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With Tim Cook likely to lead Apple through this decade, a look at Apple's executive succession challenges as many of Cook's direct reports near retirement age — Also: The company is scaling back the iOS 26 Liquid Glass revamp; a look at upcoming devices; and Meta poaches Apple's top AI models executive.
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| Lance Ulanoff / TechRadar: |
An interview with Google President of Android Ecosystem Sameer Samat, who says Google is going to combine “ChromeOS and Android into a single platform” — On Gemini, Samsung, Galaxy AI, Glass, XR, and more — My conversation with Sameer Samat, Android's daddy...er …
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| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Nielsen: Netflix's share of the most-watched shows dropped from 80%+ in 2021 to ~50% now; Amazon, Apple, HBO, Hulu, and Paramount+ have shows in 2025's Top 10 — Netflix released the most-watched series of the first half — but is losing ground to rival streaming services. — Good evening from New York City.| John Koblin / New York Times: |
YouTube and Netflix are increasingly locked in a battle over TV in the US; Nielsen says YouTube was 12.5% of all TV viewing time in May, above Netflix's 7.5% — The two giant video companies have far different strategies, but the same goal: controlling your TV set.
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| Yash Roy / Bloomberg: |
Republican House leaders anticipate passing the GENIUS Act along with considering two other crypto bills, as the House kicks off a regulatory Crypto Week — Republican House leaders anticipate passing an industry-friendly stablecoin regulatory bill this week, sending Congress's … | Kirk Ogunrinde / Bloomberg: |
Bitcoin reached a new all-time high of over $121K on July 14, up about 30% since December 2024, after more than doubling in value in 2024 — Bitcoin reached $120,000 for the first time, with investor optimism increasing almost daily after it emerged from a narrow trading range …
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| Jacob Silverman / The Nation: |
Analysis: there is little evidence that UAE-based Aqua 1 Foundation, the largest investor in Trump's World Liberty Financial after buying $100M tokens, exists — The strange saga of a shadowy UAE company's $100 million investment in World Liberty Financial, the Trump-aligned crypto trader
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| Noor Al-Sibai / Futurism: |
An Internet Matters survey of 1,000 UK kids aged 9 to 17 finds 67% say they use AI chatbots regularly; of that group, 35% say it feels like talking to a friend — “Sometimes they can feel like a real person and a friend.” — Lonely children and teens are replacing real-life friendship with AI, and experts are worried.
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China approves Synopsys' $35B acquisition of simulation software company Ansys, after the US lifted restrictions on chip design software sales to China — China's market regulator has conditionally approved the acquisition of simulation software company Ansys (ANSS.O) by U.S. software firm Synopsys' …
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Satellite imagery and eyewitness testimony reveal that online scam centers are proliferating rapidly in Myanmar despite a large-scale crackdown in February 2025 — The number of scam centers in eastern Myanmar is expanding at a rapid pace. Even after a large-scale crackdown in February …
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A look at how Big Tech is faring in the Trump administration in terms of their executives' ties with Trump, contracts, antitrust cases, tariffs, and more — Technology CEOs and companies have donated millions of dollars to the president — Tech companies have been some of the most aggressive … | Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Jensen Huang says China's military is unlikely to use Nvidia's AI chips, citing the risk of the chips being “limited at any time” due to US export restrictions — Addressing the largest concern Washington has cited in placing increasing restrictions on US technology exports to the Asian nation …
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| Tim Fernholz / New York Times: |
A look at WindBorne, which uses weather balloons and AI to improve forecasting, as potential budget cuts to NOAA threaten its access to public weather data — Weather forecasts, believe it or not, have come a long way. A five-day forecast today is as accurate as a three-day forecast four decades ago.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: SpaceX has agreed to invest $2B in xAI, as part of xAI's $5B equity fundraise announced by Morgan Stanley last month — The startup is leaning on Musk's business empire to play catch-up in the AI race — Elon Musk's SpaceX has agreed to invest $2 billion in xAI …
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