Spotify updates its Discover Weekly playlist after ten years, adding new genre filters for Premium users, and says users streamed 100B tracks via the playlist (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/spot…

Spotify revamps its Discover Weekly playlist after ten years | TechCrunch
Spotify is making Discover Weekly more customizable by genre.

Anonymisierendes Linux: Tails 6.17 bringt kleine Aktualisierungen
Die Entwickler haben für Tails 6.17 lediglich kleine Aktualisierungen anstatt großer neuer Features in petto.
https://www.

landlords are also living paycheck to paycheck, YOUR paycheck to paycheck

Zukunftstechnologie https://www.zeit.de/news/2025-06/30/frankreich-faehrt-akw-wegen-hitzewelle-runter

The phrase "sweet jesus" implies the existence of a salty, bitter, sour and umami jesus

Everyone needs a break, especially these guys. Metacurity will follow them starting Wednesday.
https://www.404media.co/introducing-404-media-summer-break-2025/

Gone Fishin': 404 Media Summer Break 2025
404 Media is closed this week. School's out.

😜 Anti-LGBTQ Hungarian PM Orbšn named 'king of Budapest pride'
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/30/hungary-budapest-pride-ban-viktor-orban/

„Denn mit jedem Jahr steigt die Anzahl von Menschen, die altersbedingt aus der Stammzellspenderdatei ausscheiden.“
Schon registriert? Das ist ganz einfach, und Ihr rettet Leben, wenn's drauf ankommt.
„Alle 12 Minuten erkrankt ein Mensch in Deutschland an Blutkrebs“
„Besonders wichtig sind .. Spenderinnen und Spender bis 30 Jahre. Denn sie werden aus medizinischen Gründen .. besonders häufig für eine Stammzellspende für Menschen mit Blutkrebs angefragt.“

Why do people think music needs to be saved?
#music #Musicstodon
https://muz4now.com/2014/people-thin…

Why do people think music needs to be saved?
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Pulling in $2B , Ne Zha: Demon Child Conquers the Sea is 2025's top grossing film and China's biggest hit ever; China's overall ticket sales are down in 2025 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters

I have taken to looking for Copilot AI in GitHub responses before filing issues. If it’s there, I don’t file. Feeling a bit validated here:
https://hails.org/@hailey/114752144098708214
(limited alt to come, but if you want more ask OP…)

Hailey (@hailey@hails.org)
Attached: 2 images Sent a pull request to Audacity fixing a crash bug I'd been running into frequently. The cause was an out-of-bounds memmove. Classic C++ areas. Anyway I got a fucking copilot review on my PR which left two comments, both completely wrong, one of which suggesting I reintroduce the out of bounds memory access. I'm furious!

Western Japan sees earliest end to rainy season on record #Japan

Western Japan sees earliest end to rainy season on record
Japan's rainy season ended at the earliest date on record in the country's western regions, meteorologists said Friday, as climate change makes global weather patterns less predictable.

Putin is a Killer! Trump Threatens Russia After Strikes on Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/05/29/putin-is-a-killer-trump.html

(This was not by me but I very much relate)
https://mastodon.social/@anon_opin/114772417335001235

Der Arc Browser war zwei Jahre lang mein Standardbrowser, bis ihr lascher Umgang mit Security-Issues mich zu einem Wechsel führte. Das war wohl ein guter Entscheid …
Letter to Arc members 2025 https://browsercompany.substack.com/p/letter-to-arc-members-2025…

@… @… so wie wir! *flex*

Why AOC should run for president in 2028 (Amanda Marcotte/Salon)
https://www.salon.com/2025/06/30/why-aoc-should-run-for-president-in-2028/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p63#a250630p63

Jemand möge den Autor dieses Artikels bitte rechts raus wirken. Er überschreitet die zulässige Floskel/Absatz bei Weitem.
Ach, 100 Jahre zu spät?
https://hwk1.hebis.de/zeitungen-hlbrm/periodical/pageview/1586173?query=Kaffee

In The Economist:

I need to remember to turn off the issues feature for sample GitHub repositories

#KI durfte Verkaufsautomaten betreiben und scheiterte spektakulär
https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000276648/k…

from my link log —
UK Online Safety Act Notes for small sites.
https://russ.garrett.co.uk/2024/12/17/online-safety-act-guide/
saved 2024-12-17

my server is down rn so the bot will be down till further notice.

