Techmeme: The term “superintelligence” is becoming increasingly popular among AI leaders, even as many in the industry question whether it is ill-defined and overhyped (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)

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Rachyl Jones / Semafor:

A look at Meta's recent hires for its nascent superintelligence unit, including Pei Sun, who developed two generations of Waymo's perception models — Meta's new hires offer a glimpse into its nascent superintelligence unit, aimed at making the social media company's AI capabilities more competitive with industry leaders.

More: CNBC and Tech Times

KBKG:

President Trump signs the One Big Beautiful Bill, which allows immediate deduction of US software labor; foreign R&D still must be amortized over 15 years — Today, the House passed the Senate's version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA), marking a significant overhaul to federal tax policy.

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Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:

The term “superintelligence” is becoming increasingly popular among AI leaders, even as many in the industry question whether it is ill-defined and overhyped — A new AI buzzword is picking up speed in Silicon Valley. — But first.... AGI inflation

More: Forbes and The Economic Times

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Jesse Coghlan / Cointelegraph:

House GOP leaders announce a regulatory Crypto Week from July 14 to July 18 to consider three key crypto bills, including the Senate-led GENIUS Act — US Republican leaders say the House will look to pass bills on stablecoins, crypto market structure and CBDCs in mid-July in what they've dubbed “Crypto Week.”

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Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:

Over the past year, long-time Bitcoin whales have been selling off their holdings, leading to a reshaping of the market as institutions increase their buying — A silent transfer of control is reshaping the $2.1 trillion Bitcoin market. — A steady stream of sales by long-time whales …

More: BeInCrypto, Bitcoinist.com, Türkiye Today, Coinpedia Fintech News, CryptoPotato, and The Coin Republic

Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk:

Two dormant Bitcoin wallets, each holding 10,000 “Satoshi era” BTC since 2011, transferred the coins to new wallets using a modern, lower-fee address format — All of these moved coins are among the rarest class of BTC: mined or transacted during the “Satoshi era,” …

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MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:

A look at the annual Ethereum Community Conference, or EthCC, Ethereum's flagship European event, held in Cannes this year to showcase the network's growth — CANNES — Wall Street's new plumbing is being built on Ethereum and this week its architects took over the same French Riviera villas …

Forums: r/ethtrader

Debby Wu / Bloomberg:

Foxconn reports Q1 revenue up 15.8% YoY to ~$62B, driven by strong demand for iPhones and AI servers powered by Nvidia chips, meeting analysts' expectations — Revenue totaled NT$1.8 trillion ($62 billion) in the three months to June, largely in line with analysts' expectations, results showed Saturday.

More: Reuters, Focus Taiwan, and iClarified. Forums: MacRumors Forums

Joshua Nevett / BBC:

UK minister instructs the Turing AI institute, which has lately focused on responsible AI and ethics, to prioritize national security and defense instead — Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has written to the UK's national institute for artificial intelligence (AI) to tell its bosses to refocus on defence and security.

More: The Guardian. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @ersatzben. Forums: Slashdot

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:

Doc: UK's Independent Publishers Alliance files an antitrust complaint with EU and the UK CMA against Google, alleging misuse of web content for AI Overviews — Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google has been hit by an EU antitrust complaint over its AI Overviews from a group of independent publishers …

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Ryan Gould / Bloomberg:

Blackstone acquires Vista Equity Partners' minority stake in event software company Cvent, sources say for $1.3B; Blackstone acquired Cvent for $4.6B in 2023 — Blackstone is acquiring Vista's stake in Cvent for $1.3 billion, according to people familiar with the matter …

More: Washington Business Journal and Verdict

Dan Primack / Axios:

PitchBook: AI startups received 53% of all global VC dollars invested in H1 2025, rising to 64% in the US, and accounted for 29% of all global startups funded — Artificial intelligence is eating venture capital. Or at least its dollars. … - That percentage jumps to 64% in the U.S.

More: The French Tech Journal, PitchBook, and VCCircle

Ben Geman / Axios:

Emerald AI, whose software lets AI data centers flexibly adjust power consumption, raised a $24.5M seed led by Radical Ventures, with NVentures participating — AI giant Nvidia and boldface names in tech and finance are backing a new startup that aims to transform data centers into flexible grid assets instead of liabilities.

More: NVIDIA, arXiv.org e-Print archive, Latitude Media, E&E News, VC News Daily, Emerald AI, Pulse 2.0, FinSMEs, and RCR Wireless News

LinkedIn: Yvonne Likomanova, Rob Toews, and Varun Sivaram

Kate Park / TechCrunch:

Tailor, which offers a headless ERP system for retail businesses that separates the frontend and backend, raised a $22M Series A from ANRI, NEA, YC, and others — Tailor, a San Francisco- and Tokyo-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform, has raised $22 million in a Series A funding round.

More: Business Wire, PYMNTS.com, FinSMEs, VC News Daily, and Pulse 2.0

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