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Sources: Google is in talks with SpaceX and other companies for a rocket launch deal, as Google expands its own efforts to put orbital data centers in space (www.wsj.com)
14 days ago Google SpaceX

Isomorphic Labs, an AI-powered drug discovery spinoff from Google DeepMind, raised $2.1B led by Thrive, after raising $600M in its first round in March 2025 (www.reuters.com)
14 days ago Google AI

Microsoft says it is investigating a Mistral AI PyPI package v2.4.6 compromise; the attack is likely part of the Mini Shai-Hulud supply chain attack (www.tomshardware.com)
14 days ago Microsoft AI

Spotify celebrates its 20th anniversary with a Wrapped-like experience that features “never-before-shared data” going back to when users first joined Spotify (www.theverge.com)
14 days ago Spotify

AI voice startup Vapi raised a $50M Series B led by Peak XV, a source says at a $500M post-money valuation, after Amazon chose Vapi to handle 100% of Ring calls (techcrunch.com)
14 days ago Amazon Startup AI

Amazon launches Amazon Now, its 30-minute delivery service, in dozens of US cities including Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Philadelphia, and Seattle, after pilots (techcrunch.com)
14 days ago Amazon Seattle

YouTube is shifting its creator monetization strategy by acting as a matchmaker between creators and sponsors, as Netflix and TikTok increasingly woo creators (www.nytimes.com)
14 days ago YouTube Netflix

eBay rejects GameStop's $56B takeover offer, saying the unsolicited bid is “neither credible nor attractive”, in a letter from eBay Chairman Paul Pressler (www.bloomberg.com)
15 days ago eBay

Source: Microsoft Israel's GM leaves after an internal probe into alleged unethical use of Azure by Israel's MOD; Microsoft France will manage Microsoft Israel (en.globes.co.il)
15 days ago France Israel Microsoft

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Testifies In OpenAI Trial (yro.slashdot.org)
15 days ago Microsoft

Sources: some Amazon employees are using in-house OpenClaw-like tool MeshClaw for unnecessary tasks to inflate AI token use after Amazon set weekly AI targets (www.ft.com)
15 days ago Amazon AI

Source: new revenue sharing terms cap OpenAI's payments to Microsoft at $38B; they previously could have totaled $135B through 2030 if long-term goals were met (www.theinformation.com)
15 days ago Microsoft

The US Commerce Department removed from its website details about its May 5 agreement with Google, xAI, and Microsoft to test their AI models (www.reuters.com)
15 days ago Google Microsoft AI

Musk v. Altman: Satya Nadella says Elon Musk never contacted him with concerns that Microsoft's investments in OpenAI violated any special terms or commitments (www.cnbc.com)
15 days ago Microsoft Elon Musk

Google's TIG says it has likely thwarted efforts to use AI for a “mass exploitation event” and warns that tools like OpenClaw are being used to find exploits (www.cnbc.com)
15 days ago Google AI

Google Says Hackers Used AI To Create Zero Day Security Flaw For the First Time (tech.slashdot.org)
15 days ago Google AI

Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Netflix for allegedly spying on consumers by collecting their data without consent, and designing its platform to be addictive (www.reuters.com)
15 days ago Netflix Texas

Google's TIG reports the first confirmed instance of “prominent cybercrime threat actors” using AI to find and weaponize a zero-day in a web-based admin tool (www.nytimes.com)
15 days ago Google AI

Google: Hackers used AI to develop zero-day exploit for web admin tool (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
15 days ago Google AI

Microsoft's Playground Games accidentally uploads unencrypted pre-load files for Forza Horizon 6 to Steam, leaking the PC version before its release next week (www.windowscentral.com)
16 days ago Microsoft

A look at “YouTube whisperers” like Paddy Galloway and Mario Joos, a booming class of advisers that help popular YouTube creators grow their audiences (www.cnbc.com)
16 days ago YouTube

Challenging UPS and FedEx, Amazon Opens Its Shipping Network to All Businesses (slashdot.org)
16 days ago Amazon

Microsoft and G42's $1B geothermal-powered data center in Kenya stalls after the government couldn't provide annual payment guarantees that Microsoft requested (www.bloomberg.com)
16 days ago Microsoft

Hackers abuse Google ads, Claude.ai chats to push Mac malware (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
16 days ago Google AI

Amazon Relents, Lets its Programmers Use OpenAI's Codex and Anthropic's Claude (developers.slashdot.org)
16 days ago Amazon Programmer

Google seems to require Google Play Services for passing next-gen reCAPTCHA on Android, denying de-Googled Android phones and creating surveillance issues (reclaimthenet.org)
17 days ago Android Google

'Changing of the Guard'? AMD, Intel, and Micron Soar While Nvidia Lags (hardware.slashdot.org)
17 days ago Intel Nvidia AMD

Washington ignored intel warnings on Iran – Trump's ex-counterterror chief (www.rt.com)
17 days ago Trump Intel Iran

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google's enterprise push with PE firms poses a new competitive threat to India's IT industry, as services become increasingly automatable (www.moneycontrol.com)
17 days ago India Google

Sources: Isomorphic Labs, an AI-powered drug discovery company spun out of Google DeepMind, is in advanced talks to raise $2B+ led by Thrive Capital (www.bloomberg.com)
18 days ago Google AI

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