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The US SEC approves spot Ethereum ETFs from BlackRock, Fidelity, Grayscale, Bitwise, VanEck, Ark, Invesco Galaxy, and Franklin Templeton — - The SEC has approved eight spot Ethereum ETFs in an omnibus order. — This comes just four months after the agency approved spot Bitcoin ETFs for the first time.
More: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Blockworks, CoinDesk, The Information, Reuters, Crypto Briefing, Cointelegraph, Blockonomi, CryptoPotato, Nairametrics, Coinspeaker, Cryptopolitan, and CoinGape
X: @jseyff, @iamnomad, @0xenas, @news_of_alpha, @phoenixtrades_, @adamscochran, and @jseyff. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency
| Mayank Parmar / BleepingComputer: |
Users reported a massive Microsoft outage that impacted Bing, Copilot on the web and mobile, Copilot in Windows, ChatGPT's internet search, DuckDuckGo, and more — A massive Microsoft outage affects Bing.com, Copilot for web and mobile, Copilot in Windows, ChatGPT internet search and DuckDuckGo.
More: The Verge, TechCrunch, OSnews, Engadget, Daily Mail, Times of India, Metro.co.uk, Search Engine Land, PCMag, Windows Central, The i Paper, MacRumors, Financial Express, ZDNet, Mashable, CCN.com, Tom's Hardware, TechRadar, Livemint, KnowTechie, WinBuzzer, SiliconANGLE, The Register, Windows Report, Protos, PhoneArena, 9to5Mac, Search Engine Roundtable, and Android Authority
Mastodon: @_elena@mastodon.social. X: @duckduckgo, @msft365status, @msft365status, @msft365status, @ecosia, @brendaneich, @brave, @msft365status, @msft365status, @duckduckgo, @uwukko, @andrewcurran_, @rustybrick, @mayank_jee, @nixcraft, @rustybrick, @clementdelangue, and @leshaque
Forums: Hacker News, r/duckduckgo, r/duckduckgo, r/cybersecurity, r/MicrosoftRewards, and MacRumors Forums
| Jyoti Mann / Business Insider: |
Screenshots of Google's AI Overview giving bizarre answers go viral, including telling users to add “1/8 cup of non-toxic glue” to make cheese stick on a pizza — - Google's AI Overviews feature suggested a user put glue on pizza so the cheese would stay put.
More: The Verge, 404 Media, Ars Technica, Android Police, PCMag, Salon, The Daily Dot, OSnews, Jalopnik, fucksmith on Reddit, New York Post, Fortune, Search Engine Roundtable, Times Now, Sherwood News, The Indian Express, Entrepreneur, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, and Digital Trends
Threads: @kylie.robison. Mastodon: @sfaze@indieweb.social, @onuryasar@mastodon.online, and @donncha@mastodon.ie
X: @veryimportant, @heavenrend, @kurtopsahl, @brendaneich, @aravsrinivas, @garymarcus, @tomfgoodwin, @heavenrend, @mmitchell_ai, @roundbirbart, @lilyraynyc, @reddit_lies, @lilyraynyc, @lilyraynyc, @lilyraynyc, @guybeindude, @tomwarren, @joan_atoms, @mark_riedl, @uncledoomer, @onionweigher, @petergyang, @thewillennium, @pixelbutts, @onionweigher, @mynamesaidan, @daltoneverett_, and @erineaross
Forums: r/nottheonion, r/technology, and Ars OpenForum
| Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo: Apple is targeting a full-screen foldable MacBook launch in 2026 and considering a 20.25" or a 18.8" panel, with an M5 chip and Vision Pro-level price — Apple is working on all-screen foldable devices. Unlike its competitors, however, its focus seems less on foldable smartphones and tablets … | CNBC: |
US DOJ and state AGs sue to break up Ticketmaster parent Live Nation over alleged antitrust violations, following a DOJ probe and Taylor Swift fan complaints — The U.S. Department of Justice is suing to break up Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, over alleged antitrust violations.
