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Google Meet will take AI notes for in-person meetings too

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Ben Thompson on Tim Cook’s Legacy

Daring Fireball

LinkedIn names COO Daniel Shapero as its new CEO, succeeding Ryan Roslansky, who will retain his position as EVP at Microsoft (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

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Xbox's Game Pass price cut shows its big bet on Call of Duty didn't pan out

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Microsoft says the ‘idea’ of an Xbox mobile store ‘is not dead’

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Monk, which automates accounts receivable workflows, raised a $25M Series A co-led by Footwork and Acrew Capital, bringing its total funding to $29M (Ryan Lawler/Axios)

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Exclusive: Scott Evans Breaks Down How He Created a Safe Space For Black Stars on His Viral YouTube Series

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The UK FCA says it has carried out its first joint operation to disrupt illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading, targeting eight premises across London (Naga Avan-Nomayo/The Block)

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Ecco the Dolphin returns with new remaster, including brand-new game

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The UK's GCHQ believes ~100 countries have procured cyber intrusion software, such as Pegasus, suggesting the barrier to get access to the tech is dropping (Mason Boycott-Owen/Politico)

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Sony AI says its autonomous ping pong robot is the first robot to attain expert-level performance in a physical sport after beating some top-level human players (Will Dunham/Reuters)

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Coyote vs.ACME trailer plays like a hate letter to Warner Bros

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Will a new CEO help realize Apple’s smart home potential?

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Substack adds translation tools, and says ~100K publishers earn on the platform, including ~30K outside the US; European creators earn $90M+/year collectively (On Substack)

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Sooth Labs, founded by ex-Meta employees to build AI models that let businesses forecast geopolitical events, is raising ~$50M at a ~$335M valuation (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)

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Viral horror short Mora receives the feature-length treatment

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GameStop's new Pokémon card system is as genius as it is shady

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Vast Data, which makes software infrastructure for managing large amounts of data with a focus on AI applications, raised a $1B Series F at a $30B valuation (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/CNBC)

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Black Stars Who Slayed at ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ New York Red Carpet Premiere

The Root

Why You Should Not Listen To The Critics Of Michael

The Root