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OpenAI says it found widespread task issues in SWE-Bench Pro, estimates ~30% of tasks are broken, and retracts its earlier recommendation to adopt the benchmark (OpenAI)
OpenAI : OpenAI says it found widespread task issues in SWE-Bench Pro, estimates ~3…
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Meta announces its first data center in Canada, a 1GW facility in Alberta that will cost the company about $9B and take two to three years to construct (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC : Meta announces its first data center in Canada, a 1GW faci…
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SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5, its first model built in partnership with Cursor, designed to "handle difficult, long-running" legal, finance, and coding tasks (Carmen Arroyo/Bloomberg)
Carmen Arroyo / Bloomberg : SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5, its first model built in pa…
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Meta launches Muse Image in Meta AI, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and previews Muse Video, the first media generation models from its Superintelligence Labs (Meta)
Meta : Meta launches Muse Image in Meta AI, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and previews M…
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Source: Kraken is pursuing a full banking license in Europe, with a focus on Lithuania as the jurisdiction to secure it (Ian Allison/CoinDesk)
Ian Allison / CoinDesk : Source: Kraken is pursuing a full banking license in Europ…
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Meta rolls out Muse Image, the first image generation model from its Superintelligence Labs, in Meta AI; it will also power new tools in Instagram and WhatsApp (Meta Newsroom)
Meta Newsroom : Meta rolls out Muse Image, the first image generation model from it…
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SCOTUS declines to block a Texas law requiring app stores and developers to verify the age of mobile device users, and for minors to obtain parental consent (Andrew Chung/Reuters)
Andrew Chung / Reuters : SCOTUS declines to block a Texas law requiring app stores …
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Sources: the US considers housing the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve at Commerce instead of Treasury amid concerns over Treasury's legal authority to manage it (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg : Sources: the US considers housing the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve at Comm…
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Source: Xbox Game Pass currently has about 30M subscriptions; document: Microsoft had projected Game Pass subscriptions would reach around 77M this year (Ben Fritz/Wall Street Journal)
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal : Source: Xbox Game Pass currently has about 30M su…
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Kuo: suppliers plan to ship less than 1M iPhone fold units in 3Q26, which may push the start of device pre-orders and sales to Q4, with weeks of delivery delays (Ming-Chi Kuo)
Ming-Chi Kuo : Kuo: suppliers plan to ship less than 1M iPhone fold units in 3Q26, …
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Tesla rolls out its Robotaxi service without a safety monitor in Miami, its fifth city, as it aims to expand to a dozen US states by the end of 2026 (Grace Kay/The Information)
Grace Kay / The Information : Tesla rolls out its Robotaxi service without a safety …
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ByteDance's Doubao and Alibaba's Qwen will disable humanlike and user-created agents before July 15, as China's anthropomorphic AI interaction rules take effect (Wency Chen/South China Morning Post)
Wency Chen / South China Morning Post : ByteDance's Doubao and Alibaba's Qw…
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Data centers offer US a chance to get ahead in the next key technologies and to build domestic supply chains based on demand rather than subsidies and tariffs (Josh Zoffer/Financial Times)
Josh Zoffer / Financial Times : Data centers offer US a chance to get ahead in the …
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Source calls UK- and OpenAI-touted plans in 2025 for Stargate's ~£20B Cobalt site a PR stunt; OpenAI and Nscale failed to visit Cobalt or lodge planning forms (Aisha Down/The Guardian)
Aisha Down / The Guardian : Source calls UK- and OpenAI-touted plans in 2025 for St…
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Indonesia's enforcement of social media restrictions for under-16s has been patchy, with tech companies ignoring the rules and youth still accessing platforms (Marcel Thee/Nikkei Asia)
Marcel Thee / Nikkei Asia : Indonesia's enforcement of social media restriction…
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