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This Week in Tech (Video)

• Coldplay kiss-cam flap proves we're already our own surveillance state
• Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance
• OpenAI LLM's gold medal-level performance on the world's most prestigious math competition
• Thinking Machines Lab Raises $2 Billion at $10 Billion Valuation
• The Epic Battle for AI Talent—With Exploding Offers, Secret Deals and Tears
• Trump Signs Stablecoin Bill, Delivering Win for Crypto Industry
• Engadget Podcast: Ancestra director Eliza McNitt defends AI as a creative tool
• DOGE staffer with access to Americans' personal data leaked private xAI API key
• DOGE Put Free Tax Filing Tool on Chopping Block After One Meeting With Lobbyists
• EU backs down on Big Tech tax ahead of US trade deal
• Reddit begins age verification checks for UK users
• Roblox will require a facial scan or government ID to have unfiltered chats
• EU to test age-check app under new child safety rules - 9to5Mac
• Trump administration to spend $1 billion on 'offensive' hacking operations | TechCrunch
• A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers
• Uber to invest in Lucid and Nuro in massive robotaxi deal
• YouTuber leaked iOS secrets via friend spying on dev's phone, Apple lawsuit claims
• This Is the Commodore Comeback Fans Have Waited for—but the Odds Are Still Against It
• I Tested the Galaxy Z Fold 7: It's Slim, Powerful and Surprisingly Practical

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