamath Palihapitiya, best known for his venture capital firm Social Capital and the All-In podcast, announced Monday that the AI coding startup he founded raised a sizable Series A.
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| Emmy Martin / New York Times: |
As OpenAI and Anthropic prepare to go public, San Francisco tech workers making six figures say they cannot compete with the new AI elite and may have to leave — As OpenAI and Anthropic prepare to go public, tech workers making six figures are grousing that they cannot compete with the new A.I. elite.
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| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Google says the Gemini app now offers personalized Nano Banana image generation, previously limited to Plus, Pro, and Ultra users, to eligible US users for free — Google announced on Monday that the Gemini app is now offering its personalized Nano Banana-powered image generation feature to a broader audience.
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| Sam Tabahriti / Reuters: |
The UK CMA proposes requiring Apple and Google to relax UK developer payment “steering” rules, and Apple to open NFC; Google says it “already made the changes” — Britain's competition regulator on Tuesday proposed allowing app developers to steer users …
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Meituan open-sources LongCat-2.0, a 1.6T-parameter model that it says was trained on a 50K-chip cluster of domestic Chinese processors, without giving details — China's food delivery giant Meituan (3690.HK) said on Tuesday it had released and would open-source its next-generation LongCat …
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| Jordyn Holman / New York Times: |
Q&A with Grindr CEO George Arison on turning Grindr into an “AI-native company”, “impos[ing]” AI on staff, facing “opposition”, using AI as a CEO, and more — George Arison, the gay dating app's chief executive, is aiming for all code to be eventually written … | NPR: |
SCOTUS rules that Trump's 2025 firing of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter without cause was lawful, placing independence of several agencies in doubt — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday further overturned a 91-year-old precedent that has prevented presidents from removing members of independent agencies at will.
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| Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: |
Hotels, tour operators, and travel agencies rush to launch proprietary online tools and loyalty schemes to fend off future competition from AI travel agents — Chatbots could help to find, filter and book customers' destinations — Hotels, tour operators and travel agencies are rushing … | Bloomberg: |
How Spain's LaLiga uses nationwide IP blocking to combat illegal sports streams, impacting an estimated 550K+ domains, putting it in conflict with Cloudflare — From small businesses to government agencies, legitimate websites are getting caught in the crossfire of LaLiga's fight against illegal sports streams| Orlando Crowcroft / Financial Times: |
AI and vibe coding fuel a surge in game releases; ATTN Economy says 181K mobile games launched in six months to May, up 118% on iOS and 73% on Android YoY — More instinctive technology is accelerating production amid concerns it risks losing gamers' trust| Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide: |
Tidal adopts an AI policy that blocks wholly AI-generated music from earning royalties and removes AI-generated music that impersonates artists — TIDAL is introducing an AI policy that will automatically tag wholly AI-generated music in its app and block it from earning royalties.
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| Christine Mui / Politico: |
California strikes a deal with Anthropic to expand the use of Claude products across state agencies and local governments at a 50% discount — “A lot of departments are going to switch their usage to this contract, and that's very much our intent,” Chris Given, California's chief information officer …
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| Reuters: |
Five Chinese tech and advanced manufacturing companies launch Hong Kong listings, seeking to raise up to $5.6B, led by Apple supplier Luxshare's $3.15B offering — Five Chinese technology and advanced manufacturing companies launched Hong Kong listings on Tuesday to raise up to HK$44.1 billion …
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| Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times: |
US political campaign managers and consultants are using AI to analyze voter data, create campaign materials, and more; survey: 87% of campaigners use AI daily — A.I.-generated images are the public face of this election overhaul. Behind the scenes, campaigns are using the technology … | Peter Campbell / Financial Times: |
AI may help transform air traffic control by processing vast amounts of data, spotting collision risks early, and easing staff shortages as air travel grows — The technology has potential to assist controllers with an increasing flight load but many are wary| Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg: |
The US DOD appoints Marc Andreessen to its Defense Policy Board, a committee that gives strategic advice to the US defense secretary and other top officials — Billionaire venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, the one-time Democratic supporter who switched his allegiance to Donald Trump …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
OpenAI teases a device it is launching in partnership with keyboard maker Work Louder on July 15, saying “Your favorite Codex shortcuts are getting an upgrade” — A new video shows a Codex-focused device built in collaboration with Work Louder.
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