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Bloomberg: Sources: Nintendo picked Samsung to make Switch 2 chips, aiming to ramp output and sell 20M+ units by March 2026, a key win for Samsung as it competes with TSMC  —  Securing a contract for one of the summer’s hottest new gadgets will likely help lift utilization or boost business for the Korean conglomerate’s chip foundries. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg: GENIUS Act, a stablecoin bill, advances in the US Senate after a group of Democrats dropped their opposition, marking a major win for the crypto industry  —  Stablecoin legislation overcame a procedural blockade in the US Senate, marking a major victory for the crypto industry after a group of Democrats dropped their opposition Monday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Nvidia unveils Isaac GR00T N1.5, an open, customizable AI model for humanoid reasoning and skills, and GR00T-Dreams, a tool for generating synthetic motion data  —  Nvidia said it is racing ahead with humanoid robotics technology, providing a custom foundation model for humanoid reasoning … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin T. Dugan / Wall Street Journal: New lawsuit filings: Genesis creditors accuse Barry Silbert of fraud and propelling the 2022 crypto market collapse by misrepresenting his companies’ finances  —  Creditors’ lawsuits allege the crypto winter began earlier than believed, and with actions by Digital Currency Group’s founder, Barry Silbert Lees verder op Tech Meme

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: The California Public Utilities Commission approves Waymo’s proposal to expand its services to more parts of the Bay Area, including “nearly all of San Jose”  —  Alphabet’s Waymo unit has received approval to expand its autonomous ride-hailing service to more parts of the San Francisco Bay Area, including San Jose. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft adds Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini to its Azure AI Foundry service; sources: Satya Nadella had been pushing for Microsoft to host Grok  —  Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini are both coming to Microsoft’s Azure AI Foundry service. … I reported in my Notepad newsletter earlier this month that Microsoft … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Clare Duffy / CNN: The US House Budget Committee advances a budget bill that would ban US states from enforcing any law regulating AI for 10 years; the bill now goes to the House  —  New York CNN —  —  More than 100 organizations are raising alarms about a provision in the House’s sweeping tax … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Todd Spangler / Variety: SAG-AFTRA files an NLRB unfair labor practice charge against Epic’s Llama Productions for using AI to recreate James Earl Jones’ Darth Vader voice in Fortnite  —  The actors union said Epic-owned Llama Productions “chose to replace the work of human performers with AI technology” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Huawei launches its first laptops running on HarmonyOS, including the 18-inch foldable MateBook Fold, and is working to make the OS compatible with 2,000+ apps  —  The company’s HarmonyOS is now ready to run on the MateBook Fold, its latest foldable laptop, consumer chief Richard Yu said Monday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: Investigation: New Orleans police secretly scanned city streets with 200+ facial recognition cameras for two years, seemingly defying a 2022 city ordinance  —  Following records requests from The Post, officials paused the first known, widespread live facial recognition program used by police in the United States. Lees verder op Tech Meme