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Google's new policy for the use of its AI products with K-12 accounts. A SpaceX phone service? The aftermath of the largest crypto theft at Binance. And how the "agentic web" is being welcomed by some websites.

• Google is switching off its AI tools for K-12 accounts unless schools opt in, but schools that opt out will lose access to Google Search.
• A report from The Washington Post shows that Elon Musk is seeking a way for network access to start a phone service with SpaceX and is reportedly pursuing EchoStar, Boost Mobile's parent company, after being rejected by Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile.
• Taking a look at how Binance survived the biggest crypto theft on record, about $6.3 billion, which its incident report traces to a month-long North Korean campaign that included a tampered Homebrew installer and a fake job interview.
• And MIT Technology Review took a look at the “agentic web,” showing AI agents from Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic being welcomed by some sites and blocked by others, such as Amazon shutting out Meta’s Muse.

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Links

• Google Is Forcing Schools to Choose Between Its Search Engine and AI - CNET
• Inside Musk’s plan to upend the wireless phone industry - The Washington Post
• Binance will survive the $6.3 billion hack—but this is the start of a terrifying new era | Fortune
• The agentic web is here | MIT Technology Review