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SK Hynix overtakes Samsung to become the most valuable South Korean company, Getty Images signs a content licensing deal with OpenAI, and a Kapwing research study suggests approximately 59% of content shown to new TikTok accounts are AI slop. Check out the show notes here.

Norway restricts AI use for students, UK’s attorney general says department should stop posting on X, India's Jio Platforms is headed for a big IPO.Show Notes

Delhi High Court Upholds Legality of Telegram Ban in India, Amazon Investigates Employees Over AI Data Center Testimony, Rivian Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Autonomous Driving Claims.Link to Show Notes

Waymo Issues Voluntary Software Recall for 4,000 Robotaxis After Construction Zone Incidents, Apple and Intel Partner for U.S. Chip Manufacturing Initiative, WhatsApp Tests 'View-Once' Privacy Feature for Text Messages.Link to Show Notes

Google releases Android 17 and Wear OS 7, Snap unveils augmented reality glasses to consumers, Apple reportedly planning a major 2027 product wave.Show Notes

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