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French carriers Bouygues Telecom, Orange, and Free-iliad sign an MOU with Altice France to acquire SFR for €20.35B, including debt, expected to close in H2 2027 (Reuters)

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OpenAI plans to overhaul ChatGPT in the coming weeks, turning it into a superapp with coding tools and AI agents to serve as a gateway to higher-margin products (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times)

OpenAI plans to overhaul ChatGPT in the coming wee...

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How LinkedIn is transforming into a "post-cringe" ...

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Report: in May, supply of unsecured bonds from hyperscalers passed $155B, up over 45% from 2025's total issuance; some AI-infra bond sales are 4x oversubscribed (Caleb Mutua/Bloomberg)

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Several UK police forces have been told to stop using AI to prepare court statements, citing concerns that inaccurate outputs could contaminate legal procedures (Robert Wright/Financial Times)

Several UK police forces have been told to stop us...

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Source: White House AI advisor Sriram Krishnan plans to leave his role at the end of June; sources: Krishnan plans to start a pro-Trump AI policy institution (Leo Schwartz/The Information)

Source: White House AI advisor Sriram Krishnan pla...

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Raspberry Pi closed up 27%+ on June 5 after saying it expects adjusted EBITDA of at least $38M in H1, putting it on track to beat $42M est. for the full year (Financial Times)

Raspberry Pi closed up 27%+ on June 5 after saying...

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FOIA docs reveal Amazon's extensive control over delivery drivers it insists are not employees, in a case the NLRB sought to settle on terms favorable to Amazon (Josh Eidelson/Bloomberg)

FOIA docs reveal Amazon's extensive control over d...

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Kalshi and Polymarket sponsored X posts promoting viral LA mayoral election fraud conspiracy theories; Kalshi says it asked its paid influencers to remove posts (Max Tani/Semafor)

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Inside the Trump admin's push to integrate AI into the healthcare system, including an FDA regulatory fast track for digital health tech like AI chatbots (Elizabeth Dwoskin/Washington Post)

Inside the Trump admin's push to integrate AI into...

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Paris-listed Teleperformance, the world's largest customer service company, has become one of Europe's most shorted stocks, as hedge funds bet on AI disruption (Ramsay Hodgson/Financial Times)

Paris-listed Teleperformance, the world's largest ...

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Sources: Uber has committed nearly $500M to self-driving startup Nuro, providing a crucial runway as Nuro works to prove its technology at commercial scale (Abhirup Roy/Reuters)

Sources: Uber has committed nearly $500M to self-d...

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Kepple: seed-stage startup funding in Japan fell 42% YoY in 2025 to a 10-year low of $124M, as the Tokyo Stock Exchange moves to reduce small listings (Ami Yamada/Nikkei Asia)

Kepple: seed-stage startup funding in Japan fell 4...

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SoftBank's PayPay, Japan's dominant payments app, says it will take a 70.2% stake in T&D Financial Life Insurance for $840M, expected to close in October 2027 (Mayumi Negishi/Bloomberg)

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OpenAI rolls out Lockdown Mode, an optional security setting designed to offer users advanced protection from prompt injection attacks by limiting some features (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)

OpenAI rolls out Lockdown Mode, an optional securi...

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Google Cloud says its SpaceX compute deal is a "short-term" agreement "to ensure we have bridge capacity to meet surging customer demand" for Gemini Enterprise (Kate Conger/New York Times)

Google Cloud says its SpaceX compute deal is a "sh...

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Privacy token Zcash plunges after the disclosure of a 2022 vulnerability in its Orchard shielded pool that could have allowed undetectable ZEC counterfeiting (Akash Girimath/Decrypt)

Privacy token Zcash plunges after the disclosure o...

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Sources and docs detail defense tech startup Shield AI's struggles to overcome years of technical hitches and safety concerns with its V-BAT autonomous drone (David Jeans/Reuters)

Sources and docs detail defense tech startup Shiel...

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