👀 Cough, cough: Senate Republicans voted today to overturn California's waiver that allowed it to set stricter air pollution standards for vehicles. Another vote today also repealed the state's waiver to set stricter emissions standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.
🪄 The AI was scheming: One of the AI models that Anthropic released today, Claude Opus 4, had to go through some revisions before it could be released. That's because it had a tendency to "scheme" and deceive, according to third-party research institute Apollo Research. The drama!
😸 Cash cat: RevenueCat, which helps power subscriptions in mobile apps, is expanding its business. The startup will now help developers decide whether they should offer web-based payments after the recent Apple U.S. App Store ruling. The company can helps apps set that up, too.
✌️ Tech shutdown: Mozilla is shutting down some of its subsidiaries, including Pocket, a read-it-later app it acquired in 2017, and Fakespot, a browser extension that helps people spot fake reviews. The company didn't provide a specific reason for the shutdowns.
🙅 Time for a takedown: Microsoft and law enforcement announced a court-authorized takedown of Lumma, an info-stealing malware that has been found on more than 394,000 Windows PCs. Lumma is also used as a backdoor for hackers to drop additional malware.
