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Morning Scan

Apple's WWDC hangover is still dominating the feed, but the action this week has been in the margins: a SpaceX IPO trading live, Musk's companies collecting lawsuits, and Amazon securing enough debt to fund a small country.

$17.5B — Amazon's new loan from Citigroup and partners, on top of a CA$14B bond offering earlier this week — the largest corporate debt raise in Canadian dollars ever. (Bloomberg)


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Siri AI Announced

Apple's rebuilt Siri is integrated across every major platform — but "announced" is doing heavy lifting for features that won't ship until fall. (Michael Tsai)

No Siri AI in EU

DMA compliance killed Siri AI for European users at launch, a pattern that keeps repeating for Apple's most ambitious features. (Michael Tsai)

Craig Federighi Details Apple's Collaboration With Google for Siri AI

Apple publicly naming Google as a Siri AI partner is a notable shift for a company that typically treats backend deals like state secrets. (Daring Fireball / 9to5Mac)

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SpaceX IPO Real-Time Reactions

SpaceX made its Nasdaq debut this week at a valuation that makes most sovereign wealth funds look modest — Scott Galloway was watching in real time. (Prof G Media)

xAI Fired an Engineer Who Raised Alarms About Grok Safety, New Lawsuit Claims

The suit alleges the engineer was let go days before SpaceX's IPO — timing that will not look good in discovery. (TechCrunch)

Mississippi Residents File a 10,000-Strong Class Action Against Musk's xAI and SpaceX Over Data-Centre Noise

10,000 plaintiffs is a large and loud number, in more ways than one. (The Next Web)

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Amazon Secures a $17.5B Loan From Citigroup (paywall)

Between this loan and Monday's record Canadian bond offering, Amazon has raised enough capital this week to fund its next data center ambitions comfortably. (Bloomberg)

TensorWave Raises $350M to Help Break Nvidia's AI Chip Monopoly

Series B bets on AMD-based infrastructure are getting serious — "break Nvidia's monopoly" is a bold pitch, but the capital is real. (SiliconANGLE)

Applied Materials Opens a $500M Chip Equipment Manufacturing Campus in Singapore

Singapore now hosts roughly half of Applied Materials' global production capacity, a geographic concentration that looks deliberate against any trade-tension scenario. (Nikkei Asia)

CISA Shortens the Deadline for US Agencies to Fix Critical Vulnerabilities to Three Days

AI-accelerated attacks are the stated reason — three days to patch critical federal infrastructure is either disciplined or brutal depending on your IT team. (Reuters)

Canada Introduces the Safe Social Media Act

Under-16 social media ban plus AI chatbot safety standards in one bill — Canada is moving faster on this than most of the G7. (Reuters)

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Ryanair Is Under Investigation Over Charging Parents to Sit With Their Kids

Ryanair called the UK's CMA investigation "bogus," which is exactly what you'd say if it were also entirely accurate. (The Verge)

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