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Docusign unveils AI contract agents, which can analyze agreements and surface issues that usually require human intervention, available by the end of 2025 (Larry Dignan/Constellation Research)

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Auradine, which manufactures Bitcoin miners and offers AI infrastructure, raised a $153M Series C, with $138M in equity and $15M in debt, led by StepStone Group (Yogita Khatri/The Block)

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xAI announces a memory feature for Grok in beta that enables the AI chatbot to remember details from past conversations and give more personalized responses (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

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Sources: Perplexity is in discussions to integrate its AI assistant on Samsung's devices and has reached an agreement to preload Perplexity on Motorola's phones (Bloomberg)

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Discord requires some UK and Australian users to verify their age by scanning their face or ID to access sensitive material; Discord says it's "an experiment" (Chris Scullion/Video Games Chronicle)

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A US judge grants a permanent injunction against an Ohio law that required platforms to verify users are at least 16 and seek parental consent for younger users (Bloomberg Law)

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Glenn Fleishman’s Kickstarter for ‘Six Centuries of Type & Printing’

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Zuckerberg tells court he made WhatsApp and Instagram better

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Google is making Gemini Live camera and screen sharing features free for all Android users in the coming weeks after launching them for Advanced users last week (Abner Li/9to5Google)

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The FTC challenges ex-Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg over past emails; she called Google+ a "real" competitor in 2011 and discussed blocking its Facebook ads in 2012 (Bloomberg)

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FTC v. Meta: Mark Zuckerberg says he considers TikTok the "highest competitive threat" for Facebook and Instagram in the past few years (Julia Shapero/The Hill)

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Man of the Hour: Judge James Boasberg

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Gemini Live’s screensharing feature is now free for Android users

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The US House opens a probe on whether Nvidia knowingly provided AI tech to DeepSeek in violation of US rules and asks Nvidia for details on its Asian customers (New York Times)

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Wink Martindale Dies at 91

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The showdown between Trump and the courts just escalated

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Microsoft Copilot can now ‘see’ what’s on your screen in Edge

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Creator of Charli XCX’s Apple dance sued Roblox over unauthorized use

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How to unlock and evolve the Gaze of Gaea in Vampire Survivors

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Tech stocks plunge amid uncertainty over US tariff plans and China export controls: AMD, Nvidia, and ASML dropped 7%, Applied Materials and Lam Research fell 5% (Samantha Subin/CNBC)

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