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Kalshi and Polymarket bets on the FIFA World Cup final top $5.69B; Dune Analytics says total wagers on the platforms surpassed $50B for the first time in June (Lauren McCarthy/New York Times)
Lauren McCarthy / New York Times : Kalshi and Polymarket bets on the FIFA World Cup…
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A look at AI's potential impact on insurance-coverage decisions like prior authorization as the Trump admin starts to pilot using AI to evaluate Medicare claims (Joshua Cohen/Ars Technica)
Joshua Cohen / Ars Technica : A look at AI's potential impact on insurance-cove…
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Permit hurdles push up costs for AI data centers; Oracle pivoted from gas turbines to costlier fuel cells for its Project Jupiter in NM, costing billions more (Ann Davis Vaughan/The Information)
Ann Davis Vaughan / The Information : Permit hurdles push up costs for AI data cent…
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Prediction market political betting on insider info spreads in DC; sources: WH lawyers raised alarms over anonymous Polymarket bets on the Iran ceasefire timing (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal : Prediction market political betting on insider info spreads i…
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Sources: OpenRouter has discussed a potential sale to a bigger tech company that could value it at billions of dollars, a premium to its $1.3B valuation in May (The Information)
The Information : Sources: OpenRouter has discussed a potential sale to a bigger te…
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Apple raises the price of Apple Music, with the individual plan up by $1 to $11.99, and some Apple One bundles, the first price hike for Apple Music since 2022 (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Apple raises the price of Apple Music, with the individua…
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Sources: Apple and the DOJ are in early discussions about settling a 2024 antitrust lawsuit alleging that Apple violated antitrust laws (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg : Sources: Apple and the DOJ are in early discussions about settling a 20…
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Meta's Oversight Board says top AI models may be restricting free expression in its first evaluation of LLMs, as it seeks to expand its influence beyond Meta (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
Karissa Bell / Engadget : Meta's Oversight Board says top AI models may be rest…
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Thinking Machines Lab debuts Inkling, an open-weight MoE model with 975B total and 41B active parameters, trained to be broad rather than optimized for one area (Thinking Machines Lab)
Thinking Machines Lab : Thinking Machines Lab debuts Inkling, an open-weight MoE mo…
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Lumin Digital, which provides cloud-based digital banking software to banks and credit unions, raised more than $115M at a $1.6B post-money valuation (Ryan Lawler/Axios)
Ryan Lawler / Axios : Lumin Digital, which provides cloud-based digital banking sof…
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PrismML launches Bonsai 27B, a model based on Qwen3.6 27B that it says runs natively on Apple devices via MLX; its CEO says Apple is evaluating the tech (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC : PrismML launches Bonsai 27B, a model based on Qwen3.6 27…
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A look at Founders Fund-backed State Affairs, which raised $70M and uses AI trained on reporting by its 76 staffers to power a Bloomberg Terminal-like product (Washington Post)
Washington Post : A look at Founders Fund-backed State Affairs, which raised $70M a…
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TerraFirma, a construction tech company founded by two former SpaceX engineers to build remote-controlled construction equipment, raised $115M (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
Samantha Subin / CNBC : TerraFirma, a construction tech company founded by two form…
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Sources: Trump admin and industry groups have discussed streamlining releases of US open models of equal or lesser capability than leading Chinese open models (Benjamin Guggenheim/Washington Post)
Benjamin Guggenheim / Washington Post : Sources: Trump admin and industry groups ha…
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Apple releases the first public betas of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, watchOS 27, and tvOS 27, marking the public debut of the new Siri AI (Will Shanklin/Engadget)
Will Shanklin / Engadget : Apple releases the first public betas of iOS 27, iPadOS …
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