The Epic saga has reached a sort of conclusion. Epic saga. See what I did there? That California AI safety bill has been pruned a bit. You can now add you California drivers license to your smartphone wallet. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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Fortnite Maker Epic Games Challenges Apple’s Dominance With New iOS App Store (Wired)
California weakens bill to prevent AI disasters before final vote, taking advice from Anthropic (TechCrunch)
Exclusive: Apple, Google wallets to carry California driver's licenses (Axios)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

Inside the Snowflake-Databricks Rivalry, and Why Both Fear Microsoft (Bloomberg)
The Little Streamer That Could (NYTimes)
Your Air Conditioner Is Lying to You (The Atlantic)

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