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Alibaba's Qwen tech lead steps down after major AI push: Reactions rippled through Alibaba's Qwen team after tech lead Junyang Lin stepped down following a major model launch. Read More

A suite of government hacking tools targeting iPhones is now being used by cybercriminals: Security researchers say exploits used by governments to hack into iPhones have been found to be used by cybercriminals. They warned of an emerging market for "secondhand" exploits. Read More

Claude Code rolls out a voice mode capability: Anthropic is stepping up its game in the AI coding space with the rollout of Voice Mode in Claude Code. Read More

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Meet the MacBook Neo, Apple's colorful answer to the Chromebook, starting at $599: Apple is offering the MacBook Neo at a more affordable price point by using an A18 Pro chip, which is used in the iPhone 16 Pro. Read More

Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion: A father is suing Google and Alphabet, alleging its Gemini chatbot reinforced his son's delusional belief it was his AI wife and coached him toward suicide and a planned airport attack. Read More

TikTok down for some in US, thanks to second Oracle outage since sale: TikTok experienced a similar outage just days after ByteDance divested the app's U.S. operations. Read More

Eight Sleep raises $50M at $1.5B valuation: Eight Sleep said it was free-cash-flow positive in 2025, and plans to use the new funding for new products, global expansions, and clinical validation. Read More

One startup's pitch to provide more reliable AI answers: crowdsource the chatbots: CollectivIQ looks to give users more accurate answers to their AI queries by showing them responses that pull information from ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok — and up to 10 other models — all at the same time. Read More

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Last but Not Least

AI companies are spending millions to thwart this former tech exec's congressional bid: A tech billionaire-backed super PAC is spending $125 million to undercut candidates pushing for AI regulation. New York's Alex Bores, a former tech executive himself, is one of them. Read More