Mamdani follows in AOC’s footsteps,
having defeated an entrenched figure of the establishment with grassroots progressive support.
So this was a sweet moment.
Mamdani has received supportive words from both Senator Chuck Schumer…
And Governor Kathy Hochul…
Hopefully, formal endorsements are forthcoming.
An unintended, but hopeful consequence of Mamdani’s win is that, at 33 years old, he has inspired other young people to want to run for office themselves.…

Good News For Progressive Views The Week Of 6/20-6/26
On Tuesday, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani shocked New York politics by defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary for NYC mayor.

@… whew, my brain is thinking about widespread layoffs but *yes*

Ok, it turns out that this wasn't a great idea... hot, and sneezy, but at least smol car is mostly clean 🤷‍♂️ #UKSummer #Heat #Hot

Als Plasterk zijn lidmaatschap opzegt dan heb je als PvdA toch echt iets goeds gedaan.

Bitkom: Viele Schulen regeln die Nutzung von KI nicht
Schülerinnen und Schüler möchten den Umgang mit KI im Unterricht lernen und setzen KI längst ein, in Schulen fehlt es aber offenbar an Regeln – und Kompetenzen.

Me: you should always capitalize acronyms, it's called “ICE” or “NATO” not “Ice” and “Nato”
Them: so you capitalize “LASER” too?
Me: uhhh, well, it's different you know—

Cursor launches a web app and Slack integration for managing AI coding agents from mobile and desktop (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/cursor-launches-a-web-app-to-manage-ai-coding-agents/

Cursor launches a web app to manage AI coding agents | TechCrunch
Cursor is launching a web app thats allow users to manage a network of AI coding agents via browser, on desktop and mobile.

Yeah, Linux is cool and all, but did they make a VHS Instruction Video Guide of the Top 25 Features with Jennifer Aniston & Matthew Perry?

The drought in southern Australia is not over—it just looks that way #Australia

The drought in southern Australia is not over—it just looks that way
How often do you mow your lawn in winter? That may seem like an odd way to start a conversation about drought. But the answer helps explain why our current drought has not broken, despite recent rain—and why spring lamb may be more expensive this year.

"Wildlife activists who exposed horrific conditions at Scottish salmon farms were subjected to “Big Brother” surveillance by spies for hire working for an elite British army veteran."
https://www.theguardian.com/…

ICEBlock: This iPhone app alerts users to nearby ICE sightings
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/30/tech/iceblock-app-trump-immigration-crackdown

Auf einem Band kann man schlecht stehen, sag' ich immer.
https://berlin.social/@karldietzverlag/114770787646460196

Victim of Boulder Firebombing Attack Dies of Wounds (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/us/boulder-fire-bombing-attack.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p113#a250630p113

Taten sagen mehr als Worte: https://mar.mela.de/louderthanwords

I’m just a man, standing in front of an Apple Magic Mouse asking it to “CHARGE FASTER!”

Alt 1/2 (excluding code blocks):
Copilot Al:
copyBegin and copyEnd are not clamped to numPixels, which could lead to copying beyond buffer if the number of destination pixels is smaller than the cache length. Consider clamping copyBegin and copyEnd to [O, numPixels].
haileys: This Al slop is wrong, copying beyond the end of the buffer is exactly what this PR fixes.

ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
h…

@… it happens to the best of us

That's two people I've spoken to who have just returned from vacation... one got a cold and a tummy bug, the other has come back with COVID.
I think I will just watch Japan Video Walks on YouTube... far safer!

