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Google rolls out new Android and Pixel features: Material 3 Expressive design for Pixel 6 and newer models, on-wrist navigation for the Pixel Watch, and more — Google announced on Wednesday that it's bringing a slew of new features to the Android ecosystem and Pixel devices.| Terrence O'Brien / The Verge: |
Google Pixel 8 and newer models can now stream audio to multiple headphones at once with expanded Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast support — Expanded LE Audio and Auracast support mean you can broadcast music to multiple headphones at once. … Pixel phones will now be able to stream audio …
More: The Keyword, Android Police, 9to5Google, ZDNET, Android Central, and Android Authority
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg, Senator Amy Klobuchar, News / Media Alliance CEO Danielle Coffey, and others say the US v. Google remedies don't go far enough — ‘Google will still be allowed to continue to use its monopoly to hold back competitors, including in AI search,’ said DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg.
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Forums: r/BuyFromEU and Slashdot
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A US judge bars Google from paying to be the exclusive search engine on devices and browsers, but allows payments for product distribution, including to Apple — Court-imposed limits aim to restore competition in search marketplace — A federal judge on Tuesday barred Alphabet's Google …
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| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Meta launches an Instagram app for the iPad, 15 years after its mobile app; it is slightly different than the mobile app, opening directly to a feed of Reels — The long-requested app will feature Reels prominently on the homepage. … After years of requests from users, Instagram will finally have a dedicated app for iPad.
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| Adam Leventhal / The Athletic: |
Anti-piracy organization ACE says a joint operation with Egyptian law enforcement shut down Streameast, the world's largest illegal sports streaming platform — Streameast — the world's largest illegal sports streaming platform — has been shut down after a year long investigation …
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| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Mistral updates Le Chat with a memory feature for chats and an MCP connector directory supporting over 20 enterprise platforms, both available on its free plan — Mistral AI, the Paris-based artificial intelligence startup that has emerged as Europe's answer to OpenAI …
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| Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg: |
Garmin unveils the $1,200+ Fenix 8 Pro, featuring new satellite and cellular communications tools, and a $2,000 microLED version, both shipping from September 8 — Garmin Ltd. on Wednesday unveiled an upgraded, top-of-the-line rugged smartwatch for hikers, days before Apple Inc.'s expected update to its own high-end timepiece.| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
A profile of Flock Safety, which operates 80K+ AI surveillance cameras across the US and hit a $7.5B valuation in March 2025, as it expands into US-made drones — With more than 80,000 AI-powered cameras across the U.S., Flock Safety has become one of cops' go-to surveillance tools and a $7.5 billion business.| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
Scale AI sues a former employee and Mercor, his current employer and one of Scale's key competitors, for allegedly stealing more than 100 confidential documents — The news comes about a week after xAI's similar lawsuit. … It's been a tumultuous summer for Scale AI … | Julia Love / Bloomberg: |
A profile of Ashish Vaswani, an Attention Is All You Need co-author and an Essential AI co-founder, who says the transformer-based labs are stifling innovation — Ashish Vaswani helped usher in modern AI. Now he's worried Big Tech is blinding itself to new breakthroughs.
More: Implicator.ai
| Ben Weiss / Fortune: |
Etherealize, which develops products and infrastructure for financial institutions on Ethereum, raised $40M in a round co‑led by Electric Capital and Paradigm — From left: Etherealize cofounders Danny Ryan, Vivek Raman, Grant Hummer, and Zach Obront. — COURTESY OF ETHEREALIZE
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Source: OpenAI is increasing the size of its secondary share sale to $10.3B, up from $6B; the transaction is at a $500B valuation, in line with expectations — OpenAI is increasing the size of its secondary share sale by over $4 billion, CNBC has learned. — The artificial intelligence startup … | Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
SK Hynix and ASML say they assembled the industry's first Twinscan NXE:5200B High-NA EUV lithography system at SK's M16 fab, initially to test next-gen tech — Initially for R&D use, until later this decade where it will transition to production — SK hynix and ASML early on Wednesday announced …
More: SK Hynix, InsideHPC, TechPowerUp, and DigiTimes
| Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg: |
Finnish quantum computing startup IQM raised a ~$320M Series B led by Ten Eleven at a $1B+ valuation, and plans a US expansion and to scale its data centers — IQM, a Finnish quantum computing startup, has raised €275 million ($320 million) in venture capital funding … | Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: |
Tests show Character.AI chatbots of Timothée Chalamet, Chappell Roan, and Patrick Mahomes sent messages about sex, self-harm, and drugs to users aged 13 to 15 — The chatbots made by users of Character.AI used recognizable synthetic voices for the stars. — Just now| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: xAI CFO Mike Liberatore left the company around the end of July, after joining in April — Mike Liberatore, xAI's chief financial officer, departs after only a few months on the job — The chief financial officer of xAI has left the company, people familiar with the matter said …
More: Reuters
| Nena Farrell / Wired: |
reMarkable Paper Pro Move review: the $449 digital notepad has a spacious 7.3" color E Ink display and a slim design, but it is not ideal for lengthy notes — This miniaturized version of ReMarkable's colorful Paper Pro might just be my new favorite digital notepad. — Rating: … I love a list.
More: The Verge, T3, Android Authority, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, ZDNET, Liliputing, Mashable, Trusted Reviews, Good e-Reader, and Engadget
| Gergely Orosz / The Pragmatic Engineer: |
A deep dive into the state of the tech job market in 2025, including an increase in demand for AI engineers and a rising average tenure at Big Tech companies — A deepdive into today's tech jobs market, with exclusive data on tech jobs, AI engineering, Big Tech recruitment, the growing importance of location, and more| Paayal Zaveri / Bloomberg: |
You.com, which pivoted from AI search to business AI tools, raised $100M led by Cox Enterprises at a $1.5B valuation, after a $50M Series B in September 2024 — Artificial intelligence startup You.com has reached a valuation of $1.5 billion in a new $100 million funding round … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nintendo repeatedly pushed back Switch 2's launch after its game designers asked for more time, believing focusing on gameplay beats advanced hardware — Earlier this year, Nintendo Co. was under growing pressure. It had been eight long years since the release of the original Switch …
More: The Verge, GamesRadar, Gamereactor UK, GoNintendo, and GameSpot
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| Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg: |
Polar debuts the $199 Polar Loop, a screenless fitness band to track activity, sleep, and more with no subscription, in three colors, shipping from September 10 — Finnish fitness-hardware brand Polar Electro Oy unveiled a screen-free fitness band that looks like — and directly competes with …
More: CNET, Gizmodo, Android Central, Notebookcheck, PCMag, ZDNET, Android Authority, nextpit, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, Wareable, and T3
| Rami Ayyub / Reuters: |
The FTC and Utah say Pornhub operator Aylo has agreed to pay a $5M fine to Utah to settle charges that it did little to block CSAM and non-consensual material — The operators of Pornhub.com and other pornographic websites have agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission … | VideoCardz.com: |
Acer unveils the $3,999+ Veriton GN100 AI Mini Workstation with a Nvidia GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip to run AI models locally, its first Mini AI workstation — Acer Veriton GN100 is a mini AI workstation built on NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell — It looks like NVIDIA CPU/GPU hardware …
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