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August 28, 2025, 3:00 PM

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Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNET:
OpenAI makes Realtime API generally available with new features, including MCP support, and launches gpt-realtime, its most advanced speech-to-speech model  —  Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.  —  ZDNET's key takeaways  — OpenAI's Realtime API is now optimized and generally available.
Bloomberg:
The US starts publishing GDP data on nine public blockchains including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, with the help of Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini  —  The US government on Thursday began distributing gross domestic product data on public blockchains, marking the latest Trump administration endorsement of the crypto industry.
Reed Albergotti / Semafor:
Microsoft unveils MAI-Voice-1, a speech model that can generate a full minute of audio in under a second on a single GPU, and a text model called MAI-1-preview  —  On Thursday, Microsoft announced two powerful AI models it built that it says perform at the level of the world's top offerings …
Chris Vallance / BBC:
Apple says the UK CMA's proposed “EU-style” regulation is “bad for users and bad for developers”, “undermines” privacy and security, and “hampers” innovation  —  Apple has warned that “EU-style rules” proposed by the UK competition watchdog “are bad for users and bad for developers”.
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Typepad is shutting down on September 30 and users' “account and all related services will be permanently deactivated”; users can export content before then  —  We have made the difficult decision to discontinue Typepad, effective September 30, 2025.  What Does This Mean for You?
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Two House Republicans open a probe into alleged organized efforts to inject bias into Wikipedia, citing an ADL report about anti-Israel bias on the site  —  Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee opened a probe into alleged organized efforts to inject bias …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Anthropic:
Anthropic requires users to accept new terms by September 28, including choosing whether new chats and coding sessions can be used to train AI models  —  Today, we're rolling out updates to our Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy that will help us deliver even more capable, useful AI models.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Samsung rolls out Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant in its 2025 lineup of TVs and monitors, letting users ask for movie suggestions, plot recaps, and more  —  An animated version of the AI assistant can provide movie recommendations or summarize the latest episode of your favorite show.
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia reports Q2 revenue up 56% YoY to $46.74B, Data Center revenue up 56% to $41.1B, below $41.34B est., and approves an additional $60B in share buybacks  —  Nvidia reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue on Wednesday, and said sales growth this quarter will remain above 50% …
Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
Will Sattelberg / 9to5Google:
Google launches Pixel Care+, replacing Preferred Care and Fi Device Protection in the US, with upgrades but slightly higher pricing than the previous offering  —  Google's post-purchase support for Pixel has never been fantastic — a quick glance at r/GooglePixel will make that abundantly clear …
Danny Park / The Block:
Google Cloud says its Universal Ledger, a layer-1 blockchain for financial products, is in a private testnet, and plans to reveal more details at a later date  —  Start trading crypto Get a crypto rewards card 1inch: Swap Sol ↔ EVM  — Google Cloud is developing its own blockchain …
Dominic Preston / The Verge:
A review of the Honor Magic V5, the world's thinnest foldable phone at 8.8mm when folded, as it launches in Europe for €1,999, following a July launch in China  —  Honor's Magic V5 is the thinnest book-style foldable in the world, but you probably couldn't tell.
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE:
InstaLILY, whose industry-specific AI agents called InstaWorkers integrate with legacy systems, raised $25M from Insight Partners  —  InstaLILY Inc. said today it has raised $25 million exclusively from Insight Partners to fuel the growth of industry vertical-specific “AI Teammates” …
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Michelle Kim / Rest of World:
How ChatGPT-powered companionship dolls from Hyodol are helping ease loneliness among older adults in South Korea, as the company aims for a US debut in 2026  —  ChatGPT-powered robotic seven-year-olds are taking over some work from caregivers, to the delight of seniors who treat them like grandchildren.
Emily Forgash / Bloomberg:
Google plans to invest an additional $9B in Virginia through 2026 to boost its cloud and AI infrastructure, including a new data center in Chesterfield County  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Google is investing an additional $9 billion in Virginia through 2026 to enhance cloud and AI infrastructure across the state …
Hayden Field / The Verge:
Anthropic's Threat Intelligence report for August says Claude was weaponized for sophisticated cybercrimes, including a “vibe-hacking” data extortion scheme  —  Anthropic's new report shows how bad actors are misusing Claude —and, likely, other AI agents. … “Agentic AI systems are being weaponized.”
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:

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