OpenAI updates its coding agent Codex with internet access, which is turned off by default, and expands its availability from ChatGPT Pro to ChatGPT Plus users
New features, fixes, and improvements to Codex in ChatGPT — Agent internet access David Gewirtz / ZDNET : You can use OpenAI's super powerful AI coding agent Codex for just $20 now Kahekashan / The ...
An interview with Mario Kart World producer Kosuke Yabuki on accessibility, balancing the chaos, guardrails, base mechanics, and more, ahead of the June 5 debut
Mario Kart World producer Kosuke Yabuki discusses the challenges of a free roam racer and balancing the difficulty for new players
Mistral releases Mistral Code, a “vibe coding” client forked from open-source project Continue, in private beta on JetBrains development platforms and VS Code
French AI startup Mistral is releasing its own “vibe coding” client, Mistral Code, to compete with incumbents like Windsurf …
NFT marketplace Magic Eden and the TRUMP memecoin team announce the “Official $TRUMP Wallet” and open a waitlist; Trump's sons deny any involvement or knowledge
UPDATE, June 3 at 3:00pm: Following publication of this story, Magic Eden pushed out its announcement for the Trump Wallet at 1:35pm.
Photos and partial footage of an FSD-enabled Tesla sideswiping a parked SUV and hitting a woman in November 2023 show FSD's limits; the NHTSA is investigating
The setting sun was blinding drivers on the Arizona interstate between Flagstaff and Phoenix in November 2023.
Q&A with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on “a 50% chance” of AGI in the next five to 10 years, bad actors and technical risks, AI regulation, jobs, and more
Demis Hassabis says that systems as smart as humans are almost here, and we'll need to radically change how we think and behave.
Google pauses the rollout of Google Photos' AI-powered Ask Photos feature due to issues with latency, quality, and UX, per a Google product manager's post on X
'Ask Photos isn't where it needs to be,' says a product manager for Google Photos.
Microsoft says it didn't stop services to the International Criminal Court, after a May report stated it “cancelled” ICC prosecutor Karim Khan's email address
Chief prosecutor's email issues have spurred fears in Europe that Trump could trigger a “kill switch” through U.S. tech giants abroad. Bluesky: @glynmoody , @marypcbuk , and @gateklons . Mastodon: @Go...
A group of 260+ US legislators from all 50 states sign a letter opposing a federal budget bill provision that bans states from enforcing AI laws for 10 years
More than 260 state legislators from all 50 states have signed a letter opposing a provision in the federal budget reconciliation bill …
Reddit now lets users hide posting and commenting history on their profiles via a “Content and Activity” setting, as part of a new “Curate your profile” section
Reddit on Tuesday announced a new feature that will offer its users more privacy when it comes to what's shared on their user profiles.
The IRS open sourced most of its Direct File tax software on GitHub last week, fulfilling a legal requirement under the SHARE IT Act, despite Intuit pressure
The IRS open sourced much of its incredibly popular Direct File software as the future of the free tax filing program is at risk … Bluesky: @daphnek . Mastodon: @jbhall56@infosec.exchange and @jasonko...
Source: ~1,000 people have left CISA during the second Trump administration, including 750+ who took a buyout offer, cutting CISA's workforce by nearly a third
Roughly 1,000 people have already left the nation's top cybersecurity agency during the second Trump administration …
AI coding startups are at risk of being disrupted by Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI; a source says Microsoft's GitHub Copilot grew to $500M+ in revenue in 2024
Two years after the launch of ChatGPT, return on investment in generative AI has been elusive, but one area stands out: software development.
A comparison of GPT-4o, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Gemini 2.0 Flash, Llama 4, and Copilot: Claude won overall, having the most consistent answers and no hallucinations
We challenged AI helpers to decode legal contracts, simplify medical research, speed-read a novel and make sense of Trump speeches. Bluesky: @emilprotalinski . X: @kylebrussell , @ryp__ , and @eilperi...
A look at Australian startup Cortical Labs' $35,000 CL1, billed as the world's first code-deployable biological computer, with 115 units shipping this summer
World-first biocomputing platform hits the market — Shannon Cuthrell is a freelance journalist covering business and technology.
Court filings: Deel alleges Rippling's “competitive intelligence manager” Brett Alexander Johnson posed as a customer to access Deel's product and business info
HR start-ups Rippling and Deel trade allegations their leaders directed efforts to steal company secrets from one another
Microsoft launches a free cybersecurity program for European governments, including to protect against AI-enhanced threats, amid growing state-sponsored attacks
Microsoft (MSFT.O) is offering free of charge to European governments a cybersecurity programme, launched on Wednesday …
Google says hackers loosely affiliated with the Com in the US, the UK, and Western Europe breached 20+ companies in the US and Europe to steal Salesforce data
- Hacker gang impersonate IT staff to gain access to Salesforce — Retailers warned to be vigilant after recent jump in attacks
Deel says it crossed a $1B annual revenue run rate in Q1 2025, has allocated an M&A budget of $200M to $500M for 2025, and is still aiming for a US IPO in 2026
and are approaching 3 years of profitability. 6 years later, @bouazizalex and @shuoshuooshuooo continue to execute on their vision. Deel is becoming the LinkedIn: Deel : From an idea to over $1B in re...
AMC signs a deal with Runway to use its AI tech to generate marketing images and help pre-visualize unproduced shows, the first cable player to work with Runway
The ‘Mad Men’ and ‘The Walking Dead’ producer is the latest Hollywood company to sign a pact with the generative AI firm.
