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Microsoft Edge adds Copilot Mode, an experimental feature that tries to make browsing an agentic AI experience, even anticipating links to click, free for now — Copilot Mode in Microsoft Edge is a new experimental feature that transforms the browser into an agentic AI experience, but it's only free for a limited time.
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| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic plans to debut new rate limits for Claude Pro and Max on August 28, likely curbing <5% of users, saying some run Code “continuously in the background” — Anthropic says its rolling out new weekly rate limits for Claude to curb usage among subscribers who are running …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Chrome debuts AI-generated store reviews to US shoppers, letting users click an icon left of the URL to show a popup with store reputation information — Google on Monday announced an update to its Chrome web browser that will introduce AI-generated store reviews to U.S. shoppers … | Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
A second security breach at women's dating app Tea exposes 1.1M+ user messages, dating from early 2023 up to last week, many containing sensitive information — A second, major security issue with women's dating safety app Tea has exposed much more user data than the first breach we first reported …
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| Pankaj Mishra / Livemint: |
Sources: Coinbase is in advanced talks to acquire CoinDCX, potentially valuing the Indian crypto exchange at less than $1B, below its $2.15B valuation in 2022 — US cryptocurrency giant Coinbase is in advanced discussions to acquire India's CoinDCX as the local crypto exchange recovers … | Reuters: |
Sources: Nvidia ordered 300K H20 chips from TSMC last week, adding to its 600K to 700K inventory, amid strong China demand after the US cleared H20 chip sales — Nvidia (NVDA.O) placed orders for 300,000 H20 chipsets with contract manufacturer TSMC (2330.TW) last week, two sources said …
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| Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: |
Z.ai, formerly known as Zhipu and that has raised $1.5B from Tencent and others, releases GLM-4.5, an open-source AI model that it says is cheaper than DeepSeek — BEIJING — Chinese companies are making smarter artificial intelligence models that are increasingly cheaper to use …
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| Karen Freifeld / Reuters: |
Cadence Design agrees to plead guilty and pay more than $140M to resolve US charges for selling its chip design products to a Chinese military university — Cadence Design (CDNS.O) agreed to plead guilty and pay more than $140 million to resolve U.S. charges for selling its chip design products …
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| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Julius AI, which acts like a data scientist by analyzing data and running predictive models from natural language prompts, raised a $10M seed led by Bessemer — Julius AI, a startup that describes itself as an AI data analyst, announced it has raised a $10 million seed round led by Bessemer Venture Partners.
More: Fast Company, FinSMEs, and nextbigwhat
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| John Kingston / FreightWaves: |
Flexport announces it is selling Convoy's tech to DAT Freight & Analytics, after acquiring the digital freight startup's tech stack in late 2023 — Third recent deal at DAT has potential to transform its ability to put together carriers and shippers; legacy Convoy brokerage business staying with Flexport
More: TechCrunch, Seattle Business Journal, DAT Freight & Analytics, Flexport, PYMNTS.com, Transport Topics, Truck News, and GeekWire. LinkedIn: Bill Paul
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Harmonic, an AI math startup co-founded by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, unveils its model Aristotle, saying it achieved gold medal performance on the 2025 IMO — Harmonic, an AI startup co-founded by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, announced Monday the beta launch of an iOS and Android chatbot app …
More: Harmonic
| Bloomberg: |
EssilorLuxottica says sales of Ray-Ban Meta more than tripled year-over-year in the first half of 2025, and it expects “a very fast ramp-up” of Oakley Meta — EssilorLuxottica SA posted better-than-expected revenue in the second quarter, as the world's biggest eyewear maker showed strong gains … | Lucinda Shen / Axios: |
Salient, which uses AI to automate the post-loan origination process for lenders, raised a $60M Series A led by a16z, a source says at a $350M valuation — Salient, a San Francisco-based platform for lenders to automate the post-loan origination process, raised $60 million in Series A funding, it tells Axios Pro exclusively.| Financial Times: |
Athens-based defense tech startup Delian Alliance Industries, which makes its own hardware, software, and sensor fusion systems, raised a $14M Series A — Drone start-up Delian Alliance Industries mimics the vertically integrated approach taken by Tesla and Apple
More: Delian
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