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| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Google rolls out Gemini 2.5 Deep Think, its most advanced reasoning model, which considers multiple ideas simultaneously, to its $250/month Ultra subscription — Google DeepMind is rolling out Gemini 2.5 Deep Think, which, the company says, is its most advanced AI reasoning model …
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X: @officiallogank, @googledeepmind, @emollick, @shaneguml, @samuelalbanie, @sarah_a_bentley, @simonw, @_philschmid, @hangsiin, @engineerrprompt, @aistudio30, @daniel_mac8, @lmthang, @legit_api, @jeffdean, @neelnanda5, @officiallogank, @sam_witteveen, @koltregaskes, @altryne, @demishassabis, @mariusfanu, @cedric_chee, @jonathancochran, @andrewcurran_, @jeffdean, @kimmonismus, @harshithlucky3, @vibedonnie, @giacomomiolo, @sundarpichai, @oriolvinyalsml, @demishassabis, @ai_for_success, and @nanulled. LinkedIn: Francis deSouza. Forums: Hacker News
| New York Times: |
Source: OpenAI raised $8.3B led by Dragoneer at a $300B valuation, months ahead of schedule and part of a $40B goal for 2025; 5M business users pay for ChatGPT — The venture capital round values the ChatGPT maker at $300 billion, and underscores the fierceness of the A.I. money race.
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Bluesky: @flobbert, @hnrykssngr, @edzitron.com, @hypercubexl, @copybot, @jake.sooscreek.productions, and @stahl
| Washington Post: |
A US jury finds Tesla partially liable for Autopilot's role in a fatal 2019 crash in Florida, and orders the company to pay $243M in damages — The outcome is a stunning rebuke for Tesla, which for years has fought to absolve itself of responsibility when its technology is involved in a crash.
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Mastodon: @GottaLaff@mstdn.social, @KimPerales@toad.social, and @SheDrivesMobility …
X: @epsilontheory, @fredericlambert, @fredericlambert, @munster_gene, @elonmusk, @sawyermerritt, and @scobleizer. Forums: r/news
| Bloomberg: |
Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon have collectively spent ~$90B on capex in their most recent quarters and are expected to spend over $344B for the year — If there's any lesson to take from the spending plans issued by the world's largest technology companies over the past two weeks …
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Bluesky: @rayminehane, @benbraun, @seanbrodrick, and @nicholasgrossman
X: @patrickmcgee_, @sundeep, @pat_hedger, @michaelmiraflor, @mims, @divestech, @atabarrok, @dkthomp, @dkthomp, @dkthomp, @thetranscript_, @tunguz, @modestproposal1, @modestproposal1, @cernbasher, @virtualelena, @chrislhayes, @emollick, @duttmadhav, @birdyword, @irish2witter, @lhamtil, @stshank, @stshank, and @mims
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Nintendo Q1: revenue up 132% YoY to ~$3.8B, operating profit up 4.4% to ~$378M; it sold 5.82M Switch 2 units in the first month, more than double the original — Nintendo more than doubled revenue in its fiscal first quarter, as the company logged bumper sales of its Switch 2 console in the first month of release.
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Forums: r/gaming, r/NintendoSwitch2, r/nintendo, r/Games, r/NintendoSwitch, r/NintendoSwitch, and r/Games
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
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Forums: r/politics, r/technology, and r/chilegames
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Reddit wants to become “a go-to search engine” for users; its core search has 70M+ weekly active unique users and its AI tool Reddit Answers has 6M weekly users — CEO Steve Huffman says the company is focused on making the platform a ‘go-to search engine.’
More: Inc, CNET, How-To Geek, Search Engine Journal, 9to5Google, PCMag, Engadget, KnowTechie, TechCrunch, WinBuzzer, TechCrunch, MarketWatch, Sherwood News, Reuters, and Barron's Online
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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI removes a ChatGPT feature that let users make their conversations discoverable by Google and other search engines, calling it a “short-lived experiment” — Update 7/31/25 4:10pm PT: Hours after this article was published, OpenAI said it removed the feature from ChatGPT …
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X: @cryps1s, @wavefnx, @wavefnx, @luizajarovsky, @luizajarovsky, @chrisuniverseb, and @excel4freelance
LinkedIn: David White and Vic Sweeting
Forums: r/technology, r/OpenAI, and Slashdot
| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
The US Army awards Palantir a contract worth up to $10B over the next decade, creating a “comprehensive framework for the Army's future software and data needs” — The award covering the next decade is one of the largest DoD contracts ever, cementing the tech firm's role in warfighting for years to come.
