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Thursday, July 03, 2025

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Meta expands AI talent with new hire and partner stake move (4)

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Trump defies TikTok ban as immunity deals emerge (5)

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Veteran actor Michael Madsen dies at 67, leaving Hollywood in shock (5)

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Ilya Sutskever takes the helm at Safe Superintelligence amid industry shakeup (4)

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Apple contemplates a direct cloud service challenge to AWS (4)

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Anthem game servers scheduled for shutdown early next year (4)

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Samsung Tri-Fold Leak Fuels Rumors of Future Design Shift (4)

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xAI Secures Permits for Memphis Data Center Power Units (4)

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Meta Trials Proactive AI Chatbots for User Engagement (4)

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iOS 26 beta reveals quirky FaceTime and calendar tweaks (5)

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Romero Games’ New Shooter Loses Crucial Funding Amid Industry Shakeup (4)

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Helldivers 2 Makes Xbox Debut Ending PlayStation Exclusivity (6)

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iPhone 17 Pro Max Rumors: Leaked Battery, Upgrade, and Delay Insights (7)

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Hunters International ransomware shuts down operations with a twist (5)

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Microsoft layoffs amid AI push trigger global workforce cuts (13) hot

In Detail Full day, Thursday, July 03, 2025, Timezone: America/Chicago

Safe Superintelligence CEO Daniel Gross joins Meta’s new AI lab

Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Meta Platforms Inc. has hired prominent artificial intelligence executive Daniel Gross and may reportedly buy a stake in his venture capital firm. Until last week, Gross (pictured) was the Chief Executive Officer of Safe Superintelligence Inc., a well-fun…

#ai #ml #meta #jobs

Meta Trains AI Chatbots to Proactively Message Users, Sparking Intrusion Concerns

8 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

AI talent war heats up as Meta poaches Gross for MSL

8 months / siliconrepublic / Ann O’Dea

Safe Superintelligence CEO Daniel Gross joins Meta’s new AI lab

8 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Meta Offers to Buy Stake in Venture Firm of New Hires Friedman and Gross

8 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Trump’s Defiance of TikTok Ban Prompted Immunity Promises to 10 Tech Companies

Paresh Dave / wired - Newly disclosed records show Attorney General Pam Bondi gave cover to not only Apple and Google, but also several other companies that help TikTok operate in the US.

#politics #trump #tiktok #law

DOJ lack of TikTok ban enforcement appears to be due to broad Article II interpretation

8 months / appleinsider

If I’m an Apple or Google shareholder I’m looking at this letter from Pam Bondi promising not to enforce the TikTok ban and saying this is nowhere close to good enough given the potential scope of damages. It’s basically a pinky swear based on nothing. ww

8 months / bsky / @reckless.bsky.social / reckless.bsky.social

Here are the letters that let Apple and Google ignore the TikTok ban

8 months / engadget / Karissa Bell

Trump’s Defiance of TikTok Ban Prompted Immunity Promises to 10 Tech Companies

8 months / wired / Paresh Dave

Here are the letters that convinced Google and Apple to keep TikTok online

8 months / theverge / Adi Robertson

Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill Star Michael Madsen Dies Aged 67 From Cardiac Arrest

Wesley Yin-Poole / ign - Michael Madsen, who starred in Quentin Tarantino movies Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill, has died aged 67 from cardiac arrest.

#movies #entertainment #culture

BREAKING: Actor Michael Madsen, best known for his roles in Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill and his voice work in Grand Theft Auto III and the Dishonored series, has died at 67. www.ign.com/articles/res...

8 months / bsky / @ign.com / ign.com

Michael Madsen has died at age 67. www.ign.com/articles/res...

8 months / bsky / @knoebel.bsky.social / knoebel.bsky.social

Shit. :-( Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill Star Michael Madsen Dies Aged 67 From Cardiac Arrest www.ign.com/articles/res...

