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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Aikido Security says attackers injected malware into 18 popular npm packages, including the debug package, with over 2.6B total weekly downloads — In what is being called the largest supply chain attack in history, attackers have injected malware into NPM packages with over 2.6 billion weekly downloads …
More: Aikido Security's Blog, Hackread, and GitHub
LinkedIn: Charlie Eriksen. Bluesky: @bad-at-computer, @codfather, and @bad-at-computer. Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social. Forums: Hacker News
| Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US is proposing annual approvals for exports of chipmaking supplies to Samsung and SK Hynix factories in China, as part of a “site license” idea — The US is proposing annual approvals for exports of chipmaking supplies to Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc.'s factories …
More: Business Post, Tom's Hardware, PC Gamer, Implicator.ai, Reuters, Tech in Asia, ZeroHedge News, TrendForce, DigiTimes, and Yahoo Finance
X: @shehzadhqazi and @jukanlosreve
| SemiAnalysis: |
A deep dive into Huawei's Ascend AI chip production, SMIC, TSMC, US export controls, HBM bottlenecks, China's HBM issues, Huawei's data center chips, and more — H20 Shipments, Blackwell B30A, Bottlenecks to Chinese Chip Production, Export Controls, CXMT, SMIC, Cambricon
More: TechPowerUp
| Bloomberg: |
SpaceX agrees to acquire EchoStar's AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses for up to $8.5B in cash and up to $8.5B in stock, resolving an FCC inquiry into EchoStar — SpaceX, the Elon Musk-backed company that owns the Starlink satellite internet network, agreed to acquire wireless spectrum …
More: TechCrunch, EchoStar Corporation, 9to5Mac, Denver Business Journal, DatacenterDynamics, Financial Times, Benzinga, PCMag, The Information, How-To Geek, tmfassociates.com, SpaceX, Axios, Inc, Wall Street Journal, TV Tech, Reuters, The Verge, Telecompetitor, Forbes, Yahoo Finance, The Wrap, Fierce Network, New York Post, Motley Fool, Telecoms Tech News, Pulse 2.0, Sherwood News, Proactive, Austin American-Statesman, UPI, MarketWatch, Fast Company, Times of India, Deadline, ZeroHedge News, NewsMax.com, Nairametrics, Cord Cutters News, Financial Times, SpaceNews, Advanced Television, BusinessLIVE, Investor's Business Daily, The Hollywood Reporter, and Barron's Online
X: @michaelnicollsx, @longmier, @micahmaidenberg, @gwynne_shotwell, @edludlow, @sindap, @trengriffin, @jackkuhr, and @spacex. Bluesky: @karlbode.com
| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Attaullah Baig, ex-head of security at WhatsApp, sues Meta for allegedly ignoring critical security flaws, claims Meta staffers could access sensitive user data — Attaullah Baig tried to warn Meta's top leaders, including its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, that millions of users … | Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic becomes the first major AI company to back SB 53, a California bill that requires large AI companies to disclose safety testing protocols — On Monday, Anthropic announced an official endorsement of SB 53, a California bill from state Senator Scott Wiener that would impose …
More: Anthropic, The Verge, Implicator.ai, and Politico
X: @jackclarksf, @krishnanrohit, @jeffrsebo, @ctatech, and @anthropicai. Mastodon: @SuffolkLITLab@esq.social
| Farah Stockman / New York Times: |
A look at the looming DJI drones ban in the US, as some say the ban will be disruptive; no federal agency has undertaken a mandated security risk assessment — Farmers, builders and police officers use drones made by DJI, a Chinese company. Trump and his allies want to stop all imports.
More: Engadget
| Anirban Sen / Reuters: |
Filing: Nasdaq asks the SEC to let investors trade tokenized securities on its exchange, and could roll out the first token-settled trades by the end of Q3 2026 — Nasdaq (NDAQ.O) is working with U.S. regulators to introduce trading of tokenized securities, becoming the latest major financial player … | Terrence O'Brien / The Verge: |
Google updates a Help Center article to clarify Gemini 2.5 Pro's usage limits: five prompts per day for free users, 100 prompts for AI Pro, and 500 for AI Ultra — Now you know exactly how many prompts you get for free a day. … Until very recently it wasn't clear what usage limits were placed on Gemini at the various tiers.| Adam James / The Block: |
Forward Industries raised $1.65B via a private investment in a public equity offering led by Galaxy, Jump, and Multicoin for a Solana asset treasury strategy — - Forward Industries, Inc. announced a $1.65 billion private investment in a PIPE offering led by Galaxy Digital, Jump Crypto … | Washington Post: |
Current and ex-Meta employees submitted documents and affidavits to Congress alleging that Meta suppressed research on child safety risks in its VR platforms — The company's lawyers intervened to shape research that might have shed light on risks in virtual reality, four current and former staffers have told Congress.
