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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:
Nvidia says it had no new H20 sales to China in Q2 and assumes the same for Q3, but could realize $2B-$5B in H20 sales in Q3 if geopolitical issues are resolved
Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
The FBI and agencies in the UK, Canada, and others warn that a Chinese hacking campaign targeting US telecoms has expanded to 80 countries and 200+ US companies  —  The advisory shows global resolve against a hacking campaign that exceeds accepted norms for snooping.
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
OpenAI and Anthropic publish findings from joint safety tests of each other's models, aimed at surfacing blind spots in their internal evaluations  —  OpenAI and Anthropic, two of the world's leading AI labs, briefly opened up their closely guarded AI models to allow for joint safety testing …
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.”
Max Buondonno / The Shortcut:
Google Pixel 10 Pro review: the best AI phone on the market with handy features like Magic Cue, with a great display and Qi2 charging but no design improvements  —  🏆 Rating: 4.5/5  —  🥇 Editor's Choice  —  ✅ Pros  — 📱 The displays are brighter and better than ever
Derrek Lee / Android Central:
Google Pixel 10 review: justifies its price better than the Pixel 9 with upgrades like a triple camera system and Qi2 support, but it's not a gaming powerhouse
Danny Park / The Block:
Google Cloud says its Universal Ledger, a layer-1 blockchain for financial products, is in a private testnet, and more details will be revealed at a later date  —  Start trading crypto Get a crypto rewards card 1inch: Swap Sol ↔ EVM  — Google Cloud is developing its own blockchain …
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Snowflake reports Q2 product revenue up 32% YoY to $1.09B, above $1.04B est., and forecasts FY 2026 product revenue above estimates; SNOW jumps 12%+ after hours  —  Snowflake Inc. shares jumped in extended trading after giving a strong outlook that overcame anxiety that software vendors …
404 Media:
4chan and Kiwi Farms sue the UK's Ofcom in a US court over the Online Safety Act, saying they aren't subject to UK law, after Ofcom tried to fine and block them  —  The notorious troll sites filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court as part of a fight over the UK's Online Safety Act.
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.
Kate Clark / Bloomberg:
Sources: cloud startup Vercel is raising hundreds of millions of dollars led by Accel at a valuation of about $9B, up from about $3B in a round last year  —  Vercel, a startup that helps companies develop web and artificial intelligence applications in the cloud, is raising hundreds of millions …
More: SiliconANGLE
Vivek Kaul / Newslaundry:
A look at India's rationale for banning online real-money games, with IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw citing 450M people losing a combined ~$2.3B to them  —  The real challenge lies in balancing innovation with protection, profit with responsibility, and freedom with regulation.
Akira Yamashita / Nikkei Asia:
Sources: the $550B US-Japan investment framework, central to the trade agreement, was heavily influenced by Masayoshi Son, with the Stargate Project tied to it  —  LONDON — The trade agreement struck between Tokyo and Washington had hinged on a $550 billion “investment vehicle” …
@mingchikuo:
Kuo: Meta's Hypernova AR glasses will enter mass production in Q3 2025 to beat Apple to market, but have a modest sales target of 150-200K over two years  —  Here are the key points regarding Meta's AI glasses, Hypernova: 1.  This device is expected to enter mass production in 3Q25 with a two-year product life cycle.
Hannah Dailey / Billboard:
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's engagement announcement on Instagram surpasses 1M reposts, more than any other post has ever received on the platform  —  The post reached the milestone in just six hours. … According to data shared with Billboard on Wednesday (Aug. 27) …

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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
David Ellison and other Skydance executives rang the NYSE opening bell Thursday, celebrating the WBD acquisition; SKYD shares rose 4.5% after a two-day slump

CNN:
A federal judge briefly extends access for CNN, MS Now, and Politico to the White House while he considers a longer-term ruling on President Trump's press ban

Fiona Riley / Forbes:
USA Today Co. sues OpenAI for over $250M in New York federal court, claiming OpenAI willfully infringed copyrights from 19 publications to train its models

More News

Ian Carlos Campbell / Engadget:
Samsung announces a virtual Galaxy event for September 4 at 5:30am ET, where new tablets and the Galaxy S25 FE are expected
David DiMolfetta / Nextgov/FCW:
Sources and docs: a Russia-based Yandex employee maintains open-source tool fast-glob, embedded in 30 US DOD software packages and downloaded 70M times per week
More: The Register and Hunted Labs
X: @ericgeller.  LinkedIn: Dan Lorenc.  Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social.  Forums: Slashdot
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google updates video editing tool Vids to add AI avatars, automatic transcript trimming, and image-to-video tools, and releases a basic version to all users
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Plaud unveils the $179 Plaud Note Pro, an AI note-taking device with two extra mics to hear audio 16.4 feet away and a 1-inch display, shipping in October
Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:
Apple partners with TuneIn to make Apple Music's six radio stations available outside its app, a first, as it seeks to compete with Spotify; TuneIn has 75M MAUs

Earlier Picks

Zijing Wu / Financial Times:
Sources: a Chinese fab making Huawei's AI chips is set to start production as soon as the end of 2025, with two more due in 2026; the fabs' ownership is unclear
Miles Klee / Rolling Stone:
Elon Musk now regularly posts AI images and videos of scantily clad women generated by Grok's Imagine tool on X, including avatar Ani dancing in her underwear
Wired:
Sources: two AI researchers who were part of Meta Superintelligence Labs have left for OpenAI; a third researcher also left MSL recently
Danny Park / The Block:
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the US plans to publish GDP and economic data on the blockchain but gives no details on the blockchain or timeline
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
OpenAI plans to update ChatGPT to better respond to mental distress cues, provide parental controls, and bolster safeguards around conversations about suicide
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