Sources: Samsung is nearing a deal to invest in Perplexity, preload Perplexity's app on Samsung devices, add Perplexity search to Samsung's browser, and more
The two companies are in talks to preload Perplexity's app and assistant on upcoming Samsung devices and integrate …
An interview with Jony Ive and Laurene Powell Jobs on tech's next chapter, meeting in 1997, Steve Jobs, Apple, Powell Jobs backing LoveFrom in 2019, and more
After Apple, the Silicon Valley visionaries are looking to artificial intelligence to shape the future again
Apple appeals the EU's iOS interoperability order under the DMA, saying the requirements create “a process that is unreasonable, costly, and stifles innovation”
Companies face fines of up to 10% their worldwide annual turnover if the EU decides they are flouting its Digital Markets Act
A deep dive into Apple TV's privacy features shows that Apple's streaming device is more private than the vast majority of alternatives, save for dumb TVs
Using the Apple TV app or an Apple account means giving Apple more data, though. … Among smart TVs, streaming sticks …
X aims to roll out an “XChat” messaging feature “with encryption, vanishing messages and the ability to send any kind of file” to all users this week
Elon Musk on Sunday announced that a new version of X's Direct Messaging (DM) feature, XChat …
The EU Commission fines European takeaway groups Delivery Hero and Glovo €329M for taking part in an “online food delivery cartel”, ending its July 2024 probe
European Commission says European food delivery groups shared trade secrets — Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT …
Sources: Meta aims to help brands fully create and target ads using AI by the end of 2026, including images and budgetary goals, expanding its current AI tools
AI-powered advertising is part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg's vision for the company's future — Meta Platforms is betting that automation is the future of ads.
Paradromics inserted its Connexus brain implant in a patient and removed it after ~10 minutes during epilepsy surgery on May 14, a first for the Neuralink rival
Paradromics, a brain-computer interface startup, inserted its brain implant in a person—briefly—in an early test of its technology.
A look at Apple's AI plans for WWDC; sources say it is testing its 3B, 7B, 33B, and 150B models via an internal Playground tool, and will name macOS 26 as Tahoe
but 4 major Apple Intelligence updates are on the horizon Sam Cross / T3 : macOS 26 leaks ahead of WWDC - or at least its full name does Craig Donaldson / Pocket-lint : WWDC 2025 could be light on AI ...
UK neobank Monzo reports FY 2025 revenue up 48% YoY to £1.2B, pretax profit up 335% YoY to £60.5M, deposits up 48% YoY to £16.6B, and users up 25% YoY to 12.2M
Monzo reported revenue above 1 billion pounds ($1.35 billion) for the first time and a sharp rise in annual profit …
A UK government trial of 20K+ civil servants using Microsoft Copilot for three months found that they saved 26 minutes per day on average, or two weeks per year
Staff used Microsoft's Copilot to help draft documents and summarise meetings — Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest …
Paris' public prosecutor says it charged 25 people, including six minors, over a spate of kidnappings and attempted abductions targeting crypto executives
Twenty-five people, including six minors, were charged in Paris over a spate of kidnappings and attempted abductions in France's cryptocurrency world …
Filing: neobank Chime plans to sell ~26M shares in its IPO at $24 to $26, valuing it a $10.3B to $11.1B; co-founders Chris Britt and Ryan King each own 4% to 5%
Banking app Chime plans to sell shares in an initial public offering at a price that would value it at between $10.3 billion and $11.1 billion …
A look at Russian GRU Unit 29155's hacking department, which started as a lone operator in 2012, and its involvement in cyberattack and disinformation campaigns
theins.press/en/inv/281731 @christogrozev : How the GRU's Unit 29155 hacking department obsessed over @bellingcat.com, created the biolabs conspiracy and left their targeting server unprotected....amo...
Germany's Federal Cartel Office warns Amazon that its marketplace retailer price controls likely violate national and EU laws, in its preliminary assessment
Karin Matussek / Bloomberg :
SoftBank and Intel form Saimemory, a company to develop a prototype within two years of stacked DRAM chips for AI that consume ~50% of the power of current HBM
TOKYO — SoftBank and Intel are developing a type of memory for artificial intelligence expected to consume much less electricity …
Sources: UMG, Warner Music, and Sony Music are in talks to license their work to AI music startups Udio and Suno and settle copyright infringement lawsuits
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg :
US asset management firms like Blackstone, KKR, and BlackRock are pouring hundreds of billions into AI data centers, creating “oversupply” and bubble concerns
Private equity firms like Blackstone are using their clients' money to buy and build data centers to fuel the artificial intelligence boom.
A profile of prediction market Kalshi, which is using its federal financial license to open up sports gambling across the US, even in states where it is illegal
Justina Lee / Bloomberg :
Elad Gil, backer of Perplexity, Character.AI, Airbnb, Coinbase, and Stripe, invested in Enam Co., which aims to use AI to reinvent businesses via PE roll-ups
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch :
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