Jasper Goodman / Politico: How Trump is courting crypto traders, as GOP becomes increasingly friendly toward crypto while key Democrats remain at odds and SEC cracks down on the industry  —  It’s the first time crypto has become an issue in the general election of a presidential race. Source link

Bloomberg: A look at professor-led crypto projects EigenLayer and Babylon, which seek to generate yield from cryptocurrencies, as “professor coins” spur investor interest  —  – EigenLayer, Babylon restaking efforts spurs investor interest  — Both projects seek to generate yield from cryptocurrencies Source link

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: The UK government’s new AI safety body releases Inspect, an evaluation tool for AI model capabilities, including models’ core knowledge and ability to reason  —  The U.K. Safety Institute, the U.K.’s recently established AI safety body, has released a toolset designed to “strengthen AI safety” … Source link

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: A look at the potential successors to Apple’s top executives across all of the company’s major divisions  —  Apple’s management team is made up of longtime executives nearing the end of their tenures.  That means a broad shake-up is increasingly likely. Source link

Zeyi Yang / MIT Technology Review: The demand for AI tech to preserve, animate, and interact with lost loved ones is especially strong in China, where thousands have already paid to use such tech  —  Once a week, Sun Kai has a video call with his mother.  He opens up about work, the pressures he

Keiichi Murayama / Nikkei Asia: Q&A with Oracle CEO Safra Catz on generative AI’s risks and impact, providing cloud infrastructure to TikTok, the importance of workplace diversity, and more  —  In interview, top executive highlights AI’s potential and importance of diversity  —  Oracle CEO Safra Catz (Photo obtained by Nikkei) Source link

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Rad AI, which offers generative AI tools for radiology reporting, raised a $50M Series B led by Khosla Ventures, bringing its total funding to over $80M  —  In 2017, Vinod Khosla told CNBC that the job “of the radiologist will be obsolete in five years.”  While the founder of Khosla Ventures

Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: Maryland Apple Store union workers vote to authorize strike over Apple’s alleged refusal to fairly bargain; Short Hills NJ store workers vote against unionizing  —  – Union blames Apple tactics for defeat at Short Hills NJ store  — Maryland Apple Store union members vote to authorize strike Source link

Ju-min Park / Reuters: South Korea’s Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok says the government is preparing a $7.3B+ support package for chip investments to win the “war” in the chip sector  —  South Korea is readying plans for a support package for chip investments and research worth more than 10 trillion won … Source link

Microsoft must pay patent owner IPA Technologies $242 million, a federal jury in Delaware said on Friday after determining that Microsoft’s Cortana virtual-assistant software infringed an IPA patent. The jury agreed with IPA after a week-long trial that Microsoft’s voice-recognition technology violates IPA’s patent rights in computer-communications software. IPA is a subsidiary of patent-licensing company