8 months / bsky / @carfreitag.bsky.social / carfreitag.bsky.social

GTA Actor Michael Madsen Dead At 67

8 months / gamespot / Eddie Makuch

Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill Star Michael Madsen Dies Aged 67 From Cardiac Arrest

8 months / ign / Wesley Yin-Poole

Ilya Sutskever Takes Over as CEO of Safe Superintelligence After Meta Poached Co-Founder Daniel Gross

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Ilya Sutskever is the new CEO of Safe Superintelligence (SSI) after Meta hired away co-founder Daniel Gross, escalating the fierce AI talent war.The post Ilya Sutskever Takes Over as CEO of Safe Superintelligence After Meta Poached Co-Founder Daniel Gross…

#ai #openai #aiethics #altman

Ilya Sutskever will lead Safe Superintelligence following his CEO’s exit

8 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Ilya Sutskever Takes Over as CEO of Safe Superintelligence After Meta Poached Co-Founder Daniel Gross

8 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Ilya Sutskever says, "We have the compute, we have the team, and we know what to do"

8 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Ilya Sutskever will lead Safe Superintelligence following his CEO’s exit

8 months / techcrunch / Maxwell Zeff

iCloud vs. AWS: Apple Has Considered Competing With Amazon in Cloud

Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Apple in recent years has considered competing with Amazon Web Services (AWS), according to The Information's Aaron Tilley.In a paywalled report today, Tilley said that Apple was actively discussing the idea into the first half of 2024, but he does not kn…

#cloud #saas #apple #amazon

Apple reportedly was considering providing cloud services to app developers, as executives evaluated the creation of a rival offering to services sold by Microsoft, Google, and Amazon.

8 months / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

iCloud vs. AWS: Apple Has Considered Competing With Amazon in Cloud

8 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

AWS showdown: Apple once considered providing cloud services to developers

8 months / appleinsider

iCloud vs. AWS: Apple Has Considered Competing With Amazon in Cloud

8 months / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Anthem is officially shutting down on January 12

Lawrence Bonk / engadget - EA's beleaguered online shooter Anthem is shutting down for good on January 12, 2026. The game will be removed from the company's storefront ahead of that on August 15. It'll be available for download after that date so long as it's already in your librar…

#gaming #entertainment

Anthem is officially shutting down on January 12

8 months / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

EA's Anthem Shutting Down Entirely, Will Be Unplayable Starting Next Year

8 months / gamespot / Darryn Bonthuys

BioWare's Maligned Loot Shooter Anthem Will Go Offline Forever Next Year

8 months / kotaku / Claire Jackson

EA Will Shut Down Anthem in January

8 months / ign / Rebekah Valentine

A Samsung Tri-Fold Phone Could Be in Your Future, if This Leak Is to Be Believed

Omar Gallaga / cnet - UI animations might have revealed the imminent release of a so-called "Galaxy G Fold" device with three screens.

#mobiletech #samsung #gadget

Galaxy G Fold 7 trifold phone might debut at Samsung’s next Unpacked

8 months / bgr / Chris Smith

Samsung’s First Tri-Fold Phone Breaks Cover in New Leak

8 months / iphoneincanada / Nehal Malik

A Samsung Tri-Fold Phone Could Be in Your Future, if This Leak Is to Be Believed

8 months / cnet / Omar Gallaga

Samsung seems to have leaked its own trifold phone design

8 months / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

xAI gets permits for 15 natural gas generators at Memphis data center

Tim De Chant / techcrunch - Elon Musk's AI company has been operating more than twice that number without permits for months, a legal group alleges.

