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Sources: Meta hired AI researchers Mark Lee, from Apple's Foundation Models team, and Tom Gunter, who left Apple in June, for its superintelligence lab (Bloomberg)

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How to avoid that your post about AI helps the hype

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Nintendo wants you to join its next mysterious Switch Online playtest

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Sources: the White House is preparing an EO requiring AI companies with federal contracts to be neutral and unbiased, to combat what officials see as "woke AI" (Wall Street Journal)

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An advisory board convened by OpenAI recommends that the company remain a nonprofit because AI is "too consequential" to be governed by a corporation alone (Thalia Beaty/Associated Press)

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Subaru’s new Uncharted EV looks like an undercover Toyota C-HR

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No Sleep for Kaname Date cements the Somnium Files as gaming’s truest sitcom

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The US House passes the GENIUS Act, sending the stablecoin bill to Trump for his signature, and advances two other crypto bills to the Senate for consideration (Reuters)

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A federal judge reinstates FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, months after President Trump sought to fire her and Democratic colleague Alvaro Bedoya (Bloomberg Law)

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DOJ seeks a single-day prison sentence for an officer convicted in the Breonna Taylor raid

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The crypto industry got what it paid for

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Netflix says it's on track to double its advertising revenue this year and that it will roll out interactive ads in the second half of 2025 (Emma Roth/The Verge)

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Here are the best Apple Watch deals available right now

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Lagoon Layer Banandium Gem locations in Donkey Kong Bananza

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Pool Closures Leave New Yorkers Heated as Summer Scorches

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Netflix says it’s streamed 95 billion hours in 2025, and a lot of ads too

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These overpriced airport battery chargers have been recalled for a fire risk

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You can once again buy the AirPods 4 for less than $90

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Sources: Trump is expected to sign an executive order as soon as this week that would open up 401(k) plans to cryptocurrency and other alternative investments (Financial Times)

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