The AI company was forced earlier this month to suspend access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for all foreign nationals

Anthropic has said the US commerce department has lifted export controls on its Fable and Mythos AI models, less than ⁠three weeks after ⁠the company ​was ordered to suspend access to its most advanced AI models over national security risks.

“We’ll begin restoring access tomorrow,” Anthropic said in a statement on X late on Tuesday.

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President calls ruling ‘too bad for our Country’ but says Congress should ‘start today’ to end matter – key US politics stories from Tuesday, 30 June at a glance

The US supreme court has upheld birthright citizenship, which provides nearly all people born in the country with citizenship, ruling against a central piece of Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda.

Trump called the ruling “too bad for our Country”, but said the US Congress should now take up the matter legislatively, suggesting another avenue to keep the issue alive.

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Amazon says it is ending sideloading on new Fire Sticks because "apps that facilitate piracy, and other apps, can carry malware," adding that there is "a good amount of evidence" that sideloaded apps may contain unwanted code or behavior. However, the company did not provide specific examples of Fire Stick users being harmed. Ars Technica reports: Amazon has released two Fire Stick models that use its proprietary, Linux-based operating system, Vega OS. Previous Fire Sticks ran Fire OS, which is an Android fork based on the Android Open Source Project. One of the biggest differences between Vega OS and Fire OS is that the former doesn't support sideloading. [...] In a recent interview, Or Goren, editor-in-chief of Cord Busters, a UK-based streaming news outlet, noted the negative reaction to Vega being a closed OS. [Aidan Marcuss, VP of Fire TV, advertising, and Appstore] responded, per the publication, by saying that Vega OS was Amazon's opportunity to "innovate and deliver more capabilities, even on the least expensive devices."

He also said that making a platform around security and privacy was "sort of utmost in my mind." The statement is somewhat ironic, considering Vega OS blocks custom launchers and other third-party apps that helped users avoid Amazon tracking and ads. Goren asked whether Amazon had evidence that sideloaded devices caused users harm. "Apps that facilitate piracy, and other apps, can carry malware," Marcuss responded. Marcuss also said that there is "a good amount of evidence that apps can carry unwanted code and behavior on them when they're sideloaded."

Marcuss didn't provide specific examples of Fire Stick users being hurt by sideloaded apps. There are some potential examples, though. In 2025, Amazon claimed to blacklist (which blocked the apps from being sideloaded to Fire Sticks) four video streaming apps for malicious behavior. At the time, AFTVnews reported that two of the apps served as residential proxy providers and were considered riskware, and that the other two had APK files that were flagged by virus-scanning tools. Safari and Chrome also flagged one of the apps' official websites, the publication reported. And in 2018, a botnet that infected Android devices with cryptocurrency-mining malware appeared on some Fire Sticks, per discussion on XDA Forums. That said, Amazon also has a history of disabling apps that let users circumnavigate its home screen that Fire devices, including Fire Sticks and Fire TVs, have increasingly used for ads. Worth noting: developers can continue sideloading apps onto Vega OS devices if they register them with Amazon.

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Google has shut down the Tenor API, breaking GIF pickers in services that still relied on it and forcing platforms such as X to migrate elsewhere. 9to5Google notes that the library itself remains available at Tenor.com and "integrations within Google products are also still active, including Gboard, Google Messages, and more." From the report: The Tenor API has been rejecting new API sign-ups in January of this year, but existing integrations remained in place. This week, though, they're shutting down, and any integrations that remain in place will stop working on July 1. The support page adds details that "any API or Ads Distribution Agreements" with Tenor will be terminated on June 30, while "current integrations" will be "fully decommissioned" as of June 30.

One of the most notable examples here is Twitter/X, which has relied on Tenor for its GIF picker for years. Twitter/X Head of Product Nikita Bier confirmed that the platform has migrated elsewhere, which is why the "recently used" section was purged, and why you might notice fewer GIF options when posting. Other platforms affected include Discord, WhatsApp, and Bluesky.

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xthylacine has added a photo to the pool:

Shimbashi, Tokyo, Japan

Na vier jaar afwezigheid keerde de 44-jarige tennisster terug in het enkelspel op Wimbledon. Maar ze verloor meteen in de eerste ronde van de 20-jarige Maya Joint.

