Jonathan Greig / The Record: CISA debuts a pilot program offering “cybersecurity shared services” to non-federal critical infrastructure entities in healthcare, education, and other sectors  —  The U.S. government is offering “cutting-edge cybersecurity shared services” to critical infrastructure organizations that need it most. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: OpenAI exec Anna Makanju told staff the company is in “intense discussions” to unify, is in touch with Sam Altman, and there will be “no final response” tonight  —  – Staff told company is negotiating with Sam Altman and board  — No leadership decision expected this evening as talks drag out Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Verge: Epic v. Google: a Google exec confirms that Spotify pays no commission when users buy subscriptions via Spotify’s payment system and 4% when they pay via Google  —  Music streaming service Spotify struck a seemingly unique and highly generous deal with Google for Android-based payments … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adi Robertson / The Verge: TX AG, “troubled” by Musk’s claims, opens a probe into Media Matters, which calls X’s lawsuit frivolous; X avoids anti-SLAPP statutes as it filed in 5th Circuit  —  X, formerly Twitter, has followed through with owner Elon Musk’s threat to sue the left-leaning nonprofit Media Matters. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: TSMC plans to build a manufacturing plant in the Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, its third in the country, that would make advanced 3nm chips  —  – The facility could cost about $20 billion, depending on timing  — Japan could become a global chipmaking hub aided by state fund Lees verder op Tech Meme

Robert Burnson / Bloomberg: Trump Media & Technology sues 20 media outlets, demanding $1.5B in damages, for reporting that Truth Social lost $73M, calling the number “an utter fabrication”  —  The company behind former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social wants $1.5 billion in damages from news organizations … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matthew Prince / @eastdakota: Microsoft isn’t a clear winner in OpenAI chaos, as its ~$11B investment is in danger, building AI systems has reputational risks, and talent might not stay  —  I’m told mine is a contrarian view on the events of the last few days, so here goes… Contrary to what @kevinroose and others have written, Microsoft was not a winner of the events of the last few days around #OpenAI. They were in a much better place on Friday morning last week… Lees verder op Tech Meme