Browsing: June

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Big Tech lobbying of the EU reached 151 million euros in 2025, compared to 113 million euros in 2023 and 97 million euros in 2021; between January and June 2025, Big Tech had 146 meetings with European officials (Corporate Europe Observatory)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 29, 2025

European Business Observatory: Big Tech lobbying of the EU reached 151 million euros in 2025, compared to 113 million euros…

Technology

Sources: SAP is considering a new bid for accounting software company BlackLine, after its previous bid of nearly $4.5 billion was rejected in June (Milana Vinn/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 27, 2025

Milana Vinn / Reuters: Sources: SAP is considering a new bid for accounting software company BlackLine, after its previous offer…

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Oracle plans to deploy 50,000 AMD Instinct MI450 chips, announced in June, starting in the second half of 2026; Instinct MI450 is AMD’s first chip for rackmount systems (CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 14, 2025

CNBC: Oracle plans to deploy 50,000 AMD Instinct MI450 chips, announced in June, starting in the second half of 2026;…

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An index of Chinese chip stocks is outperforming its global peers, up 50% since the end of June, amid increased investor caution over soaring valuations (Jeanny Yu/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 11, 2025

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Inside Google’s AI Turnaround: The Rise of AI Mode, the Strategy Behind AI Previews, and Their…

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An interview with Alex Kachkine, who rocked the art world in June with a research document in nature on the restoration of paintings using AI, while working to refine technology (Ephrat Livni / New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 23, 2025

Featured podcasts Big Technology Podcast: The great debate of GPT-5, the AI bubble of Sam Altman, only the chatbots The…

Technology

Between April and June 2025, CBP searched 14,899 aircraft transported by international travelers, against a summit of 12,766+ between January and March 2022 (Matt Burgess / Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 21, 2025

Featured podcasts Podcast by Lenny: How the intercom came out of the ashes by betting everything on AI | Eoghan…

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Judicial files: Indian agencies ordered X to delete approximately 1,400 posts or accounts from March 2024 to June 2025, while the rules of the government of X and Modi on the content rules (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 6, 2025

Reuters:: Judicial files: Indian agencies ordered X to delete approximately 1,400 positions or accounts from March 2024 to June 2025,…

Technology

Intel plans to reduce its staff by 96,400 which it reported at the end of June to 75,000, about 15%, by attrition and “other means” by the end of 2025 (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 25, 2025

Featured podcasts Techmeme comes home: The American action plan Ai The news of the day, every day at 5 p.m.…

Business & Money

House sales in June drop as prices have reached a record

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 23, 2025

Houses in Los Angeles, California, United States, Sunday July 13, 2025. As on the wider American market, house sales slowed…

Technology

An overview of the Xiaomi AI glasses, launched in China on June 26 with a starting price of ~ $ 278, with an ultra-large 12MP camera and supplied by the AR1 chip from Qualcomm (Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 13, 2025

Ben Jiang / Morning post in southern China:: An overview of the Xiaomi AI glasses, launched in China on June…

ASEAN, China unlikely to finalize South China Sea Code of Conduct at next summit – Radio Free Asia

Heat maps show North Korea’s largest greenhouse at less than half capacity – Radio Free Asia

Balikatan 2026 exercises will highlight Manila’s ‘more active defense posture’ – Radio Free Asia

North Korean agents use fake identities to apply for tech jobs – Radio Free Asia

Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

The stock falls following weak sales

OpenAI partners with Customers Bank to automate finance

Generation X is driving beauty sales

The clock is ticking for Spirit Airlines as bondholders weigh in on Trump bailout

New York pied-à-terre tax sparks legal fight over values

Melania Trump slides down and tries to get Jimmy Kimmel fired

White House Correspondents’ Shooter’s Dinner Changes Nothing

Many Americans don’t care about Trump’s third assassination attempt

Jamie Raskin crushes Dana Bash’s efforts to blame Democrats for WHCD attacker

Trump brags about crowd size after someone tries to shoot up WHCD

Have I been pwned: ShinyHunters’ ADT breach exposed personal data of 5.5 million people; ADT has already disclosed data breaches in August 2024 and October 2024 (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Kashable, which allows businesses to offer "socially responsible" credit and financial wellness programs for employees as a voluntary benefit, raised $60 million Series C (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

Microsoft and OpenAI amend their agreement to allow OpenAI to offer all its products on any cloud provider; Microsoft will no longer pay revenue share to OpenAI (OpenAI)

By the end of 2025, 79 of the 500 software companies tracked, including HubSpot, Adobe and Salesforce, had adopted usage-based AI fees, more than double from 2024 (The News)

Sources detail Microsoft’s “Windows K2,” an ongoing initiative aimed at addressing Windows 11 users’ top complaints about AI features, OS bloat, performance, and more. (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)

Browsing: June

Big Tech lobbying of the EU reached 151 million euros in 2025, compared to 113 million euros in 2023 and 97 million euros in 2021; between January and June 2025, Big Tech had 146 meetings with European officials (Corporate Europe Observatory)

Sources: SAP is considering a new bid for accounting software company BlackLine, after its previous bid of nearly $4.5 billion was rejected in June (Milana Vinn/Reuters)

Oracle plans to deploy 50,000 AMD Instinct MI450 chips, announced in June, starting in the second half of 2026; Instinct MI450 is AMD’s first chip for rackmount systems (CNBC)

An index of Chinese chip stocks is outperforming its global peers, up 50% since the end of June, amid increased investor caution over soaring valuations (Jeanny Yu/Bloomberg)

An interview with Alex Kachkine, who rocked the art world in June with a research document in nature on the restoration of paintings using AI, while working to refine technology (Ephrat Livni / New York Times)

Between April and June 2025, CBP searched 14,899 aircraft transported by international travelers, against a summit of 12,766+ between January and March 2022 (Matt Burgess / Wired)

Judicial files: Indian agencies ordered X to delete approximately 1,400 posts or accounts from March 2024 to June 2025, while the rules of the government of X and Modi on the content rules (Reuters)

Intel plans to reduce its staff by 96,400 which it reported at the end of June to 75,000, about 15%, by attrition and “other means” by the end of 2025 (Reuters)

House sales in June drop as prices have reached a record

An overview of the Xiaomi AI glasses, launched in China on June 26 with a starting price of ~ $ 278, with an ultra-large 12MP camera and supplied by the AR1 chip from Qualcomm (Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post)