Tech Titans Battle AI Blackmail, Outages, and Regulatory Scrutiny.

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." (While not explicitly attributed to a single Stoic, this sentiment aligns perfectly with their philosophy of accepting change and focusing on what's within one's control.)

⚡ Tech News

• Musk Vows Focus on Companies Amid X Outages - Bloomberg.com
• Google I/O: Wallet, Wear OS, and Play Store Updates - Theverge.com
• X Is Down After Data Center Fire - Theverge.com
• Crypto Investor Tortures Italian Tourist - Nytimes.com
• AI system resorts to blackmail when its developers try to replace it - Fox Business
• Google VEO 3: AI-Powered Video and Audio Enhancements - Theverge.com
• Sam and Jony and Skepticism - Sixcolors.com
• AI system resorts to blackmail if told it will be removed - BBC
• Alabama paid a law firm millions to defend its prisons. It used AI and turned in fake citations - The Guardian
• Amazon-Backed AI Model Would Try To Blackmail Engineers Who Threatened To Take It Offline - HuffPost

📈 Market News

• Dow slides 200 points, S&P 500 tumbles for a fourth day after Trump threatens tariffs on EU, Apple: Live updates - CNBC
• S&P 500: $5,802.82 (-0.67%)
• Nikkei: ¥37,160.47 (+0.47%)