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Google rolls back an image generation tool in Google Earth to add "stronger guardrails" after concerns arose it can be used to create deepfake satellite imagery (Geoff Brumfiel/NPR)
Geoff Brumfiel / NPR : Google rolls back an image generation tool in Google Earth t…
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Snap says its recommendation systems will be adjusted so only videos created by real people, not AI-generated ones, are eligible for Spotlight recommendations (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch : Snap says its recommendation systems will be adjust…
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Google pilots a faster twice-a-week schedule for Chrome security releases as AI tools drive a surge in bug discoveries; Chrome 149 and 150 fixed 1,072 bugs (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)
Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Google pilots a faster twice-a-week schedule for Chrome s…
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Microsoft reports Q4 revenue up 18% YoY to $90B, net income up 31% to $35.8B, and Microsoft Cloud revenue up 27% to $59.3B; MSFT jumps 3%+ after hours (Microsoft)
Microsoft : Microsoft reports Q4 revenue up 18% YoY to $90B, net income up 31% to $3…
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Google launches its Lyria 3.5 music generation model in Google Flow Music, highlighting improved musicality, lyrics, vocal quality, and creative control (Google)
Google : Google launches its Lyria 3.5 music generation model in Google Flow Music,…
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Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Lilian Weng is returning to OpenAI after announcing earlier this week she was leaving TML over workload-related health concerns (The Information)
The Information : Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Lilian Weng is returning to OpenA…
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Mark Zuckerberg argues that superintelligence should be widely distributed as a tool that empowers everyone, rather than centralized in a few institutions (Mark Zuckerberg/Wall Street Journal)
Mark Zuckerberg / Wall Street Journal : Mark Zuckerberg argues that superintelligen…
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Anthropic says Claude Mythos Preview was able to break a weaker version of AES and it orchestrated another improved attack against HAWK cryptographic system (Dustin Volz/New York Times)
Dustin Volz / New York Times : Anthropic says Claude Mythos Preview was able to bre…
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X rolls out X Money to US Premium and Premium+ subscribers, combining a deposit account with up to 6% APY, free instant transfers on X, and a Visa debit card (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac : X rolls out X Money to US Premium and Premium+ subscribers, co…
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The US National Vulnerabilities Database recorded 45,207 software security flaws so far in 2026, on pace to roughly double the tally of flaws recorded in 2025 (Patrick Howell O'Neill/Bloomberg)
Patrick Howell O'Neill / Bloomberg : The US National Vulnerabilities Database r…
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Xbox says it is working to resolve a "major outage" affecting its Account & Profile, Store & Subscriptions, and Apps & Mobile services (Chris Scullion/Video Games Chronicle)
Chris Scullion / Video Games Chronicle : Xbox says it is working to resolve a “majo…
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How AI companies are targeting the education market, including making free or cut-price tailored learning tools in partnership with schools and edtech startups (Jamie John/Financial Times)
Jamie John / Financial Times : How AI companies are targeting the education market,…
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India eases foreign investment rules for e-commerce companies, a win for Amazon, which lobbied to buy goods directly from Indian sellers and sell them overseas (Aditya Kalra/Reuters)
Aditya Kalra / Reuters : India eases foreign investment rules for e-commerce compan…
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Once hailed as an AI visionary, Satya Nadella faces pressure as a compute crunch forces Microsoft to prioritize its own AI products over Azure cloud customers (Ashley Stewart/Business Insider)
Ashley Stewart / Business Insider : Once hailed as an AI visionary, Satya Nadella f…
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Shein's IPO prospectus shows Q1 revenue of $9.05B, up 1% YoY, as it swings from $395M profit in Q1 2025 to $99M loss partly due to US' "de minimis" rule removal (Reuters)
Reuters : Shein's IPO prospectus shows Q1 revenue of $9.05B, up 1% YoY, as it s…
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