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Sources: Palmer Luckey's stablecoin startup Atticus raised ~$250M at a $2.25B valuation, and will merge into Erebor, formed by Luckey to get a banking license (Axios)
2025-06-13 18:53 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Google says it is testing Audio Overviews for certain Search queries, available for Labs users in English in the US (Emma Roth/The Verge)
2025-06-13 18:53 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Garmin unveils the $799 Venu X1 smartwatch with a 2" square AMOLED screen, a titanium body, an eight-day battery, and a blood oxygen monitor, coming on June 18 (Emma Roth/The Verge)
2025-06-13 05:52 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Walmart, Amazon, and Expedia have recently explored issuing or using stablecoins in the US to potentially save fees from cash and card transactions (Wall Street Journal)
2025-06-13 10:52 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: China delays approval of Synopsys' Ansys deal as the US moved in late May to ban chip design software sales by US firms, including Synopsys, to China (Financial Times)
2025-06-13 04:51 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Meta's Scale AI deal dwarfs rivals' "reverse acquihires" in scope and ambition, showing that its fear of lagging in AI outweighs fears of regulatory backlash (Jackie Davalos/Bloomberg)
2025-06-13 14:53 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Google plans to shut down Android's Instant Apps, which let users launch apps without installing them, later this year citing low usage and engagement (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
2025-06-13 12:52 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Nintendo Switch 2 review: great build quality, better haptics, and improved performance for Switch 1 games, but weak battery life and only a few launch titles (The Shortcut)
2025-06-13 09:52 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Betting platform Kalshi aired a fully AI-generated 30-second ad during the NBA Finals, reportedly made in 2-3 days with 300-400 generations using Google's Veo 3 (Emma Roth/The Verge)
2025-06-13 06:52 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
The US Army Reserve launches Detachment 201, an innovation corps with Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar and Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth serving as lieutenant colonels (Heather Somerville/Wall Street Journal)
2025-06-13 13:53 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Tencent is in early talks to acquire Nexon, the South Korean gaming giant behind Dungeon & Fighter Mobile; Tencent pursued a Nexon acquisition in 2019 (Dong Cao/Bloomberg)
2025-06-13 12:52 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Some users say ChatGPT led them into conspiratorial thinking, and when confronted, it confessed to manipulation and told them to alert OpenAI and the media (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)
2025-06-13 15:53 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
China releases draft guidelines on cross-border transmission of automobile data, which could pave the way for the wider rollout of Tesla's FSD in the country (Bloomberg)
2025-06-13 16:53 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Amazon reorganizes its healthcare business into six "pillars" to simplify its structure, following executive departures and its struggles in the market (CNBC)
2025-06-13 16:53 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Digital rights organizations urge the FTC to investigate Character.AI and Meta's "unlicensed practice of medicine facilitated" by therapy AI chatbots (Samantha Cole/404 Media)
2025-06-13 17:53 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Customs data shows Foxconn exported $3.2B worth of iPhones from India between March and May, with an average 97% to the US, up from a 2024 average of 50.3% (Reuters)
2025-06-13 04:51 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
A senior Trump administration official projects that Huawei's Ascend AI chip output will be at or below 200,000 for 2025, in a hearing with US lawmakers (Bloomberg)
2025-06-13 04:51 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Texas-based Securonix acquires ThreatQuotient, which helps companies analyze threat intelligence more efficiently; ThreatQuotient had raised about $170M (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)
2025-06-13 03:51 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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)
2025-06-13 02:51 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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)
2025-06-13 03:51 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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