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| Maxwell Zeff / Wired: |
Google DeepMind Chief Scientist Jeff Dean and 30+ employees from OpenAI and Google file an amicus brief supporting Anthropic in its legal fight with the US DOD — Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean is among the AI researchers and engineers rushing to Anthropic's defense.
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Bluesky: @pamspaulding and @peard33
Forums: r/technology, r/google, r/Anthropic, and r/OpenAI
| Jack Queen / Reuters: |
Anthropic sues to block the DOD from designating it a supply chain risk, saying the designation is unlawful and violates its free speech and due process rights — Anthropic on Monday filed a lawsuit to block the Pentagon from placing it on a national security blacklist …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/law, r/news, r/Anthropic, r/LegalNews, r/ChatGPT, r/artificial, r/ClaudeAI, r/Anthropic, and r/politics
| Maria Curi / Axios: |
Sources: the White House is preparing an executive order formally instructing federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's AI tools after Trump called them “woke” — The White House is preparing an executive order formally instructing the federal government to rip out Anthropic's AI … | Paresh Dave / Wired: |
Filing: Anthropic says it had $5B+ in all-time revenue since 2023 and may lose billions after clients paused deal talks due to the supply chain risk designation — Executives at the AI startup say companies paused deal talks after the Trump administration labeled it a supply-chain risk …
More: The Information, WHDH-TV, SiliconANGLE, and Decrypt
Forums: r/tech, r/OpenAI, r/Anthropic, and r/technology
| David Gewirtz / ZDNET: |
Anthropic debuts Code Review for Claude Code, which uses agents to check pull requests for bugs, and says a typical code review costs $15 to $25 in token usage — ZDNET's key takeaways — Anthropic launches AI agents to review developer pull requests. — Internal tests tripled meaningful code review feedback.
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| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
Yann LeCun's Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs raised a $1.03B seed at a $3.5B pre-money valuation to work on world models, in Europe's largest-ever seed round — Meta's former chief artificial intelligence scientist Yann LeCun has raised more than $1bn for his new start-up in Europe's largest ever seed funding round.
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| Wired: |
Sources: Nvidia is pitching NemoClaw, an upcoming open-source AI agent platform for enterprises, and plans to offer security and privacy tools for it — Ahead of its annual developer conference, Nvidia is readying a new approach to software that embraces AI agents similar to OpenClaw.
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Forums: r/LocalLLaMA and r/technews
| Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
Jay Graber steps down as Bluesky CEO, saying a “seasoned operator focused on scaling and execution” is needed; Bluesky names VC Toni Schneider as interim CEO — Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky's board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technews, r/BlueskySocial, and Slashdot
| Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple made ~55M iPhones in India in 2025, up 53% YoY from 36M in 2024, or ~25% of total iPhone production, as it shifts away from China amid tariffs — Apple Inc. increased iPhone production in India by about 53% last year and now makes a quarter of its marquee devices there …
More: AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Business Today, MacRumors, The Indian Express, Apple Must, Times of India, Blockonomi, Press Trust of India, Digit, The Hans India, Notebookcheck, Tech in Asia, Livemint, and Gamereactor UK. Forums: r/india
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple delayed the release of its smart home display, planned for this month, until later this year to let the company finish work on the new Siri — Apple Inc.'s artificial intelligence struggles are rippling through its product plans, forcing the company to delay a long …
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Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| OpenAI: |
OpenAI agrees to acquire Promptfoo, which fixes security issues in AI systems being built and is “trusted by 25%+ of Fortune 500”, to fold into OpenAI Frontier — Accelerating agentic security testing and evaluation capabilities in OpenAI Frontier
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| Brian Westover / PCMag: |
