The Citizen Lab found two separate surveillance vendors abusing the backbone of cellular networks to spy on several victims across the world.

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Cursor was on track to close a $2 billion funding round this week but chose to halt discussions after SpaceX offered a $10 billion "collaboration fee" and a path to a $60 billion acquisition.

Also, Google brings Gemini-powered 'auto browse' capabilities to Chrome for enterprise users, letting workers automate tasks like research, data entry, and more.

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-The New Glenn rocket will have to stay grounded while the company investigates what caused the apparent failure of its upper stage.

-Deezer says consumption of AI-generated music on the platform is still very low, between 1-3% of the total streams, and that 85% of these streams are detected as fraudulent and are demonetized.

-The NSA is said to be using Anthropic's restricted Mythos AI model.

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After 15 years, Tim Cook will hand off his role as Apple CEO to John Ternus, senior vice president of hardware engineering.

Also, Amazon has made another circular AI deal: It's investing another $5 billion in Anthropic. Anthropic has agreed to spend $100 billion on AWS in return.

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The winning time is a massive improvement over last year’s race, when the fastest robot finished in two hours and 40 minutes.

Also, fusion startups and investors risk deepening fissures if some key disagreements aren't settled amicably.

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Why choose fossil fuels or electricity when you can have both? NOC Energy has figured out how to hybridize heavy industry.

Also, Runway’s CEO says AI could help studios make dozens of films for the cost of one, betting volume will boost hit-making odds.

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LinkedIn says hiring is down 20% since 2022, but blames higher interest rates — not AI — for the slowdown.

Also, Allbirds is ditching wool sneakers for AI servers, rebranding as NewBird AI after locking in a $50M convertible financing facility.

Plus, Gizmo, an AI-powered learning platform, has attracted more than 13 million users and just secured $22 million in Series A funding.

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Anything is planning to launch a desktop companion app to aid mobile app development after its App Store removal.

Also, Amazon on Tuesday agreed to buy satellite company Globalstar, known for powering Apple's "Emergency SOS" feature, for $11.57 billion in cash.

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Uber employees can now hail a Lucid robotaxi as part of the testing.

Also, Chicago-based music superfan Aadam Jacobs has been recording the concerts he goes to since the 1980s, amassing an archive of over 10,000 tapes.

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The OpenAI CEO's new blog post responds to both an apparent attack on his home and an in-depth New Yorker profile raising questions about his trustworthiness.

Also, the report is particularly surprising since the Department of Defense recently declared Anthropic a supply-chain risk.

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Andy Jassy's annual shareholder letter reads something like a diss track to a wide range of competitors as he defends spending $200 billion in capex.

Also, Radify Metals is developing a new way to process a variety of metals that promises to be pollution free.

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