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Indonesia's enforcement of social media restrictions for under-16s has been patchy, with tech companies ignoring the rules and youth still accessing platforms (Marcel Thee/Nikkei Asia)

Indonesia's enforcement of social media restrictio...

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How some high-income families use AI-powered private schools and tutors, such as Alpha School, to teach their children life skills and tailor their curriculum (Katherine Bindley/Wall Street Journal)

How some high-income families use AI-powered priva...

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A look at the troubled rollout of the EU's automated biometric entry/exit border system, as airport operators warn of severe delays ahead of the summer holidays (Financial Times)

A look at the troubled rollout of the EU's automat...

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How ByteDance is making Hollywood inroads with its Seedance video generator, thanks to low pricing, striking realism, and features like timeline-based prompting (Nilesh Christopher/Los Angeles Times)

How ByteDance is making Hollywood inroads with its...

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Q&A with Doug Brooks, senior product manager of Apple silicon, about Mac minis becoming preferred AI agent machines, future of on-device AI, and more (Jason Hiner/The Deep View)

Q&A with Doug Brooks, senior product manager of Ap...

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Official data shows Hong Kong accounted for 50%+ of China's $239B in chip imports in the first five months of 2026, a record share, up from ~33% a decade ago (Bloomberg)

Official data shows Hong Kong accounted for 50%+ o...

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A profile of Google DeepMind philosopher Iason Gab...

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Micron breaks ground on its ~$9.3B Hiroshima factory expansion, part of its global ramp-up to meet AI demand, and plans to start HBM shipments from summer 2028 (Mari Kiyohara/Bloomberg)

Micron breaks ground on its ~$9.3B Hiroshima facto...

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Singapore-based dConstruct Robotics, which develops spatial tech to let autonomous robots operate in complex, GPS-denied environments, raised a $125M Series A (Duc Dao/TNGlobal)

Singapore-based dConstruct Robotics, which develop...

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Prague-based EquiLibre, which offers AI for quant hedge funds and is founded by three ex-Google DeepMind researchers, raised a Series A at a $500M valuation (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)

Prague-based EquiLibre, which offers AI for quant ...

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Montreal-based Stathera, a maker of MEMS-based silicon timing components for chips, raised a $55M Series B led by Maverick Silicon, taking total funding to $75M (Madison McLauchlan/BetaKit)

Montreal-based Stathera, a maker of MEMS-based sil...

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Midjourney wants Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. to reveal in court how they use AI across their companies; studios sued Midjourney in 2025 for infringement (Gene Maddaus/Variety)

Midjourney wants Disney, Universal, and Warner Bro...

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A look at the quant fund frenzy in China, as assets under management have more than doubled to ~$384B in less than a year amid rapid AI adoption (Bloomberg)

A look at the quant fund frenzy in China, as asset...

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Meta could use its compute for its own models, ad scaling, SpaceX-like neocloud deals, and hosting 3rd-party models; it may be close to an Anthropic deal (Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros/SemiAnalysis)

Meta could use its compute for its own models, ad ...

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Meta getting into the cloud business has been inevitable for a long time, as it seeks to diversify beyond ad revenue and monetize its AI buildout (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass)

Meta getting into the cloud business has been inev...

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Instagram has been running ads promoting child sexual abuse material in India, with terms like "rape video" and "child video" and linking to Telegram channels (Divya Arya/BBC)

Instagram has been running ads promoting child sex...

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An interview with Sriram Krishnan, who says "there will not be an FDA for AI" under Trump, blames the AI backlash on the industry's "doomer" messaging, and more (Financial Times)

An interview with Sriram Krishnan, who says "there...

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Texas AG Ken Paxton opens an investigation into StubHub following complaints of last-minute ticket cancellations for FIFA World Cup matches (Giles Turner/Bloomberg)

Texas AG Ken Paxton opens an investigation into St...

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