Windsurf says Anthropic gave five days of notice before cutting nearly all its first-party capacity to all Claude 3.x models, after passing it over for Claude 4
Windsurf, the popular vibe coding startup that's reportedly being acquired by OpenAI, said Anthropic significantly reduced …
Microsoft says LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky will now manage its Office group, reporting to EVP of Experiences and Devices Rajesh Jha; he will remain LinkedIn CEO
Ryan Roslansky, the professional networking site's chief executive officer since 2020, will tack on responsibility for the teams behind Outlook …
A US federal judge temporarily blocks Florida from enforcing a law banning social media accounts for kids under 14, saying the law is “likely unconstitutional”
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Google NotebookLM now lets users share notebooks publicly; viewers can interact with a notebook's generated content, like audio overviews, briefings, and FAQs
here's why it beats ChatGPT for team projects Pranob Mehrotra / Android Authority : Google's awesome NotebookLM tool simplifies sharing with this highly requested feature Chris McKay / Maginative : Go...
Researchers detail a technique Meta and Yandex use to glean some logged-in Android users' browsing histories from Chromium-based browsers via web identifiers
even in incognito mode or with a VPN Nick Heer / Pixel Envy : Meta and Yandex Apps on Android Have Been Tracking Users in Newly Creepy Ways Bluesky: Matthew Green / @matthewdgreen : Yuck. Meta apps l...
Nokia, Nvidia, Safran, and 40+ organizations plan to build an EU-funded unmanned drone project to protect critical infrastructure, set to launch in three years
A consortium of more than 42 organizations, led by Nokia (NOKIA.HE), will work on an unmanned drone project aimed at protecting …
TikTok bans the hashtag #SkinnyTok globally, saying it is “linked to unhealthy weight loss content”, in response to direct pressure from the French government
especially on platforms used by millions of young people. I warned about this dangerous trend a while ago. It promotes unhealthy and unrealistic body images, harming children and teenagers across Eu...
Sources: Pump.fun plans to raise $1B via a token sale at a $4B valuation; Blockworks says Pump.fun has generated $700M+ in revenue since its early 2024 launch
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NYSE Arca files with the US SEC to list a Bitcoin ETF tied to Trump Media and Technology Group, which runs Truth Social and is majority owned by President Trump
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An interview with Gaia Marcus, the director of UK-based think tank Ada Lovelace Institute, on AI regulation in Europe, AI safety, bias, liability, and more
The head of the UK-based think-tank talks about her hopes and fears for future oversight of AI — Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT …
Sources: Toronto-based AI startup Cohere is seeking to raise $500M+ at a $5.5B+ valuation, after raising a $500M Series D at a $5.5B valuation in July 2024
Canadian group seeks valuation of up to $6.5bn but rivals have soared far higher in comparison — Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT …
GlobalFoundries plans to spend $16B to boost domestic chip production, including $13B on its New York and Vermont plants and $3B for advanced packaging research
Ian King / Bloomberg :
How Morgan Stanley is using its DevGen.AI tool, built in-house on OpenAI's AI models, to translate legacy code into English specs for developers to then rewrite
Morgan Stanley is now aiming artificial intelligence …
CrowdStrike reports Q1 revenue up 20% YoY to $1.1B, in line with est., forecasts Q2 revenue below est., and approves an up to $1B share buyback; CRWD drops 6%+
Harshita Mary Varghese / Reuters :
Qualcomm patches a series of vulnerabilities in dozens of chips, including three zero-days reported by Google that “may be under limited, targeted exploitation”
Please note that in some cases regular OS upgrades may cause delays to planned security updates. Pierluigi Paganini / Security Affairs : U.S. CISA adds Multiple Qualcomm chipsets flaws to its Known Ex...
NYC-based Brookfield says it plans to invest ~$9.9B to build an AI data center in Strangnas, Sweden, after committing to spending €20B in France earlier in 2025
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Sources: Apple and Alibaba's AI rollout in China is being held up by the Cyberspace Administration of China, which has approved 300+ domestic AI models so far
Partnership between US and Chinese tech groups stalled by Beijing regulator in wake of geopolitical tensions
HPE reports Q2 revenue up 6% YoY to $7.63B, above $7.46B est., Server revenue up 6% YoY to $4.1B, and says it expects a reduced impact from tariffs in 2025
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Chinese startup Butterfly Effect's Manus debuts a text-to-video generation tool in early access for paid users, with plans to roll it out for free to all users
structured, sequenced, and ready to watch. With a single prompt, Manus plans each scene, crafts the visuals, and animates your vision. From storyboard creation to concept visualization—your [video] @b...
Asana reports Q1 revenue of $187.3M, vs. $185.5M est., up 9% YoY vs. 26% last year, and adjusted EPS of $0.05, vs. $0.02 est.; ASAN falls 8%+
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The Trump administration plans to reorganize the Biden administration's US AI Safety Institute, set up in 2023, into the Center for AI Standards and Innovation
It's been “reformed” into the Center for AI Standards and Innovation, which... appears will do many of the same things as the Institute? — www.forbes.com/sites/thomas... Justin Hendrix / @justinhend...
Sources: Thrive and Capital Group visited China to study its AI scene, joining a wave of US investors rekindling interest in China after DeepSeek's advances
Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg : X: @luluyilun X: Lulu Yilun Chen / @luluyilun : Scoop: Capital Group, Kushner's Thrive visited China to study AI scene, as US investors rekindle interest in the country ...
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