Telco giant T-Mobile appears to be transitioning away from VMware and fighting a court battle for support it says Broadcom is bound to provide, according to court documents seen by The Register. The dispute relates to a deal T-Mobile struck with VMware in August 2023, which saw the telco acquire perpetual licenses and two years of support for some software, plus the option for a further year of support. When Broadcom acquired VMware in 2023, it stopped selling perpetual licenses and standalone support deals for customers with those licenses. Broadcom also reduced the virtualization giant’s product range from over 150 products to two subscription-only bundles. Broadcom now mostly sells its Cloud Foundation (VCF) private cloud suite. Customers including AT&T and Tesco tried to exercise their right to extended support, but Broadcom declined to do so. AT&T settled on confidential terms. Tesco is pursuing the matter in the courts. When customers exercise their option for extended support, Broadcom argues it can’t deliver because the products covered by the contract don’t exist anymore, its contracts allow it to deny support for dead products, and subscriptions are now the industry standard. T-Mobile started using VMware’s products in 2008 and, per court documents, runs it on at least 303,000 CPU cores. In one hearing, the carrier’s counsel described T-Mobile’s VMware implementation as “the base of the entire internal network” and “the place where 1,000 applications reside.” Court documents allege that in 2024 Broadcom notified T-Mobile it would not renew support after the initial two-year deal expired in 2025. The two parties kept talking about possible new arrangements. T-Mobile also sought an injunction that would compel Broadcom to provide extended support. Broadcom opposed the injunction, arguing that T-Mobile deliberately waited too long to seek it. At one point T-Mobile suggested a $20 million deal for another two years of support. An affirmation filed last week by T-Mobile vice president of technology Kevin Luu says the carrier sought that arrangement “to be able to complete T-Mobile’s transition away from VMware at a more deliberate pace.” The court eventually granted the injunction forcing Broadcom to offer support beyond August 2025, but required T-Mobile to pay $5.28 million and post a $500,000 undertaking. Broadcom continued to provide support but also sought damages on grounds that the injunction meant it missed out on a new deal with T-Mobile. The telco has rubbished that argument in part because the two parties were still talking about a new deal. Broadcom later proposed to charge $24 million for extended support covering six products, a sum it said would cover over 20 staff needed to support T-Mobile. The carrier fired back by pointing out that it has made just two support calls in 2026, which hardly justifies such a massive staff and expense. The matter is now somewhat urgent because the injunction expires on August 3, 2026, so T-Mobile may soon be unable to get support for its very substantial VMware estate. We’ve asked the carrier how it will cope if it can’t get support but haven’t received a response at the time of writing. One fascinating wrinkle in the case is that the presiding judge, The Honorable Jennifer G. Shecter, also heard the case between VMware and AT&T. The parties reached a confidential settlement in that case, but in in an October 2025 hearing Shecter said she thinks T-Mobile’s case is stronger than AT&T’s. “I think this case is even more compelling and to be sure I was very compelled both in AT&T and very convinced,” she said. VMware’s counsel argued that the cases differ because AT&T acted quickly, but T-Mobile waited many months before seeking extended support and an injunction. “Just to give some perspective, there are 10,000 customers. Thousands upon thousands have successfully migrated to subscription,” VMware’s counsel argued. “T-Mobile is the outlier here that is in litigation. AT&T is the other outlier. Thousands upon thousands of customers have already transferred under these sorts of provisions and accepted and understood that end of availability applies.” VMware last week named one of those customers that signed up for VCF: the UK’s Nationwide Building Society. But Judge Schecter was not convinced by the argument that T-Mobile and AT&T are outliers, suggesting that some customers “don’t just want to fight Broadcom. I don't know. Or it's not worth it and maybe they're smaller scale and transitioning is easier.” Broadcom argues that customers who move to VCF subscriptions emerge with a more efficient infrastructure that can help to improve overall business performance, and points to strong revenue growth for VMware as evidence its strategy is appreciated and working. ®

WASHINGTON (ANP/BLOOMBERG) - De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump heeft in 2025 naar eigen zeggen minstens 1,2 miljard dollar (1,05 miljard euro) verdiend met activiteiten rond crypto en memecoins. Dit blijkt uit zijn recentste jaarlijkse opgave van financiële belangen.