#startups #energy #datacenter

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8 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

xAI gets permits for 15 natural gas generators at Memphis data center

8 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

xAI data center gets air permit to run 15 turbines, but imaging shows 24 on site

8 months / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

xAI gets permits for 15 natural gas generators at Memphis data center

8 months / techcrunch / Tim De Chant

Meta tests chatbots with proactive messaging to boost retention

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - Meta is reportedly testing proactive features for its AI chatbots that let them send messages to users without being prompted, according to Business Insider.The article Meta tests chatbots with proactive messaging to boost retention appeared first on THE …

#ai #meta #aiethics #chatgpt

Report: Meta is developing chatbots that will send unsolicited messages to users

8 months / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Meta has found another way to keep you engaged: Chatbots that message you first

8 months / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Meta tests chatbots with proactive messaging to boost retention

8 months / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Meta is reportedly training its AI chatbots to send unprompted messages

8 months / engadget / Matt Tate

iOS 26 can freeze your FaceTime video if it detects nudity

Andre Revilla / engadget - The developer beta for iOS 26 has been out for a few weeks, and as always,tech sleuths are uncovering features and details that weren't explained during WWDC. Among the latest discoveries stirring up conversation online is a safety and privacy feature for…

#apple #ios #facetime

6 AirPods Changes Coming in iOS 26

8 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

6 AirPods Changes Coming in iOS 26

8 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

iOS 26 Really Doesn’t Want You to Be Horny on FaceTime

8 months / gizmodo / James Pero

iOS 26 can freeze your FaceTime video if it detects nudity

8 months / engadget / Andre Revilla

Adding calendar events with a screenshot is AI at its finest

8 months / theverge / Allison Johnson

Romero Games Confirms Loss of Funding for New Shooter from Doom Co-Creator John Romero, as Now-Former Employee Blames Microsoft Cuts

Tom Phillips / ign - Romero Games, the studio founded by Doom co-creator John Romero and Brenda Romero, has said it has been left "heartbroken" after discovering that funding for its next project has been pulled, reportedly as part of Microsoft's latest cuts, leaving the game…

#startups #gaming #business #layoffs

Xbox was funding Romero Games' new game, but layoffs have left the project in crisis

8 months / engadget / Matt Tate

Original Doom Designer's New FPS Is The Latest Casualty Of The Xbox Cuts

8 months / kotaku / Ethan Gach

Doom And Quake Veteran's New FPS Loses Funding, With Microsoft Seemingly To Blame

8 months / gamespot / Eddie Makuch

Romero Games Confirms Loss of Funding for New Shooter from Doom Co-Creator John Romero, as Now-Former Employee Blames Microsoft Cuts

8 months / ign / Tom Phillips

Helldivers 2 is the first PlayStation-published Xbox game

Cameron Faulkner / theverge - Arrowhead Game Studios’ Helldivers 2 will make the jump to the Xbox Series X and S consoles on August 26th, costing $39.99. This is the first PlayStation-published title to launch on Xbox. The title will ship with cross play between all platforms. The coo…

#gaming #entertainment #playstation #xbox

PlayStation’s Helldivers 2 coming to Xbox consoles

8 months / mobilesyrup / Vincent Lin

Helldivers 2 is coming to Xbox on August 26

8 months / engadget / Andre Revilla

Helldivers 2 is the first PlayStation-published Xbox game

8 months / theverge / Cameron Faulkner

PlayStation's Helldivers 2 Is Coming To Xbox In August

8 months / gamespot / Darryn Bonthuys

Sony-Published Helldivers 2 Gets Shock Release Date on Xbox Series X and S

8 months / ign / Wesley Yin-Poole

Massive PS5 Hit Helldivers 2 Is Coming To Xbox This August As Console Exclusivity Wall Comes Down

8 months / kotaku / Ethan Gach

iPhone 17 Pro Max Battery Capacity Leaked

Hartley Charlton / macrumors - The iPhone 17 Pro Max will feature the biggest ever battery in an iPhone, according to the Weibo leaker known as "Instant Digital."In a new post, the leaker listed the battery capacities of the iPhone 11 Pro Max through to the iPhone 16 Pro Max, and added…

#apple #iphone #batteries

iPhone 17 Pro Max battery leak suggests Apple is finally listening

8 months / bgr / José Adorno

iPhone 17 Pro Max: massive battery, same run time?

