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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.
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A profile of Steam developer Valve, which has a flat corporate structure and high profit per head; Ampere: Steam hit 170M MAUs in May, versus 153M a year prior — Peering inside one of the tech world's strangest companies — Here at FT Alphaville we love exploring “black hole” companies …
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| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
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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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 …
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DefiLlama: monthly DeFi fees have risen to $577M from an April low of $366M, with major protocols generating $275M through automated market-making services — - Major protocols like PancakeSwap have emerged as fee-generating leaders, accumulating $275 million in fees through …
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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
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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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| Manish Singh / India Dispatch: |
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 … | 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.
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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 — Twice in the past two years, Andrew Anagnost has found himself under siege from the same activist investor.| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
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.Sponsor Posts
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