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July 7, 2025, 8:30 AM

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The Guardian:
After Elon Musk unveiled the America Party, a new US political party, President Trump called Musk a “TRAIN WRECK” fueled by discontent over EV subsidies ending  —  US president railed against his former adviser online after tech billionaire said he will start and bankroll America party
The Information:
Sources: TikTok plans to launch a new app version on September 5, ahead of the US' September 17 divest-or-ban enforcement deadline, that US users must switch to  —  TikTok is building a new version of its app for users in the U.S. ahead of a planned sale of the app to a group of investors.
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple appeals the EU's €500M DMA fine, levied in April 2025 over its App Store steering rules, claiming the decision goes “far beyond what the law requires”  —  Apple is appealing the 500 million euro ($570 million) fine that it is facing in the European Union for allegedly violating the Digital Markets Act.
Ben Dickson / VentureBeat:
Tokyo-based Sakana AI details a new Monte Carlo Tree Search-based technique that lets multiple LLMs cooperate on a single task, outperforming individual LLMs  —  Japanese AI lab Sakana AI has introduced a new technique that allows multiple large language models (LLMs) to cooperate on a single task …
Bloomberg:
Huawei's AI lab refutes accusations that its Pangu Pro MoE model source code used uncredited material from key rivals, after a GitHub group debated its origins  —  The Pangu Pro MoE is the world's first model of its kind to be trained on Ascend chips — Huawei's answer to Nvidia Corp.'s AI accelerators …
Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch:
An analysis of Crunchbase and PitchBook data shows that in 2025 so far at least 36 tech startups hit a $1B+ valuation, including seven in June and six in May  —  With AI igniting an investor frenzy, every month, more startups obtain unicorn status.  —  Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook …
Bloomberg:
France's Capgemini plans to acquire US-listed IT outsourcing company WNS for $3.3B in cash, seeking to boost its agentic AI services; WNS serves 600+ clients  —  France's Capgemini SE plans to acquire IT outsourcing company WNS Holdings Ltd. for $3.3 billion in cash, beating rival suitors to a deal aimed at expanding its AI operations.
Emma Jacobs / Financial Times:
On-the-job learning in fields like law and banking faces a dual threat as hybrid work limits juniors' exposure to seniors and gen AI replaces key routine tasks  —  Employers will have to be more deliberate in the training they offer junior staff  —  Jamie Dimon is unequivocal about the impact …

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