8 months / idownloadblog / Christian Zibreg

iPhone 17 Pro Max to Feature Biggest Battery Yet: Report

8 months / iphoneincanada / Nehal Malik

iPhone 17 Pro Max Battery Capacity Leaked

8 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

iPhone 17 Pro Max rumored to get a larger battery, but don't expect longer life

8 months / appleinsider

iPhone 17 Pro Max Battery Capacity Leaked

8 months / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Ugh! Too Bad We Have to Wait 2 Months for the iPhone 17 and This Rumored Feature

8 months / cnet / Patrick Holland

Ransomware crew Hunters International shuts down, hands out keys to victims

Connor Jones / theregister - Don't let their kind words sway you – leaders are still up to no good Ransomware gang Hunters International has shut up shop and offered decryption keys to all victims as a parting favor.…

#cybersecurity #infosec #cybercrime

Ransomware gang Hunters International says it’s shutting down

8 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Ransomware gang Hunters International says it’s shutting down

8 months / techcrunch / Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

The Hunters International Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation announced today that it has officially closed down its operations and will offer free decryptors to help victims recover their data without paying a ransom.

8 months / bsky / @bleepingcomputer.com / bleepingcomputer.com

Ransomware crew Hunters International shuts down, hands out keys to victims

8 months / theregister / Connor Jones

Hunters International ransomware shuts down after World Leaks rebrand

8 months / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

Microsoft announces another round of layoffs as it plows money into AI

Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - Microsoft plans to further reduce its global workforce, having already trimmed back on employee numbers several times this year. The company is yet to provide exact details of the number of people affected by the latest round of layoffs, and it has also n…

#ai #microsoft #globalism #layoffs

kotaku.com/microsoft-ge... Hahahahahaha GOD

8 months / bsky / @branzellan.bsky.social / branzellan.bsky.social

Yesterday ID@Xbox has send out an invitation to partner studios for an AI roundtable at Gamescom this year. kotaku.com/microsoft-ge...

8 months / bsky / @knoebel.bsky.social / knoebel.bsky.social

Hey this sucks!

8 months / bsky / @caprica.bsky.social / caprica.bsky.social

[IGN] Zenimax Online Studios "Project Blackbird" was not in dev hell. The game was in dev since 2018 and they made a new engine for it. Xbox approved the scale up and the team was suprised by the cancellation. www.ign.com/articles/the...

8 months / bsky / @knoebel.bsky.social / knoebel.bsky.social

Xbox Invites Developers To AI Roundtable The Same Day It Does Mass Layoffs

8 months / kotaku / Ethan Gach

Microsoft is thriving. Xbox is booming. So why is the company firing thousands of workers? Because in the AI economy, success means fewer humans. https://gizmodo.com/ai-is-not-in-the-memo-but-it-haunts-every-layoff-at-xbox-2000623732

8 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

The Elder Scrolls Online Dev's Unannounced MMO Was Doing Well and Even Scaling Up as Xbox Cancelation Blindsided Staff, Sources Say

8 months / ign / Rebekah Valentine

Halo Studios Affected By Xbox Cuts As Well

8 months / gamespot / Eddie Makuch

AI Is Not in the Memo, but It Haunts Every Layoff at Xbox

8 months / gizmodo / Luc Olinga

Blizzard Says Warcraft Rumble Won't Get Any New Content as Microsoft Layoffs Hit Development Team

8 months / ign / Wesley Yin-Poole

Microsoft Insists Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Isn't Retiring 'Anytime Soon' in Response to Rumors Following Mass Layoffs

8 months / ign / Wesley Yin-Poole

Microsoft announces another round of layoffs as it plows money into AI

8 months / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Irish jobs cut in Microsoft’s latest layoffs affecting roughly 9,000

8 months / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

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