More: Bloomberg, US Department of Justice, Live Nation Entertainment, The Verge, New York Times, The Register, Silicon Valley Business …, NBC News, Business Insider, Cybernews.com, Vox, Digital Music News, Washington Post, ABC News, CNN, New York Times, Semafor, New York Post, Gizmodo, New York Daily News, Financial Times, TechCrunch, Engadget, Consequence, NPR, Deadline, Proactive, Axios, Music Ally, The Hollywood Reporter, Benzinga, Wired, Fortune, Institute for Local …, Politico, Mashable, KRQE-TV, Digital Music News, The Verge, and Axios
Mastodon: @avirr@sfba.social. Bluesky: @patrickmcmahon.bsky.social, @docrevan.xyz, and @jmgreene28.bsky.social
X: @carnage4life, @econliberties, @pgunigantiat, @matthewstoller, @agowa, @ohioag, @moreperfectus, @jeremiahdjohns, @andrewvisnovsky, @rbreich, @rbreich, @trungtphan, @senwarren, @matthewstoller, @newjerseyoag, @massago, @senmikelee, @thejusticedept, @adamparkhomenko, @rakeshlobster, and @stacyfmitchell
LinkedIn: Lauren Feiner and Morgan Harper
Forums: r/moderatepolitics, r/Destiny, r/Music, r/Music, r/phish, r/indieheads, r/hiphopheads, r/law, and r/neutralnews
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Leaked contract: Samsung requires independent repair shops to notify Samsung, share customer data, and “immediately disassemble” devices with aftermarket parts — In exchange for selling them repair parts, Samsung requires independent repair shops to give Samsung the name …
More: Engadget, The Verge, SamMobile, Android Police, Digital Trends, SlashGear, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Threads: @quillmatiq. Mastodon: @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social. Bluesky: @skateintraffic.bsky.social. X: @jason_koebler, @jason_koebler, @jason_koebler, @nproctor, and @repaircoalition
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
iFixit and Samsung end their repair partnership after two years; iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens says that “Samsung does not seem interested in enabling repair at scale” — iFixit and Samsung are parting ways. … “Samsung does not seem interested in enabling repair at scale,” … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Spotify tells customers that its Car Thing dashboard accessory will stop working on December 9, less than a year after it went on sale, without offering refunds — Spotify's brief attempt at being a hardware company wasn't all that successful: the company stopped producing …
More: Spotify, Ars Technica, 9to5Google, How-To Geek, TechCrunch, Android Police, Engadget, Digital Music News, and Pocket-lint
X: @sightofthesun_, @autismcapital, @janaythemack, @shanna1221, @nick6v, @elkbit, @michaelmiraflor, and @omarg
Forums: Hacker News, r/gadgets, and r/technology
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
An interview with Microsoft Windows and Devices head Pavan Davuluri on his vision, Copilot AI, Windows Copilot Runtime, streaming Windows to devices, and more — Pavan Davuluri hasn't even been the head of Windows for two months, but he's already been tasked with announcing Microsoft's transition … | Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo: |
X Director of Engineering Haofei Wang says “we are making likes private” in an update happening “soon”, as “public likes are incentivizing the wrong behavior” — Musk could soon make likes on X private, changing a feature that historically placed several celebrities, including him, into scandals.
More: The Verge, TechCrunch, Business Insider, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, Mashable, MobileSyrup, KnowTechie, 9to5Mac, and Wccftech
X: @wanghaofei, @aaronp613, @xdaily, @carnage4life, @jack, @enriquebrgn, @wallstreetsilv, and @wanghaofei
| Financial Times: |
Sources: a16z, Sequoia Capital, and Tribe Capital commit to joining xAI's new funding round, in which the company seeks to raise ~$6B at an $18B valuation — Billionaire's artificial intelligence start-up closes in on $6bn funding round as it seeks more financial firepower| Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: |
TikTok limits the spread of videos from state-affiliated media outside their home countries and disrupted 15 influence operations in 2024, including from China — The platform will keep state-affiliated media accounts out of users' feeds if they “attempt to reach communities outside … | Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Google details Umoja, the first fiber optic cable that would connect Africa and Australia, starting in Kenya and running via the DRC and others to South Africa — Google is preparing to build what will be the first subsea fiber-optic cable connecting the continents of Africa and Australia.
