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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, Observations, fasterthanli.me, The Block, PCMag, Web3 is Going Just Great, DL News, CoinDesk, Decrypt, Semgrep, Cointelegraph, The Register, SiliconANGLE, Security Boulevard, Solomon on Cybersecurity, BeInCrypto, Cryptonews, Blockworks, Bitcoin Magazine, Cointelegraph, and Hackread
X: @p3b7_, @p3b7_, @jupiterexchange, and @0xcygaar
LinkedIn: Charlie Eriksen and Tiago Henriques
Bluesky: @bad-at-computer, @bad-at-computer, @jdp.extropian.net, @zachleat.com, @codfather, @jonkuperman.com, and @bad-at-computer
Mastodon: @acdha@code4lib.social, @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, and @cy@chaos.social
Forums: Hacker News, r/programming, r/node, r/javascript, Lobsters, and Slashdot
| Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal: |
Databricks raised a $1B Series K led by a16z, Insight, MGX, Thrive, and WCM at a $100B valuation, and crossed a $4B revenue run rate during Q2, up 50% YoY — The data analytics company closed its latest financing, raising $1 billion at a $100 billion valuation
More: Databricks, The Information, San Francisco Business Times, Tomasz Tunguz, TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, Reuters, Bloomberg, SiliconANGLE, and FinTech Global
X: @jasonlk, @databricks, @databricks, and @databricks
LinkedIn: Josh Howard and Sid Kumar
| 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, 9to5Mac, EchoStar Corporation, CNET, Android Police, Bloomberg Law, Wall Street Journal, BetaKit, Investor's Business Daily, MarketWatch, Ars Technica, CNBC, tmfassociates.com, Capital Brief, SpaceX, Travel And Tour World, Watcher Guru, The Verge, LAmag, TVNewsCheck, Via Satellite, PhoneArena, Canadian Press, Al Jazeera, ZeroHedge News, Fierce Network, Times of India, NewsMax.com, PCMag, Fast Company, Denver Business Journal, Deadline, Nairametrics, Media Play News, DatacenterDynamics, Reuters, RCR Wireless News, Financial Times, Yahoo Finance, How-To Geek, Austin American-Statesman, New York Post, The Information, Axios, Advanced Television, The Wrap, Motley Fool, TV Tech, Proactive, Pulse 2.0, UPI, BusinessLIVE, SpaceNews, Benzinga, Telecompetitor, Cord Cutters News, and The Economic Times
X: @micahmaidenberg, @michaelnicollsx, @gwynne_shotwell, @edludlow, @sindap, @trengriffin, @jackkuhr, @spacex, and @longmier. LinkedIn: Rogier Beld. Bluesky: @karlbode.com
Forums: r/verizon, r/SpaceXLounge, r/spacex, and r/Starlink
| Annelise Levy / Bloomberg Law: |
A judge rejects Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement over concerns that class lawyers are striking a deal behind the scenes that will be forced on authors — The federal judge overseeing Anthropic PBC's proposed $1.5 billion copyright settlement is concerned class lawyers are striking … | Bloomberg: |
SEC filing: Microsoft strikes a deal worth up to $19.4B through 2031 to get AI cloud computing power from Nebius Group; NBIS jumps 50%+ after hours — Microsoft Corp. struck a multiyear deal worth nearly $20 billion to get AI cloud computing power from Nebius Group NV … | Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable: |
In a September 5 filing in the US v. Google ad tech trial, Google said “the open web is already in rapid decline”, contradicting Google's recent statements — Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, said in May that web publishing is not dying. … But in a court document filed by Google …
More: Search Engine Land, Ars Technica, The Verge, Engadget, Implicator.ai, and Pixel Envy
X: @jason_kint, @edantaylor, @jason_kint, @willoremus, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, and @rustybrick. LinkedIn: Danny Goodwin
Bluesky: @reckless, @rustybrick.com, and @willoremus.com
Forums: r/collapse, r/technology, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| 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 …
More: The Guardian, Ars Technica, Bloomberg, Bloomberg Law, The Economic Times, and Tech Xplore
X: @andymstone. LinkedIn: Frank De Maria. Bluesky: @rpetras and @matthewdgreen. Threads: @andymstone. Forums: Slashdot
| Washington Post: |
More: UploadVR, US Senate Judiciary, Breitbart, TechCrunch, The Daily Caller, Gizmodo, New York Post, WinBuzzer, The Verge, Overturned, Engadget, and Newsmax
X: @zamaan_qureshi, @willoremus, @omarsbigsister, @designitforus, @amyklobuchar, @naominixwrites, @andymstone, @hawleymo, @marshablackburn, and @zamaan_qureshi
LinkedIn: LinkedIn, Jason Sattizahn, PhD, and Kelly Stonelake
Bluesky: @willoremus.com, @aft.org, @wolvendamien, @kellystonelake, @wbaidlaw, @justinhendrix, @jbakcoleman, @emmalbriant, and @karaswisher
Threads: @andymstone and @karaswisher
Forums: Hacker News and r/neoliberal
| Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg: |
The US Army awards a $159M contract to a partnership of Anduril and Meta and a $195M contract to Rivet, to produce competing prototypes of a new combat goggle — The US Army awarded contracts to a partnership of Anduril Industries Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc., and another led by Rivet Industries …
More: Gizmodo, UploadVR, Breaking Defense, DefenseScoop, Defense One, and Road to VR. X: @mbeinart22
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Signal announces a backup feature that includes 100MB of storage for texts and the last 45 days' worth of media for free, or 100GB of storage for $1.99/month — Privacy-focused messaging app Signal announced on Monday that it's introducing a feature that allows users to back up their text conversations …
More: Signal Messenger, How-To Geek, Android Police, BleepingComputer, and The Verge
