Daily Tech Headlines

YouTube is set to update its monetization policies on July 15 to combat "inauthentic" content,  Apple’s former head of its foundational models team was poached by Meta for $200 million, and Major League Baseball will introduce a robot umpire challenge system at the All-Star Game.Link to Show Notes

A Federal appeals court overturned the "click-to-cancel" rule, which mandated easy cancellation matching sign-up ease, Warner Bros. has officially reverted its streaming service branding to HBO Max, and Gmail’s new “Manage Subscriptions” feature allows users to easily control and unsubscribe from unwanted emails.Link to Show Notes

Amazon asked corporate employees to volunteer to fulfill grocery deliveries for Prime Day,  the tech industry is pushing to integrate AI chatbots into classrooms, and Apple's top executive for in-house AI models is reportedly leaving to join Meta's Superintelligence Labs group.Link to Show Notes

ByteDance is reportedly developing a new, US-only version of TikTok, Apple has appealed a €500 million fine in the EU for DMA violations, and Sakana AI has unveiled a novel technique enabling multiple LLMs to collaborate on a single task.Link to Show Notes

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing is delaying construction of a second plant in Japan, Ilya Sutskever announced he will take on the CEO role at his AI startup, Safe Superintelligence, and the EU is proceeding with its AI Act despite tech companies' efforts to delay it. Link to Show Notes

Google has launched its Veo 3 video generation model to Gemini users in over 159 countries, Netflix is exploring the creation of new live programming content in partnership with Spotify, and OpenAI disavowed Robinhood's crypto initiative offering tokenized shares of OpenAI.Link to Show Notes

Honor launches Magic V5 foldable in China, Qantas discloses cyberattack, Hyundai opens UX Studio Seoul.Show Notes

 Apple is considering using AI from Anthropic or OpenAI for a new Siri, The U.S. Senate voted 99-1 to remove a 10-year federal moratorium on state AI regulation from a White House tax-cut bill, and Cloudflare's "Pay per Crawl" marketplace allows website owners to block AI crawlers by default.Link to Show Notes

OpenAI adjusts compensation amid Meta poaches, Apple reportedly working on seven new wearable devices, Canada Canada withdraws its proposed digital services tax on U.S. tech firms.Show Notes