Daily Tech Headlines

Google DeepMind announces WeatherNext 2, Jeff Bezos signs on as co-CEO of Project Prometheus, Sky Sports shut down women-targeted TikTok channel Halo.Show Notes

Berkshire Hathaway takes $4.3 billion stake in Alphabet, OpenAI tests group chats in ChatGPT, Tesla tests Apple's CarPlay in its vehicles.Show Notes

Mozilla is creating a user-controlled AI browsing feature called "AI Window” for Firefox, Jack Dorsey is funding diVine, a Vine revival project that includes 100,000 archived videos, and Disney+ is exploring the addition of short-form, user-generated AI video content.Link to Show Notes

Microsoft has built a one-million-square-foot "AI Super Factory" near Atlanta, OpenAI has launched GPT-5.1, and Spotify is preparing to launch music videos in the U.S.Link to Show Notes

Google filed a federal lawsuit against "Lighthouse", a massive phishing-as-a-service provider, Amazon will crack down on side-loaded piracy apps on Fire TV Sticks, and Sony announced a cheaper PlayStation 5 exclusive to Japan. Check out the show notes here.

Apple has delayed the launch of the 2nd-gen iPhone Air, the European Commission is set to classify WhatsApp as a "Very Large Online Platform", and Google is investing approximately €5 billion to expand its infrastructure and data center capacity in Germany.Link to Show Notes

A draft proposal leaks of the EU's plans regarding changes to the GDPR, analytics firm EchoTik estimates the TikTok shop is approaching the size of eBay, and Denmark will ban social media access for those under 15 years old.Check out the show notes here.

Moonshot releases Kimi K2 Thinking, multiple lawsuits accuse ChatGPT of causing mental health crises, US Congressional Budget Office confirms hack. Show Notes

The U.S. reportedly won’t allow Nvidia to sell its B30A chip to China, Tesla shareholders approve a $1 trillion compensation package for Elon Musk, and Amazon introduces an AI-powered translation service for Kindle Direct Publishing authors.Link to Show Notes