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Bloomberg:
Filing: Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5B plus interest to resolve an authors' copyright lawsuit over the company's downloading of millions of pirated books  —  Anthropic PBC will pay at least $1.5 billion plus interest to resolve an authors' copyright lawsuit over the AI company's downloading …
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Two authors file a proposed class action lawsuit against Apple, alleging Apple knowingly used a dataset of pirated books to train its AI models  —  Technology giant Apple (AAPL.O) was accused by authors in a lawsuit on Friday of illegally using their copyrighted books to help train …
Dominic Preston / The Verge:
OnePlus ends its five-year partnership with camera company Hasselblad and plans to develop its own imaging engine called DetailMax Engine for upcoming phones  —  But Oppo and Hasselblad seemingly aren't. … From now on, OnePlus will develop its own imaging engine instead.
Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Nvidia opposes the GAIN AI Act, saying the proposed US law forcing AI chipmakers to sell to US buyers first is “just another variation of the AI Diffusion Rule”  —  Nvidia (NVDA.O) said on Friday the AI GAIN Act would restrict global competition for advanced chips …
Hyunsoo Rim / Sherwood News:
C3 AI, whose NYSE ticker symbol is AI, has fallen 32%+ in the past month on growth concerns, after its Q1 revenue fell 19% YoY to $70.3M, below $100M+ est.  —  When your ticker is “AI,” people expect you to be riding the wave better than anyone else — that hasn't happened for C3.ai.  —  16H
Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal:
A book excerpt details Spotify's decade-long push against Apple's App Store commissions and steering rules, including pushing the EU to pass new antitrust laws  —  The music service's rebellion against an App Store ‘tax’ over the past decade has significantly weakened Apple's grip on the mobile world
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Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg:
A look at the ramp up of Apple's retail footprint in India, as a source says Apple's revenue grew 13% YoY to $9B during India's fiscal year that ended in March  —  Follow Bloomberg India on WhatsApp for exclusive content and analysis on what billionaires, businesses and markets are doing.  Sign up here.
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
After EU's fine ruling, Trump says he may “be forced” to start a trade investigation to nullify the unfair fines, totaling $16.5B for Google and $17B for Apple  —  - CNBC Councils  — Supply Chain Values  — CNBC on Peacock  — Join the CNBC Panel  — Ad Choices
Wall Street Journal:
The EU fines Google €2.95B for abusing its dominance in digital ads, and says its preliminary stance is that Google must divest parts of its ad-tech business
Sri Muppidi / The Information:
OpenAI told investors that it projects its cash burn this year through 2029 will rise to a total of $115B, about $80B higher than it previously expected  —  OpenAI recently had both good news and bad news for shareholders.  Revenue growth from ChatGPT is accelerating at a more rapid rate than the company projected half a year ago.
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Alibaba debuts Qwen3-Max-Preview, its largest AI model with over 1T parameters, showcasing strong benchmark performance; the model is not open source  —  Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's “Qwen Team” of AI researchers has done it again.  After a busy summer in which the AI lab released …
Nikkei Asia:
Thailand, aiming to become the second-largest PCB production hub, is witnessing a tech manufacturing boom as the PCB supply chain shifts from China and Taiwan  —  BANGKOK — Some 60 kilometers north of Bangkok in the old capital of Ayutthaya, China's Victory Giant Technology is in the hectic final stages …
More: DigiTimes
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
AppLovin stock jumps 7%+ and Robinhood jumps 8%+ in extended trading after S&P Global said the two will join the S&P 500 index on September 22  —  Shares of advertising technology company AppLovin and stock trading app Robinhood Markets jumped in extended trading on Friday after S&P Global …
Kalley Huang / The Information:
At the White House dinner, Zuckerberg said Meta plans to spend “something like at least $600B” through 2028 on data centers and other infrastructure in the US  —  Meta Platforms plans to spend “something like at least $600 billion” through 2028 on data centers and other infrastructure …
Brian Barrett / Wired:
At the White House dinner on Thursday night, Big Tech executives put on an uncanny display of fealty to Donald Trump by taking turns praising his leadership
George Hammond / Financial Times:
In a letter to OpenAI, AGs of California and Delaware raise concerns about the deaths of two ChatGPT users and threaten to block OpenAI's planned restructuring  —  Attorneys-general of California and Delaware threaten to block tech group's planned restructuring
Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters:
TikTok says it now has more than 200M MAUs in Europe, up from 175M in 2024, the latest sign of its rapid growth among teenagers  —  TikTok has more than 200 million monthly users in Europe, or roughly one in three citizens on the continent, the short video app platform said on Friday …
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Suzanne Monyak / Bloomberg Law:
A federal appeals court upholds an August 2025 ruling that Trump officials can't fire VOA director Michael Abramowitz without approval from an independent board

Jack Queen / Reuters:
A federal judge said Trump's $10B defamation suit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary can go forward but threw out Trump's unfair trade practices claim

The Guardian:
The Guardian and ITV publish an investigation into TV presenter David Walliams, who lost a court bid to stop them from publishing sexual misconduct allegations

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