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From Techmeme: Vodafone plans to take full ownership of its VodafoneThree joint venture with Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison, which agrees to sell its 49% stake for £4.3B (Kimberley Kao/Wall Street Journal)

From Techmeme: Q&A with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on his plan to make Uber an everything app, Uber's AI integrations, investing in autonomous cars, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

From Techmeme: How Europe is falling behind in the global crypto race, as delays to the ECB's digital euro leave the bloc exposed to US-led stablecoin dominance (Bloomberg)

From Techmeme: Kuo: OpenAI appears to be fast-tracking its AI agent phone with two NPUs and a custom MediaTek Dimensity 9600 SoC, targeting mass production as early as H1 2027 (@mingchikuo)

From Techmeme: Sources: Apple held exploratory talks with Intel and its executives visited a Samsung plant in Texas to explore producing core chips for its devices in the US (Bloomberg)

From Techmeme: Inference cloud startup DeepInfra raised a $107M Series B co-led by 500 Global and Georges Harik; it currently supports more than 190 open models (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

From memeorandum: E.E.O.C. Investigating Discrimination Claim at The New York Times (Rebecca Davis O'Brien/New York Times)

From memeorandum: Staffing Crisis is Unfolding Inside Justice Dept., Giving Criminal Defendants New Leverage (Scott MacFarlane Reports)

From memeorandum: Rudy Giuliani in critical condition, recovering from pneumonia, spokesman says (Paul Schwartzman/Washington Post)

From memeorandum: U.S. Warns China Over Iranian Oil as Sanctions Fight Intensifies (Alan Rappeport/New York Times)

From memeorandum: Supreme Court Temporarily Restores Access to Abortion Pill by Mail (Ann E. Marimow/New York Times)

From memeorandum: Alito temporarily restores FDA rule allowing abortion pill mifepristone to be sent by mail (Melissa Quinn/CBS News)

From memeorandum: Judge on challenge to Trump golf course takeover: 'I'm no Amy Poehler' (Zach Schonfeld/The Hill)

From memeorandum: The oil price crunch is looming (Christof Rühl/Financial Times)

From memeorandum: DeSantis signs gerrymandered Florida map into law (Matthew Kupfer/Democracy Docket)

From memeorandum: Judge orders release of contractor accused of sharing classified info with Wapo reporter (Josh Gerstein/Politico)

From memeorandum: As Swalwell's public profile grew, more than a dozen women describe how he made them uncomfortable in private (CNN)

From memeorandum: Rudy Giuliani is breathing on his own while hospitalized with pneumonia, spokesperson says (Michael R. Sisak/Associated Press)

From memeorandum: Fighting Flares Up in Iran War as U.A.E. and Ships Are Attacked (Wall Street Journal)