Trump signs the Take It Down Act, criminalizing the distribution of nonconsensual intimate images and requiring platforms to promptly remove them when notified
The bill sailed through Congress with a focus on deepfakes and other nonconsensual intimate images.
Civitai blames a “configuration issue” for allowing users to generate non-consensual porn; it appears that users can still create such videos of non-celebrities
404 Media found that people were using Civitai to create nonconsensual AI porn videos of anyone for a small price. Bluesky: @josephcox and @emanuelmaiberg . Mastodon: @jbhall56@infosec.exchange Bluesk...
Sources: Nintendo picked Samsung to produce the Switch 2's main chips, aiming to sell 20M+ units by March 2026, a key win for Samsung as it competes with TSMC
Securing a contract for one of the summer's hottest new gadgets will likely help lift utilization or boost business for the Korean conglomerate's chip foundries.
Microsoft open sources the Windows Subsystem for Linux, launched in August 2016, and releases its code on GitHub, except for a few Windows-specific components
Microsoft has open-sourced the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), making its source code available on GitHub, except for a few components that are part of Windows.
The US Senate advances the GENIUS Act, a stablecoin bill, after a group of Democrats dropped their opposition on May 19, a major victory for the crypto industry
Stablecoin legislation overcame a procedural blockade in the US Senate, marking a major victory for the crypto industry …
The US House Budget Committee advances a budget bill that would ban US states from enforcing any law regulating AI for 10 years; the bill now goes to the House
New York CNN — — More than 100 organizations are raising alarms about a provision in the House's sweeping tax …
France says it banned Telegram founder Pavel Durov on May 12 from going to the US for “negotiations with investment funds”, after arresting him in August 2024
The Russian-born entrepreneur is not allowed to leave France without permission following his August arrest.
Spotify says Apple approved an update that lets US users buy individual audiobooks and see audiobook prices inside its iOS app, after the Epic v. Apple ruling
You'll see a ‘Buy’ button alongside an audiobook's price. … It's finally possible to purchase an audiobook from Spotify's iPhone app with just a few taps.
Chinese government data: smartphone exports including iPhones fell 72% MoM to $688.5M in April, the lowest since 2011, outpacing a 21% drop in overall shipments
Smartphone exports slid 72% to just under $700 million last month, sharply outpacing an overall 21% drop in Chinese shipments to the US …
GitHub debuts an AI coding agent for GitHub Copilot that can fix bugs, add features, improve documentation, and more, and open sources GitHub Copilot in VS Code
Body — I find the following two news items on the front page: Thomas Dohmke / The GitHub Blog : GitHub Copilot: Meet the new coding agent Visual Studio Code : VS Code: Open Source AI Editor The GitH...
President Trump's recent Middle East trip helped Elon Musk's SpaceX and Neuralink cut lucrative deals, deepening Musk's ties to the Gulf's autocratic monarchies
The world's richest man inked new deals as he tagged along on President Trump's tour of the Gulf.
SAG-AFTRA files an NLRB unfair labor practice charge against Epic's Llama Productions for using AI to recreate James Earl Jones' Darth Vader voice in Fortnite
The actors union said Epic-owned Llama Productions “chose to replace the work of human performers with AI technology” …
Michael Arrington says Coinbase's recent data breach “will lead to people dying”, calls for KYC rules reassessment and prison for execs failing to protect users
The founder of online news publication TechCrunch has claimed that Coinbase's recent data breach “will lead to people dying …
Malaysia downplays its deal to use 3,000 Huawei chips to build a first-of-its-kind AI system by 2026, underscoring its delicate position in the US-China AI race
Malaysia declared it'll build a first-of-its-kind AI system powered by Huawei Technologies Co. chips, only to distance itself …
Analysis: four of the world's top 50 tech companies are European, and none of the top 10 quantum companies are in Europe, as the continent lags the US and China
A risk-averse business culture and complex regulations have stifled innovation on the continent, weighing on its future Bluesky: @martijnrasser . X: @justinsayfie , @fabricapo , @justinsayfie , @kisha...
UK tech unicorn Builder.ai, backed by Microsoft, Qatar, and others, says it is entering insolvency proceedings due to financial and past leadership “problems”
Once high-flying group founded by Sachin Dev Duggal says its was unable to recover from ‘past decisions’
Sources: Intel is considering divesting NEX, its Network and Edge business unit that generated $5.8B in 2024 revenue, to focus on PC and data center chips
Intel has considered divesting its network and edge businesses as the chipmaker looks to shave off parts of the company …
Source: the US DOJ opens an investigation into Coinbase's recent data breach; Coinbase says it's working with the DOJ and US and global law enforcement agencies
Bloomberg :
Q&A with Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on AI agents, MCP, web search, NLWeb, the relationship with OpenAI, how new hardware and optimizations benefit AI, and more
www.theverge.com/decoder-podc... [image] X: Dan Shipper / @danshipper : Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott compares MCP to HTTP Dan Shipper / @danshipper : Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott says the best startups sho...
Sources and a document: the EU plans to levy a flat €2 fee on billions of small packages entering the bloc, mainly from China, in a fresh blow to Temu and Shein
Brussels could apply a €2 handling fee on billions of small packages imported mainly from China
Study: autonomous vehicles trained to use “social sensitivity” in assessing the collective impact of multiple hazards cause fewer injuries during road accidents
Driverless vehicles that respond more like humans will cause less harm during road crashes, according to research
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals says it will acquire 23andMe's assets, including its Personal Genome Service, for $256M, set to close in Q3, in the bankruptcy auction
But What Happens to Your Data? David Braue / Information Age : Biotech buys bankrupt DNA data firm 23andMe for $400m Naomi Li Gan / Tech in Asia : Pharma giant Regeneron to buy genetics firm 23andMe f...
