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OpenAI's new economic agenda is oddly socialist, wildly hypocritical, and largely undermined by OpenAI's support for Republicans who attack welfare programs (Eric Levitz/Vox)
Eric Levitz / Vox:
OpenAI's new economic agenda is oddly socialist, wildly hypocritical, and largely undermined by OpenAI's support for Republicans who attack welfare programs — OpenAI wants to raise taxes on the rich, expand the welfare state, let workers decide how their employers use artificial intelligence …
US affidavit: the man charged with attacking Sam Altman's home had a document that "identified views opposed" to AI and included other AI executives' addresses (New York Times)
New York Times:
US affidavit: the man charged with attacking Sam Altman's home had a document that “identified views opposed” to AI and included other AI executives' addresses — The authorities said a 20-year-old Texas man charged with throwing a homemade bomb at the gate of Sam Altman's home …
Sources: Amazon is in advanced talks to acquire satellite operator Globalstar in a deal that could be announced as soon as Tuesday; GSAT jumps 10%+ pre-market (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Sources: Amazon is in advanced talks to acquire satellite operator Globalstar in a deal that could be announced as soon as Tuesday; GSAT jumps 10%+ pre-market — Amazon.com Inc. is in advanced talks to acquire satellite operator Globalstar Inc. in a deal that would boost the tech giant's efforts …
Google designates "back button hijacking" as malicious, saying sites interfering with a browser's back button function could be demoted in Search from June 15 (Abner Li/9to5Google)
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google designates “back button hijacking” as malicious, saying sites interfering with a browser's back button function could be demoted in Search from June 15 — Websites that engage in “back button hijacking” might soon appear less prominently in Google Search results as part of a new spam policy.
A profile of Jeffrey Yan and his startup Hyperliquid, a $10B crypto exchange that hasn't taken VC money and generated $900M+ in profit in 2025 with 11 employees (Dom Cooke/Colossus)
Dom Cooke / Colossus:
A profile of Jeffrey Yan and his startup Hyperliquid, a $10B crypto exchange that hasn't taken VC money and generated $900M+ in profit in 2025 with 11 employees — Jeffrey Yan turned down $100 million, airdropped billions to strangers, and can't travel without a bodyguard.