Reuters:
A bipartisan US congressional commission on US-China relations proposes a Manhattan Project-style initiative to fund the development of AGI systems — A U.S. congressional commission on Tuesday proposed a Manhattan Project-style initiative to fund the development of AI systems that will be as smart …
After a report that Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency” is considering a free tax-filing app, Intuit shares closed down 5.1% and H&R Block down 8.2% (CJ Haddad/CNBC)
CJ Haddad / CNBC:
After a report that Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency” is considering a free tax-filing app, Intuit shares closed down 5.1% and H&R Block down 8.2% — The stock prices for H&R Block and Intuit fell after a report Tuesday said Trump’s government efficiency team is considering creating a free tax-filing app.
Trump picks Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, which has been a custodian for stablecoin company Tether since 2021, to serve as his Commerce Secretary (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)
Helene Braun / CoinDesk:
Trump picks Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, which has been a custodian for stablecoin company Tether since 2021, to serve as his Commerce Secretary — Lutnick, whose Cantor Fitzgerald has been a custodian for Tether since 2021, has been a vocal proponent of bitcoin and USDT for years.
Source: Microsoft reaches a deal with News Corp’s HarperCollins to use nonfiction titles to train AI models; HarperCollins says authors can opt out (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Source: Microsoft reaches a deal with News Corp’s HarperCollins to use nonfiction titles to train AI models; HarperCollins says authors can opt out — – Nonfiction books will be used for training AI models — AI companies and publishers have butted heads in lawsuits
Google ships the first developer preview of Android 16, far ahead of schedule vs. the past few years, hoping to lower fragmentation by giving partners more time (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google ships the first developer preview of Android 16, far ahead of schedule vs. the past few years, hoping to lower fragmentation by giving partners more time — Google is releasing the first developer preview of Android 16 to speed up feature rollouts in devices.
Google rolls out a “memory” feature for Gemini Advanced subscribers for the web app that remembers a user’s interests and preferences (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Google rolls out a “memory” feature for Gemini Advanced subscribers for the web app that remembers a user’s interests and preferences — Google’s Gemini chatbot can now remember things like info about your life, work, and personal preferences. — As flagged by posters on X …
Meta is forming a new product group to build AI tools for businesses, led by Clara Shih, most recently the CEO of Salesforce AI (Sara Fischer/Axios)
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Meta is forming a new product group to build AI tools for businesses, led by Clara Shih, most recently the CEO of Salesforce AI — – Shih will be responsible for developing and monetizing tools within Meta’s AI portfolio that are catered specifically to businesses.
CrowdStrike finds another China-linked group breaching telecommunications networks, in SEA and Africa, since at least 2020, to spy on texts and call metadata (Sam Sabin/Axios)
Sam Sabin / Axios:
CrowdStrike finds another China-linked group breaching telecommunications networks, in SEA and Africa, since at least 2020, to spy on texts and call metadata — – The group, which CrowdStrike is calling Liminal Panda, has also built custom hacking tools to exploit the industry’s interoperable capabilities …
Kong, which helps customers manage APIs, raised a $175M Series E co-led by Tiger Global and Balderton at a $2B valuation, taking its total raised to $345M (Katie Roof/Bloomberg)
Katie Roof / Bloomberg:
Kong, which helps customers manage APIs, raised a $175M Series E co-led by Tiger Global and Balderton at a $2B valuation, taking its total raised to $345M — – Startup develops application technologies for business clients — Backers include Andreessen, Index, CRV, Sapphire and Balderton
Robinhood agrees to buy TradePMR, a custodial and portfolio management platform for registered investment advisors, in a $300M deal expected to close in H1 2025 (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)
Paige Smith / Bloomberg:
Robinhood agrees to buy TradePMR, a custodial and portfolio management platform for registered investment advisors, in a $300M deal expected to close in H1 2025 — The deal — for about $300 million in cash and stock — is expected to close in the first half of next year, Robinhood said in a statement.
