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Meta launches new AI features, including an "AI Mode" for search that uses Meta AI to surface answers pulled from public posts across the platform (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/15/metas-new-…

Meta's new ‘AI Mode’ on Facebook pulls from public info across its platforms | TechCrunch
Meta announced Monday that it's rolling out a wave of new AI features on Facebook, the latest sign of the company's effort to catch up in the AI race and keep users more engaged on the platform.

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Medizinregistergesetz: Psychotherapeuten warnen vor Datennutzung ohne Zustimmung
Das Deutsche Psychotherapeuten Netzwerk warnt vor wachsender Zusammenführung und Nutzung sensibler Gesundheitsdaten und Auswirkungen auf die Schweigepflicht.

Medizinregistergesetz: Psychotherapeuten warnen vor Datennutzung ohne Zustimmung
Das Deutsche Psychotherapeuten Netzwerk warnt vor wachsender Zusammenführung und Nutzung sensibler Gesundheitsdaten und Auswirkungen auf die Schweigepflicht.

Apple says a record 30% of material across all products it shipped in 2025 came from recycled content; all Apple-designed batteries now use 100% recycled cobalt (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/16/apple-hits-record-recycled-content/

Apple Hits Record 30% Recycled Content Across All Products in 2025
Apple today announced that a record 30% of material across all products it shipped in 2025 came from recycled content, alongside a series of other...

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Sources say Ola's AI venture Krutrim's smart assistant Kruti is unavailable to users and the development of its Indian multilingual LLM, Krutrim 3, has stalled (Swathi Moorthy/The Economic Times)
https://econom…

Ola's AI smart assistant 'Kruti' goes dark across app platforms
While 'Kruti' was not accessible via its direct website, kruti.ai, which showed a "site not found" error, users accessing it through Olakrutrim.com/kruti saw a message stating the site was under maintenance and would be back shortly.

LA-based Fasset, which offers stablecoin-powered banking and cross-border payments services across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, raised a $51M Series B (Krisztian Sandor/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/05/

Akamai acquires Israeli cybersecurity startup LayerX Security, which develops a browser-based platform to secure employee use of AI tools, for ~$205M in cash (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/byinuqxkme

Akamai acquires Israeli AI browser security startup LayerX for $205 million in cash
Deal expands Zero Trust strategy as enterprises struggle to control AI use. 

1Password acquires Apono, which operates an AI-powered platform for managing cloud access, sources say in a deal valued at $250M to $300M (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/s1bbav611fx

1Password acquires Israeli cyber startup Apono in $250M-$300M deal
AI-era identity security startup joins the Canadian cybersecurity giant as it expands beyond password management into access governance.

Anthropic's belief in its own commitment to safety gives Anthropic the license to aggressively favor its business and even challenge the US government (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
https://stratechery.com/2026/anthropics-safety-superpower/

Anthropic’s Safety Superpower
Anthropic’s belief in its own commitment to safety gives the company license to aggressively favor its business and even challenge the U.S. government.