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🤝 SoftBank invests $2 billion in Intel
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- SoftBank is investing $2 billion to purchase Intel stock at $23 per share, which will give the Japanese firm approximately 87 million shares and a 2% stake in the chipmaker.
- The deal arrives as the Trump administration is discussing a plan to take a 10% stake in the company, possibly by converting money from the 2022 Chips and Science Act.
- Intel received the investment while facing a $2.9 billion net loss in its most recent quarter and seeking customer commitments for its latest artificial intelligence processors.
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💥 UK drops demand for Apple encryption backdoor
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- The US Director of National Intelligence confirmed the UK has abandoned its plan to mandate Apple create a backdoor into encrypted iCloud services, which would have accessed global customer backups.
- This reversal follows pressure from the Trump administration, which was examining if the demand on Apple violated the CLOUD Act by targeting data from persons located inside the United States.
- In response to the original "technical capability notice," Apple had started to remove its Advanced Data Protection option for new UK users rather than compromise security for its customers globally.
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🚙 Tesla launches the Model Y L
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- Tesla has launched the larger Model Y L in China, a six-seater electric SUV with its wheelbase extended by nearly 8 inches to create more space for passengers.
- The vehicle introduces features like retracting second-row armrests, ventilated front seats, and an air-cooled 50W wireless phone charging system designed to prevent the device from overheating.
- This model is powered by an 82kWh battery and a dual-motor All Wheel Drive system, delivering a company-claimed CLTC range of nearly 751 kilometers from a single charge.
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🤖 OpenAI launches a sub $5 ChatGPT plan in India
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- OpenAI has launched a new subscription in India called ChatGPT GO for ₹399 per month, which is a more affordable option compared to the existing ₹1,999 Plus Plan.
- Subscribers to the new tier get 10 times more messages, image generation, and file uploads than free users, with the added option to pay using India’s popular UPI framework.
- OpenAI is launching this lower-cost subscription exclusively in its second biggest market to get user feedback before considering an expansion of the service to other regions.
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🚫 Mozilla warns Germany could make ad blockers illegal
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- A German court revived Axel Springer’s lawsuit arguing that ad blockers illegally modify a website's protected HTML/CSS code, raising the possibility that such browser tools could be banned in the country.
- The case will now re-examine if an ad blocker's modification of in-memory execution structures like the DOM, CSSOM, and bytecode is an unlawful reproduction of a protected computer program.
- Mozilla warns the legal dispute could cause a chilling effect on developers and threaten browser extensions that alter a webpage for reasons like improving accessibility or to protect user privacy.
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👀 Nvidia develops a more powerful AI chip for China
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- Nvidia is reportedly creating an AI chip for China, codenamed B30A, designed to be half as powerful as its flagship B300 Blackwell GPU but stronger than current exports.
- The new GPU will have a single-die design, unlike the dual-die B300, and includes support for fast data transmission, NVLink, and high-bandwidth memory like existing H20 GPUs.
- The company aims to compete with rivals like Huawei in this valuable market, but government approval for the B30A is not certain despite a recent relaxing of export rules.
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🇨🇳 China appears likely to beat the United States back to the Moon
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- China’s space agency successfully simulated a lunar landing and takeoff with a full-scale mockup of its 26-ton Lanyue vehicle, which fired its engines while suspended by giant tethers.
- The program also completed a 30-second ignition of the Long March 10 rocket's core, which has seven YF-100K engines that burn kerosene together with liquid oxygen.
- With a June trial of the Mengzhou spacecraft’s launch escape system, China now shows clear progress on the three major hardware elements needed to reach the Moon before 2030.
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