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Sources: Nvidia's deal to buy CentML, which offers tools to optimize the running of AI models on chips, could exceed $400M; CentML raised a $27M seed in 2023 (Murad Hemmadi/The Logic)
https://thelogic.co/news/exclusive/nvidias-deal-centml-us400m/

Nvidia’s deal to buy Canadian AI startup CentML could top US$400M - The Logic
The U.S. chip giant beat out other bidders for the company

More time should be devoted about the (near) future businessmodels of AI and how it collects data/content. Just trying to prevent AI models from scraping data will be futile.
https://blog.cloudflare.com/content-independence-day-no-ai-crawl-without-compen…

Content Independence Day: no AI crawl without compensation!
It’s Content Independence Day: Cloudflare, along with a majority of the world's leading publishers and AI companies, is changing the default to block AI crawlers unless they pay creators for content.

No rest for the wicked,
as immigration raids continued on July 4
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-05/no-holiday-for-ice-immigration-raids-continued-on-july-4

No holiday for ICE, as immigration raids continued on July 4
Federal agents detained workers at a West Hollywood car wash and an Eagle Rock birria stand.

Amnesty International, Gaza: Evidence points to Israel’s continued use of starvation to inflict genocide against Palestinians.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/07/gaza-evidence-poi…

Gaza: Evidence points to Israel’s continued use of starvation to inflict genocide against Palestinians  
Evidence gathered by Amnesty International demonstrates how over a month since the introduction of its militarized aid distribution system, Israel has continued to use starvation of civilians as a weapon of war against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip and to deliberately impose conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction as part of its ongoing genocide. 

Découvrez l'histoire poignante de 4 générations de victimes et de plus d'une centaine d'enfants sur https://chardonsbleus.org/contexte-4-generations-de-victimes-une-centaine-denfants-okc/ 💔

Smoke from Canadian fires reaches Europe: EU climate monitor #Canada

Smoke from Canadian fires reaches Europe: EU climate monitor
Heavy smoke from intense wildfires in Canada has reached northwestern Europe, the European Union's climate monitoring service said on Tuesday.

X changes its developer agreement to prevent third parties from using "the X API or X Content to fine-tune or train a foundation or frontier model" (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/05/x-changes-i…

X changes its terms to bar training of AI models using its content | TechCrunch
Social network X has changed its developer agreement to prevent third parties from using the platform's content to train large language models.

Singapore's Temasek cuts back on startup investments after the fund wrote down hundreds of millions of dollars on a spate of collapsed startups, including FTX (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/54594076-eea5-4c0d-946c-e05ba7038d3e

Singapore’s Temasek cuts back on start-up investments
State-owned $300bn fund says it is adopting a ‘more cautious approach’ on early-stage companies

Nintendo launches the Switch 2 globally, with long queues outside stores and midnight openings; analysts expect Nintendo to sell 15M to 20M Switch 2 units (David Keohane/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/f63cfbcc-9d0e-440e-ad9a-02d01d328f93

Nintendo sells out Switch 2 console at global launch
Mario fans queue at midnight store openings after games company apologises for failing to meet pre-order demand