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Sources: ByteDance is offering low-priced stock options linked to growth in its Seed AI division to staff of the unit, a first, to fend off poaching from rivals (Financial Times)

Sources: ByteDance is offering low-priced stock op...

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Sources: Chinese government agencies begin imposing overseas travel restrictions on individuals involved in advanced AI work, including at Alibaba and DeepSeek (Bloomberg)

Sources: Chinese government agencies begin imposin...

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Kelp DAO says its restaked Ether token has been restored after a five-week recovery effort following a $293M exploit by North Korea's Lazarus Group on April 18 (Brayden Lindrea/Cointelegraph)

Kelp DAO says its restaked Ether token has been re...

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A Samsung union representing its consumer electronics division says it asked a South Korean court to block a pay deal vote that mainly benefits chip workers (Reuters)

A Samsung union representing its consumer electron...

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A surge in AI-generated "pro se" cases, or lawsuits filed by self-represented litigants, is democratizing the legal system but consuming more court resources (New York Times)

A surge in AI-generated "pro se" cases, or lawsuit...

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Visually impaired Waymo users in CA say riding in a Waymo gives them a feeling of independence and spares them the discrimination they face from human drivers (Sonia A. Rao/New York Times)

Visually impaired Waymo users in CA say riding in ...

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Massachusetts formally recognizes the App Drivers Union, which says it represents ~70,000 workers and is the first state-certified rideshare union in the US (Bryan Hecht/The Boston Globe)

Massachusetts formally recognizes the App Drivers ...

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The FTC settles with Cox, MindSift, and 1010 Digital Works for $930K over claims they falsely said they could use phone mics to spy on users for ad targeting (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

The FTC settles with Cox, MindSift, and 1010 Digit...

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X says it is cracking down on large accounts that have been gaming its revenue-sharing program by "programmatically reuploading content from smaller accounts" (Lakshmi Varanasi/Business Insider)

X says it is cracking down on large accounts that ...

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Iranian state media reports that President Masoud Pezeshkian has issued an order to reopen international internet access after a near-90-day blackout (Reuters)

Iranian state media reports that President Masoud ...

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Report: the EU plans to fine Google a high triple-digit million euro amount as part of a 2025 probe over concerns it favors its own services in search results (Reuters)

Report: the EU plans to fine Google a high triple-...

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A look at the UK's AI Safety Institute, whose researchers probe AI models for safety gaps, as its work becomes a blueprint for other governments' AI policies (New York Times)

A look at the UK's AI Safety Institute, whose rese...

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Study: rate of fabricated references in biomedical papers has grown 12x+ since 2023; in early 2026, one in 277 papers had at least one non-existent reference (Tristan Bove/Fortune)

Study: rate of fabricated references in biomedical...

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How Iranian threat actor Nimbus Manticore used techniques like AI-assisted malware development and SEO poisoning to target companies during the US-Iran war (Check Point Research)

How Iranian threat actor Nimbus Manticore used tec...

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SoftBank stock jumped 4.6% to a record high on Monday, spurred by hopes of big returns from the company's stakes in OpenAI and SB Energy Corp if they go public (Bloomberg)

SoftBank stock jumped 4.6% to a record high on Mon...

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Star Citizen, a video game in development since 2012, has reached $1B in lifetime funding; it remains in alpha and does not have a confirmed release date (Jennifer Maas/Variety)

Star Citizen, a video game in development since 20...

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Tether plans to launch GELT, an "official" stablecoin representing the Georgian lari, with the support of Georgia's government in an unusual partnership (Reuters)

Tether plans to launch GELT, an "official" stablec...

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Sources: Wix is expected to cut ~1,000 jobs in the coming months, or ~20% of its workforce, after weak Q1 earnings and a ~50% collapse of its stock in 2026 (Sophie Shulman/CTech)

Sources: Wix is expected to cut ~1,000 jobs in the...

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