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September 6, 2025, 10:35 PM

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Susanne Barton / Bloomberg:
Microsoft says clients of its Azure cloud platform may experience increased latency after multiple international cables in the Red Sea were cut  —  Microsoft Corp. said Saturday it's no longer detecting issues with its Azure cloud platform after multiple international cables in the Red Sea were cut.
OpenAI:
OpenAI researchers argue that language models hallucinate because standard training and evaluation procedures reward guessing over admitting uncertainty  —  Read the paper(opens in a new window)  —  At OpenAI, we're working hard to make AI systems more useful and reliable.
Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk:
Data shows WLFI's sharp drop was driven by shorting and dumping across exchanges, not Justin Sun's token movements; WLFI blames phishing-related compromises  —  Onchain data shows WLFI's sharp drop was driven by shorting and dumping across exchanges - not Justin Sun's token movements …
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Christian Catalini, co-creator of Meta's Libra stablecoin project, reflects on Libra's failure, what Stripe's Tempo blockchain can learn from it, and more  —  Stripe just pulled back the curtain on Tempo, its corporate blockchain, and the pitch is a classic.
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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.
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.
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 …
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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
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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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