Meta has surpassed its quarterly forecasts, causing its stock to jump, while CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly had a billion-dollar offer rejected by a top AI talent. Meanwhile, Apple is slowing down in the Chinese market due to the "Trump effect." In other tech giant news, a Google tool was allegedly misused to erase a tech CEO's past from search results, and YouTube is now allowing creators to use more profanity in monetized videos. Elon Musk's Boring Company plans to construct a tunnel under Nashville. In startup funding, the Israeli cybersecurity firm Legion Security has raised $30 million, and Nir Zuk is leading a funding round for Barix Health, a developer of a portable hyperbaric chamber.

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