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Sources: Alibaba has banned employees from using Claude Code and asked them to remove all Claude models from their work computers, citing security concerns — Alibaba Group has banned employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code, and asked them to remove all Claude models from their work computers …
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Sources: Anthropic moves to close loopholes that let Chinese firms like Ant use its models via workarounds including cloud providers and overseas subsidiaries — Engineers are still finding ways to use AI models despite stringent restrictions. Anthropic is moving to shut loopholes … | Business Insider: |
Sources: Alexandr Wang said Meta's model currently in training, codenamed Watermelon, matches GPT-5.5 and uses an “order of magnitude more compute than Avocado” — Meta is making significant progress in the AI model race, its superintelligence chief Alexandr Wang told employees today.
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At a town hall, Mark Zuckerberg said Meta's reorganization was not as “clean” as it could have been and its AI agent development has not accelerated as expected — Meta (META.O) Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told an internal town hall on Thursday that AI agent development …
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Spotify removed 500K+ streams of Malcolm Todd's Earrings after a 70% surge in 24 hours sent it to #1 on Spotify USA and coincided with suspicious Kalshi wagers — Platform removes more than 500,000 streams of Malcolm Todd track ‘Earrings’ on concern traders propelled it to number 1| Janko Roettgers / The Verge: |
A look back at BitTorrent, launched by Bram Cohen 25 years ago, and how media piracy fueled its growth while its architecture shielded it from legal liability — Cath Virginia / The Verge … Twenty-five years ago today, a young, little-known programmer by the name of Bram Cohen fired off …
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Filing: GoDaddy challenges a New Delhi court ruling requiring domain sellers to stop offering privacy by default, saying it could expose website owners globally — The world's biggest internet domain seller, GoDaddy, has warned that India's crackdown on fake websites impersonating famous brands …
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Texas AG Ken Paxton opens an investigation into StubHub following complaints of last-minute ticket cancellations for FIFA World Cup matches — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into StubHub following reports that some fans who bought World Cup tickets through … | Declan Harty / Politico: |
Pitch document: Chris Larsen and Palmer Luckey invested an undisclosed amount in APEC, a derivatives exchange founded by the son of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand — Democratic megadonor Chris Larsen has backed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's political campaigns several times over the years.| Wall Street Journal: |
How Jeff Bezos' changing relationship with President Trump has impacted his companies, including increased federal contract awards during Trump's second term — Space company has booked rapid growth under this administration, after founder spent president's first term being ‘hated’| Maggie Eastland / Bloomberg: |
Letter: chip sector group SEMI, including Micron and Samsung, warns Scott Bessent US policies affecting prices or production capacity would worsen the shortage — Government attempts to address the global memory chip shortage by influencing prices or production capacity would worsen …
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Blackstone's QTS abandons plans to build its portion of a 2,100-acre data center campus in Virginia, following years of local opposition and legal challenges — Blackstone Inc.'s QTS is walking away from plans to build its portion of a 2,100-acre data center campus in Virginia …
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India's IT secretary said the country is investigating a data breach at Apple supplier Tata, which exposed files that included photos of iPhone 18 Pro models — India is investigating a data breach at Tata Electronics that exposed documents linked to Apple's (AAPL.O) unreleased iPhone 18 Pro …
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Sources: Crusoe is in active talks to raise ~$3B in a funding round expected to value the company in the ~$30B range, up from a ~$10B valuation in October — Crusoe, the data center upstart with contracts to supply AI computing power for the likes of Meta Platforms Inc. and Oracle Corp. …
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