As Spotify pushes its new video monetization program, sexually explicit videos have appeared on its top podcast charts, violating the company’s terms of use (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
As Spotify pushes its new video monetization program, sexually explicit videos have appeared on its top podcast charts, violating the company’s terms of use  —  The sexually explicit videos, which Spotify doesn’t allow, have shown up alongside some of the most popular podcasts on the service

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praises cell phone restrictions in schools, saying their electromagnetic radiation causes neurological and cellular damage (Aria Bendix/NBC News)

Aria Bendix / NBC News:
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praises cell phone restrictions in schools, saying their electromagnetic radiation causes neurological and cellular damage  —  Kennedy pointed to evidence-based links between social media use and depression, but shared an unfounded claim that cell phones increase cancer risk.

Democratic Senators helping Trump’s strongest Senate allies repeal Section 230 could give the Trump administration unprecedented power to control online speech (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Democratic Senators helping Trump’s strongest Senate allies repeal Section 230 could give the Trump administration unprecedented power to control online speech  —  At the exact moment when Donald Trump and his MAGA allies are actively dismantling democratic institutions and working to silence critics …

Kuo: A20 chips in iPhone 18 models will be made using TSMC’s 2nm process, as TSMC’s trial production of 2nm chips reached yields well above the 60-70% range (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Kuo: A20 chips in iPhone 18 models will be made using TSMC’s 2nm process, as TSMC’s trial production of 2nm chips reached yields well above the 60-70% range  —  Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today reiterated that the A20 chip in iPhone 18 models will be manufactured with TSMC’s 2nm process.

Tencent unveils Hunyuan T1, which leverages large-scale reinforcement learning to rival DeepSeek’s R1 in both performance and pricing (Coco Feng/South China Morning Post)

Coco Feng / South China Morning Post:
Tencent unveils Hunyuan T1, which leverages large-scale reinforcement learning to rival DeepSeek’s R1 in both performance and pricing  —  Tencent Holdings has unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) reasoning model, Hunyuan T1, that rivals DeepSeek’s R1 in both performance and pricing.

X suspends several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey, amid extensive protests sparked by the arrest of President Erdogan’s main political rival (Eliza Gkritsi/Politico)

Eliza Gkritsi / Politico:
X suspends several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey, amid extensive protests sparked by the arrest of President Erdogan’s main political rival  —  Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.  —  Elon Musk’s social media platform X …

An interview with Affirm co-founder Max Levchin on hitting profitability, international expansion, building an “Affirm mafia”, DOGE, friendship with Musk, more (Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson/Semafor)

Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson / Semafor:
An interview with Affirm co-founder Max Levchin on hitting profitability, international expansion, building an “Affirm mafia”, DOGE, friendship with Musk, more  —  This article first appeared in The CEO Signal.  Request an invitation.  —  THE SIGNAL INTERVIEW