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Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Apple says the iPhone 17 and iPhone Air have Memory Integrity Enforcement, “industry-first, always-on memory safety protection”, like Microsoft and Google offer  —  Memory Integrity Enforcement is always-on safety protection designed to make life harder for spyware developers.
Anders Melin / Bloomberg:
Larry Ellison becomes the world's richest person for the first time, at $393B, overtaking Elon Musk at $385B, as Oracle's stock jumps 40%+ after beating Q1 est.  —  Larry Ellison has become the world's richest person for the first time, ending Elon Musk's nearly year-long reign in the top spot.
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Oracle reports Q1 revenue up 12% YoY to $14.93B, vs. $15.04B est., $2.9B net income, and remaining performance obligations up 359% YoY to $455B; ORCL jumps 40%+
Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
Spotify plans to roll out lossless audio at 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC to Premium users over the next two months in 50 markets, without needing a pricier subscription  —  Subscribers will be able to enjoy 24-bit / 44.1 kHz FLAC as part of their Premium plan. … It's been a long time coming but Spotify is finally getting lossless audio.
The Information:
Sources: Amazon is developing consumer AR glasses codenamed Jayhawk, with microphones, speakers, a camera, and color display, set for late 2026 or early 2027  —  Amazon is developing a pair of augmented-reality glasses for consumers, say two people with knowledge of the plans.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Reddit, Yahoo, Medium, Quora, People, O'Reilly, wikiHow, Ziff Davis, and others adopt the Really Simple Licensing (RSL) standard that sets terms for AI scraping  —  Reddit, Yahoo, Quora, and wikiHow are just some of the major brands on board with the RSL Standard.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Bluesky says it will comply with age-verification laws in South Dakota and Wyoming because they strike the “right balance”, after exiting Mississippi  —  After blocking its service in Mississippi over its new age-assurance law, the social networking startup is taking a different approach …
More: Bluesky and Engadget
Ben Funk / HotHardware:
Arm launches four Lumex compute subsystem CPU architectures to improve on-device AI on smartphones, PCs, and wearables, and unveils its new Mali G1-Ultra GPU  —  As the smartphone market has matured, the workloads that consumers expect from their tiny in-pocket mobile computers has increased drastically.
Lynn Doan / Bloomberg:
Bending Spoons agrees to acquire Vimeo for $1.38B, in an all-cash deal set to close in Q4, representing a 91% premium; Vimeo will be delisted from exchanges  —  Bending Spoons, one of Europe's largest mobile app developers, has agreed to buy the video platform Vimeo in an all-cash deal valued at about $1.38 billion.
Dan Moren / Six Colors:
Apple event tidbits: the new MagSafe battery is an iPhone Air exclusive, the Air likely uses binned A19 Pro chips, and older AirPods will get Live Translation  —  Apple crams a lot into its keynotes, but almost as notable is what it chooses not to talk about.
Financial Times:
Quantum startup PsiQuantum raised $1B led by BlackRock, Temasek, and Baillie Gifford at a $7B valuation, up from $3.2B in 2021, for a 1M-qubit computer by 2028  —  PsiQuantum backed by BlackRock, Temasek and Baillie Gifford as investment race intensifies  —  PsiQuantum has raised $1bn …
Joe Miller / Financial Times:
The Trump administration's Big Tech courtship and its efforts to accelerate AI adoption across the US are alarming populists in the president's base  —  Silicon Valley's sway in the White House is alarming populists in the president's base  —  Flanked by Silicon Valley's most powerful executives …
Forums: Ars OpenForum
Hannah Erin Lang / Wall Street Journal:
Robinhood announces a feed where users can follow and copy verified trades of other investors and public figures, rolling out in beta to ~10K users in Q1 2026  —  Robinhood Social will allow users to post their trades and track those of public figures, like Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times:
Amazon's Zoox launches its robotaxi service in Las Vegas, letting riders hail its toaster-shaped cars between specific destinations in the city's 4.2-mile Strip  —  The driverless car group launches to the public in challenge to Waymo and Tesla over the future of ride-hailing
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Amazon and Netflix partner to let advertisers buy Netflix ad inventory via Amazon's demand-side platform, after Amazon signed a similar deal with Disney in June  —  Amazon and Netflix are two of the major competitors in Hollywood's streaming wars, but in at least one instance, they're ready to team up.
Meir Orbach / CTech:
Israeli chip monitoring startup ProteanTecs raised a $51M Series D led by IAG, with participation from Arm, Samsung, and more, taking its total funding to $250M  —  The Israeli company has now raised more than $250M, expanding global footprint across automotive, cloud, and telecom.  —  ProteanTecs
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Apple Watch's hypertension notifications and sleep score will come to some older models with watchOS 26; Apple expects FDA clearance for the notifications soon  —  New hypertension notifications are coming to the Watch Series 9 and up. … Apple just announced a bunch of new health-tracking …
Aaron Holmes / The Information:
Sources: Microsoft will use Anthropic's models for some AI features in its Office 365 apps, after finding Claude Sonnet 4 beats OpenAI's GPT-5 in some tasks  —  Microsoft is taking its biggest step to lessen reliance on OpenAI's artificial intelligence by embracing the startup's bitter rival Anthropic …

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Tim Wu / New York Times:
WBD merging with either Netflix or Paramount should be challenged by US antitrust authorities and would be bad for US streaming market competition

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney nominates former Apple COO Jeff Williams to its board; he retired from Apple in November after overseeing the design team, supply chain work, and more

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Email: USA Today EIC Caren Bohan has abruptly left the company, the second editor in chief to do so in less than two years; she became EIC in September 2024

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Samantha Subin / CNBC:
Uber plans to add Blade helicopter rides as soon as 2026 via a partnership with electric air taxi maker Joby Aviation, which acquired Blade for $125M in August
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ASML's €1.3B investment in Mistral gives the French startup capital and credibility, but it must prove it can survive in a US- and China-dominated AI industry

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Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Apple will release iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 Tahoe, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, and visionOS 26 on September 15, featuring a Liquid Glass redesign and other updates
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