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Travel app Hopper to pay $35M in FTC settlement over ‘unfairly’ charging hidden fees

LAUREN FORRISTAL

Hopper will pay $35 million to settle FTC allegations that it used deceptive “dark patterns” to hide fees and mislead travelers about the cost and benefits of services.

Meta quietly launches vibe-coded gaming app Pocket

SARAH PEREZ

Meta has quietly launched Pocket, an experimental AI app that lets users generate and share interactive mini games using text prompts.

FAA proposal: Supersonic airliners can fly over US cities if they’re quiet

JEREMY HSU

New US rules would legalize quiet supersonic flights without the sonic boom.

A warning sign about AI’s real cost, courtesy of Google and Amazon

TIM DE CHANT

AI has made it a lot harder for tech companies like Amazon and Google to deliver on their net-zero pledges.

Jersey Mike’s IPO illustrates how bad the AI hype has become

JULIE BORT

Just for kicks, I took a look at Jersey Mike's IPO documents. Surely a sandwich shop would have no need to mention AI. But low-and-behold.

IQM, Europe’s first public quantum company, admits the future of the tech is uncertain

ANNA HEIM

IQM, a full-stack quantum company out of Finland, went public on the Nasdaq today at a valuation of about $1.9 billion.

How Big Is ‘Love Island USA’? More Than 10 Million People Are Already on Its App

REECE ROGERS

“We have more people voting on the ‘Love Island USA’ app than we do in many political elections taking place across the country,” says the show's executive producer.

Newly discovered PamStealer isn't your typical macOS malware

DAN GOODIN

The discovery underscores the increased effort being poured into Mac infostealers.

Thiel Capital’s Jack Selby nabs stakes in hot startups like Etched through Arizona connections

MARINA TEMKIN

Selby's VC firm Copper Sky Capital is currently raising a $300 million second fund, according to a regulatory filing.

Private space pilots are flying orbital missions for the US Space Force

TIM FERNHOLZ

True Anomaly and Rocket Lab are performing Top Gun-style satellite fly-bys for the US military.

Mark Zuckerberg tells staff that AI agents haven’t progressed as quickly as he’d hoped

LUCAS ROPEK

At an internal meeting, the Meta CEO reportedly said that AI development efforts were not moving as quickly as anticipated.

Last chance to apply — Startup Battlefield Australia applications close July 6

ISABELLE JOHANNESSEN

If you're going to apply for Startup Battlefield Australia, now is the time. Applications close July 6, and once the deadline passes, the opportunity is gone.

The Onion’s ‘Infowars’ Parody Is Here. Alex Jones Is Going to Hate It

MILES KLEE

The satirical site is fighting to officially take over Infowars. In the meantime, CEO Ben Collins says the new show will mock “how fucking stupid” conspiratorial brain rot has become.

EU Politicians Investigated Pegasus Spyware. Then It Ended Up on One of Their Phones

LILY HAY NEWMAN, MATT BURGESS

“It is a direct attack on the rule of law,” says one European Parliament member of the new findings from Citizen Lab.

Politician who investigated spyware abuses had his phone hacked with Pegasus spyware

ZACK WHITTAKER

A government customer of NSO Group used the company's Pegasus spyware to hack into the phone of a European politician, who at the time was serving on an EU committee tasked with investigating the spyware industry.