More: Google Cloud Blog, iTnews, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, Data Center Knowledge, News.ng, Neowin, PCMag, Converge! Network Digest, and The Star
LinkedIn: Dave Horner, David Robles, Wouter van Hulten, Ian Clarke, and Benjamin Treynor Sloss
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Alphabet and Meta have talked to Hollywood studios about licensing content for AI video generation tools; Disney and Netflix aren't willing to license — - Studios seek to harness AI's promise without losing control — Warner weighs licensing content; Disney, Netflix say no| Jeremy Gan / Dexerto: |
Linus Tech Tips, accused in August 2023 of theft, ethical lapses, and sexual harassment, says an outside investigation found the claims were “largely unfounded” — Linus Tech Tips has released the findings from an investigation of the allegations levied upon them in 2023 …
More: The Daily Dot, PC Gamer, and Benzinga
| Reed Abelson / New York Times: |
Systems at US hospital operator Ascension, which has ~140 hospitals, remain down indefinitely after a May 8 cyberattack, in a hack similar to Change Healthcare — For two weeks at the 140-hospital system, doctors and nurses have had little access to digital records for patient histories, resorting to paper and faxes to treat people.
More: NPR
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
A bill strengthening the UK Competition and Markets Authority to regulate tech giants like Apple and Google heads toward approval before the UK's July election — The UK will shortly get its own rulebook for Big Tech, after peers in the House of Lords agreed Thursday afternoon to pass the Digital Markets …
More: Press Gazette, Sportskeeda, and Video Games Chronicle
Mastodon: @slightlyoff@toot.cafe. X: @fnbrwatch, @vmanancourt, @appfairness, @brucel, @fnmnews, @openwebadvocacy, @kelkoopolicy, @joebambridge1, and @danibenrem
| Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: |
Docs and sources: OpenAI didn't use Scarlett Johansson's voice for ChatGPT's Sky and hired another actress in June, months before Sam Altman contacted Johansson — A different actress was hired to provide the voice for ChatGPT's ‘Sky,’ according to documents and recordings shared with the Washington Post.
More: Ars Technica, Bloomberg, TechRadar, The Register, Reuters, Business Insider, Engadget, Inc.com, The Verge, Tech Xplore, Business Standard, New Yorker, Dexerto, Music Ally, The Decoder, AIM, Spyglass, and Vox
Threads: @crumbler. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Bluesky: @fitzstartz.bsky.social. X: @willoremus, @hshaban, @buccocapital, @harrymccracken, @yoda, @pkafka, @carnage4life, @nitashatiku, @pstasiatech, @blind_steel, and @mszafranski413
Forums: Hacker News, r/news, r/aiwars, r/technology, r/neoliberal, r/singularity, r/ChatGPT, r/OpenAI, and Ars OpenForum
| Forbes: |
Sources: Helsing, which provides AI tools to militaries, is raising a $400M+ Series C led by General Catalyst at a ~$4B valuation, after raising $200M+ in 2023 — The Munich-based company is raising at least $400 million in a funding round led by General Catalyst, sources tell Forbes.
X: @kenrickcai
| Emilia David / The Verge: |
Truecaller partners with Microsoft's Azure AI Speech to let its AI Assistant users create an AI version of their voice based on a recorded clip to answer calls — Caller ID company Truecaller will let users create an AI version of their voice to answer calls.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Pay now lets users see their card benefits and perks before selecting a card, use BNPL on more sites, and fill in card details using biometrics or a PIN — Google Pay is rolling out a number of updates that capitalize on its integrations with other Google products, like Android and the Chrome browser.
More: The Keyword, NDTV, The Paypers, Tom's Guide, Android Central, Sam Lover, and Business Standard
| James Batchelor / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Embracer reports FY2023-24 net sales up 12% YoY to ~$3.9B, PC/Console up 7% YoY to ~$1.3B, and Mobile up 2% YoY to $551M; its CFO and deputy CEO steps down — CEO Lars Wingefors says past fiscal year was “transformative” as group presses on towards three-way split — News by James Batchelor Editor-in-chief| Financial Times: |
Meta's Yann LeCun says LLMs won't reach human intelligence and instead FAIR is working on a “world modeling” vision, to create AI that can develop common sense — Yann LeCun argues current AI methods are flawed as he pushes for ‘world modelling’ vision for superintelligence
More: The Decoder and Forbes
Mastodon: @engagedpractx@sciences.social. X: @ylecun, @martinsignoux, @vivatech, @natolambert, @ylecun, @jthomasburgess, and @_willfalcon. LinkedIn: Clay Williams. Forums: Slashdot
| Greg Bensinger / Reuters: |
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