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Sources: the US secretly embedded location trackers in select AI chip shipments, such as in Dell and Super Micro servers, to detect illegal diversions to China — U.S. authorities have secretly placed location tracking devices in targeted shipments of advanced chips they see as being at high risk …
More: Tom's Hardware, The Decoder, Daily Mail, israelhayom.com, Benzinga, Sherwood News, and The American Bazaar
Bluesky: @sensehofstede.nl. X: @kaiserkuo, @jordanschnyc, @discoplomacy, @teemumtt3, and @lewjackk. LinkedIn: Jun Yuan Yong
Forums: r/hardware and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
Crypto exchange Bullish raised $1.1B in its IPO, selling 30M shares for $37 each, above its $32-to-$33 marketed range, implying a $5.4B valuation — Bullish raised $1.1 billion in an initial public offering, pricing its shares above the marketed range. — The digital-asset exchange operator … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google is rolling out a feature for Gemini that, when enabled, will let the AI chatbot “remember” a user's past conversations without prompting — You'll no longer have to prompt Gemini in order for it to recall what you've discussed in previous chats.
More: 9to5Google, The Keyword, CNET, Engadget, ZDNET, Android Police, Tom's Guide, Android Faithful, Android Headlines, Lifewire, and BGR
| Robert Burnson / Bloomberg: |
A US federal judge rules Elon Musk must face OpenAI's claims that his legal and media attacks are a “years-long harassment campaign” and sets a March 2026 trial — Elon Musk must face claims by OpenAI that his attacks on the startup in court and in the media amount to a …
More: PYMNTS.com, Mashable, Reuters, New York Times, Agence France-Presse, and WinBuzzer
| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Core Devices CEO Eric Migicovsky unveils the Pebble Time 2 in four colors, with a 1.5" e-paper display, multicolor RGB backlighting, and a 30-day battery life — The Time 2 sports a sleeker profile and RGB backlighting. … Now that Pebble is Pebble again, we're getting an official look … | Bloomberg: |
Amazon says it now offers same-day grocery delivery in 1,000+ cities and plans to bring it to 2,300+ more by the end of 2025; Prime subscribers get it free — Amazon.com Inc. plans to offer same-day grocery delivery in 2,300 cities by the end of the year, more than doubling the current number …
More: About Amazon, Engadget, GeekWire, PYMNTS.com, Investor's Business Daily, TechCrunch, The Information, Reuters, Associated Press, TheStreet, CBS News, Amazon, UPI, Plain Dealer, Retail TouchPoints, Chain Store Age, Transport Topics, CNBC, and MarketWatch. Bluesky: @peark.es
| M.G. Siegler / Spyglass: |
Perplexity's unsolicited $34.5B bid for Chrome with claimed VC backing is clearly a marketing stunt and maybe a signal to the judge in Google's antitrust case — Perplexity Makes Longshot $34.5 Billion Offer for Chrome — With its unsolicited bid for Google's browser … | Katherine Blunt / Wall Street Journal: |
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Threads: @joanwestenberg, @pkafka, @gruber, @pkafka, @tomgara, @technologizer, and @benedictevans
| Fortune: |
Sources: Stripe appoints Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang to serve as CEO of its planned Layer 1 blockchain Tempo; a source says Huang will remain at Paradigm — Matt Huang (left) and Glara Ahn at a 2024 gala in Hollywood, Los Angeles. — As Stripe pushes further into crypto … | Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI adds GPT-5 Auto, Fast, and Thinking settings to ChatGPT's model picker; Auto seems to work like GPT-5's model router that OpenAI initially announced — When OpenAI launched GPT-5 last week, the company said the model would simplify the ChatGPT experience.
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| SemiAnalysis: |
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| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
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| Ben Raab / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at social media “clippers”, who are paid $0.50 to $2 per thousand views by streamers, podcasts, and startups to make buzzy moments go viral online — Companies are hiring ‘clippers’ to flood TikTok and Instagram with short, promotional videos — You know those buzzy viral clips you see on social media?| John Sakellariadis / Politico: |
A senior US official says the recent hack of the US federal court filing system is a “continuation of the same rudimentary security issues” present since 2020 — The latest intrusion is a “continuation of the same rudimentary security issues” that have been present since 2020, said the law enforcement official.
More: The Sun and DataBreaches.Net
| New York Times: |
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Forums: r/democrats, r/Lawyertalk, r/technology, r/LegalNews, r/worldnews, r/law, r/news, r/politics, r/craftofintelligence, and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
Pony AI says it rolled out 200+ Gen-7 Robotaxis since mass production started two months ago, putting it on track for its 1,000-vehicle goal by the end of 2025 — Pony AI Inc. is confident it will meet its 2025 robotaxi vehicle output target and is actively exploring new markets in Europe …
More: Forbes and Tech in Asia
| Yi-Ling Liu / Rest of World: |
| Derek Thompson: |
Studies suggest AI chatbots' sycophantic responses may increase narcissism among young and vulnerable users, potentially changing personality traits at scale — “I can imagine a future where a lot of people really trust ChatGPT's advice for their most important decisions,” Sam Altman said.