Elektrotherapie im Ganzkörperanzug: Neuer Ansatz in neurologischen Behandlung
Ein Anzug soll Patienten mit neurologischen Erkrankungen wie Fibromyalgie, MS oder nach Schlaganfall mit gezielter Muskelstimulation im Alltag unterstützen.

Campfire, which offers AI-powered ERP and accounting services, raised a $35M Series A led by Accel (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/tiny-ai-erp-startup-campfire-is-winning-s…

Tiny AI ERP startup Campfire is winning so many startups from NetSuite, Accel led a $35M Series A  | TechCrunch
Campfire was launched in 2023 to upend 1990s-era enterprise resource planning accounting software (ERP) like Netsuite with an LLM-powered alternative. 

Fun fact: I've never had my catalytic converter stolen off my Prius.

SC river the 'most contaminated' from dangerous forever chemicals, study finds #SouthCarolina

SC river the 'most contaminated' from dangerous forever chemicals, study finds
When researchers completed a national study of hazardous forever chemicals recently, they found that a South Carolina river had higher levels of pollution from the toxins than any other waterway they examined across the country.

Tinder is mandating new users in California verify their profiles using facial recognition technology starting June 30 in a bid to reduce impersonation (Kerry Flynn/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/30/tinder-face-check-safety

Exclusive: Tinder to require Face Check for new users in California
The video selfie feature aims to curb impersonation.

Trump's megabill: What are the next steps and hurdles (Natalie Daher/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/30/big-beautiful-bill-how-to-pass-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p102#a250630p102

Cryptocurrency fraud ring busted in Spain after laundering $540 million, Europol says
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/cryptocurrency-fraud-ring-busted-spain-after-laundering-540-million-europol-says…

Panama Playlists: Webseite leakt Spotify-Favoriten von Promis und Tech-CEOs
Eine Webseite namens Panama Playlists zeigt, welche Musik Politiker und Tech-CEOs auf Spotify hören.
https://www.

I truly believe that the desire to automate your new computer setup is a symptom of trauma

Riad Othman, @… in @…: „Wir wollen erreichen, dass das etablierte, seit Monaten von Israel blockierte Hilfssystem wieder instandgesetzt wird. Dass der humanitäre Zugang nach Gaza ungehindert und im ents…

:elmo_fire:

SEC filing: Oracle signed multiple large cloud agreements, including one that is expected to contribute $30B in annual revenue starting in FY28; ORCL jumps 5% (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/30/oracle-orcl-stock-cloud-deal.html

Oracle stock jumps after $30 billion annual cloud deal revealed in filing
Oracle shares have jumped more than 33% this year, benefiting from cloud growth and the rise of artificial intelligence models.

As ocean acidification ramps up, experts call for speedy ocean protection https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/as-ocean-acidification-ramps-up-experts-call-for-speedy-ocean-protection/

As ocean acidification ramps up, experts call for speedy ocean protection
Ocean health is moving into a danger zone, with rampant human-caused carbon dioxide emissions having already pushed ocean acidification levels beyond safe limits in large swaths of the marine environment, according to a recent study. The new findings underline the urgent need to ramp up protection of the world’s oceans, while simultaneously slashing CO2 emissions, […]

Dwight Evans says he will retire from House (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/30/congress/dwight-evans-retirement-00432677
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p74#a250630p74

Cybersecurity threats continue to mount, so eyes akimbo and don't forget to check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Airlines, transportation sector are Scattered Spider's latest targets,
--Sinaloa cartel used hacked phone records and surveillance cameras to help kill FBI informants,
--Germany orders Apple and Google to remove DeepSeek from app stores,
--Fake US bank accounts fuel romance scam indu…

Airlines, transportation sector are Scattered Spider's latest targets
Sinaloa cartel used hacked phone records and surveillance cameras to help kill FBI informants, Germany orders Apple and Google to remove DeepSeek from app stores, Fake US bank accounts fuel romance scam industry, Trump builds giant US citizen database, Canada orders Hikvision to shut down, more

Ich muss täglich mindestens ein Zitat prüfen. Manchmal sind es auch 25. Die Methoden hierfür sind vielfältig, aber oft lande ich doch bei books von google, um seriösen Quellen zu finden (und nicht "berühmte Zitate" ;-). Gibt es dazu Alternativen? Außer die etwa 40 Gigabyte eigene Textsammlung?

