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TikTok deal sparks criticism over foreign involvement, price tag
TikTok deal sparks criticism over foreign involvement, price tag
An Emirati state-backed investment firm that boosted President Trump’s crypto venture stands to win a stake in a U.S. TikTok spin-off as part of a deal negotiated by Trump’s White House.
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·washingtonpost.com·
TikTok deal sparks criticism over foreign involvement, price tag
Apple warns of more feature delays in Europe
Apple warns of more feature delays in Europe
Apple says it’s having to delay bringing some product features to Europe because it’s struggling to make them compliant with the EU’s Digital Markets Act.
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·theverge.com·
Apple warns of more feature delays in Europe
Ed Zitron is mad as hell
Ed Zitron is mad as hell
How a British-born hobbyist blogger became one of Big Tech’s punchiest critics
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·ft.com·
Ed Zitron is mad as hell
The Digital Markets Act’s impacts on EU users
The Digital Markets Act’s impacts on EU users
Apple explains how the Digital Markets Act is forcing the company to make some concerning changes to how it designs and delivers Apple products to its users in Europe.
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·apple.com·
The Digital Markets Act’s impacts on EU users
Why tech companies should help pay for solar on your roof
Why tech companies should help pay for solar on your roof
Data centers need a huge amount of new electricity. Instead of building polluting power plants, they could get it by helping homeowners install solar, batteries, and heat pumps (and also build some goodwill).
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·fastcompany.com·
Why tech companies should help pay for solar on your roof
That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus
That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus
It's just normal crime
The Secret Service is lying to the press. They know it’s just a normal criminal SIM farm and are hyping it into some sort of national security or espionage threat. We know this because they are using the correct technical terms that demonstrate their understanding of typical SIM farm crimes. The claim that they will likely find other such SIM farms in other cities likewise shows they understand this is a normal criminal activity and not any special national security threat.
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·cybersect.substack.com·
That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus
Introducing ChatGPT Pulse | OpenAI
Introducing ChatGPT Pulse | OpenAI
Today we're releasing a preview of ChatGPT Pulse to Pro users on mobile. Pulse is a new experience where ChatGPT proactively does research to deliver personalized updates based on your chats, feedback, and connected apps like your calendar.
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·openai.com·
Introducing ChatGPT Pulse | OpenAI
Qwen3-VL: Sharper Vision, Deeper Thought, Broader Action
Qwen3-VL: Sharper Vision, Deeper Thought, Broader Action
I've been looking forward to this. Qwen 2.5 VL is one of the best available open weight vision LLMs, so I had high hopes for Qwen 3's vision models. Firstly, …
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·simonwillison.net·
Qwen3-VL: Sharper Vision, Deeper Thought, Broader Action
Intel Is Seeking an Investment From Apple as Part of Its Comeback Bid
Intel Is Seeking an Investment From Apple as Part of Its Comeback Bid
Intel Corp. has approached Apple Inc. about securing an investment in the ailing chipmaker, according to people familiar with the matter, part of efforts to bolster a business that’s now partially owned by the US government.
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·bloomberg.com·
Intel Is Seeking an Investment From Apple as Part of Its Comeback Bid
Trump expected to sign a TikTok deal on Thursday
Trump expected to sign a TikTok deal on Thursday
The proposed structure will comply with a bipartisan law passed in 2024 that sought to ban TikTok if the platform wasn't sold to U.S.-based owners this year.
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·nbcnews.com·
Trump expected to sign a TikTok deal on Thursday