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Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta plans a cloud infrastructure business that will sell access to AI compute and models, to compete with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud; META jumps 9%  —  Inside Meta's $200 Billion Louisiana Data Center Bet  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00 Loaded: 9.22% Playback Rate
Anthropic:
Anthropic says access to Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 is now restored and it is drafting a jailbreak severity standard with Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and others  —  1 Ιουλ 2026  —  On Friday, June 12, the US government applied export controls to our newest models, Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5.
@anthropicai:
Anthropic says the US Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5  —  We've received notice that the Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5. We'll begin restoring access tomorrow, and will share an update soon. We're grateful to our users for their patience, and to everyone who worked with us on
@anthropicai:
Anthropic says “some routine tasks like coding and debugging” on Fable 5 “will fall back to Opus 4.8” in “the near term” as it works to “reduce false positives”  —  Claude Fable 5 will be available again globally tomorrow. After a series of productive conversations with the US government, we're redeploying the model with a new set of classifiers to target and block more cybersecurity tasks. In the near term, some routine tasks like coding
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos:
[Thread] the now-lifted US export controls on Anthropic models created uncertainty, are an own goal, and will push service providers toward Chinese AI models
Financial Times:
Letter: the US says Anthropic “agreed to proactively detect and address security risks” of Fable 5 and Mythos 5; a source says Anthropic developed a “safeguard”
Stephen Totilo / Game File:
Sony says all new PlayStation games will only be sold in digital formats from January 2028, as digital media preference “significantly outpaces physical discs”  —  New games sold for PlayStation consoles will only be available digitally and won't be sold on discs effective January 2028, Sony has announced.
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Sony says it will close the virtual PlayStation 3 store in select markets in 2026 before closing PS3 and PS Vita stores “in all other countries” in July 2027  —  The virtual PS3 store will close in select markets this year, with global closures for PS3 and PS Vita following in 2027.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: SpaceX showed investors a handset-like device prototype with AI tech from xAI, a proprietary OS, a Snapdragon chip, and a design slimmer than an iPhone  —  The sleek, handset-like prototype was designed to integrate AI technology from SpaceX's xAI  —  Elon Musk's SpaceX has developed …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Sources: Microsoft has been working on a disc-to-digital feature for Xbox One and Xbox Series X that will let users digitize their physical game collections  —  Microsoft's disc-to-digital feature could be essential for next-gen Xbox consoles. … Microsoft will likely soon follow Sony …
Bloomberg:
Stockholm's Patent and Market Court orders Google to pay nearly $2B to Klarna's PriceRunner in a dispute over abuse of power in the shopping comparison market  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Google was ordered to pay almost $2 billion to Klarna Group Plc's Pricerunner unit in a dispute …
Juro Osawa / The Information:
Anthropic says it is rolling back a covert Claude Code tracking feature that identifies users based in China or affiliated with Chinese AI labs, after backlash  —  Anthropic is backtracking a spyware rolled out covertly to track users' location and whether they are based in China or affiliated …
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
A researcher says a vulnerability in Apple's Hide My Email tool lets anyone see a user's real email address; first reported in June 2025, Apple has not fixed it  —  “Hide My Email users deserve to know that it may be possible for attackers to discover their hidden email addresses,” the person who reported the issue said.
Ty Roush / Forbes:
Alex Karp calls US reliance on AI labs for military tech “effing insane”, pans AI fees for businesses, and touts Palantir's Nvidia Nemotron deal for US agencies  —  Topline  —  Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Wednesday called the AI industry “effing insane” in a heated interview on CNBC …
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Meta introduces a $20/month Meta One Premium tier for its glasses and limits the glasses' Conversation Focus feature to three hours per month for free users  —  “All AI glasses owners get free monthly usage for certain features.” … Would you pay $20 a month for access to AI hardware you already own?
Marko Zivkovic / AppleInsider:
Leaked Apple supplier docs show iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max may use Qualcomm modems in the US and Apple's own C2 chips elsewhere, A20 Pro packaging tech, and more  —  After a closer look at some new data, Apple's iPhone 18 Pro modem situation may not be cut-and-dried.
Minxiao Chang / South China Morning Post:
Chinese robot maker UBTech launches U1, a line of humanoid robots for personal companionship with lifelike silicone skin and emotional AI, priced from ~$17,650  —  The unveiling of model U1, which has silicone skin and emotional AI, reflects tech firms' drive to expand robotics beyond industrial use.
Chris Metinko / Axios:
B2B sales workspace startup Aligned raised a $60M Series B led by PeakSpan Capital, taking its total funding to $73.8M, and says it has 1,000+ customers  —  Aligned, a sales workspace for B2B sellers, buyers, and AI agents, locked up a $60 million Series B, co-founder and CEO Gal Aga tells Axios Pro exclusively.
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Associated Press:
After a short-term hold, SCOTUS denies former Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge's bid to stay an $800-a-day fine if she refuses to reveal a source

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