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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 to debut new rate limits for Claude Pro and Max on Aug. 28, likely curbing <5% of users, saying some run Claude 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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| Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: |
Z.ai, formerly known as Zhipu and which has raised $1.5B from Tencent and others, releases GLM-4.5, an open-source AI model that's cheaper to use than DeepSeek — BEIJING — Chinese companies are making smarter artificial intelligence models that are increasingly cheaper to use …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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 info — Google on Monday announced an update to its Chrome web browser that will introduce AI-generated store reviews to U.S. shoppers with the aim …
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| Emily Mason / Bloomberg: |
PayPal unveils Pay With Crypto for merchants to accept bitcoin, ether, USDT, and more via Coinbase, OKX, and other wallets, rolling out in the coming weeks — PayPal Holdings Inc. will soon allow businesses to accept more than one hundred cryptocurrencies at checkout.
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| 404 Media: |
A second security breach at Tea exposes more than 1.1M user messages, dating from early 2023 to as recently as last week, many containing sensitive information — The more than one million messages obtained by 404 Media are as recent as last week, discuss incredibly sensitive topics …
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| 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 … | Laura Dubois / Financial Times: |
The European Commission accuses Temu of breaching the DSA by failing to do enough to stop the sale of illegal products on its platform, in preliminary findings — European Commission says ecommerce group failing to do enough to tackle sale of illegal products| Pankaj Mishra / Livemint: |
Sources: Coinbase is in advanced talks to acquire CoinDCX, potentially valuing the Indian crypto exchange at less than $1B, below its 2022 $2.15B valuation — US cryptocurrency giant Coinbase is in advanced discussions to acquire India's CoinDCX as the local crypto exchange recovers from a $44 million hack …
More: Crypto Briefing
| BBC: |
Google says it revised its Android Earthquake Alerts algorithm after it failed to send the highest-level Take Action warnings to 10M people in Turkey in 2023 — Google has admitted its earthquake early warning system failed to accurately alert people during Turkey's deadly quake of 2023.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/Android, r/Turkey, r/technology, r/europe, and r/worldnews
| 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 …
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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 … | 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.| Canalys: |
The US smartphone market grew 1% in Q2; the share of US smartphone shipments assembled in China shrank from 61% in Q2'24 to 25% in Q2'25, as India volume soars — New research from Canalys (now part of Omdia) reveals that United States smartphone shipments grew by 1% in Q2 2025 as vendors continued …
More: 9to5Google, Patently Apple, AppleInsider, The Register, Android Police, 9to5Mac, Reuters, Android Authority, PhoneArena, Android Headlines, Light Reading, and iClarified
Forums: r/GooglePixel and r/Android
| 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, PYMNTS.com, DAT Freight & Analytics, Flexport, Truck News, GeekWire, and Transport Topics. LinkedIn: Bill Paul
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Seattle-based Dropzone AI, which offers AI agents that act as Security Operations Center analysts, raised a $37M Series B led by Theory Ventures — GeekWire's startup coverage documents the Pacific Northwest entrepreneurial scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter …
More: FinTech Global, InfoRiskToday.com, SiliconANGLE, FinSMEs, Dropzone AI Blog, and VC News Daily
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