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- Sources: Meta lobbyists are urging California lawmakers to exempt social media platforms from legislation that would increase penalties in child-harm cases (Tyler Katzenberger/Politico) [2d]
- Letter: the US lifts its block on Mythos 5, allowing Anthropic to release it to more than 100 US institutions; sources: talks about Fable 5 are ongoing (Semafor) [2d]
- Sources: Anthropic and the White House are moving closer to an agreement to lift US restrictions on Fable 5 and Mythos 5 (Bloomberg) [2d]
- How AI-native law firms use "management services organisation" structures to access capital historically barred from US law firms, including PE and VC funds (Stephen Foley/Financial Times) [2d]
- Sources: Zuckerberg urged execs to explore Polymarket and Kalshi partnerships, as the Arena prediction app targets 100M monthly active "predictors" aged 18-34 (Mike Isaac/New York Times) [2d]
- AWS hikes prices for Nvidia GPUs in its EC2 Capacity Blocks service, which let businesses rent AI compute in advance, by 20%; Trainium chip pricing is unchanged (Catherine Perloff/The Information) [2d]
- Oracle's stock fell 19% this week, the steepest weekly drop since a 20% plunge in August 2001, amid concerns about its debt load and AI investments (Jordan Novet/CNBC) [2d]
- The FTC fast-tracks approval for SpaceX to acquire Mesh, which raised a $50M Series A in February to make high-efficiency optical transceivers for data centers (Bloomberg) [2d]
- OpenAI says GPT-5.6 Sol and Terra were capable of identifying vulnerabilities but were unable to execute autonomous, end-to-end attacks against hardened targets (OpenAI) [2d]
- Sources: Paul Meade, Apple's top executive in charge of Vision Pro and smart glasses efforts, is leaving for OpenAI to work on the company's AI-powered devices (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Uber expands the list of criminal convictions that disqualify US drivers and expands the background-check timeline, possibly removing ~0.5% of active US drivers (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Sources: Russian hackers were behind a 2025 ransomware attack on Jaguar Land Rover that used "mind-blowing" encryption and cost UK's economy an estimated $2.5B (New York Times) [2d]
- OpenAI appoints ex-Uber India head Prabhjeet Singh as its first managing director for India, to scale its presence in its second-largest market after the US (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch) [2d]
- GPT-5.6 Sol matches Mythos Preview on ExploitBench, adds Ultra mode with subagents for complex workflows, and max reasoning for deep problem-solving (OpenAI) [2d]
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- GMKtec's K13 mini PC is 'a thoughtfully engineered slice of modern computing' that just hit its lowest ever price with 43% off for Prime Day [2d]
- Breville's compact Bambino Plus coffee machine is AU$230 off on Amazon — but here's how you can save even more [2d]
- Huawei promises up to 90:1 compression technology by using a proprietary dynamic algorithmic technique and a lot of SSDs [2d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Saturday, June 27 (game #1615) [2d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, June 27 (game #846) [2d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, June 27 (game #1112) [2d]
- Quote of the day by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: 'People talk about AI reducing jobs — complete nonsense' — pushing back against automation fears [2d]
- It's your last chance to save on Lego Star Wars sets this Prime Day, including R2-D2, C-3PO, and Chopper [2d]
- Prime Day just slashed OLED TV prices to Black Friday lows —save up to $1,600 from Samsung, LG, and Sony [2d]
- How to watch FIFA World Cup 2026 in Spain (for FREE) [2d]
- It's your last chance to get record-low prices on Amazon Fire TV Sticks — plus a huge sale on Amazon's answer to Samsung's The Frame art TV [2d]
- How to watch Uruguay vs Spain: Free Streams, TV Channels and Kick-Off time as FIFA World Cup 2026 favorites aim to finish top of Group H [2d]
- Somehow Samsung's 55-inch The Frame QLED TV is still in stock and on sale for just $697.99 for Prime Day — get it before the sale ends tonight [2d]
- Bambu Lab 3D printer deals — these pro and budget 3D printers nailed our workshop tests and you won't find them in Amazon's Prime Day sale [2d]
- Don’t miss super-cheap AirPods before these deals end! Here’s why I’d skip the $99 deal and get AirPods Pro 3 instead — you’ll thank me later [2d]
- Prime Day is ending — don't miss your chance to get up to $550 in free perks! Audiobooks, groceries, and even a $5 Caesar's pizza [2d]
- Norton VPN adds split tunneling for Mac users in platform parity push [2d]
- The entire Google Pixel 10 line is on sale right now, but there's only one model I'd buy before Prime Day ends [2d]
- Lenovo declares a 'new normal' for higher memory pricing in the 2030s, while Microsoft forecasts prices to double again in a year [2d]
- PSA: Samsung's latest 2026 TVs are on sale with up to $1,100 off — RH85H Micro RGB, S95H OLED, and QN80H Neo-QLED [2d]
- Prime Day is almost over — but I’ve found 12 board games under $20 to help you score a great last-minute deal [2d]
- Criterion 4K Blu-rays are 50% off again at Amazon and Barnes & Noble — don't miss your chance to grab beautiful collectors' edition movies for a great price [2d]
- Prime Day is about to end, and I've decided to drop my mid-range Echo Pop for one of Amazon's best smart speakers — here's why [2d]
- NAIC confirms data breach with ShinyHunters claiming 3.1TB of data stolen in Oracle zero-day attack [2d]
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