KI-Streamingdienst Showrunner wird diese Woche verfügbar
Mit Showrunner sollen Nutzer eigene Episoden aus beliebten Shows generieren und teilen können. In den USA ist der KI-Dienst ab dieser Woche verfügbar.
https…

Robinhood announces an expanded offering of tokenized US stocks across Europe, crypto staking in US, a Layer 2 blockchain for real-world asset settlement, more (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/30/robinhood-crypto-cannes.html

Robinhood expands its global push, minutes from crypto chief's old cramped apartment in Cannes
Robinhood is offering tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs across Europe, crypto staking in the U.S., perpetual futures for eligible EU traders, and a new blockchain.

Acid-busting diet triggers 13-pound weight loss in just 16 weeks #nutrition

Acid-busting diet triggers 13-pound weight loss in just 16 weeks
Swap steaks for spinach and you might watch the scale plummet. In a 16-week crossover study, overweight adults who ditched animal products for a low-fat vegan menu saw their bodies become less acidic and dropped an average of 13 pounds—while the Mediterranean diet left weight unchanged. Researchers link the shift to lower “dietary acid load,” a hidden inflammation trigger driven by meat, eggs, and cheese.

Trump attacks Fed again in open letter calling for lower rates (Courtenay Brown/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/30/trump-fed-powell-interest-rates
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p100#a250630p100

Australiens erste orbitale Rakete crasht kurz nach dem Start
Der Start der ersten Orbital-Rakete Australiens endete mit einem Absturz. Das Weltraumunternehmen Gilmour Space verzeichnet das trotzdem als Erfolg.

Levelpath, which provides AI-powered enterprise procurement services, raised a $55M Series B led by Battery Ventures, bringing its total funding to $100M (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/next-gen-procurement-platform-…

Next-gen procurement platform Levelpath nabs $55M | TechCrunch
The investment signals confidence in Levelpath's fast growth and its potential to disrupt a market dominated by legacy players.

Neulich hat mir ein Bekannter aus dem Alltag eines global agierenden Untermnehmens erzählt und dass mehr oder weniger frei gestellt wurde, mit KI zu arbeiten. Das führt nun dazu, dass Emails generiert werden und die Antworten ebenso mit KI entstehen. Maschinen kommunizieren mit Maschinen. Aber statt sich einzugestehen, dass der Alltag von bullshit jobs geprägt ist, im Kapitalismus viel nicht notwendige Arbeit essenziell erscheint, redet man sich ein, effizient zu arbeiten.

Flash floods in Pakistan kill 8 and 58 are rescued after deluge swept away dozens https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/06/flash-floods-in-pakistan-kill-8-and-58-are-rescued-after-deluge-swept-away-dozens/

Flash floods in Pakistan kill 8 and 58 are rescued after deluge swept away dozens
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Flash floods triggered by pre-monsoon rains swept away dozens of tourists in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least eight people. The nationwide death toll from rain-related incidents rose to 18 over the past 24 hours, officials said. Nearly 100 rescuers in various groups rescued a total of 58 people and […]

The US takes down a North Korean operation that, from 2021 to 2024, impersonated 80 people to get remote jobs at 100 US firms, using "laptop farms" in the US (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/us-g…

US government takes down major North Korean 'remote IT workers' operation  | TechCrunch
US prosecutors indicated a total of 13 people involved in the fraudulent scheme to steal and launder money for North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.

