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September 9, 2025, 10:35 AM
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Associated Press:
Investigation: IBM, Dell, HP, Cisco, Oracle, Microsoft, Intel, Nvidia, and other US tech companies helped design and build China's digital surveillance state  —  BEIJING (AP) — The body camera hung from the top of the IV drip, recording the slightest twitch made by Yang Guoliang as he lay bloody …
Ariba Shahid / Reuters:
Amnesty: Pakistan is spying on millions via phone tapping and a Chinese-built internet firewall, in one of the broadest surveillance programs outside China  —  Pakistan is spying on millions of its citizens using a phone-tapping system and a Chinese-built internet firewall that censors social media …
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:
Mistral raised a €1.7B Series C at an €11.7B valuation; ASML led the round with €1.3B to become its biggest shareholder, joined by a16z, DST, Nvidia, and others  —  Dutch chip equipment maker backs French artificial intelligence champion as US-China tensions rock tech industry
Annelise Levy / Bloomberg Law:
A US federal judge postpones Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement over concerns that class lawyers are striking a deal behind the scenes to force on authors  —  The federal judge overseeing Anthropic PBC's proposed $1.5 billion copyright settlement is concerned class lawyers are striking …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft and LG partner to bring Xbox Cloud Gaming to cars that use LG's Automotive Content Platform, including Kia's EV3, EV4, EV5, and Sportage in Europe  —  You'll soon be able to stream Xbox cloud games to cars that use LG's Automotive Content Platform, like Kia's EV3.
Amy Mackinnon / Financial Times:
Sources: the US informs European countries that it is stepping back from joint efforts to combat disinformation from Russia, China, Iran, and other countries  —  Washington terminates agreements with European countries to fight disinformation from Russia, China and Iran
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch:
Evan Spiegel says Snap is restructuring around “startup squads” of 10 to 15 staff to better compete; Snapchat+ now brings in $700M+ in ARR from 15M+ subscribers  —  Snap is breaking itself apart and rebuilding from within.  In a new company letter, CEO Evan Spiegel just announced …
Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: OpenAI's executives fear mounting political scrutiny in California could stymie for-profit plans and have discussed leaving the state as a last resort  —  Startup's leaders have discussed last-ditch prospect of leaving California if regulators complicate transition to for-profit company
Echo Wang / Reuters:
Sources: Nasdaq agrees to buy $50M in shares of the Winklevoss twins' Gemini crypto exchange in a private placement at the time of Gemini's IPO this week  —  Gemini Space Station, the cryptocurrency exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has secured Nasdaq as a strategic investor …
Bloomberg:
US SEC filing: Microsoft signs a deal worth up to $19.4B through 2031 to receive AI cloud computing capacity from Yandex spinoff Nebius Group; NBIS jumps 50%+  —  Nebius Group NV shares soared on Tuesday after signing an artificial intelligence infrastructure deal worth as much as $19.4 billion with Microsoft Corp.
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Aikido Security says attackers injected malware into 18 npm packages with 2.6B+ total weekly downloads, after compromising a maintainer's account via phishing  —  In what is being called the largest supply chain attack in history, attackers have injected malware into NPM packages …
Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Intel announces top executive changes, including the departure of Intel Products CEO Michelle Johnston Holthaus, and establishes a new central engineering group  —  Intel (INTC.O) announced a series of top executive changes on Monday, including the departure of products chief Michelle Johnston Holthaus …
Fred Vogelstein / Crazy Stupid Tech:
A profile of Techmeme, which turns 20 this week yet oddly works and looks the same way it did in 2005, as its executive-heavy readership expands in the AI boom  —  Every morning nearly 100,000 geeks world wide, including some of the richest tech barons in the universe, fire …
Gopal Sharma / Reuters:
The Nepalese government lifts its social media ban after 19 people were killed and 100+ were injured in anti-corruption protests that were triggered by the ban  —  Nepal has lifted a social media ban following protests that resulted in the deaths of 19 people, a government minister said on Tuesday.
Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic:
US jobseekers describe a hellish job market, with young people using ChatGPT to write their applications, HR using AI to read them, and few people getting hired  —  Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired.
Wired:
Hands-on with AI startup Friend's $129 always-listening pendant: feels like a beefy AirTag, runs Gemini 2.5, gives unhelpful commentary, and makes others uneasy  —  The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that's snarky and unhelpful.

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Paramount completes its $110B acquisition of WBD, creating Skydance and putting David Ellison in control of Hollywood studios, streamers, and cable networks

Michael Schneider / Variety:
Amazon's Prime Video acquires exclusive global rights to the Primetime Emmys under a six-year deal from 2027; sources say Prime Video will pay ~$15M per year

New York Times:
Disney is seeking an injunction in US District Court to block the FCC from conducting an unusual, early review of eight ABC-owned station licenses

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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
Bloomberg:
E-commerce company Eightco's stock soared 3,000%+ on September 8 after unveiling a plan to buy Worldcoin tokens and naming Wall Street analyst Dan Ives as chair

Earlier Picks

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
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 its statements from months ago
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
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
Attaullah Baig, ex-head of security at WhatsApp, sues Meta for allegedly ignoring critical security flaws and claims Meta staff could access sensitive user data
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Anthropic becomes the first major AI company to endorse SB 53, a California bill that would require large AI companies to release safety and security reports
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
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