Eric Trump says the TRUMP memecoin team and Magic Eden have canceled the $TRUMP Wallet; Trump's World Liberty Financial reportedly sent them a cease-and-desist
- Earlier this week, Magic Eden and the $TRUMP token project announced a forthcoming “official” wallet and trading app.
President Trump signs an EO scrapping or revising several Biden- and Obama-era cybersecurity programs, including for AI security and post-quantum cryptography
The White House accused the Biden administration of trying to “sneak problematic and distracting issues into cybersecurity policy.”
AI research nonprofit EleutherAI releases the Common Pile v0.1, an 8TB dataset of licensed and open-domain text for AI models that it says is one of the largest
EleutherAI, an AI research organization, has released what it claims is one of the largest collections of licensed and open-domain text for training AI models.
Sources: Trump plans to extend TikTok's June 19 sale deadline; ByteDance told the White House that China wouldn't approve a deal until trade negotiations began
again — as Trump administration pushes deadline back Isaiah Richard / Tech Times : TikTok Ban Extension Reportedly Coming Again: POTUS Trump to Give It More Time After June 19 James Hale / Tubefilter ...
Google rolls out “scheduled actions” in the Gemini app, allowing AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers to ask the AI assistant to perform tasks at specific times
Now subscribers can ask the AI assistant to provide calendar summaries on a daily basis or generate a summary of an event after it takes place.
Sources: Tucker Carlson was on WH's list of potential TikTok investors, with JD Vance pushing for his inclusion, along with others like a16z and Blackstone
Vice-president JD Vance pushed for right-wing media star's inclusion in a deal for video app — Alex Rogers in Washington … Bluesky: @evelyndouek , @justinhendrix , @paleofuture , @ebakerwhite , and ...
Milan Kovac, Tesla's head of engineering for Optimus, is leaving; source: Ashok Elluswamy, who leads Autopilot teams, will take over the humanoid robot program
Milan Kovac, the head of engineering for Optimus, informed colleagues on Friday that he is departing effective immediately …
A profile of Panos Panay, head of devices and services at Amazon, who has scaled back new releases to focus on perfecting products like Alexa+ before rollout
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New apps are helping immigrants navigate Trump's deportation crackdown, including by alerting users to locations of ICE raids and informing them of their rights
With tightening immigration policies and rising fears of deportation, new apps provide migrants with resources to stay prepared and connected.
Researchers: cybercriminals are increasingly turning from “bulletproof” hosts to “residential proxies” that disguise malicious traffic as normal online activity
In an effort to evade detection, cybercriminals are increasingly turning to “residential proxy” … Forums: Slashdot Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : Cybercriminals Are Hiding Malicious Web Traffic in Plain ...
Walmart's Flipkart secures a lending license from the RBI, letting the e-commerce company offer loans directly to Indian customers and sellers on its platform
Walmart's (WMT.N) Flipkart has secured a lending licence from the Indian central bank and banking regulator …
CapVest-owned Datasite, which offers workflow automation tech for dealmaking, acquires Grata, which helps users with all aspects of the deal process, for $200M+
Datasite, a private equity-backed company that caters to dealmakers, has acquired private markets-focused Grata for more than $200 million …
Tech industry fears the fallout from the Musk-Trump rift, as some prominent tech right figures downplay its permanence; source: David Sacks was “shell-shocked”
Internet Calls It ‘Battle Of The Century’ Mikala Theocharous / 9News : Kanye West weighs in on Musk-Trump split Bluesky: Brian Merchant / @bcmerchant : Even if the Musk-Trump feud is permanent, he wil...
YouTube rolls out a tool to let some creators upload different thumbnails for each video dubbed into a different language, to help expand their global audience
- YouTube is adding a new tool to let creators change thumbnails for videos in different languages. See also Mediagazer
Simetrik, which uses AI to automate account reconciliation, raised a $30M Series B extension led by a Goldman Sachs Alternatives unit, taking the round to $85M
Simetrik, a financial and accounting services startup, raised $30 million in fresh funding led by a unit of Goldman Sachs Alternatives.
Winklevoss twins' crypto exchange Gemini says it has confidentially filed for an IPO in the US, after SEC dropped its probe and Gemini settled with CFTC for $5M
Update CoinDesk : Billionaire Winklevoss Twins-Backed Exchange Gemini Files With SEC For Planned IPO Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal : Crypto Exchange Gemini Files for IPO Landon Manning / BeInCr...
Sources: EchoStar is considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to protect its valuable wireless spectrum licenses from potential revocation by the FCC
Wall Street Journal :
Boulder, CO-based quantum computing startup Infleqtion raised a $100M Series C and partnered with US government services contractor SAIC to pursue defense deals
Quantum computing firm Infleqtion said on Monday it has raised $100 million in venture capital and paired with government …
An Indian government official says Starlink has secured a license from the telecom ministry to launch services in the country and now must apply for spectrum
Here's What It May Cost You Per Month Moneycontrol : Starlink's India entry done, Eternal and Swiggy gain from Zepto stumble, Nandan Nilekani doubles down on AI4Bharat| MC Tech3 India Today : Elon Mus...
Sources: ByteDance replaced some TikTok Shop's US staff in Seattle with China-based managers after 2024 revenue hit $9B, far short of its $17.5B goal
TikTok Shop initially set a goal to increase its US e-commerce business tenfold last year to $17.5 billion in transaction volume …
X names Polymarket as its official prediction market partner, with plans to combine Polymarket predictions with X data to deliver live insights
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch :
OpenAI appeals a court order in The New York Times case requiring it to keep ChatGPT outputs indefinitely, saying it conflicts with its user privacy commitments
Even the Ones You Delete Steve Dent / Engadget : OpenAI appeals court order forcing it to preserve all ChatGPT data Rishaj Upadhyay / Windows Report : OpenAI is fighting back The New York Times' data ...
Virtual chronic care company Omada Health closed up 21% in its Nasdaq debut after raising about $150M in its IPO, valuing the company at just over $1B
Update Anjalee Khemlani / Yahoo Finance : Omada Health goes public at $23 per share, marking second major digital health IPO in 2025 Bloomberg : Revelation-Backed Omada Health Jumps After $150 Million...
Sources: Musk's feud with Trump will complicate xAI's attempt to raise $5B in debt, and might increase lending costs or cause some lenders to walk away entirely
Eric Platt / Financial Times :
Beijing-based Kuaishou's stock climbs after the company said it expects its video-generation service Kling AI to hit $100M in annual revenue by February 2026
Update Jiahui Huang / Morningstar, Inc. : Kuaishou Technology Shares Surge on Robust Revenue From Kling AI Nellius Irene / Cryptopolitan : Kling AI to hit record sales
Analysis: Community Notes submissions on X fell from a high of 120,000 in January to fewer than 60,000 in May; Musk now rarely mentions the feature
This is as X says Community Notes has expanded globally and is being deployed across other platforms like TikTok and Facebook — www.nbcnews.com/tech/social- ...
Microsoft plans to add a “safety” category to its AI leaderboard on Azure Foundry, with a safety metric based on its ToxiGen and CAIS's WMD Proxy benchmarks
Financial Times :
Sources: Trump's team seeks a potential consent decree as part of an FTC deal forcing Meta to pay restitution to conservatives affected by content moderation
Lydia Moynihan / New York Post :
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