More: Financial Times, The Independent, Hugging Face, Tom's Guide, Bloomberg, and Wall Street Journal
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Forums: r/ChatGPT and r/technology
| Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
Open-source AI models from DeepSeek, Alibaba's Qwen, and others driving global adoption of Chinese AI tech jolts US policymakers and companies to respond — Free-to-use models from DeepSeek, Alibaba and others gain users worldwide — China's ambition to turn its open-source artificial-intelligence models … | Reuters: |
Tencent reports Q2 revenue up 15% YoY to ~$25.7B, vs. ~$24.8B est., domestic gaming revenue up 17% YoY to ~$5.6B, and global gaming revenue up 35% YoY to ~$2.6B — Chinese tech giant Tencent (0700.HK) said on Wednesday it lacks clarity on U.S. AI chip imports as Beijing and Washington continue negotiations …
More: Capital Brief, Bloomberg, Tencent 腾讯, Yahoo Finance, Times of India, Reuters, MarketWatch, South China Morning Post, and CNBC
X: @beuvingjordy and @economyapp
| Volodymyr Verbianyi / Bloomberg: |
Ukrainians are adapting critical yet fragile SpaceX equipment to withstand Russia's assault, spawning a cottage industry of backstreet workshops and technicians — Ukrainians are adapting critical yet fragile SpaceX equipment to withstand Russia's assault — In most of the world …
More: Benzinga, Gizchina.com, and Reuters
| Bloomberg: |
Chinese chip equipment supplier E-Town sues Applied Materials in the Beijing IP Court over alleged trade secret theft; Applied Materials hired two E-Town staff — Top US chip-equipment supplier Applied Materials Inc. was sued by a rival in China over what that company characterized as trade secret theft …
More: Reuters and Nikkei Asia
| Financial Times: |
Sources: OpenAI is preparing to back Neuralink rival Merge Labs, co-founded by Sam Altman, that aims to raise $250M at an $850M valuation, including from OpenAI — OpenAI in talks to invest in brain implant start-up that would compete with Musk's company — OpenAI and its co-founder Sam Altman …
More: The Hans India, Gizmodo, Financial Express, TechCrunch, Proactive, Techstrong.ai, Engadget, The Decoder, AIN, Implicator.ai, Moneycontrol, DigiTimes, Benzinga, Analytics India Magazine, The Independent, Digit, PYMNTS.com, The Information, The Verge, Becker's Hospital Review, and MassDevice
Bluesky: @quinnypig.com and @hunterwalk.com
| Wall Street Journal: |
US tech startups are reviving US hiring plans as President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill lets companies accelerate R&D tax deductions, starting in 2025 — Faster deductions make adding staff cheaper when cash flow is critical, executives say — Tech startups are dusting off U.S. hiring plans …
More: Observer
| Surbhi Misra / Reuters: |
Elon Musk says that Apple “makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI” to top its App Store, an “antitrust violation”, and xAI will take legal action — Billionaire Elon Musk said on Monday his artificial intelligence startup xAI would take legal action against Apple …
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Bluesky: @karlbode.com, @vegandroid, @mariadagloriaii, and @jimander
Mastodon: @brucelawson@social … and @carnage4life@mas.to
Threads: @jrkast, @crumbler, and @documentingmeta
X: @elonmusk, @markgurman, @elonmusk, @sama, @sama, @munster_gene, @elonmusk, @alexeheath, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @deedydas, @devahaz, @nikitabier, @markgurman, @ns123abc, @amxfreeze, @teortaxestex, @neilcybart, @neilcybart, @elonmusk, @sama, @elonmusk, @ns123abc, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @basedbeffjezos, @elonmusk, @basedbeffjezos, @lutherlowe, @teroterotero, @apollozac, @zerohedge, @scobleizer, @scobleizer, @sama, @ns123abc, @jwsherrod, @elonmusk, @blkmdl3, @lutherlowe, and @firstsquawk
Forums: r/apple, r/singularity, r/ChatGPT, and r/Enough_Sanders_Spam
| Mark Gurman / @markgurman: |
More: Engadget, TheStreet, MacRumors, iThinkDifferent, BGR, 9to5Mac, Benzinga, The Peninsula Newspaper, Business Today, ddnews.gov.in, Digit, Moneycontrol, iPhone in Canada, iDownloadBlog.com, AppleInsider, and Business Insider
X: @timsweeneyepic, @cstanley, @zkpedrongmi, @xdnibor, and @danprimack
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
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