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Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times:
In Beijing, Jensen Huang says Nvidia will “accelerate the recovery” of its China chip sales and he expects its US export licenses “to come through very shortly”  —  Jensen Huang tells Beijing press conference it takes nine months to restart supply chain
Reuters:
At a supply chain expo in Beijing, Jensen Huang calls AI models from DeepSeek, Alibaba, and Tencent “world class” and says AI is “revolutionizing” supply chains  —  Nvidia (NVDA.O) CEO Jensen Huang described artificial intelligence models from Chinese firms Deepseek …
Reuters:
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says Nvidia's plan to resume its H20 AI chip sales to China is part of US trade negotiations over rare earths and magnets
Rachyl Jones / Semafor:
AWS rolls out Amazon Bedrock AgentCore in preview to help businesses deploy and operate AI agents that analyze internal data, write code, and handle other tasks  —  Amazon Web Services on Wednesday launched a platform to help businesses build a web of connected AI agents to analyze internal data …
Kylie Robison / Wired:
Sources: OpenAI researcher Jason Wei, who worked on o3 and deep research models, and his colleague Hyung Won Chung are joining Meta's new superintelligence lab  —  Jason Wei, who worked on OpenAI's o3 and deep research models, will be joining Meta's superintelligence lab.
The Information on YouTube:
Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on Meta's “personal super intelligence” push, how its pay packages pale in comparison to its AI infra investments, AI glasses, and more
Chris Prentice / Reuters:
The US House clears a key procedural hurdle on cryptocurrency legislation after Trump intervened, setting the stage for likely passage of several crypto bills  —  The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives cleared a key procedural hurdle Wednesday, setting the stage for likely passage …
Chris Welch / Bloomberg:
Google announces a Pixel event for August 20 in NYC, with the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL Pixel 10 Pro Fold, and the fourth-gen Pixel Watch expected  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Google will debut new Pixel-branded hardware at an event on Aug. 20 in New York, with the lineup expected …
Natasha Mascarenhas / The Information:
Sources: Anthropic has rehired Boris Cherny and Cat Wu, who developed Claude Code, just two weeks after they left for Cursor developer Anysphere  —  In a surprising reversal, two leaders of Anthropic's coding product who joined rival Anysphere two weeks ago have returned to Anthropic …
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
ASML reports Q2 net sales of €7.7B, net income of €2.29B, and net bookings of €5.5B, above €4.19B est., as tariffs have a “less negative” impact than expected  —  ASML on Wednesday warned of the possibility of no growth in 2026, even as it beat top and bottom line expectations for the second quarter.
Mauro Orru / Wall Street Journal:
ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet says “while we still prepare for growth in 2026, we cannot confirm it”, after Trump threatened 30% tariffs on the EU; ASML falls 9%+
Jonathan Greig / The Record:
Google says its Big Sleep AI agent for finding unknown software vulnerabilities recently discovered a critical SQLite flaw that “was at risk of being exploited”  —  Google said a large language model it developed to find vulnerabilities recently discovered a bug that hackers were preparing to use.
Casey Newton / Platformer:
xAI's Grok is rated for kids aged 12 and up in the iOS App Store, despite adding “companions”; one includes an NSFW “Bad Rudy” mode and the other becomes NSFW  —  AI companions are arriving faster than platforms can build guardrails around them.  Parents need to pay attention
Zac Bowden / Windows Central:
Microsoft begins testing a Windows 11 feature for sharing the entire desktop with Copilot Vision; it requires first entering a special mode in the Copilot app  —  First announced earlier this year, sharing your desktop with Copilot on Windows 11 is now in testing with insiders across all preview channels.
Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information:
Source: OpenAI is developing ChatGPT agents that let users create Excel- and PowerPoint-compatible files, generate reports, and handle tasks involving websites
Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
CrowdStrike: Chinese hacking attacks on US targets more than doubled from 2023 to 330+ incidents in 2025; US officials say China has shifted to hacking-for-hire  —  American officials say new economic model for offense has fueled spying attacks by government agencies that have more than doubled.
Meaghan Tobin / New York Times:
China, which pledged $8.5B for young AI startups in April, is taking an industrial policy approach to help its AI companies close the gap with those in the US  —  Beijing is taking an industrial policy approach to help its A.I. companies close the gap with those in the United States.
Leo Schwartz / Fortune:
NYC-based Talos, which develops digital asset trading infrastructure, acquires Boston-based blockchain data provider Coin Metrics, a source says for $100M+  —  Talos cofounders Ethan Feldman (L) and Anton Katz (R)  —  COURTESY OF TALOS  —  M&A season in the crypto industry is heating up.

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From Mediagazer

Financial Times:
Sources: WBD's board wanted a proposal it could sign immediately, and Netflix was the only bidder whose paperwork was fully executable the night of December 4

John Koblin / New York Times:
The Netflix-WBD deal should quiet concerns, for now, from CNN employees worried about the prospect of Paramount combining CBS News and CNN in a WBD acquisition

Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi agree to part ways and let her contract expire at the end of the year, following new allegations about her affair with RFK Jr.

More News

Jordan Robertson / Bloomberg:
Europol and Eurojust disrupt pro-Russian hacktivist group NoName057(16) that has claimed responsibility for 1,000+ DDoS attacks since 2022, and make two arrests
Molly Schuetz / Bloomberg:
HPE makes several business changes, including forming a strategy committee and appointing a new board member, as it agrees to work with Elliott to boost value

Earlier Picks

Naga Avan-Nomayo / The Block:
SharpLink Gaming, a Nasdaq-listed online gambling marketing company, becomes the largest corporate ether holder with 280,706, surpassing the Ethereum Foundation
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
The US DOJ says ex-Army soldier Cameron John Wagenius pled guilty to hacking 10+ companies and to extortion; in February, he admitted he hacked AT&T and Verizon
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
In a paper, AI researchers from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, and others recommend “further research into chain-of-thought monitorability” for AI safety
Calvin French-Owen:
A former OpenAI engineer details his experience working at the company, its culture, codebase structure, Python, Azure, rapid growth, the Codex launch, and more
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Roblox launches a licensing platform to help IP rights holders to collaborate with creators, with Lionsgate, Netflix, Sega, and Kodansha as founding partners
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