Daily Tech Headlines

India Temporarily Blocks Telegram Over Medical Exam Fraud Concerns, Meta Introduces Facebook AI Mode to Convert Public Content into Conversational Knowledge Base, American Express Acquires TheFork in $700 Million All-Cash Deal.Link to Show Notes

The UK plans new social media bans for kids, US Federal Data Center Enhancement Act to expire in September, phishing-as-a-service network Outsider Enterprise dismantled. Show Notes

Paramount Skydance’s WBD acquisition moves forward, Roku explores a potential sale/partnership, Mozilla says almost no one uses the Firefox AI kill switch. Show Notes

Microsoft Patches Critical Firmware Flaw Risking "Bricked" Surface Devices, Oracle Issues Security Advisory of a Critical PeopleSoft Flaw Under Active Exploitation, and Gemini Replaces Google Assistant on TCL Smart TVs.Link to Show Notes

Canada Proposes Social Media Ban for Users Under 16, Bluesky is Launching Reddit-Style Communities, and ShinyHunters Claimed Responsibility for Hacking Oracle PeopleSoft Servers at Over 100 Organizations.Link to Show Notes

SpaceX to launch orbital network demo next year? German court says Google is liable for AI Overviews, Seattle pumps the brakes on new data centers. Show Notes

FCC Grants Amazon Extension on Satellite Deployment Deadline, EU Rejects Apple’s DMA Exemption Request, Delaying European Siri AI Rollout, and Instagram has Launched a Global Update Allowing Users to Manually Reorganize Their Profile Grids.Link to Show Notes

OpenAI prepping major ChatGPT overhaul ahead of IPO, Meta admits 20k+ Instagram accounts were hacked, Google reportedly orders more than 3M AI chips from Intel. Show Notes

WWDC reported to be a big Siri overhaul, US officials mulling equity stakes in AI companies, Utah data center project scaled back after strong local opposition.Show Notes