Microsoft adds xAI's Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini to its Azure AI Foundry service, risking further OpenAI tensions; sources say Satya Nadella had pushed to host Grok
here's why that could be controversial Stephen E. Arnold / Beyond Search : Microsoft: What Is a Brand Name? Swagath Bandhakavi / Tech Monitor : Microsoft to host AI models from Meta, xAI, and others i...
Nvidia unveils Isaac GR00T N1.5, an open, customizable AI model for humanoid reasoning and skills, and GR00T-Dreams, a tool for generating synthetic motion data
Nvidia said it is racing ahead with humanoid robotics technology, providing a custom foundation model for humanoid reasoning …
Sources: Sam Altman had for months sought to delegate more responsibility before hiring Fidji Simo, an adept and detail-oriented manager, in contrast to Altman
Fidji Simo is leaving Instacart for a newly created role at Sam Altman's startup as it prepares for a potential public offering
Investigation: for two years, New Orleans police secretly scanned city streets using 200+ facial recognition cameras, seemingly violating a 2022 city ordinance
www.washingtonpost.com/business/ 202... Important investigative work by @douglasmac.bsky.social & @aaronschaffer.com: Mary Branscombe / @marypcbuk : “every minute of every hour of every day” [embedde...
Huawei launches HarmonyOS for PCs, including its 18-inch foldable MateBook Fold, and is working to make the OS compatible with 2,000+ apps, like WeChat and QQ
Bloomberg :
The UK says hackers breached its Legal Aid Agency to steal a “significant amount of personal data” from people who received legal aid across England and Wales
www.gov.uk/government/n... Mastodon: Kevin Beaumont / @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social : The Legal Aid breach is, I'm told, a ransomware/extortion group (not mentioned in the notice). — If it looks li...
Inside the first Stargate AI data center, in Abilene, Texas: thousands working to build eight near-identical structures, startup Crusoe spending ~$12B, and more
OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank hope that the site in Texas is the first of many across the US. — Trucks carrying concrete …
The EU and the UK are finalizing a deal that would let their competition regulators work together more closely and flag key antitrust and merger investigations
Edith Hancock / Wall Street Journal :
Q&A with Feng Ji, the founder of top Chinese quant fund Baiont, on using AI to develop trading strategies, its small team, China's quant landscape, and more
The founder of one of China's top-performing quant funds explains how his team of young computer scientists are using machine learning to disrupt the sector X: @zijing_wu X: Zijing Wu / @zijing_wu : F...
Qualcomm plans to launch a data center CPU that will link to Nvidia's GPUs to power AI, re-entering into the data center CPU market dominated by Intel and AMD
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC :
Jamie Dimon says that JPMorgan will soon let clients buy bitcoin, adding that “we're not going to custody it. We're going to put it in statements for clients.”
“I don't think you should smoke, but I defend: your right to smoke -your right to buy BTC.” … Forums: r/Bitcoin : JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says the bank will let clients buy bitcoin
The California Public Utilities Commission approves Waymo's proposal to expand its services to more parts of the Bay Area, including “nearly all of San Jose”
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC :
Sources: Circle recently engaged in informal talks to sell itself to Coinbase or Ripple, seeking at least $5B, the valuation it is targeting in a potential IPO
but talks with Coinbase and Ripple could mean a sale, sources say r/AMPToken : What does this mean for Amp/Flexa if Coinbase buys Circle?
New lawsuit filings: Genesis creditors accuse Barry Silbert of fraud and propelling the 2022 crypto market collapse by misrepresenting his companies' finances
Kevin T. Dugan / Wall Street Journal :
Researchers: GPT-4 was 64.4% more persuasive than humans in one-on-one debates when given basic personal information about the person it was trying to persuade
I'm wondering how this would work on conspiracy theorists. [embedded post] Prof. Ian Walker / @ianwalker : Oh wow 64.4℅. The astonishing precision implied by the decimal point makes it entirely conv...
Gravitee, which offers self-hosted and SaaS API management tools, raised a $60M Series C led by Sixth Street, taking its total funding to $125M+
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
A look at Seoul-based Bithumb ahead of its 2025 IPO; Kaiko says Bithumb had 36% of South Korea's crypto trading in January 2024, up from 11.5% in January 2023
Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg :
SignalFire: in 2024, Big Tech employment declined 1.6% in Austin and startup employment fell 4.9%; Dallas, Houston, Denver, and Toronto employment also declined
AI's centralization in Silicon Valley, Austin's fluctuating living costs, and in-office work requirements are driving the shift. [embedded post] LinkedIn: Isabelle Bousquette : “It's kind of dead.” ...
Microsoft unveils Microsoft Discovery, an enterprise agentic platform with a graph-based knowledge engine meant to help scientists and engineers accelerate R&D
Pradeep Viswanathan / Neowin :
Graphiant, a San Jose-based NaaS startup, raised a $19M Series B extension led by Aramco's Wa'ed and Saudi Telecom's Tali, bringing the round total to $102M
Fahad Abuljadayel / Bloomberg :
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