Daily Tech Headlines

Sony Interactive Entertainment acquires Cinemersive Labs, Apple CarPlay gets ChatGPT support, Utah launches pilot allowing Legion Health’s chatbot to renew psychiatric prescriptions.Show Notes

White House Appeals Judge's Block on Anthropic AI Ban, OpenAI Buys Tech Talk Show TBPN, Raising Editorial Independence Concerns, Reddit Deprecates r/all Feed.Link to Show Notes

Beehiiv Launches Native Podcast Tools to Compete with Substack and Patreon, Tech Job Cuts Soar 24% as AI and Leaner Staffing Drive Layoffs, France Launches 10 GW Offshore Wind Tender.Link to Show Notes

Gmail enables option to change usernames to all accounts in the US, Apple is pushing an update to iOS 18 to protect users from the DarkSword hacking tool, and Anthropic attempts to contain the spread of leaked Claude Code source code. Check out the show notes here.

Starlink Satellite 34343 lost due to an "unspecified anomaly" with debris monitored, Google Rolls Out Once-A-Year Gmail Username Change Feature, and California Gov. Newsom Establishes Safety and Privacy Guardrails for State A.I. Contracts.Link to Show Notes

Social networking service Bluesky announces AI app 'Attie', Eli Lilly reaches a deal with Insilico Medicine to bring drugs developed with AI to the global market, and recruiters at major companies are taking steps to reduce candidate use of AI during the interview process. Check out the show notes here.

Anthropic tightens Claude usage limits during peak hours, Indonesia starts enforcing nationwide ban on social media for kids, Google Fiber rebrands as GFiber.Show Notes

Netflix Increases Prices Across All Streaming Tiers, Siri to Open Up to Third-Party AI with iOS 27 Extensions, and Oversight Board Criticizes Meta's "Community Notes" as Inadequate Fact-Checking Replacement.Link to Show Notes

Meta shifts focus to AI with massive layoffs and $600B data center spend, Senators Warren and Hawley push EIA for mandatory data center energy-use disclosures, and Apple pledges $400 million more to its American Manufacturing Program by 2030.Link to Show Notes