Trump admin will cut hurricane forecasters out of key satellite data in one month (Andrew Freedman/CNN)
https://cnn.com/2025/06/30/weather/hurricanes-satellite-data-outage-delay
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p68#a250630p68

Video Overviews: Google bringt KI-Visualisierungen in NotebookLM
Googles KI-Recherche-Assistent NotebookLM bekommt ein neues Format: Video Overviews erstellt KI-Präsentationen.
https://www.

Der chinesische E-Commerce-Riese JD.com übernimmt die Mehrheit an Ceconomy, dem Mutterkonzern von Media Markt und Saturn. Damit gehen die bekannten Elektronikhandelsketten mehrheitlich in chinesische Hände über. 🇨🇳
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-10505016?wt_mc…

Sound Familiar? Democrats Lay Groundwork for a 'Project 2029' (Shane Goldmacher/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/us/politics/democrats-project-2029.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p75#a250630p75

Google announces 30 Gemini AI tools for educators, like "Gems" which help students on specific subjects, included with Google Workspace for Education accounts (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025…

Google embraces AI in the classroom with new Gemini tools for educators, chatbots for students, and more | TechCrunch
Google will give teachers the ability to create interactive study guides using the AI research tool Notebook LM, along with their classroom materials.

heise | Stromleitungen und Rohre finden mit Wärmebildkameras
Wer in seiner Wohnung Bilder oder Regale an die Wand dübeln möchte, muss wissen, wo Stromkabel und Rohre verlaufen. Eine Wärmebildkamera sorgt für Durchblick.

Here Are the Republican Senators Who May Revolt on Trump's Bill (Catie Edmondson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/us/politics/republican-senators-against-trump-big-bill.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p104#a250630p104

Experts raise concerns that Malta's expedited MiCA licensing process may lack sufficient enforcement and oversight; OKX received a MiCA license in four days (CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/news-analysis/202

'Like Ordering McDonald's:' Malta's MiCA Fast-Track Draws Oversight Concerns
Some people think Malta is nimble and innovative when it comes to regulation. But others see a fast track to regulatory arbitrage.

The latest version of the Senate's OBBB has a provision removing the 6 GHz band's protection from spectrum auctions; Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-FI 7 utilize the 6 GHz band (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

Senate GOP budget bill has little-noticed provision that could hurt your Wi-Fi
Cruz bill could take 6 GHz spectrum away from Wi-Fi, give it to mobile carriers.

81-year-old victim of Boulder antisemitic attack dies from wounds (Gabby Deutch/Jewish Insider)
https://jewishinsider.com/2025/06/81-year-old-victim-of-boulder-antisemitic-attack-dies-from-wounds/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p106#a250630p106

A look at the rise of $5B unicorns, which make up 13% of ~1,600 unicorns but hold $3.5T of $6T total valuation; 17 startups joined the $5B club in H1 2025 (Gené Teare/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/ultra-unicorn-startups…

The Rise Of The Ultra-Unicorns: $5B+ Startups Are Leading The Private-Market Herd In 2025
Of the nearly 1,600 companies on The Crunchbase Unicorn Board, a small but ultra-elite club of private companies valued at $5 billion or more is growing across multiple metrics, an analysis of the data shows. We take a look at them, their valuations and which sectors — and countries — rank the highest.