More: TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, Overturned, WinBuzzer, Newsmax, and Retail Gazette
X: @amyklobuchar, @marshablackburn, @designitforus, @naominixwrites, @andymstone, and @zamaan_qureshi. LinkedIn: Kelly Stonelake
Bluesky: @karaswisher, @wbaidlaw, @emmalbriant, @justinhendrix, @jbakcoleman, and @willoremus.com
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber and Shanghai-based robotaxi startup Momenta plan to test Level 4 fully driverless cars in Munich from 2026, as a precursor to launching a robotaxi service — The tests are a precursor to the companies' plan to launch a robotaxi service in 2026.| Jennifer Maas / Variety: |
YouTube says its first exclusive NFL broadcast on September 5 averaged more than 17.3M global viewers, including 1.1M average minute audiences outside of the US — YouTube got into the game with its first exclusive NFL broadcast Sept. 5, which the platform says averaged more than 17.3 million global viewers.| Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI is providing its tools and computing resources for Critterz, a largely AI-made feature-length animated film that is set to hit theaters globally in 2026 — OpenAI wants to prove that generative artificial intelligence can make movies faster and cheaper than Hollywood does today.
More: The Verge, PCMag, Livemint, Engadget, CNET, PYMNTS.com, The Decoder, Times of India, TechRadar, Implicator.ai, WinBuzzer, and Digit
Forums: r/vfx and r/singularity
| Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: |
Crypto asset manager CoinShares agrees to go public via SPAC Vine Hill at a $1.2B pre-money valuation, set to close by Q4's end; CoinShares has ~$10B in AUM — Cryptocurrency asset manager CoinShares International Ltd. has agreed to go public in the US through a combination with blank-check company Vine Hill Capital Investment Corp.| Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal: |
Databricks raised $1B from Thrive, a16z, and others at a $100B valuation and is on track to generate $4B in revenue in its FY ending in January 2026, up 50% YoY — The data analytics company is close to completing its latest financing, raising $1 billion at a $100 billion valuation
More: Databricks, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, TechCrunch, Reuters, FinTech Global, and Bloomberg. LinkedIn: Sid Kumar
| Rebecca Ratcliffe / The Guardian: |
ASPI: Myanmar's online scam centers on the Thai border have increased from 11 to 27 since the military coup in 2021, holding an estimated 100K trafficked people — Operated by crime syndicates and fostered by the country's military junta, the number of vast complexes such as KK Park on the Thai-Myanmar border has doubled since 2021
More: ASPI. X: @nrg8000, @nrg8000, @nrg8000, and @aspi_org
Bluesky: @alasdairmackenzie, @mygind, @siddharthamitter, and @bethanyallen
| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
Motion, which sells an integrated suite of AI agents for SMB, raised a $38M Series C led by Scale Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to $75M — By the time Harry Qi was 23 years old, he had achieved the kind of financial success that most people will never attain: making about $1 million a year.| Andres Schipani / Financial Times: |
Local Nepalese media reports that 19+ people were killed after police opened fire on “Gen Z protests” against a government ban on major social media platforms — Local media report at least 19 killed after anti-government demonstrators enter parliament grounds
More: The Record, Times of India, The Guardian, The Kathmandu Post, Business Standard, Times of India, The Hans India, NDTV, The Independent, Business Today, The Times, The Sun, Reuters, NBC News, ABC, ABC News, Reuters, CBC News, Associated Press, Telegraph, New York Times, The Hans India, The Independent, The Hans India, The Economic Times, CBS News, Le Monde, OHCHR, Zee News, AFP News Agency on YouTube, ANI News on YouTube, India Today, The Wire, Independent TV, Business Standard on YouTube, The Independent, Zee News, DW News on YouTube, ANI News on YouTube, Al Jazeera English on YouTube, UN News, Associated Press on YouTube, Context, UPI, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, Reuters, New York Times, Al Jazeera, Variety, BBC, The Indian Express, KSTP-TV, Bloomberg, NDTV Profit, Livemint, ANI News, and Metro.co.uk
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