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X taps William Shatner to give out invites to its payments service, X Money

42 X users donated to William Shatner’s charity in exchange for an early invite to X Money beta.

The US military is still using Claude — but defense-tech clients are fleeing

As the U.S. continues its aerial attack on Iran, Anthropic models are being used for many targeting decisions.

Decagon completes first tender offer at $4.5B valuation

The AI-powered customer support startup is the latest example of a fast-growing, young company that’s providing employee liquidity.

Google Search rolls out Gemini’s Canvas in AI Mode to all US users

Canvas in AI Mode is available to U.S. users in English for creating plans, projects, apps, and more.

US and EU police shut down LeakBase, a site accused of sharing stolen passwords and hacking tools

Authorities say LeakBase was “one of the world’s largest online forums for cybercriminals,” and maintained an archive of hacked databases containing hundreds of millions of passwords.

MacBook Neo, iPhone 17e, and everything else Apple announced this week

From a new iPhone to a budget-friendly MacBook, Apple announced a series of new products this week.

His house burned down. He used the insurance money to build PopSockets.

Does a consumer hardware company need to get on the VC treadmill to succeed? Eleven years and 290 million products sold across 115 countries later, PopSockets has proven that the bootstrapped, low-dilution path more viable than the industry gives it credit for. The global consumer hardware brand was built on less than $500k, no institutional capital, and a philosophy professor’s determination.  Watch as founder and former CEO… Continua a leggere His house burned down. He used the insurance money to build PopSockets.

Apple Music to add Transparency Tags to distinguish AI music, says report

The label or distributor has to opt in to tagging their music as AI, so it’s unclear how effective this intervention will be.

Google settles with Epic Games, drops its Play Store commissions to 20%

Google has dropped its commission, charging a 20% service fee and an optional 5% to use its billing services. It will also offer a new process for third-party app stores.