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Sources: Sam Altman and Satya Nadella recently met to discuss Microsoft's concerns about how OpenAI's deal with Apple might affect Microsoft's product ambitions  —  When OpenAI's board of directors ousted Sam Altman as CEO last year, it looked like a shocking derailment of a fast-rising career.
Mike Corder / Associated Press:
Europol says police in Germany, the UK, the US, and others took down botnets spreading ransomware via infected emails, arrested four, and seized 2,000+ domains  —  Police coordinated by the European Union's justice and police agencies have taken down computer networks responsible …
Bloomberg:
Source: Elon Musk and Donald Trump are discussing crypto policy, as Trump increasingly highlights bitcoin and other digital assets as a way to reach new voters  —  - Trump campaign discusses having Musk speak at convention  — Billionaires talk about Musk business interests, including EVs
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Modular laptop maker Framework unveils a $269 drop-in 120Hz display, improved $39 webcam, and swappable mainboard to add Intel Core Ultra chips to its laptops  —  I know, I absolutely stuffed this story's headline — but I'm just so excited to see the future of modular computing unfolding before my eyes.
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge:
Hands-on with Fire TV's Alexa voice search, rolling out now: powered by a custom LLM to be more conversational, but the suggestions are largely disappointing  —  Navigating the sheer volume of streaming content available today can be a full-time job.  Recommendations from friends, blog posts …
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Google confirms the authenticity of the 2,500 pages of leaked Search documents detailing data the company collects, which may be used in its ranking algorithm  —  A collection of 2,500 leaked internal documents from Google filled with details about data the company collects is authentic, the company confirmed today.
Katie Paul / Reuters:
Google and Magic Leap partner to build immersive experiences that blend the physical and digital worlds, but offer few details; Google is a Magic Leap investor  —  Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google and augmented reality startup Magic Leap are forming a strategic technology partnership and working …
Elizabeth Napolitano / The Block:
Mastercard pilots a P2P network for crypto transactions on Bit2Me, Lirium, and Mercado Bitcoin exchanges in 13 European and Latin American countries  —  - Mastercard is launching a peer-to-peer network for sending and receiving digital assets across borders.
Hope King / Axios:
Amazon expands its Grubhub partnership to let US customers order food delivery inside Amazon's app through Grubhub and makes Grubhub+ a permanent Prime perk  —  - Any Amazon customer can search for “Grubhub” in the product search bar of Amazon's app to order, track and manage their food, like they would through the Grubhub app.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Atlantic and Vox Media sign multiyear licensing and product deals with OpenAI; The Atlantic plans an experimental Atlantic Labs with OpenAI's and other tech  —  - The Atlantic has been publishing content since 1857. … - Both agreements also allow OpenAI to tap into the respective …
Kat Tenbarge / NBC News:
An image showing tents in a camp spelling out “All Eyes on Rafah” hits 44M+ shares on Instagram in <48 hours, likely one of the first viral activist AI images  —  The image, which appears to be AI-generated, was shared more than 29 million times in less than 24 hours.
Wesley Yin-Poole / IGN:
A US federal court awards Activision $14.46M+ in its 2022 civil lawsuit accusing EngineOwning of violating the DMCA by selling Call of Duty cheating software  —  Owned.  —  A high-profile video game cheat maker has been ordered to pay Activision over $14 million in damages and hand over its domain name.
Larry Dignan / Constellation Research:
Salesforce reports Q1 revenue up 11% YoY to $9.13B, vs. $9.15B est., and forecasts Q2 revenue and earnings below expectations; CRM drops 20%+
Matt Binder / Mashable:
Ticketmaster appears to have been breached by hacking group ShinyHunters, which claims to have stolen 560M users' data and is trying to sell the data for $500K  —  Emails, phone numbers, addresses, and even financial details have allegedly been exposed by a notorious hacker group.
Michael Sheetz / CNBC:
Verizon and satellite provider AST SpaceMobile partner to provide space-based broadband direct to phones; Verizon committed $65M in prepayments and $35m in debt  —  Satellite-to-phones service provider AST SpaceMobile stock surged after announcing a partnership with Verizon on Wednesday …
Zachary Small / New York Times:
Auction house Christie's alerts the FBI and UK police about the hack that hobbled its website earlier this month, and begins telling clients of compromised data  —  Its disclosure came after RansomHub claimed responsibility for the cyberattack and threatened to release client data on the dark web.
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CNBC:
Comcast confirms plans to spin off its NBCUniversal cable TV networks, including MSNBC and CNBC, with Mark Lazarus as CEO; the separation may take about a year

James Warrington / Telegraph:
Almost 93% of 600 Guardian and Observer staff organized by the NUJ vote in favor of strike action over the proposed sale of The Observer to Tortoise

Kanis Leung / Associated Press:
Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai testifies for the first time in his years-long national security trial; he is already serving a jail term for a fraud conviction

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Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal:
Policymakers and experts: lidar maker Hesai and others listed as Chinese military entities are rebranding and using US-domiciled businesses to evade sanctions
Kimberley Kao / Wall Street Journal:
Google announces plans to invest $2B in Malaysia, including building its first data center, a new Google Cloud region, and further developing AI
Aisha Counts / Bloomberg:
Meta removed hundreds of Facebook accounts linked to influence campaigns from China, Israel, Iran, and others, some of which used AI to generate disinformation
Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk:
The US Treasury says NFTs are “highly susceptible to use in fraud and scams” and NFT platforms lack controls to combat money laundering and sanctions evasion
Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Researchers: an ex-Florida deputy sheriff who received asylum in Russia has built a network of 160+ fake news sites with the help of ChatGPT and other AI tools
Brandon Vigliarolo / The Register:
Colorado governor Jared Polis signs a right-to-repair bill that includes a strong ban on parts pairing and takes effect on January 1, 2026
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