Trump meldde een opbrengst van meer dan 588 miljoen dollar uit de verkoop door World Liberty Financial, het cryptobedrijf waarvan hijzelf, zijn zonen en Steven Witkoff - een topdiplomaat in zijn regering - medeoprichter zijn. Zach Witkoff, de zoon van de speciale gezant, fungeert als CEO. Daarnaast gaf Trump aan 636 miljoen dollar aan royalty's te hebben ontvangen van Celebration Coins.

Het 927 pagina's tellende document, dat dinsdag werd vrijgegeven door het Amerikaanse Office of Government Ethics, biedt inzicht in zijn omvangrijke imperium, waaronder inkomsten uit zijn hotels, golfresorts en cryptocurrency-ondernemingen.

DEN HAAG (ANP) - De woningbouw neemt de komende twee jaar sterk toe, verwacht onderzoeksbureau ABF. Uit de aantallen vergunningen en bouwprojecten leiden de onderzoekers af dat het dieptepunt van nieuwe woningen achter de rug is.

Naar verwachting worden volgend jaar 91.000 en in 2027 bijna 100.000 woningen opgeleverd. Daar staat tegenover dat er ook jaarlijks zo'n 10.000 woningen worden gesloopt. In de jaren na 2027 zou het tempo van woningbouw weer iets afnemen.

De onderzoekers tellen ook woningsplitsen en het verbouwen van kantoren tot nieuwbouw. Dit in tegenstelling tot het Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, waar de nieuwbouwcijfers dus lager uitvallen.

De verwachtingen zijn naar boven bijgesteld vergeleken met hetzelfde onderzoek vorig jaar. Dat komt grotendeels door de huurbevriezing die het toenmalige kabinet had aangekondigd, waardoor corporaties veel minder geld zouden overhouden om te investeren in nieuwe woningen. Dat het plan is geschrapt, zorgt nu voor hogere voorspellingen.

Problemen als stikstof, drukte op het stroomnet en regels over afstand tot geitenhouderijen zijn volgens de inschattingen maar een "beperkt" obstakel voor woningbouw. Daar zeggen de onderzoekers zelf al bij: "Mogelijk is deze veronderstelling te optimistisch."

Woonminister Elanor Boekholt-O'Sullivan noemt de cijfers "goed nieuws voor de mensen op zoek naar een woning en een opsteker voor iedereen die hard werkt aan het oplossen van deze crisis". Ze wil "nauw en intensief samenwerken" met anderen om te voorkomen dat de aantallen na 2027 terugzakken. Voor stikstofmaatregelen en ruimte op het stroomnet is ze grotendeels afhankelijk van haar kabinetsgenoten.

KANSAS CITY (ANP) - Nigel de Jong respecteert de beslissing van bondscoach Ronald Koeman om afscheid te nemen van het Nederlands elftal. "Ronald heeft zich de afgelopen jaren met volledige overtuiging ingezet en een belangrijke bijdrage geleverd aan het Nederlands elftal", liet de directeur topvoetbal van de KNVB weten in een persbericht. "Namens de KNVB wil ik hem daarvoor zeer bedanken."

"De aangekondigde evaluatie na het WK is inmiddels gestart", vervolgt De Jong. "Daarbij zullen we ons uiteraard ook beraden over de vacature van bondscoach. Dat Ronald zou stoppen na dit WK, was één van de scenario's waar we rekening mee hebben gehouden. Met de start van de UEFA Nations League in september weten we dat er enige haast geboden is, maar tegelijkertijd nemen we de tijd die nodig is om zorgvuldig tot de juiste keuze te komen."

Koeman kondigde zijn vertrek op Instagram aan. "We droomden allemaal van een WK waarin we geschiedenis zouden schrijven. Dat is niet gelukt. Niemand is daar teleurgestelder over dan ik", zei hij een dag na de nederlaag na strafschoppen tegen Marokko in de zestiende finale.

Directeur betaald voetbal Marianne van Leeuwen spreekt haar waardering uit voor de vertrekkende bondscoach. "Ronald heeft, ook in een voor hem privé uitdagende periode, alles gegeven voor het Nederlands elftal. Hij heeft zich altijd met waardigheid en professionaliteit opgesteld en was ook een uitstekend ambassadeur van het Nederlandse elftal. Daar past op dit moment vooral grote dankbaarheid voor. Namens de KNVB wensen wij Ronald, zijn vrouw en zijn familie alle goeds voor de toekomst."

Bartina Koeman, de vrouw van Ronald, lijdt aan chronische borstkanker.