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| Reuters: |
The US SEC approves applications from Nasdaq, Cboe, and NYSE to list spot ether ETFs, potentially paving the way for them to begin trading later this year — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday approved applications from Nasdaq, CBOE and NYSE to list exchange-traded funds …
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Forums: r/ethtrader, r/CryptoCurrency, and Slashdot
| 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, 9to5Google, Ars Technica, How-To Geek, BGR, Neowin, TechCrunch, Android Police, Digital Music News, Engadget, and Pocket-lint
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and r/gadgets
| 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: 404 Media, The Verge, Ars Technica, Android Police, The Daily Dot, fucksmith on Reddit, Salon, Jalopnik, Times Now, Fortune, Gizmodo Australia, PCMag, Sherwood News, New York Post, OSnews, Entrepreneur, Digital Trends, 9to5Google, Search Engine Roundtable, and The Indian Express
Threads: @crumbler and @kylie.robison
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Forums: r/nottheonion, r/technology, and Ars OpenForum
| 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.
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Mastodon: @_elena@mastodon.social. X: @duckduckgo, @msft365status, @msft365status, @msft365status, @duckduckgo, @msft365status, @ecosia, @msft365status, @uwukko, @brendaneich, @andrewcurran_, @rustybrick, @mayank_jee, @nixcraft, @brave, @rustybrick, @clementdelangue, and @leshaque
Forums: Hacker News, r/duckduckgo, r/cybersecurity, r/duckduckgo, r/MicrosoftRewards, Beehaw, 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 …
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| 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.
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Mastodon: @avirr@sfba.social. Bluesky: @docrevan.xyz, @patrickmcmahon.bsky.social, and @jmgreene28.bsky.social
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LinkedIn: Lauren Feiner and Morgan Harper
Forums: r/moderatepolitics, r/Destiny, r/Music, r/Music, r/phish, r/indieheads, r/hiphopheads, r/law, r/neutralnews, and Ars OpenForum
| 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,” …
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Forums: r/hardware and MacRumors Forums
| 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: The Register, Engadget, The Verge, Android Headlines, SamMobile, SlashGear, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Police, and Digital Trends
Threads: @quillmatiq. Mastodon: @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social. Bluesky: @skateintraffic.bsky.social. X: @jason_koebler, @jason_koebler, @jason_koebler, @nproctor, and @repaircoalition
| 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
More: SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, and Bloomberg
| 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
More: Engadget, The Information, PYMNTS.com, and Gizmodo Australia
| 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 … | Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
| 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, MacRumors, Business Insider, iPhone in Canada Blog, MobileSyrup, TechCrunch, Wccftech, KnowTechie, Mashable, and 9to5Mac
X: @wanghaofei, @aaronp613, @xdaily, @cwarzel, @jack, @carnage4life, @enriquebrgn, @wallstreetsilv, and @wanghaofei
| 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 …
More: TikTok, NBC News, The Verge, Pixel Envy, Associated Press, Cybernews.com, Bloomberg, and The Boston Globe. X: @carolinegreer
| Kalley Huang / The Information: |
Sources: Meta is considering charging users for a more advanced version of Meta AI and is developing AI agents that can complete tasks without human supervision — Meta Platforms is considering charging users for a more advanced version of its artificial intelligence-powered assistant …
X: @kylebrussell and @jessicalessin
| Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority: |
Google increases the Play Store's app price limit to $999.99 or the local equivalent, a 150% jump from the previous price limit of $400 set in October 2015 — - Developers can now price their products on Google Play as high as $999.99. — The previous app price limit was $400, set back in late 2015.
Mastodon: @MishaalRahman@androiddev …
| 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, The West Australian, Engadget, PCMag, News.ng, Neowin, Converge! Network Digest, and SiliconANGLE
LinkedIn: Gianluca Varisco, Dave Horner, David Robles, Wouter van Hulten, Ian Clarke, and Benjamin Treynor Sloss
| 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 and PC Gamer
| 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, Video Games Chronicle, and Sportskeeda
Mastodon: @slightlyoff@toot.cafe. X: @maxvonthun, @marcedge1, @rachelmackie2, @thurrott, @fnbrwatch, @appfairness, @brucel, @fnmnews, @openwebadvocacy, @kelkoopolicy, and @danibenrem
| 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
| 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| André Beganski / Decrypt: |
The US House passes the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act, or FIT21, which would create a regulatory framework for digital assets — Dubbed the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act, or FIT21, the measure was approved by the House of Representatives with a 279-136 vote.
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X: @jchervinsky, @repjohnrose, @brian_armstrong, @gopmajoritywhip, @yugacohler, @adamscochran, @adamscochran, @adamscochran, @bradsherman, @adamscochran, @twobitidiot, @adamscochran, @yugacohler, @jbsdc, @eleanor_mueller, @eleanor_mueller, @blockgraze, @iamnomad, @eleanor_mueller, @repwileynickel, @jessepollak, @ryansadams, @repwileynickel, @kmsmithdc, @jessepollak, @rewkang, @financialcmte, and @iampaulgrewal
| 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
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