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Bloomberg:
Sources: the Trump administration is in talks with Intel to have the US government potentially take a stake in the company; INTC closed up 7.4% on August 14  —  The Trump administration is in talks with Intel Corp. to have the US government take a stake in the beleaguered chipmaker …
Wired:
Sources: xAI was part of a US GSA's AI initiative alongside OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, but the GSA removed xAI after Grok posted antisemitic content in July  —  Internal emails obtained by WIRED show a hasty process to onboard OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI providers to the federal government. xAI …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Bluesky revises its policies and Community Guidelines to comply with regulations like the EU's DSA, the UK's Online Safety Act, and the US' Take It Down Act  —  Two years after launching, social network Bluesky is revising its Community Guidelines and other policies, and asking for feedback from its users on some of the changes.
Bloomberg:
Meta's standalone Meta AI app, launched in April 2025, offers an uneven experience, often hallucinating facts and failing to provide personalized responses  —  The Meta AI app offers an uneven experience, posing a sharp contrast to Mark Zuckerberg's lofty artificial intelligence ambitions.
Google Developers Blog:
Google announces Gemma 3 270M, a compact model designed for task-specific fine-tuning with strong capabilities in instruction following and text structuring  —  The last few months have been an exciting time for the Gemma family of open models.  We introduced Gemma 3 and Gemma 3 QAT …
Jody Godoy / Reuters:
Sen. Josh Hawley calls for a congressional probe into Meta after a report on its AI policy allowing sensual chats with kids; Sen. Marsha Blackburn backs a probe  —  Two Republican U.S. senators called for a congressional investigation into Meta Platforms (META.O) on Thursday …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Louisiana AG Liz Murrill sues Roblox, alleging among other things that it continues to facilitate CSAM distribution and the sexual exploitation of children  —  Online gaming platform Roblox has faced criticism for years that it doesn't do enough to protect children using its platform.
Carmen Reinicke / Bloomberg:
CoreWeave's IPO lockup expires Friday for holders of 80%+ of its Class A shares; its stock plunged 33% in the two days after its Q2 earnings amid selloff fears  —  CoreWeave Inc.'s March initial public offering has been a roaring success for anyone lucky enough to get in at the start.
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Meta's strong Q2 shows it has learned a company must give investors short-term results to get permission for long-term investments, such as its AI ambitions  —  Meta delivered blowout earnings the same quarter that Mark Zuckerberg doubled down on AI; I don't think it was a coincidence.

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Rohan Goswami / Semafor:
Sources: Netflix is interested in acquiring Lionsgate and took a look at Roku, but a Roku deal would have faced tougher antitrust scrutiny than Fox's

CBC News:
Canada's CBC, which began televising NHL games in 1952, will no longer show NHL games after it was unable to reach a new sublicense deal with Rogers Sportsnet

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Consultancy Madison & Wall estimates a combined Fox and Roku would capture 14% of all US TV ad revenue and 16% of US streaming ad revenue

More News

Lauly Li / Nikkei Asia:
Foxconn's AI server business surged 60%+ YoY in Q2, surpassing revenue from Apple-related products for the first time, and is projected to grow 170% YoY in Q3
New York Times:
SCOTUS rejects NetChoice's emergency appeal to block a Mississippi law that requires age verification and parental consent for teens to join social networks

Earlier Picks

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
Google launches Flight Deals, an AI tool within Google Flights to let users find fares using natural language queries, in beta in the US, Canada, and India
Bloomberg:
Ex-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal launches Parallel Web Systems to build infrastructure for AI agents to search the web, raising $30M from Khosla Ventures and others
George Hammond / Financial Times:
Toronto-based Cohere raised $500M led by Radical and Inovia at a $6.8B valuation, up from $5.5B in July 2024, and has doubled its ARR to $100M so far in 2025
Victoria Song / The Verge:
Apple rolls out a software update that enables a redesigned blood oxygen monitoring feature for its Watch Series 9, 10, and Ultra 2, circumventing the ITC ban
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