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Jay Peters

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    OpenAI launched a Codex extension for Chrome.

    “Codex can now use Chrome on your computer to complete work inside the websites and apps where you’re already signed in,” according to the Chrome Web Store listing for the extension. It works in “task-specific” tab groups so you can keep using your active tabs.

    You’ll also need the Chrome plugin for Codex for it to work.

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    Jay Peters
    President Trump’s 10 percent global tariffs have been struck down by the US trade court.

    The US Court of International Trade ruled 2-1 against the tariffs, Reuters reports. The tariffs originally went into effect in February, with Trump invoking a section of the Trade Act of 1974.

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    Jay Peters
    Mozilla is sharing more details about some of the 271 Firefox bugs identified by Claude Mythos Preview.

    Ordinarily we keep detailed bug reports private for several months after shipping fixes and issuing security advisories, largely as a precaution to protect any users who, for whatever reason, were slow to update to the latest version of Firefox. Given the extraordinary level of interest in this topic and the urgency of action needed throughout the software ecosystem, we’ve made the calculated decision to unhide a small sample of the reports behind the fixes we recently shipped.

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    Meta wants March’s big social media addiction ruling to be thrown out.

    According to Reuters, Meta filed to ask a judge to toss out the jury’s March verdict, which found that Meta (and YouTube) were negligent.

    Meta had said at the time of the ruling that it planned to appeal. Google also said it plans to appeal.

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    Nintendo’s new Star Fox game lets you play as virtual avatars of Fox and other characters.

    When using GameChat, you can appear as an interactive avatar “that mirrors your expressions and movements,” Nintendo says. There are also AR filters that let you add “a pair of Star Fox-like ears or a Falco-inspired beak that moves when you talk.”

    Check the avatars out in Nintendo’s Star Fox direct, or in the image and GIF below. Very silly. The game launches on June 25th.

    A screenshot of Star Fox’s virtual avatar next to a real person.
    A GIF showing Star Fox’s virtual avatar feature.
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    Click the arrow to see a GIF of the avatar in motion.
    Image: Nintendo
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    Nintendo surprise-announced a Star Fox Direct.

    It starts at 6PM ET / 3PM ET today — yes, that’s five minutes from now. You can watch it on YouTube. The show will last about 15 minutes, Nintendo says.

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    Jay Peters
    xAI is becoming SpaceXAI.

    In Wednesday’s annoucement of its compute partnership with Anthropic, the company formerly known as xAI referred to itself as “SpaceXAI.” It was the first time I had seen that name, and while I don’t think it’s a good one, it made some sense following SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI.

    According to Elon Musk, “xAI will be dissolved as a separate company, so it will just be SpaceXAI, the AI products from SpaceX.”

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    The Supreme Court denies Apple’s latest request.

    Apple had asked the court for a stay in a mandate from the Ninth Circuit appeals court sending the case to back to district court to figure out how much of a fee Apple can charge on purchases out of the App Store. But Reuters reports that Justice Elena Kagan declined to pause the ruling. Epic, perhaps unsurprisingly, seems happy.