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July 4, 2025, 1:35 PM

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Bloomberg:
Daniel Gross leaves Safe Superintelligence, the AI startup he co-founded with Ilya Sutskever, to join Meta's new superintelligence lab and work on AI products  —  Daniel Gross, the former chief executive officer and co-founder of artificial intelligence startup Safe Superintelligence Inc. …
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Brian O'Donovan / RTÉ:
Meta says it backs proposals for an EU-wide age of digital adulthood, below which minors would need parental consent to use social media, calling it “effective”  —  Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has said it supports proposals for a common digital majority age across EU member states.
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
The European Commission says it won't pause the rollout of its AI Act, after Alphabet, Meta, Mistral, ASML, and others urged the EU to delay the rules by years  —  The European Union's landmark rules on artificial intelligence will be implemented according to the timeline agreed by legislators …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
FOIA docs: the Trump administration claimed broad authority to nullify laws in letters to tech firms releasing them of legal liability related to the TikTok ban  —  In purporting to license otherwise illegal conduct by tech firms, President Trump set a precedent expanding executive power, legal experts warned.
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Counterpoint Research: iPhone sales in China grew 8% YoY in Q2 2025, boosted by discounts, the first time Apple has recorded growth in China since Q2 2023  —  Apple iPhone sales in China rose in the second quarter of the year for the first time in two years, Counterpoint Research said …
Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg:
Sources: Google plans to propose a price comparison box at the top of search results in the EU, featuring ranked options from competitors, to avoid DMA fines  —  Under the plan, a box at the top of Google's search results will show ranked options from price-comparison companies' websites …
Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg:
Sources: the Trump administration plans to curb AI chip shipments to Malaysia and Thailand, as part of an effort to crack down on suspected smuggling into China  —  President Donald Trump's administration plans to restrict shipments of AI chips from the likes of Nvidia Corp. to Malaysia and Thailand …
Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE:
London-based Hived, which offers an AI-based logistics and parcel delivery service purpose-built for ecommerce, raised a $42M Series B led by NordicNinja  —  London-based parcel delivery startup Hived Ltd.today said it has raised $42 million in early-stage funding aimed at supporting …

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