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Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Atlassian agrees to acquire The Browser Company for $610M in cash, set to close by December; founded in 2019, the startup beta launched the Dia browser in June  —  Atlassian said it has agreed to acquire The Browser Co., a startup that offers a web browser with artificial intelligence features, for $610 million in cash.
Leo Schwartz / Fortune:
Stripe and Paradigm unveil Tempo, a Layer-1 blockchain for stablecoins; a source says Tempo will not launch with its own token and there is no launch timeline  —  Patrick Collison, chief executive officer and co-founder of Stripe, left, smiles as John Collison, president and co-founder of Stripe
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Meta rolls out a tool that lets users attach up to 10,000 characters of text to Threads posts, building upon the 500-character text limit for posts  —  Blogging is back. … Meta is adding a new feature to let you add a bunch of extra text to Threads posts — no screenshots of text blocks required.
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg:
Sources: DeepSeek is developing an agentic AI model that can carry out multistep actions with little human intervention and can learn and improve, coming in Q4  —  DeepSeek is developing an artificial intelligence model with more advanced AI agent features to compete with US rivals like OpenAI …
Benj Edwards / Ars Technica:
Tencent releases HunyuanWorld-Voyager, an open-weights AI model that generates 3D-consistent video sequences from a single image, trained on 100K+ video clips  —  On Tuesday, Tencent released HunyuanWorld-Voyager, a new open-weights AI model that generates 3D-consistent video sequences from a single image …
Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Adobe plans to launch a free version of its Premiere video editor for iPhone later this month, with one-tap exporting to TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram  —  Adobe is bringing its video editor Premiere to iPhone, promising “pro-level” editing on the go for free.
Bloomberg:
Honeywell's Quantinuum raised $600M from Quanta, Nvidia's NVentures, and others at a $10B pre-money valuation, up from $5B after raising $300M in January 2024  —  Nvidia Corp.'s venture capital arm is investing in Quantinuum for the first time, valuing the quantum computing company controlled …
Micah Maidenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon's Project Kuiper signs up JetBlue as its first airline customer to use its satellite internet for in-flight Wi-Fi in 25% of JetBlue's fleet from 2027  —  JetBlue plans to use Kuiper satellite internet on 25% of its fleet, with some passengers gaining access to the service in 2027
The Hill:
CEOs of Apple, Google, Meta, OpenAI, and others are expected to attend an AI event hosted by Melania Trump and dinner at the White House Rose Garden on Thursday  —  President Trump on Thursday will host two dozen high-profile tech and business leaders for the first event …
Financial Times:
Despite a setback in the US DOJ's Google case, the Trump administration continues to pursue Big Tech antitrust cases while defending US tech companies overseas  —  Tough enforcement continues even as tech bosses court the president  —  Donald Trump has slapped down European tech rules and promised to slash regulation at home.
Steve Lohr / New York Times:
The US v. Google ruling signals a cautious antitrust approach by courts and a reluctance to intervene too deeply, ahead of other Big Tech antitrust rulings
Reuters:
ID.me, a digital ID service used by US agencies like the IRS, raised a $340M Series E led by Ribbit at a $2B+ valuation, bringing its total funding to $580M+  —  ID.me said on Wednesday it had raised $340 million across its latest funding round, combined with a credit facility …
Mariella Moon / Engadget:
Switzerland launches Apertus, an open-source AI model trained on publicly available data across 1,000+ languages, in 8B- and 70B-parameter sizes on Hugging Face  —  Apertus was trained only on publicly available data, it said.  —  There's a new player in the AI race, and it's a whole country.
Elissa Welle / The Verge:
Google now lets US-based Google Photos users turn static images into silent four-second videos using its Veo 3 model  —  Free users of Google Photos can create silent 4-second videos from their images using Veo 3. … Google is adding Veo 3 software capabilities to its video generation feature for Google Photos.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Roblox says it will expand age checks to all users of its communication tools by the end of 2025 using facial age estimation tech, IDs, and parental consent  —  Amid lawsuits alleging child safety concerns, online gaming service Roblox announced on Wednesday that it's expanding …
Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Samsung unveils the $650+ Galaxy S25 FE and the $800+ Tab S11 in 11" and 14.6" versions, offering thinner, lighter designs and modest spec bumps, shipping now  —  Oh, and did I mention they have AI? … If you've been eagerly awaiting Samsung's long-teased trifold phone …
Keith Laing / Bloomberg:
The Trump administration plans to ease rules for self driving cars by removing some requirements designed for human drivers, such as windshield wipers  —  The Trump administration is taking steps to make it easier for automakers to deploy-self driving cars by removing some requirements designed specifically …
Reuters:
Research and 25 experts, victims, and execs: North Korean hackers are saturating the crypto industry with credible-sounding job offers in a bid to steal crypto  —  North Korean hackers are saturating the cryptocurrency industry with credible-sounding job offers as part of their campaign …
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge:
Philips Hue unveils a major product refresh at IFA 2025, including a $99 Hue Bridge Pro, updated $25+ smart bulbs, and the $170 Hue Secure, its first doorbell  —  The smart lighting company launches its most ambitious update yet, with a new Bridge Pro, more affordable smart bulbs …
France 24:
France's CNIL fines Google €325M and Shein €150M for using ad cookies without users' consent; Google says it is reviewing the decision, which involves Gmail  —  France's data protection authority on Wednesday issued record fines against search giant Google and fast-fashion platform Shein …
Emily Mason / Bloomberg:
Lead Bank, a 97-year-old Missouri bank rebuilt to serve fintech and crypto firms, raised $70M from a16z, Khosla Ventures, and others at a $1.47B valuation  —  Lead Bank, the 97-year old Missouri lender rebuilt to serve fintech and crypto firms, has raised $70 million at a $1.47 billion valuation …

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Reuters:
American Bitcoin closed up 16.5% in its Nasdaq debut on September 3, valuing Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.'s ~20% stake in the bitcoin mining company at $1.5B
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
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Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan says Polymarket “has been given the green light to go live” in the US after the CFTC issued a no-action letter over event contracts
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