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Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Sony sues Tencent for copyright and trademark infringement in California federal court, accusing the Chinese tech giant of ripping off its Horizon game series  —  Sony Interactive (6758.T) has sued Tencent (0700.HK) for copyright and trademark infringement in California federal court …
Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac:
Tea, which claims to make dating safer for women, is the #2 app in the US App Store, despite multiple security flaws exposing private chats, photo IDs, and more  —  Two major security vulnerabilities in the Tea app - which claims to make dating safer for women - have exposed the private chats …
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
A second security breach at women's safety 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 …
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Adobe rolls out new generative AI features for Photoshop to let users more easily add or remove people and objects, including “Harmonize” compositing, in beta  —  Generative AI is rapidly eroding the photo editing skill barrier. … Adobe is launching some new generative AI features …
Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the US DOJ fired two of its most senior antitrust enforcers after disagreements related to defusing its lawsuit against HPE over its $14B Juniper deal  —  Dismissals come after disagreements over settling case against HPE, which hired allies of President Trump
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple plans to open the Apple Manufacturing Academy in Detroit in August, run by Michigan State University, as Trump ramps up pressure to invest in the US  —  Faced with intensifying pressure from President Donald Trump to bring more jobs to the U.S., Apple is opening a manufacturing program in downtown Detroit.
Katherine Sayre / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify reports Q2 revenue up 10% YoY to €4.2B, MAUs up 11% YoY to 696M, subscribers up 12% YoY to 276M, and an €86M net loss; SPOT drops 9%+ after missing est.  —  The audio streaming service added more listeners than it had forecast, but reported a net loss for the second quarter
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 …
AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: JPMorgan Chase is in advanced talks to take over Apple's credit-card program from Goldman Sachs, with Apple telling JPMorgan it is its preferred choice  —  Discussions between the country's biggest bank and Apple accelerated in recent months  —  JPMorgan Chase is in advanced talks …
Zac Bowden / Windows Central:
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.
Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
Waymo plans to launch its robotaxi service in Dallas in 2026 with Avis as the fleet partner, a first after exclusively working with Uber in Austin and Atlanta  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo plans to launch robotaxi service in Dallas next year in partnership with Avis Budget Group Inc. …
Brunella Tipismana Urbano / Bloomberg:
Ambience Healthcare, which uses AI to automate administrative tasks for medical professionals, raised $243M led by a16z and Oak HC/FT at a $1B+ valuation  —  Ambience Healthcare Inc., an artificial intelligence startup focused on streamlining administrative work for medical professionals …
Bloomberg:
Filing: Bit Digital-owned AI infrastructure company Whitefiber seeks to raise $132.8M in an IPO, selling 7.8M shares for $15 to $17 for an up to $593M valuation  —  Whitefiber Inc., an artificial intelligence infrastructure subsidiary of crypto treasury firm Bit Digital Inc. …

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From Mediagazer

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Notus will rename itself The Star and relaunch in early June as it adds local news and sports coverage; source: Robert Allbritton will add ~$30M to its funding

Reshmi Basu / Bloomberg:
QVC Group, owner of TV shopping channels QVC and HSN, files for bankruptcy as part of a plan to cut more than $5B in debt; shares closed down 69% on Thursday

Rebecca Keegan / NBC News:
Paramount CEO David Ellison makes an unexpected appearance at CinemaCon, promising a 45-day theatrical window for all Paramount movies going forward

More News

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
Zoe Kleinman / BBC:
Google will roll out AI Mode in the UK in the coming days after launching in the US and India; the optional feature will appear as a tab and in the search box
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

Earlier Picks

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
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
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”
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
Bloomberg:
Samsung unveils a $16.5B chip deal with Tesla that runs through the end of 2033; Elon Musk says the deal is to make Tesla's next-gen AI6 chips in Taylor, Texas
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