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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
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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.
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| 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.
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| 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 … | Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Stat Counter: Windows 11 had a 50.9% share of the Windows market on July 4, ahead of Windows 10's 46.2%; the OS, released in 2021, only had a <10% share in 2022 — After four years on the market, Windows 11 has finally surpassed Windows 10 to become the most dominant desktop OS platform in the world.
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| Kieran Smith / Financial Times: |
Experts say ransomware group DragonForce, which targeted M&S, Harrods, and the Co-op, started a turf war with rival RansomHub that may bring more company hacks — A clash between rival criminal ransomware groups could result in corporate victims being extorted twice, cyber experts warn
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| Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: |
An analysis of Crunchbase and PitchBook data: in 2025 so far, 36+ tech startups hit a $1B+ valuation, including seven in June, six in May, and four in April — With AI igniting an investor frenzy, every month, more startups obtain unicorn status. — Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook … | Bloomberg: |
Paris-based 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 … | 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 …
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| Verne Kopytoff / Fortune: |
Former Google staff and others detail why Google's effort in 2013 to build Motorola smartphones in Texas failed, as Trump pushes Apple to make iPhones in the US — Equivalent in size to nearly eight football fields, the plant began producing the Google Motorola phones in the summer of 2013.| 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 … | Meaghan Tobin / New York Times: |
Hangzhou, home to DeepSeek and Alibaba, has become a Chinese AI startup hub, and the suburb Liangzhu has emerged as a hot spot for coders in their 20s and 30s — As China vies with Silicon Valley for primacy, Hangzhou, home to DeepSeek and Alibaba, is where its aspiring tech titans mingle and share ideas.| Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: |
How the US government launched a revamped online system in September 2024 to simplify passport renewal; the system is already handling nearly 50% of renewals — Washington isn't known for tech innovation. How did a team of bureaucrats put their stamp on a process that hadn't changed in 50 years?
Bluesky: @emilytav. X: @andrewmacurdy, @kyleichan, @kristenmag, @johnfund, and @kvlly. LinkedIn: Mary Bati. Forums: r/neoliberal
| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
The GSA says Oracle is giving the US government a 75% discount on its license-based software and a “substantial” discount on its cloud service through November — The deal could help increase adoption of the tech giant's cloud platform throughout the federal governmentSponsor Posts
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