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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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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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| 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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| Russell Brandom / TechCrunch: |
AWS launches an internal organization for AI-focused forward-deployed engineers, backed by $1B in resources, following OpenAI and others in launching FDE teams — As companies struggle to integrate AI, they're increasingly ready to bring in outside help — and service providers are launching …
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| John Harney / Bloomberg: |
The DOD seeks to recruit engineers experienced in frontier AI, machine learning and automation, and data systems, to embed them “down to the unit level” — The Trump administration announced plans to recruit engineers to fill “high-impact technical roles” at the Defense Department …
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
AI chip startup Etched raised $800M from investors including Jane Street and a venture firm linked to TSMC, and says it has signed sales contracts worth $1B — Nvidia rival says it has raised $800 million and has $1 billion in contracts. — AI chip startup Etched said it has raised $800 million … | 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| 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 … | Wall Street Journal: |
Filings: Microsoft's Ireland hub generated $47B in pretax profits for FY 2025, or 38.1% of its global total; new EU rules require country-by-country reporting — Country-by-country EU reporting requirement forces companies to offer additional public tax details| The Keyword: |
Google launches Nano Banana 2 Lite, a low cost text-to-image model that delivers outputs in four seconds, and rolls out Gemini Omni Flash to developers — We're making it easier to experiment and scale your ideas with Nano Banana 2 Lite, our fastest, most cost-efficient Gemini Image model …
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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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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 … | 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 … | Frank Connelly / Bloomberg: |
Schneider Electric agrees to buy industrial AI company Cognite in a $3.1B all-cash deal, and plans to combine Cognite with its industrial software company Aveva — Schneider Electric SE agreed to buy Cognite in a $3.1 billion transaction to expand its industrial data and AI software business.
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| Mike Scarcella / Reuters: |
SCOTUS agrees to hear Apple's appeal of a 2025 contempt ruling in its Epic case after a district judge found Apple violated an order to make App Store changes — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear Apple's (AAPL.O) bid to escape being found in contempt in its legal fight with …
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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.| Josh Scott / BetaKit: |
Ottawa-based Dominion Dynamics, which is building software, sensors, and drones to autonomously monitor the Arctic, raised a CA$139M Series A led by Georgian — Six months after closing a major seed round, Ottawa-based defence tech company Dominion Dynamics has secured $139 million CAD …
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| Kyle Baird / The Block: |
Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, BlackRock, Coinbase, and 140+ companies join Open Standard to launch Open USD, a stablecoin that shares earnings from its reserves — Quick Take — Payment giants, banks, tech firms and crypto companies are among Open Standard's launch members.| 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 …
More: Business Wire, Tech Funding News, The Next Web, and The SaaS News
| 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
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Cybersecurity company Aikido Security acquires Root, which has raised about $37.6M and develops an AI platform for securing open-source components — Belgian cybersecurity company Aikido Security NV today announced that it has acquired Root.io Inc., a company that offers patching …
More: Help Net Security, CTech, The New Stack, and Aikido Security's Blog
| 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.
More: The Decoder, The Hans India, AI Policy Daily, and RuntimeWire
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| Ryan Lawler / Axios: |
MDOTM, which makes AI software for asset and wealth managers, raised $27M led by Expedition Growth Capital, bringing its total funding to $36.5M — MDOTM, which makes AI software for asset and wealth managers, raised $27 million in growth equity, CEO Tommaso Migliore tells Axios exclusively.
More: FinTech Global, FinSMEs, and Unite.AI
| Matthew Martin / Semafor: |
Dubai- and London-based 1001, which uses AI to improve aviation, port, and energy infrastructure efficiency in the Gulf, raised $30M led by Lux Capital — THE SCOOP — Dubai- and London-based startup 1001 has raised $30 million from investors including US venture firm Lux Capital …
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An Indonesian court sentences Gojek co-founder and ex-education minister Nadiem Makarim to 10 years in prison for power abuses over a Chromebook contract — The case against Nadiem Makarim, a co-founder of Gojek, has fueled concerns about judicial fairness in a nation where foreign investors were already growing wary.| Financial Times: |
The UK FCA unveils the updated version of its crypto regulatory framework, after softening proposed rules that critics said risked holding the UK back — FCA eases capital and disclosure requirements after complaints that incoming digital assets regime was too onerousSponsor Posts
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