Anirban Sen / Reuters:
Google DeepMind appoints Jasjeet Sekhon, Bridgewater's chief scientist and head of AI, as chief strategy officer; Sekhon helped build Bridgewater's AIA Labs  —  Jasjeet Sekhon, a top Bridgewater Associates executive, is joining Google's artificial intelligence unit DeepMind as its chief strategy officer …

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Cloudflare says it has appealed the €14.2M fine issued by Italy for refusing to block pirate sites on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service, calling the amount “staggering”  —  Cloudflare said it has appealed a fine issued by Italy over the company's refusal to block access to websites on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service.

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Laurent Giret / Thurrott:
Perplexity releases its Comet browser app for iOS and iPadOS with a built-in AI assistant, four months after launching on Android  —  Perplexity's Comet AI browser is coming to iOS and iPadOS today, four months after its previous launch on Android.  The mobile browser comes with a built-in AI assistant …