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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans an AI search tool, World Knowledge Answers, for a spring 2026 Siri revamp; Apple and Google have agreed to test a Google AI model for Siri — Apple Inc. is planning to launch its own artificial intelligence-powered web search tool next year, stepping up competition with OpenAI and Perplexity AI Inc.
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X: @divestech, @scobleizer, @getpeid, @maxwinebach, @davidclinchnews, @rjonesy, @scobleizer, @amitisinvesting, @benbajarin, @markgurman, and @scobleizer. Bluesky: @leahnylen. Threads: @benedictevans
Forums: r/singularity, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Meta launches Instagram for iPadOS, 15 years after its iOS debut; it is slightly different than the mobile app, most notably 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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Threads: @creators, @ijustine, @carnage4life, @film_girl, @mgsiegler, @jbillinson, @mgsiegler, @filipe.esposito, and @jw. Instagram: Adam Mosseri
Forums: r/ipad, r/VisionPro, r/apple, and Slashdot
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: xAI CFO Mike Liberatore left the startup around the end of July, after joining in April; xAI has seen several high-profile departures in recent weeks — Mike Liberatore, xAI's chief financial officer, departs after only a few months on the job — The chief financial officer …
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| Lydia Beyoud / Bloomberg: |
Polymarket CEO says the company “has been given the green light to go live” in the US after the CFTC issued a no-action letter regarding event contracts — Polymarket, the crypto-based prediction market, has the regulatory approvals needed to launch in the US after a top regulator granted …
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X: @shayne_coplan and @cftc
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Figma reports Q2 revenue up 41% YoY to $249.6M, vs. $248.8M est., $28.2M net income, and forecasts Q3 and FY 2025 revenue above est.; FIG drops 14%+ after hours — Figma shares plunged 13% in extended trading on Wednesday after the design software company reported results for the first time since its IPO in July.| CNBC: |
Source: OpenAI is increasing the size of its secondary share sale from $6B to ~$10.3B, at a $500B valuation, in line with expectations, set to close in October — OpenAI is increasing the size of its secondary share sale by over $4 billion, CNBC has learned.
More: The Information. X: @drbarnard and @bgurley. LinkedIn: MacKenzie Sigalos. Bluesky: @edzitron.com. Forums: r/OpenAI
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Roblox will expand age checks to all users of its communication tools by the end of 2025 using facial age estimation tech, ID verification, and parental consent — Amid lawsuits alleging child safety concerns, online gaming service Roblox announced on Wednesday that it's expanding …
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
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.
More: The Keyword, Android Authority, The Verge, Engadget, Phandroid, Ars Technica, Droid Life, BGR, Android Headlines, Lifehacker, Android Central, The Keyword, and How-To Geek. Forums: r/Android
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
C3.ai reports Q1 revenue down 19% YoY to $70.3M, and names long-time tech exec Stephen Ehikian as CEO, replacing Thomas Siebel; its stock falls 11%+ after hours — Shares of the enterprise artificial intelligence company C3 AI fell 14% in extended trading on Wednesday after it announced fiscal … | 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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| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
Scale AI sues former employee Eugene Ling and his current employer, Mercor, one of Scale's key competitors, for allegedly stealing 100+ confidential documents — The news comes about a week after xAI's similar lawsuit. … It's been a tumultuous summer for Scale AI …
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| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Mistral updates Le Chat with a Memories feature in beta and an MCP connector directory supporting 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, announced Monday …
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| Kate Clark / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Mistral AI is finalizing a €2B investment that values the startup at €12B, its first fundraise since June 2024, when it was valued at €5.8B — French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI is finalizing a €2 billion investment that values the company at €12 billion …
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| 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/nottheonion, r/BuyFromEU, and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
Anthropic named the Qatar Investment Authority as a “significant” investor in its $13B round; QIA expects to do up to 25 tech deals through 2026 — When Anthropic went looking for more money to support its pursuit of building artificial intelligence models, the startup turned to a familiar network of venture capitalists.
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| France 24: |
France's CNIL fines Google €325M for placing tracking cookies and ads in Gmail without users' consent; Google says it is reviewing the decision — France's data protection authority on Wednesday issued record fines against search giant Google and fast-fashion platform Shein for failing to respect the law on internet cookies.
| Reuters: |
American Bitcoin closed up 16.5% in its Nasdaq debut on Wednesday, valuing Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.'s stake in the bitcoin mining company at $1.5B — A bitcoin company tied to President Donald Trump's two oldest sons more than doubled in value in its stock market debut on Wednesday …
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Forums: r/StockMarket and r/politics
| Ben Weiss / Fortune: |
NYC-based Etherealize, which develops products and infrastructure on Ethereum for financial institutions, raised $40M led by Electric Capital and Paradigm — The crypto markets are booming, but the most recent wave of enthusiasm isn't just from small-time traders or dabblers curious about memecoins.
More: Blockworks, Etherealize, Inc., CoinDesk, The Block, and NFTgators
| Margaret Attridge / Courthouse News Service: |
A US jury orders Google to pay $425M+ to plaintiffs in a 2020 class action lawsuit for collecting data even after they turned off Web & App Activity tracking — A class of nearly 100 million Google users claimed the tech giant secretly collected data even after they disabled data collection … | Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
HPE reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $9.14B, vs. $8.65B est., Server revenue up 16% YoY to $4.9B, and Q4 revenue and profit guidance below estimates — Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. Chief Executive Officer Antonio Neri said the company expects to weather a slimming of profit margins … | Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Salesforce reports Q2 revenue up 10% YoY to $10.2B, net income up 32% YoY to $1.9B, and forecasts Q3 revenue below estimates; CRM drops 4%+ after hours — Salesforce Inc. projected lackluster quarterly sales growth, suggesting its artificial intelligence product isn't yet paying off as quickly … | 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 …
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LinkedIn: Jacqueline Ford and Mark Meador
| Ian Carlos Campbell / Engadget: |
OpenAI makes ChatGPT Projects available to all free users, and allows more files to be added to projects; Projects was previously exclusive to paid subscribers — The formerly paid feature acts as a folder system for organizing AI chats. — OpenAI has announced that it's making … | 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 … | 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.| 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
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| 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 … | 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.
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