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Bluesky: @purgepalantir, @quinnypig.com, and @jvagle.me
Forums: Hacker News and r/politics
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: in a rare companywide meeting, Tim Cook said the AI revolution is “ours to grab”, Apple's AI efforts will mirror its iPhone successes, and more — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook, holding a rare all-hands meeting following earnings results …
More: 9to5Mac, iThinkDifferent, Notebookcheck, and The Hans India
| BBC: |
In the UK, X and Reddit are blocking wide-ranging content, including about parliamentary debates, Ukraine, and Gaza, to comply with the Online Safety Act — Social media companies are blocking wide-ranging content - including posts about the wars in Ukraine and Gaza - in an attempt to comply …
More: Electronic Frontier Foundation, spiked, and Tom's Guide
Bluesky: @shayan86, @caseynewton, @sweet-jesus, @fulelo, @anarchoterran, and @mikestabile. Mastodon: @metacurity@infosec.exchange
Forums: r/anime_titties, r/ukpolitics, r/uknews, r/LabourUK, and Beehaw
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft plans to end support for Windows 11 SE in 2026, five years after launching the OS for low-cost laptops designed to compete with Google Chromebooks — Microsoft isn't chasing after Chromebooks anymore, as demand tails off. … Microsoft is ending support for Windows 11 SE next year …
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok launches a new version of its app called TikTok Pro in Germany, Portugal, and Spain, allowing users to earn “virtual sunshine” by supporting charities — TikTok is launching a new version of its app called “TikTok Pro” in Germany, Portugal, and Spain.
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| James Hunt / The Block: |
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority plans to allow retail investors to access crypto exchange-traded notes, dubbed cETNs, on FCA-approved, UK-based exchanges — - The UK financial regulator is set to open up access to crypto exchange-traded notes for retail investors on FCA-approved, UK-based exchanges.| Reuters: |
Sources: thousands of US export license applications, including for Nvidia's shipments of AI chips to China, are stalled due to US Commerce Department turmoil — Thousands of license applications by U.S. companies to export goods and technology around the globe, including to China …
More: TechCrunch
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Instagram now requires users to have a public account with 1,000+ followers to go live, aligning with TikTok; previously, the feature was open to all users — Instagram users now need a public account with a minimum of 1,000 followers to go live on the platform, the social network confirmed to TechCrunch.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says it will preserve “actively used” goo.gl URLs, after announcing earlier that all existing goo.gl links would stop working in August 2025 — After originally planning to have all goo.gl URLs stop working later this month, Google will now “preserve actively used links.”
More: The Keyword, Washington Post, Android Police, How-To Geek, Engadget, Neowin, NZ Herald, Android Central, The Verge, and Android Authority. Bluesky: @quinnypig.com
| Reuters: |
Sources: CapitalG and Nvidia are in talks to invest in Vast Data, which could value the AI infrastructure provider at up to $30B, up from $9.1B in December 2023 — Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) growth-stage venture arm CapitalG and Nvidia (NVDA.O) are in talks to invest in artificial intelligence …
More: The Information, TechCrunch, Business Standard, CTech, Globes, and Implicator.ai
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Tim Cook says Apple is “significantly growing” its AI investment, reallocating staff to work on AI features, and “very open to M&A that accelerates our roadmap” — Apple's AI strategy and investment was on the mind of analysts on an earnings call …
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Bluesky: @quinnypig.com. Threads: @alexheath. X: @markgurman, @munster_gene, @susanlitv, @neilcybart, @munster_gene, @markgurman, @neilcybart, and @munster_gene
Forums: r/StockMarket and Slashdot
| Apple: |
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Bluesky: @gordonmoat. X: @maxwinebach. LinkedIn: Francisco Crane De Narvaez. Forums: r/Economics and r/technology
| William Gallagher / AppleInsider: |
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X: @benbajarin, @neilcybart, @neilcybart, @edludlow, and @munster_gene
Forums: r/technology, r/NoShitSherlock, and r/politics
| Sri Muppidi / The Information: |
Source: Anthropic is nearing $5B in annualized revenue, up from $4B reported on July 1, as it nears a deal to raise up to $5B led by Iconiq at a $170B valuation — This year's torrid deal-making pace is definitely not taking a pause for summer. On Wednesday, I reported that OpenAI … | Financial Times: |
Sources: Mistral is in discussions, including with Abu Dhabi's MGX, to raise $1B at a valuation of about $10B, up from its previous valuation of €5.8B — French AI start-up seeks additional firepower to compete with deep-pocketed US and Chinese rivals| Bloomberg: |
China accuses the US of exploiting an old Microsoft Exchange flaw to control a key Chinese defense company's servers for nearly a year and steal military data — China accused the US of exploiting a flaw in Microsoft Corp.'s email servers to steal military data and launch cyberattacks on its defense sector.Sponsor Posts
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