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At Cannes, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says YouTube will integrate Veo 3 into Shorts later this summer and that AI tech "will push the limits of human creativity" (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)

Techmeme

London- and Paris-based Animaj, a kids' media company that uses generative AI production tools to automate animation pipelines, raised $85M led by HarbourView (Elsa Keslassy/Variety)

Techmeme

The one thing the Trump administration got very right

Vox - All

Lies of P: Overture’s story elevates an already great game

Polygon - All

NYC-based Tennr, which uses AI document parsing and workflow automation to cut patient waiting times, raised a $101M Series C led by IVP at a $605M valuation (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)

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Netflix will air traditional TV channels inside its app in France

The Verge - All Posts

Microsoft just came right out and said that the next Xbox will be a PC

Polygon - All

Anduril partners with Germany-based Rheinmetall to build variants of Anduril's Barracuda and Fury drones, focused on enhancing Europe's sovereign capabilities (Sylvia Pfeifer/Financial Times)

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Garmin’s new sleep-tracking armband lasts a full week between charges

The Verge - All Posts

This veteran health official watched Americans lose trust in science. How do we get it back?

Vox - All

UBS confirms data was stolen in a cyberattack on supplier Chain IQ, which said it and 19 other companies were targeted; Swiss media says it impacts 130K+ staff (Noele Illien/Bloomberg)

Techmeme

5 Key Things to Know About Trump’s Rival: Gavin Newsom

The Root

An interview with Samsung SVP Dr. Hon Pak on the Galaxy Watch getting a first-ever blood analysis feature, AI health tools, and a potential monthly subscription (Vanessa Hand Orellana/CNET)

Techmeme

Trump doesn’t have a foreign policy

Vox - All

Kirk Franklin Claps Back at Internet Critics After Outfit Controversy

The Root

A look at California's 52-page California Report on Frontier Policy, which proposes an AI regulatory framework based on transparency, risk assessments, and more (Hayden Field/The Verge)

Techmeme

Hands-on with Apple's new Speech framework components in the macOS Tahoe beta: the APIs deliver transcription speeds significantly faster than OpenAI's Whisper (John Voorhees/MacStories)

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AWS says Anthropic's Claude Opus 4 launched on its Trainium2 GPUs, and Project Rainier, AWS' supercomputer built for Anthropic, uses 500K+ Trainium2 chips (Kristina Partsinevelos/CNBC)

Techmeme

A Donkey Kong Bananza Amiibo Featuring DK And Pauline Will Be Released Next Month

Game Informer

Donkey Kong Bananza Features Co-Op And GameShare For Switch 2 and Switch 1 Consoles

Game Informer