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Source: Kraken is pursuing a full banking license in Europe, with a focus on Lithuania as the jurisdiction to secure it (Ian Allison/CoinDesk)

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'These are hard, but necessary decisions' — Xbox pulled funding for Io Interactive's 'Project Fantasy' but the developer will continue working on the game independently

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Meta rolls out Muse Image, the first image generation model from its Superintelligence Labs, in Meta AI; it will also power new tools in Instagram and WhatsApp (Meta Newsroom)

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Sources: the US considers housing the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve at Commerce instead of Treasury amid concerns over Treasury's legal authority to manage it (Bloomberg)

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Source: Xbox Game Pass currently has about 30M subscriptions; document: Microsoft had projected Game Pass subscriptions would reach around 77M this year (Ben Fritz/Wall Street Journal)

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NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, July 6 (game #1121)

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Tesla rolls out its Robotaxi service without a safety monitor in Miami, its fifth city, as it aims to expand to a dozen US states by the end of 2026 (Grace Kay/The Information)

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ByteDance's Doubao and Alibaba's Qwen will disable humanlike and user-created agents before July 15, as China's anthropomorphic AI interaction rules take effect (Wency Chen/South China Morning Post)

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Data centers offer US a chance to get ahead in the next key technologies and to build domestic supply chains based on demand rather than subsidies and tariffs (Josh Zoffer/Financial Times)

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NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, July 5 (game #1120)

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Source calls UK- and OpenAI-touted plans in 2025 for Stargate's ~£20B Cobalt site a PR stunt; OpenAI and Nscale failed to visit Cobalt or lodge planning forms (Aisha Down/The Guardian)

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Indonesia's enforcement of social media restrictions for under-16s has been patchy, with tech companies ignoring the rules and youth still accessing platforms (Marcel Thee/Nikkei Asia)

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How some high-income families use AI-powered private schools and tutors, such as Alpha School, to teach their children life skills and tailor their curriculum (Katherine Bindley/Wall Street Journal)

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