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Fox says it obtained a $12B loan for the Roku deal; existing Fox shareholders are expected to own ~73% of the combined company and Roku shareholders ~27% (Lillian Rizzo/CNBC)
Source: Nvidia is marketing its first corporate bond sale since 2021, seeking to raise $20B+ across seven tranches with maturities ranging from two to 30 years (Brian W Smith/Bloomberg)
Sources: the US government plans to let the Federal Data Center Enhancement Act, which details standards for data center use and operations, expire in September (Wired)
Docs: Tesla sent Swedish and Dutch regulators Full Self-Driving safety data that traffic-safety researchers called misleading; Dutch RDW approved FSD in April (Reuters)
Court reporting shows AI's limits in replacing human skill, as reporters remain crucial for capturing gestures and working through noise, amid a worker shortage (Allison Pohle/Wall Street Journal)
Fox plans to acquire Roku in a deal worth ~$22B, including debt, giving it access to 100M+ streaming households; FOX drops 12%+ pre-market (Joseph De Avila/Wall Street Journal)
Tencent-backed Enflame receives approval for a Shanghai IPO and plans to raise ~$888M; Enflame is the last of China's four leading AI chipmakers to go to market (April Ma/Bloomberg)
The FBI dismantles Outsider Enterprise, an AI-powered Chinese phishing operation, and seizes ~$100K in Tether in a joint effort with Google and Black Lotus Labs (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)
The UK's social media ban will cover Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, X, and more, and will require platforms to stop children from livestreaming (Liv McMahon/BBC)
Letter: US cybersecurity leaders urge the White House to lift the ban on Anthropic's Mythos 5 and Fable 5, arguing the move hurts defenders more than attackers (Sam Sabin/Axios)
Keir Starmer says the UK will ban social media for under-16s in an "Australia-plus model" to "give kids their childhood back", set to take effect in spring 2027 (Reuters)
President Trump says he warned Emmanuel Macron to drop France's 3% digital services tax on US tech giants, or face a 100% tariff on French champagne and wine (James Franey/New York Post)
As AI "nudify" tools proliferate, unleashing a new form of bullying among kids, parents and schools struggle to protect young victims from explicit deepfakes (Wall Street Journal)
A profile of UC Berkeley professor Hany Farid, the world's leading digital forensics expert for 20+ years, who says he is now struggling to identify deepfakes (New York Times)
Sources: Alibaba is in talks to buy Chinese fresh grocery delivery platform Pupu for $1.5B, in a bid to better compete with food delivery rivals like Meituan (Cathy Chan/Bloomberg)

Wired

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The US Government Is Letting a Key Data Center Regulation Expire
The UK Places a Sweeping Ban on Social Media for Kids Under 16
Meta Tapped a Pentagon Supplier to Prototype Face Recognition for Its Glasses
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The Strait of Hormuz Has Been Closed for 100 Days. Why Aren’t Oil Prices Higher?
Laduora Duo 4-in-1 Red Light Therapy Scalp and Hair Care Device Review: Custom Goals
7 Best Coffee Makers (2026): Ratio, Fellow, Moccamaster
Škoda’s New EV Will Likely Be Its Most Expensive Yet
Meet the New Dyson Vacuums: V16 Piston Animal, V10 Konical, V8 Cyclone (2026)
How Can Soccer Players Bend Their Shots in Midair?
The FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones
EcoFlow PowerOcean Battery Review: Cutting My Bill in Half
Rivian’s CEO on Tesla’s Cybertruck, Ferrari’s Luce, and What Happens If the R2 Fails
A Court Has Ruled That Google Is Liable for False Statements Generated by AI Overviews
Here’s How AI Agents Can Protect EV Chargers
Anthropic Says It’s Taking Claude Fable 5 Offline to Comply With US Government Order
Meta Employees Absolutely Hate Mark Zuckerberg’s Plan for a Companywide AI Hackathon
‘Tell Him He’s a Piece of Shit’: Meta’s New AI Unit Is a Total Mess
Donald Trump’s White House UFC Event Would Be Embarrassing Anywhere
Chinese Drivers Are Using Tiny Plastic Heads to Fool Tesla’s Autopilot Safeguards
Elon Musk Is the World’s First Trillionaire
China Didn’t Make Americans Hate Data Centers
Crypto Guys Bought the Answer to the CIA’s Mysterious Kryptos Sculpture
A White Supremacist Youth Group Helped Orchestrate the Belfast Riots
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Matchmakers Are Being Paid $25K to Find Trad Wives for Rich Men
The US Is Requiring Foreign Influencers to Get Work Visas for the 2026 World Cup
You Probably Won’t Get Rich Off the SpaceX IPO
SpaceX IPO Puts Elon Musk’s ‘Extreme’ Ownership to the Test
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Engadget

Fox is buying Roku for $22 billion
Trump threatens 100 percent tariff on France's wine industry over its tech tax
UK will ban social media for children under 16
NASA's X-59 reaches speed and altitude milestones ahead of first quiet supersonic flights
A rare sticker-sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. just sold for $3 million
Kindle Unlimited costs $11.99 per month, but here's how to pay less
Apple reportedly has three more iOS 27 features coming in the fall
Anbernic now has a store page where you can buy replacement parts for its handhelds
Your Kindle could unlock thousands of free books: These are the best places to find them
Apple TV 4K multiview: How to watch four live sports feeds at once
Apple Watch alternatives that will last for 7 days on a charge
The Creepshow video game is coming out this summer
Why your cardiologist might tell you to skip AirPods
How to use AirPods to control your iPhone camera
Why some USB ports are purple (and why they're rarely sold in the US)
Parker Solar Probe makes another flyby of the sun, solar energy bags a win, and more science stories
A report on the benefits of AI was reportedly full of AI hallucinations
Engadget review recap: Razr Ultra, AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE and more
NBA streetball, crafting with renewable energy and other new indie games worth checking out
OpenAI is facing investigation from a group of state attorneys general

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