Friday, June 13, 2025

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Anne Wojcicki to buy back 23andMe and its data for $305 million

cnbc - Anne Wojcicki to buy back 23andMe and its data for $305 million

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Meta AI App Accidentally Broadcasts Private Chats to All

Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - Meta AI’s Discover feed has exposed users’ private chats—including medical, legal, and intimate details—sparking privacy outrage and calls for change.The post Meta AI App Accidentally Broadcasts Private Chats to All first appeared on iPhone in Canada.

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Google’s test turns search results into an AI-generated podcast

Emma Roth / theverge - Google is rolling out a test that puts its AI-powered Audio Overviews on the first page of search results on mobile. The experiment, which you can enable in Labs, will let you generate an AI podcast-style discussion for certain queries. If you search for …

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Apple Seeds Revised iOS 26 Developer Beta

Juli Clover / macrumors - Apple today provided developers with a revised version of the first iOS 26 beta for testing purposes. It's not clear what's new in the updated beta, but it may address a critical bug or two. The update is only available for the iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 mod…

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US Army Taps Meta, Palantir, OpenAI Execs for New AI Reserve Unit

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Silicon Valley's top CTOs are trading hoodies for uniforms, joining a new Army Reserve unit to advance military AI. The move deepens controversial ties between Big Tech and the Pentagon, sparking both praise for patriotism and backlash over ethics.The pos…

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Apple Users Will Wait Until 2026 for AI Siri Upgrade, Says Report

Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - Apple is now targeting a spring 2026 release for its long-delayed upgrade to Siri, which means don’t expect it by the end of the year as previously reported. That’s according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. It m…

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Israel shuts embassies amid diplomatic backlash fears

Israel has unexpectedly closed its global embassies following an attack on Iran, citing fears of retaliatory backlash and escalating international tension. Officials warn that the drastic measure reflects heightened security concerns and potential political fallout, leaving the diplomatic community to wonder if this is quick-fix panic or strategic recalibration.

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Nintendo Switch 2 shatters console sales records

Steve Vegvari / pocket-lint - What a week for tech enthusiasts; from the launch of Nintendo Switch 2 to WWDC and the reveal of iOS 26, here's everything you may have missed this week.

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Steam Beta Adds Native Apple Silicon Support for Mac

Tim Hardwick / macrumors - Valve has quietly released a Steam Client Beta that runs natively on Apple Silicon, finally ending its reliance on the Rosetta 2 translation layer.The updated Steam client eliminates the performance overhead that plagued Mac gamers since Apple's transitio…

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