MacBook Pro 16" (M5 Max) review: “Super core” architecture and 40-core GPU deliver beastly performance, but retains a five-year-old design and is $100+ pricier — EDITORS' CHOICE — 4.5 — Outstanding — THE BOTTOM LINE — The 2026 MacBook Pro 16-inch with M5 Max …
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| John Higgins / The Verge: |
| Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg: |
Meta emails advertisers about “location fees” in select European countries to cover digital services taxes, starting July 1; Google and Amazon have similar fees — Meta Platforms is asking advertisers to cover the costs of digital services taxes, levies imposed by countries on local sales made by technology firms.| Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: |
Canada will allow TikTok to continue operating in the country under new security commitments, reversing a 2024 order to wind down TikTok's Canadian subsidiary — Canada will allow TikTok to continue operating in the country, a complete reversal after the government had previously ordered …
More: Engadget, Government of Canada, Music Business Worldwide, d2125, Canadian Press, iPhone in Canada, Reuters, Global News, and Wall Street Journal. Forums: r/canada
| Olivia Moore / Andreessen Horowitz: |
More: Forbes Australia and SmartCompany
X: @alexmashrabov, @changchen_cc, @scobleizer, @anisha_moonka, @lennysan, @aleximm, @a16z, @illscience, @a16z, @a16z, and @omooretweets. Forums: r/OpenAI
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
AI cybersecurity startup Armadin, started by Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia to build AI agents, raised ~$190M led by Accel; Google bought Mandiant for $5.4B — Four years ago Kevin Mandia agreed to sell his cybersecurity company Mandiant to Google for $5.4 billion. Now he's back in the game, with Google's help.
More: Help Net Security and Pulse 2.0
| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
AI networking equipment startup Eridu emerges from stealth and raised a $200M Series A led by Socratic, John Doerr, and more, taking its total funding to $230M — Drew Perkins has been inventing computer network tech and building startups since the dawn of the internet age.
More: SiliconANGLE
| Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times: |
Memo: Amazon SVP Dave Treadwell says junior and mid-level engineers now require more senior engineers to sign off any AI-assisted code changes, after outages — Ecommerce giant says there has been a ‘trend of incidents’ linked to ‘Gen-AI assisted changes’ — Amazon's ecommerce business …
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Bluesky: @sarahoconnorft.ft.com and @davidgerard.co.uk. Mastodon: @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org. Forums: Hacker News
| Rebecca Torrence / Bloomberg: |
Nexthop AI, which offers specialized switches to reduce power consumption and latency for hyperscalers, raised $500M led by Lightspeed at a $4.2B valuation — Nexthop AI, an artificial intelligence infrastructure startup, has raised $500 million in a deal led by Lightspeed Venture Partners … | Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory, Richard Osman, and ~10,000 writers publish Don't Steal This Book, an “empty” book to protest AI companies using their work — About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaign
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X: @ednewtonrex. Bluesky: @paularmstrongtbd, @senategabe, @writersguildgb, and @emgeekay. Mastodon: @JulietEMcKenna@wandering.shop. Forums: r/books
| Kieran Smith / Financial Times: |
An interview with Hinge CEO Jackie Jantos, promoted from CMO in December 2025, as the dating app hits 1.8M+ paying users, gaining ground while others struggle — Jackie Jantos defies dating app decline with focus on serious relationships: 'It's not TikTok, you need to put in effort'| Aaron Clark / Bloomberg: |
US commercial satellite provider Planet Labs delays Middle East imagery to two weeks from four days over concerns it could be used to target NATO members — Planet Labs PBC is extending its delay on commercial satellite imagery in the Middle East to two weeks from four days over concerns … | Financial Times: |
SoftBank's stock is down ~48% since November 3, as scrutiny into the scale of its OpenAI ties grows; on March 9, SoftBank fell 9.8% on Stargate delay reports — Japanese group has suffered from recent share falls and a negative outlook from rating agency S&P — Once fired up, Masayoshi Son's investing enthusiasm knows few bounds.| Bloomberg: |
AT&T says it plans to spend $250B+ over the next five years to build out its US infrastructure, including high-speed fiber; AT&T spent $21B on capex in 2025 — AT&T Inc. pledged to spend more than $250 billion over the next five years to expand its telecom network infrastructure in the US …
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