Apple’s latest iPhone security feature just made life more difficult for spyware makers

Justice Department sues Uber for allegedly discriminating against people with disabilities, also, FTC launches inquiry into AI chatbot companions

How Bill Gates’s fellowship program is adapting to global uncertainty, plus a California bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots is close to becoming law

OpenAI and Oracle reportedly ink historic cloud computing deal, also Thinking Machines Lab wants to make AI models more consistent

Vimeo to be acquired by Bending Spoons in $1.38B all-cash deal, plus Anchor’s co-founders are back with Oboe

Apple’s creator-centric iPhone 17 Pro will make the vlogging camera obsolete

Sam Altman says that bots are making social media feel ‘fake’ ... and more

4 claim that Meta suppressed children’s safety research, also Salesloft says Drift customer data thefts linked to March GitHub account hack

Are bad incentives to blame for AI hallucinations?

Why is an Amazon-backed AI startup making Orson Welles fan fiction? Plus, Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement sucks for writers

Tesla proposes new pay package for Elon Musk worth up to $1T, also, Snapchat's new Lens, and Rivian cut more workers

Facebook is trying to make ‘pokes’ happen again, also, Stripe will build a new blockchain

Captions rebrands as Mirage; also, JetBlue will use Amazon’s satellites for free in-flight internet

Roblox expands use of age-estimation tech and Scale AI is suing a former employee and rival Mercor

Netflix updates its Moments feature and PayPal and Venmo are giving out Comet invites

Google avoids break up, but has to give up exclusive search deals in antitrust trial , and more tech news

OpenAI to route sensitive conversations to GPT-5 and introduce parental controls

Space investing goes mainstream as VCs ditch the rocket science requirements

Taco Bell is having second thoughts about relying on AI at the drive-through plus cracks are forming in Meta’s partnership with Scale AI

Murder at Burning Man turns Silicon Valley’s desert playground into a crime scene plus Nvidia's two mystery customers