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Alibaba stock fell ~6.5% and JD.com fell ~6% after China reprimanded e-commerce players over alleged false advertising during the "618" annual shopping festival (Bloomberg)

Alibaba stock fell ~6.5% and JD.com fell ~6% after...

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Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org, commits $50M to help train 300K+ skilled trade workers across the US, amid a shortage of workers for AI projects (Madison Mills/Axios)

Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org, commits $5...

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Sources: Meta has completed an operational split with Manus and stopped data sharing; Manus is exploring options, including raising ~$1B to fund a buyback (Riley Griffin/Bloomberg)

Sources: Meta has completed an operational split w...

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FSB-orchestrated internet outages in Russia, intermittent but indiscriminate, have made one of the world's most online nations resort to cash and paper maps (Financial Times)

FSB-orchestrated internet outages in Russia, inter...

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Sources: Alibaba replaces DingTalk CEO Chen Hang with Chen Yusen after an internal debate over the enterprise communication app's role in Alibaba's AI strategy (Bloomberg)

Sources: Alibaba replaces DingTalk CEO Chen Hang w...

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Applied Materials opens a $500M chip equipment manufacturing campus in Singapore, making the city-state home to ~50% of its production capacity alongside the US (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)

Applied Materials opens a $500M chip equipment man...

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Analysis: Conservative and Reform UK MPs have increased their volume of posts on X since Elon Musk's takeover, while center-left politicians have reduced theirs (Financial Times)

Analysis: Conservative and Reform UK MPs have incr...

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US OPM awards a ~$400M, 10-year IT contract to Oracle to develop a single, government-wide system for agencies to manage their HR capabilities (Drew Friedman/Federal News Network)

US OPM awards a ~$400M, 10-year IT contract to Ora...

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Opendoor says it is shutting down its India operations and laying off nearly 250 employees, replacing them with smaller, AI-enabled teams in the US (Moneycontrol)

Opendoor says it is shutting down its India operat...

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The FBI seizes 13 domains allegedly tied to fake consulting firms that sought information from US government and military employees for suspected Chinese agents (A.J. Vicens/Reuters)

The FBI seizes 13 domains allegedly tied to fake c...

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Google Quantum AI COO says the company declined funding from the $2B Trump administration grant because "conditions" attached would have slowed its work (J.D. Capelouto/Semafor)

Google Quantum AI COO says the company declined fu...

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Anthropic backtracks on a policy limiting Claude Fable 5's ability to develop other AI models, after significant backlash from the AI research community (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)

Anthropic backtracks on a policy limiting Claude F...

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South Korean regulators fined Coupang $409M for a data leak in 2025 that exposed ~33.7M accounts and escalated into a diplomatic conflict with the US (Shinhye Kang/Bloomberg)

South Korean regulators fined Coupang $409M for a ...

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Letter: Texas Governor Greg Abbott released regulatory recommendations for state lawmakers to ensure that data centers shoulder the costs of their growth (The Texas Tribune)

Letter: Texas Governor Greg Abbott released regula...

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Sources: OpenAI is considering drastically lowering its price for tokens in anticipation of similar cuts the company expects at Anthropic (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: OpenAI is considering drastically lowerin...

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Product head Alex Benzer says Bluesky plans to add "communities" this year, smaller spaces to "go deeper and hang out with people who care about the same stuff" (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Product head Alex Benzer says Bluesky plans to add...

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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and CCO Matt Booty warn of an "Xbox reset" in the next 100 days, citing challenges like annual revenue down ~$500M over the past five years (The Verge)

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and CCO Matt Booty warn of an...

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Canada introduces the Safe Social Media Act, a bill that would ban social media for children under 16 and establish safety standards for AI chatbots (Maria Cheng/Reuters)

Canada introduces the Safe Social Media Act, a bil...

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