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Wall Street Journal:
The US government takes a 10% stake in Intel; Howard Lutnick said earlier the US won't be on the board or play a role in Intel's governance; INTC closes up 5%+  —  Move comes after days of discussion in Washington about options for troubled American chip-maker's future
Intel:
Intel says the US will make an $8.9B investment by purchasing 433.3M primary shares of Intel common stock for $20.47/share; INTC closed on August 22 at $24.80  —  U.S. Government to make $8.9 billion investment in Intel common stock as company builds upon its more than $100 billion expansion of resilient semiconductor supply chain
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is in talks with Google about using Gemini to power a revamped Siri; Google has started training a model that could run on Apple's servers  —  Apple Inc. is in early discussions about using Google Gemini to power a revamped version of the Siri voice assistant …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Bluesky blocks access to its service in Mississippi, saying it doesn't have the resources to comply with the state's broad new law requiring age verification  —  Social networking startup Bluesky has made the decision to block access to its service in the state of Mississippi, rather than comply with a new age assurance law.
Samantha Subin / CNBC:
NYC grants Waymo its first permit, which extends through late September, to test up to eight of its autonomous vehicles in Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn  —  Waymo is getting one step closer to rides in New York City.  —  The Alphabet autonomous vehicle subsidiary received its first permit …
Alexandr Wang / @alexandr_wang:
Meta announces a partnership with Midjourney, to license the startup's “aesthetic technology” for Meta's future models and products  —  1/ Today we're proud to announce a partnership with @midjourney, to license their aesthetic technology for our future models and products, bringing beauty to billions.
Newley Purnell / Bloomberg:
Apple sues ex-staffer for allegedly stealing Watch trade secrets to benefit Oppo before leaving Apple in June, claims Oppo knew of and encouraged his actions  —  Apple Inc. accused smartphone maker Oppo in a lawsuit of poaching a highly paid member of the Apple Watch team and encouraging …
Financial Times:
Filing: OpenAI says Elon Musk talked to Mark Zuckerberg in February about backing a $97.4B OpenAI bid, but neither Zuckerberg nor Meta signed a letter of intent  —  Tesla billionaire made offer for ChatGPT maker's core business in February  —  Elon Musk attempted to enlist Mark Zuckerberg …
Qianer Liu / The Information:
Sources: Nvidia told suppliers like Amkor and Samsung to halt H20 chip production after China urged local tech firms to avoid H20 over alleged security concerns  —  Nvidia has told some of its component suppliers to suspend production work related to the H20, its chip tailor-made for the Chinese market …
Nikkei Asia:
Jensen Huang says Nvidia is in talks with China over H20 security concerns, is hopeful for a resolution, and reiterates that the H20 has no “security backdoors”
Financial Times:
Email: TikTok plans to lay off several hundred UK trust and safety staff in the UK and Asia, citing “technological advances” such as LLMs in content moderation  —  Moves comes despite Online Safety Act requirements on dangerous material  —  TikTok is poised to lay off hundreds …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
On its 10th anniversary, YouTube Music gets new features, including “Taste Match” playlists similar to Spotify Blend and event notifications through Bandsintown  —  YouTube is celebrating 10 years of its YouTube Music app on Thursday with the launch of new features that bring it closer to rival Spotify and others.
Nikou Asgari / Financial Times:
Sources: EU officials are fast-tracking digital euro plans, and considering Ethereum or Solana over a private blockchain after the US passed the Genius Act  —  Concern over competitiveness raises possibility of digital currency using public rather than private blockchain

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Ellise Shafer / Variety:
Memo: the BBC says it will cut 550 jobs including in its news and content divisions by the start of FY 2027-2028 in the first phase of a plan to save $670M

Thomas Escritt / Bloomberg:
Viktor Orban's media empire collapses two months after his election defeat; about 400 journalists at Mediaworks outlets have been given notices of termination

The Colorado Sun:
The owner of The Denver Post agreed to pay the city of Denver $13.5M under a settlement to cover overdue rent for the news outlet's former building

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Munsif Vengattil / Reuters:
OpenAI sets up a legal entity and plans to open its first office in India after launching ChatGPT Go, its cheapest plan, in the country on August 19
David Heaney / UploadVR:
Vivo demos Vivo Vision, its first MR headset, which looks like an Apple Vision Pro clone but is ~40% lighter with micro-OLED displays, and could cost ~$1,400
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta has poached Frank Chu, an Apple exec who led AI teams focused on cloud infrastructure, training and search, despite Meta's plans to slow hiring
Casey Crownhart / MIT Technology Review:
Google says the median Gemini app text prompt consumes 0.24Wh of energy, about the same as running a microwave for a second, and emits 0.03g of CO2 equivalent
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