Anxious House Republicans scramble to forestall Senate's Medicaid cuts (Meredith Lee Hill/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/30/congress/megabill-house-medicaid-cuts-00433488
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p99#a250630p99

Source: Nintendo pulled its products from Amazon's US site after noticing third-party merchants were selling games in the US at prices below Nintendo's rates (Matt Day/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Vote-a-rama, last hurdle before megabill's Senate approval, is underway (Katherine Tully-McManus/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/30/congress/senate-votearama-underway-00432351
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p61#a250630p61

X hires Nikita Bier, the serial entrepreneur who was behind polling startup TBH and teen-focused social network Gas, as its new head of product (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-30/…

Parliamentarian reverses course, allows orphan drug provision in megabill (David Lim/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/30/congress/parliamentarian-reverses-course-allows-orphan-drug-megabill-provision-in-megabill-00433884
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p117#a250630p117

US chipmaker Wolfspeed files for Chapter 11 to enact a creditor-backed plan to slash $4.6B in debt; it expects to emerge out of bankruptcy by the end of Q3 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-3…

ICE is arresting migrants in worksite raids. Employers are largely escaping charges. (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/06/30/ice-raids-arrests-workers-companies/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p62#a250630p62

Mexico City-based digital bank Klar raised a $190M Series C led by General Atlantic, including $170M in equity and $20M in debt, valuing the company at $800M (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-30…

Immigration raids leave crops unharvested, California farms at risk (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/immigration-raids-leave-crops-unharvested-california-farms-risk-2025-06-30/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p67#a250630p67

Investigation: three US Treasury hacks in the past five years were due to a failure to deploy basic security measures, as DOGE cuts further weaken the agency (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/20

Senate Republicans close in on passing Trump's massive tax bill (Jacob Bogage/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/30/senate-trump-tax-bill/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p101#a250630p101

In a memo, Mark Zuckerberg announces Meta Superintelligence Labs and 11 new hires; Nat Friedman will partner with Alexandr Wang to lead the new group (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)

Supreme Court will hear challenge to limits on political party spending (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/30/supreme-court-campaign-finance-party-donor-limits/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p70#a250630p70

Sources: Mike Rockwell and Craig Federighi have led efforts to assess external models to power Siri; after testing, Anthropic's tech seemed most promising (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

A US judge denies Apple's motion to dismiss the DOJ antitrust lawsuit, filed in March 2024, accusing Apple of unlawfully dominating the US smartphone market (Jody Godoy/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa

Circle applies for a US national trust bank license, which would let it act as a custodian for its own reserves and hold crypto for its institutional clients (Hannah Lang/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa

Europol says it has dismantled a crypto investment fraud ring in Spain that laundered €460M using a global network of accomplices, and five people were arrested (Sudip Kar-Gupta/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/financ…

Rapid7 finds eight vulnerabilities, including one remotely-exploitable flaw that cannot be fixed via firmware patch, affecting 689 models of Brother printers (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/694877/brother-printer…

Hundreds of Brother printer models have an unpatchable security flaw
Serious security flaws have been found in hundreds of Brother printer models that could allow attackers to remotely access the device.

Canada-based Clio, which makes cloud tools for law firms, agrees to acquire vLex, which offers a legal and regulatory database and an AI assistant, for $1B (Alex Riehl/BetaKit)
https://betakit.com/clio-to-acquire-american-legaltech-vlex-for-1-billion…

Clio to acquire American legaltech vLex for $1 billion USD
vLex offers an extensive legal and regulatory database alongside an AI-powered assistant.

How performers on OnlyFans and other adult sites are using LLMs for creative inspiration, amid a rise of adult-specific LLMs like sex worker chatbot GPTease (Lux Alptraum/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/692286/ai-bots-…

LLMs are optimizing the adult industry
Large language models are helping OnlyFans creators run single-person production studios.

Apple will delay rolling out some iOS 26 features in the EU later this year, including "visited places", citing the difficulty of complying with the DMA (Edith Hancock/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/apple-to-delay-so

Microsoft says its new AI tool diagnoses diseases with 80% accuracy vs. doctors' 20%; Mustafa Suleyman calls it a "step toward medical superintelligence" (Will Knight/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-medical-superintelligence-di…

Microsoft Says Its New AI System Diagnosed Patients 4 Times More Accurately Than Human Doctors
The tech giant poached several top Google researchers to help build a powerful AI tool that can diagnose patients and potentially cut health care costs.