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Texas-based Securonix acquires ThreatQuotient, which helps companies analyze threat intelligence more efficiently; ThreatQuotient had raised about $170M (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)

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SAG-AFTRA's Interactive Media Agreement with game companies requires performers' informed consent for all planned AI use on their voice, likeness, and movements (Jeremy Fuster/The Wrap)

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Current and former employees of OpenAI have sold nearly $3B worth of shares in tender offers since 2021, with $1.5B+ going to SoftBank alone (Natasha Mascarenhas/The Information)

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Cuomo and Mamdani Spar as Final Mayoral Debate Throws Sparks

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Cloud computing startup Crusoe plans to buy ~$400M worth of AI chips from AMD to rent to customers for its US data center that will come online by fall (Max A. Cherney/Reuters)

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Meta announces a $14.3B investment in Scale AI and hires CEO Alexandr Wang to help oversee its AI efforts; source: Scale AI's post-money valuation is $29B (Bloomberg)

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Meta is paying $14 billion to catch up in the AI race

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The public feed of the Meta AI app is filled with private and sensitive information, suggesting users might not be aware they are sharing their chats publicly (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

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The Steve Jobs Archive shares stories, videos, and notes of his famous commencement speech

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Google Cloud suffered an outage on Thursday, affecting many of its customers; Cloudflare, Spotify, Discord, Snapchat, and others experienced service disruptions (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)

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Instagram plans to let users rearrange their grid, a first, and is testing a way for users to quietly post to their profile without it appearing in users' feeds (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

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★ Apple’s Spin on the Personalized Siri Apple Intelligence Reset

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It could be 2026 before all your Thread border routers work together

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Chief of Department John Chell Used False Identity in Bid to Avoid Income Tax, NYPD Records Show

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Adobe reports Q2 revenue up 11% YoY to $5.87B, vs. $5.8B est., Digital Media revenue up 11% to $4.35B, and forecasts Q3 revenue above estimates (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

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‘The Good, the Bad, and the Weird of Apple’s Newest Platform Updates’

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The best ereader to buy right now

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Where to find trial locations in Dune Awakening

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Trump’s protest threats raise surveillance alarms around his military parade

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‘Liquid Glasslighting’

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