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-Lobbying by tech industry groups, the Science Based Targets initiative decided to not recommend a protocol that would have made it more difficult for tech companies to use clean energy investments to offset fossil fuel pollution.

-To date, Apple has not permitted vibe coding tools on the App Store because they would violate its policies.

-Reuters reported that Meta's workers have begun circulating flyers at multiple US offices to protest the company's installation of tracking software on their work computers.
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Plus - Dua Lipa is suing Samsung for $15 million
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-The lawsuit says that on May 31, 2025, "ChatGPT actively coached a 19-year old to mix Kratom and Xanax." Despite presenting itself as an expert in dosing and interactions, and despite acknowledging his state of being high, ChatGPT did not tell him that this recommended combination would likely kill him.”

-Santa Clara County has become the latest entity to sue Meta over scam ads on Facebook and Instagram, alleging that the company has profited from "a vast ecosystem of scam ads" that have defrauded senior citizens and other vulnerable people.

-Google is in negotiations with SpaceX to secure the company's help in its own nascent effort to put orbital data centers in space.

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NBC has greenlit a primetime game show based on Wordle, set to be produced by Jimmy Fallon's Electric Hot Dog, Universal Television Alternative Studio and The New York Times.
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-OpenAI has just launched Daybreak, a cybersecurity initiative that's clearly the company's competitor to Anthropic's Project Glasswing.

- Digg CEO Kevin Rose said, "the internet has more noise than ever, and the people who can sort signal from it have never been more valuable. Digg's job is to find that signal and bring it to you."

-GameStop may take the offer directly to eBay's shareholders or replace eBay's board with one favorable to its offer via proxy fight.
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