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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 …
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| 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
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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 …
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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
| 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 … | 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 …
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| 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.| 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.| 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: Engadget, The Verge, WinBuzzer, Newsmax, and Retail Gazette
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| 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 … | 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, Livemint, Engadget, CNET, PYMNTS.com, The Decoder, Times of India, TechRadar, Implicator.ai, WinBuzzer, and Digit
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| 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
| 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.| 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
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