Techmeme

NHTSA proposes eliminating the mandate for manual brake pedals in "vehicles designed to be driven exclusively by automated driving systems" (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)
Apple says it removed VK's apps from the App Store to comply with sanctions; VK says they were removed without warning and it has never been under US sanctions (Reuters)
Patronus AI, which builds simulated digital environments for evaluating AI agents, raised a $50M Series B led by Greenfield, bringing its total funding to $70M (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
Om Malik, a longtime technology writer, founder of Gigaom, and a partner at True Ventures, died on Wednesday at 59 (Om Malik/On my Om)
Source: Google is asking publishers that test new AI features in Google News to grant it broad rights to their content, including to potentially train AI models (Ann Gehan/The Information)
Chipmaker Onsemi agrees to buy Synaptics in a nearly $7B all-stock deal expected to close in the middle of 2027; ON drops 9%+ and SYNA jumps 11%+ after hours (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
Source: Muon Space, which operates satellite networks for climate and national security monitoring, is raising $250M; it has raised ~$181M since its 2021 launch (Alan Neuhauser/Axios)
Sources: OpenAI leans toward holding off its IPO until 2027 after warnings that Sam Altman's desired $1T valuation may not be met in current market conditions (New York Times)
Sources: Sam Altman told staff the US government asked OpenAI to stagger the release of GPT 5.6 over security concerns, approving "access customer by customer" (The Information)
Apple stock closed down 6.15% on Thursday after the company raised some product prices, its worst fall since April 2025 (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
Story Protocol, a blockchain-based IP ownership network that raised $140M, rebrands as Data Foundation to build an on-chain registry for AI training data (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)
The US awards $250M in CHIPS funds to a startup co-founded by billionaire mining magnate Robert Friedland to develop silicon-carbide chips and pulsed-power tech (James Attwood/Bloomberg)
Microsoft quietly extends the Extended Security Updates program for Windows 10 consumers by a year, letting eligible users get updates through October 12, 2027 (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)
Netris, which helps neoclouds automate network configuration to bring their data centers online faster, raised a $15M Series A from a16z (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch)
Sources: Kraken is in talks to acquire a 15% stake in DeFi protocol Aave at a $385M valuation, investing 35,000 ETH in return for 250,000 AAVE tokens (Will Canny/CoinDesk)

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Engadget

OpenAI will initially only release ChatGPT 5.6 to government-approved customers
The most popular Grok feature is, apparently, exactly what you think
Commodore has dropped the price of its retro phone by $100 ahead of preorders
Notion Mail is shutting down
Spain will require carriers to keep mobile networks live during power outages
Polestar won't be able to sell its cars in the US next year
Retroid's Pocket Nova is a very capable 4:3 handheld that costs $229
As everything gets more expensive, it's time to make do and mend
You may be plugging your Fire TV Stick into the wrong HDMI port
Apple will reportedly skip the M6 Pro and Max and jump straight to M7
Xbox prices are rising again after Microsoft helped drive up component costs
Sony announces major layoffs at Bungie, including most of the Destiny team
Russia allegedly used a forensics platform to hack an activist's phone, despite having its access cut off
Samsung's latest budget phone has mild upgrades and a $50 price hike
Google Finance is now available as a standalone Android app
Sony A7R VI review: A huge speed boost makes this a nearly perfect high-resolution camera
IBM says it has created the world's first sub-1 nanometer chip
Apple hikes prices for most of its hardware
Can your smartwatch detect sleep apnea?
Google will open the Play Store to outside billing on June 30

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