| 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, NBC News, Implicator.ai, The Verge, and Politico
X: @jackclarksf, @ctatech, @jeffrsebo, @krishnanrohit, and @anthropicai. Mastodon: @SuffolkLITLab@esq.social
| 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, PC Gamer, Tom's Hardware, TrendForce, Implicator.ai, ZeroHedge News, and Reuters
X: @shehzadhqazi and @jukanlosreve
| Andres Schipani / Financial Times: |
Local Nepalese media reports that 19+ people were killed in clashes over anti-government demonstrations sparked by a ban on leading social media platforms — At least 19 reportedly killed while demonstrating against ban on platforms including Facebook and Instagram
More: The Record, The Guardian, The Kathmandu Post, BBC, GB News, New York Times, Reuters, ANI News on YouTube, Los Angeles Times, NDTV, Reuters, The Wire, The Hans India, Al Jazeera, Reuters, NBC News, The Times, The Independent, Reuters, CBS News, CBC News, Zee News, Associated Press, New York Times, Associated Press on YouTube, India Today, Times of India, Telegraph, The Indian Express, Al Jazeera English on YouTube, Business Standard, The Hans India, UPI, Reuters, The Hans India, The Economic Times, Variety, The Sun, The Independent, UN News, OHCHR, Times of India, Independent TV, DW News on YouTube, Business Standard on YouTube, ABC News, Zee News, ANI News on YouTube, AFP News Agency on YouTube, The Independent, ABC, and Bloomberg
X: @thepiggsboson, @unicef_nepal, @amnesty, @rahulroushan, @unhumanrights, @pratimaadhikary, @smitaprakash, @singerhanaa, @adityarajkaul, @bainjal, @rahulroushan, and @unicef_nepal
Forums: Hacker News, r/suppressed_news, r/anime_titties, and r/worldnews
| 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 …
More: LinkedIn, Bloomberg, Cointelegraph, Cryptonews, TheStreet, CoinDesk, crypto.news, The Crypto Times, Blockworks, Coinpedia Fintech News, Watcher Guru, Decrypt, Coinspeaker, The Coin Republic, and The Block. Forums: r/Buttcoin
| 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.
More: Variety, YouTube Official Blog, TV Tech, Social Media Today, The Hollywood Reporter, Cord Cutters News, Benzinga, TVNewsCheck, StreamTV Insider, Streaming Better, Deadline, Barrett Media, The Wrap, Mashable, TechCrunch, Front Office Sports, Media Play News, Awful Announcing, Sportico, and Irish Star
LinkedIn: Joel Martins, Dan Rayburn, and Kae Nakajo-Robben
| Google Developers Blog: |
Google announces Veo updates: support for vertical video and 1080p, lower pricing, and general availability of Veo 3 and Veo 3 Fast in the Gemini API — Today, we're launching three big Veo updates: support for vertical format outputs (9:16 aspect ratio), 1080p HD output, and new, lower pricing.| Bloomberg: |
E-commerce company Eightco soared over 3,000% on Monday after announcing a plan to buy Worldcoin tokens and naming Wall Street analyst Dan Ives as chairman — For much of the past three years, Eightco Holdings Inc. was little more than a penny stock. On Monday, all that changed …
More: Decrypt, Financial Times, CNBC, New York Post, Crypto Briefing, TheStreet, Fast Company, Yahoo Finance, Reuters, Cryptonews, and Proactive
X: @fundstrat and @samsolid57
| 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.
More: Google Help Center, Android Police, Thurrott, CNET, Tom's Guide, BGR, PCMag, and Search Engine Journal
| Bloomberg: |
Cognition raised $400M led by Founders Fund at a $10.2B valuation, up from $4B in March; its coding tool Devin's ARR grew from $1M in Sept. 2024 to $73M by June — Artificial intelligence startup Cognition AI Inc. has reached a valuation of $10.2 billion in a roughly $400 million funding round …
More: TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, PitchBook, Cognition, and CNBC
X: @scottwu46, @krishnanrohit, @swyx, @eglyman, @jeffwsurf, @luke_metro, @saranormous, @cognition, @windsurf, @cognition, @itsandrewgao, and @cognition
LinkedIn: Arjun Mishra and Graham Moreno
| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
AI infrastructure company Pinecone's CEO Edo Liberty will step aside and into a new role as chief scientist; ex-Google executive Ash Ashutosh will become CEO — Pinecone, arguably the company most synonymous with the fast-growing vector database industry powering many generative AI large language model …
More: TechCrunch and Pinecone
| Savyata Mishra / Reuters: |
Dell says its CFO, Yvonne McGill, will resign effective September 9 after nearly 30 years with the company and names SVP David Kennedy as interim CFO — Dell Technologies (DELL.N) said on Monday its Chief Financial Officer Yvonne McGill will resign effective September 9 after roughly three decades with the company.| Bloomberg: |
Source: Amazon took a stake in Colombian delivery startup Rappi via a $25M convertible note, entitling it to buy up to 12% via warrants if milestones are met — Amazon.com Inc. has taken a stake in the Colombian delivery company Rappi Inc., a strategic partnership that pairs …
More: The Information
| Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters: |
Intel announces top-level executive changes, including the departure of its products chief, Michelle Holthaus, and establishes a new central engineering group — Intel (INTC.O) announced a series of high-level executive changes on Monday, including the departure of Michelle Holthaus, the company's products chief.
More: Portland Business Journal, PCWorld, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, and Intel
| 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.| 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 … Sponsor Posts
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