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A developer details how he shipped Context, a native macOS app that was almost 100% built using Claude Code — I recently shipped Context, a native macOS app for debugging MCP servers. The goal was to build a useful developer tool that feels at home on the platform, powered by Apple's SwiftUI framework.| France 24: |
The Colombian navy says it has seized an unmanned narco-submarine that was equipped with a Starlink terminal, enabling the sub to be controlled remotely — The Colombian navy on Wednesday seized its first unmanned narco-submarine, equipped with a Starlink antenna, off the Caribbean coast.| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
How Clorox is using generative AI for ad creation, brainstorming new products, and analyzing consumer reviews, as part of a five-year, $580M digital overhaul — Clorox employees' experiments with generative AI delivered new R&D ideas, better customer insights—and some misfires like ‘bleachless bleach’| SemiAnalysis: |
A look at DeepSeek's impact on the AI model race and market share landscape, roughly 150 days after DeepSeek R1 shook stock markets and the Western AI world — SemiAnalysis is hiring an analyst in New York City for Core Research, our world class research product for the finance industry.
More: Simon Willison's Weblog, BankInfoSecurity.com, and Interconnects
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Source: an ongoing outage at IT giant Ingram Micro is caused by a ransomware attack from SafePay, which has become one of the more active operations of 2025 — An ongoing outage at IT giant Ingram Micro is caused by a SafePay ransomware attack that led to the shutdown of internal systems, BleepingComputer has learned.
More: NERDS.xyz, Reuters, and Graham Cluley
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act expands Qualified Small Business Stock benefits for VCs, founders, and startup staff, raising tax-free gains from $10M to $15M — The wealthy will likely see a host of new tax breaks in President Donald Trump's “big beautiful bill,” along with permanent extensions …
More: Forbes, Wall Street Journal, KBKG, Cointelegraph, and Tribune Online
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Investigation: preprint research papers on arXiv from 14 academic institutions in eight countries had hidden prompts telling AI tools to give positive reviews — Instructions in preprints from 14 universities highlight controversy on AI in peer review — TOKYO — Research papers …
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Analysts estimate AI services within Microsoft Azure generated $11.5B in revenue in the just-ended fiscal year, up 100%+ YoY but only ~4% of Microsoft's revenue — AI has propelled the two companies toward an exclusive club, but Microsoft's path forward is more complicated| 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,” … | Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
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| Davis Janowski / Wealth Management: |
Savvy Wealth, a digital wealth management service for financial advisors, raised a $72M Series B led by Industry Ventures, taking its total funding to $100M+ — The AI-driven, automation-focused platform provider has attracted advisors to its RIA unit at a steady clip as well.
More: Business Wire, VC News Daily, FinSMEs, Pulse 2.0, and FinTech Global. LinkedIn: Davis Janowski
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PitchBook: VC exits through public listings, acquisitions, and buyouts reached $67.7B in Q2 2025, up from $38.5B a year ago and the strongest showing since 2021 — Figma listing plans might raise hopes of a rise in IPO activity — When design software company Figma revealed its plans …
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How Shein is leveraging its Reliance Retail partnership in its return to India, as fashion now accounts for 27% of India's online sales, up from 16% in 2020 — India's fast-fashion segment grew 30-40% in the year through March — Reliance is making a bold bet on Shein … | 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: Ars Technica, Forbes, and The Economic Times
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An interview with Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost on settling the proxy fight with Starboard Value, serving the “design and make” workforce, US reshoring, and more — This article first appeared in The CEO Signal. Request an invitation. — THE SIGNAL INTERVIEW| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Cluely says its ARR hit $7M after signing a public company; a startup called Pickle says it built Glass, an open source, free product similar to Cluely — Cluely's revenue has skyrocketed to about $7 million in ARR since it launched its new enterprise product a week ago, founder Roy Lee told TechCrunch.
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