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August 26, 2025, 7:00 AM

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Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
xAI sues Apple and OpenAI, alleging their deal to integrate ChatGPT into Apple devices stifles competition and Apple unfairly favors OpenAI in App Store ranking  —  Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI sued Apple (AAPL.O) and ChatGPT maker OpenAI …
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Chris Eudaily / CNBC:
Filing: Intel warns the US taking a 10% stake could trigger “adverse reactions”, including in international sales, which made up 76% of revenue last fiscal year  —  Intel on Monday warned of “adverse reactions” from investors, employees and others to the Trump administration taking …
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
The US taking a 10% equity stake in Intel is a terrible idea and a dangerous turn for US industrial policy, but also the least bad idea to make Foundry viable  —  The U.S. taking an equity stake in Intel is a terrible idea; it also happens to be the least bad idea to make Intel Foundry viable.
Humeyra Pamuk / Reuters:
Sources: the Trump administration is considering imposing sanctions on EU or member state officials responsible for implementing the EU's DSA  —  President Donald Trump's administration is considering imposing sanctions on European Union or member state officials responsible for implementing …
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Google plans to begin verifying the identity of all developers who distribute apps on Android, even from outside the Play Store, starting in September 2026  —  Google wants to verify the identity of all developers who distribute apps on Android, even if it's outside the Play Store
Alex Barasch / New Yorker:
A profile of A24, valued at $3.5B in June 2024, as the studio focuses on big budget projects and invests in AI tools via A24 Labs, drawing mixed reactions  —  The studio is brilliant at selling small, provocative films.  Now it wants to sell blockbusters, too.  —  In November of 2015, the upstart film studio A24 had a problem.
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Google says NotebookLM's Video Overviews now support 80 languages, and Audio Overviews now provide more detailed non-English summaries  —  Google announced on Monday that it updated NotebookLM's Video Overviews feature to support 80 languages, including French, German, Spanish, and Japanese.
Navya Menon / Bloomberg:
Yield Sec: illegal gambling operators captured 71% of Europe's online betting and casino market in 2024, or €80.65B, as regulators struggle with crypto casinos  —  Illegal gambling operators captured 71% of Europe's online betting and casino market last year, or €80.65 billion …
Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
Shopify updated a help page in May to tighten its rules against “hateful content” like racist merchandise, after removing a similar ban in July 2024  —  Shopify Inc. tightened rules against “hateful content” as users sell racist merchandise using its popular e-commerce platform, roughly a year after removing a similar ban.
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Forty-four US AGs sign an open letter to 11 chatbot and social media companies, warning they will be held accountable if their AI chatbots knowingly harm kids  —  Forty-four attorneys general signed an open letter on Monday that says to companies developing AI chatbots: “If you knowingly harm kids, you will answer for it.”

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