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Ina Fried / Axios:
OpenAI and Microsoft say they have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding for the next phase of their partnership, and are working to finalize terms  —  OpenAI and Microsoft said Thursday they have reached preliminary terms on a revised partnership and are “actively working to finalize” a definitive agreement.
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
OpenAI says its nonprofit parent will continue to have oversight over the company and will own an equity stake of more than $100B  —  OpenAI on Thursday said its nonprofit parent will continue to have oversight over the company and will own an equity stake of more than $100 billion.
Echo Wang / Reuters:
Sources: Winklevoss twins' Gemini has seen its planned US IPO oversubscribed by 20x; in an unusual move, the IPO proceeds will be capped at $425M  —  Gemini Space Station, the cryptocurrency exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has drawn over 20 times as many orders …
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
The FTC orders Google, OpenAI, Meta and Instagram, Snap, xAI, and Character.AI to provide information on how their AI chatbots impact children and teens  —  The Federal Trade Commission ordered Alphabet Inc.'s Google, OpenAI Inc., Meta Platforms Inc. and four other makers of artificial intelligence chatbots …
Bloomberg:
Figure's shares closed up 24% at $31.11 in its Nasdaq debut, giving it a ~$6.6B market cap, after the company and some of its backers raised $787.5M in its IPO  —  Shares of Figure Technology Solutions Inc. closed 24% above their IPO price after a listing raising $787.5 million …
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster sue Perplexity, alleging that it unlawfully scraped their websites and redirected their traffic to its AI summaries  —  Perplexity AI is the latest artificial intelligence company to be hit with a lawsuit by copyright holders …
Reuters:
Albania appoints an AI bot named Diella as the minister responsible for managing and awarding all public procurement tenders to combat corruption  —  A new minister in Albania charged to handle public procurement will be impervious to bribes, threats, or attempts to curry favour.
Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
The US DOJ sues Uber, with its civil rights division alleging that Uber discriminates against people with physical disabilities in violation of federal law  —  Uber Technologies Inc. was sued by the US Justice Department over claims that the ride-sharing giant discriminates against people …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google plans to shut down Tables, a work-tracking tool and competitor to Airtable, in December and directs users to migrate to Google Sheets or AppSheet  —  Google Tables, a work-tracking tool and competitor to the popular spreadsheet-database hybrid Airtable, is shutting down.
Taylor Soper / GeekWire:
F5 plans to acquire CalypsoAI, which helps companies secure their generative AI infrastructure, for $180M; CalypsoAI raised $43.2M  —  Seattle-based security and application delivery giant F5 will pay $180 million to acquire CalypsoAI, a startup founded in 2018 that helps companies secure their generative AI infrastructure.

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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
SCOTUS rules via an emergency order that political parties are entitled to the same low-cost TV ad rates as candidates, giving an advantage to Republicans

Oliver Darcy / Status:
Sources: Fox fired Maria Bartiromo after she shared with the White House internal Fox guidance to steer clear of Trump's 2020 election claims in a July speech

CBS News:
A US federal judge allows the Pentagon to fire three Stars and Stripes journalists, ruling the government likely did not violate their First Amendment rights

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Tim Hardwick / MacRumors:
An iOS support page says AirPods' Live Translation feature won't be available to users in the EU with an EU-region Apple Account, likely due to EU regulations
Financial Times:
How Larry Ellison, briefly the world's richest man, and Oracle CEO Safra Catz capitalized on the AI boom and vaulted Oracle into contention with industry giants
Vas Panagiotopoulos / Wired:
Atlantic Council: the number of US-based investors in spyware companies nearly tripled in 2024 to 31, compared to just 11 in 2023, topping Israel's 26 investors
Pranav Mukul / The Economic Times:
Sensor Tower: in July, Rapido had nearly 50M MAUs on Android in India, above Uber's 30M; Rapido has a nearly 30% share in four-wheeler cabs and Uber has ~50%

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New York Times:
Graphic videos of Charlie Kirk's shooting, first posted to X, also spread to Instagram, Threads, YouTube, and Telegram within hours, amassing millions of views
Declan Harty / Politico:
CFTC nominee Brian Quintenz says the Winklevosses asked Trump to pause his confirmation after he refused to make promises “rectifying” a prior Gemini settlement
Tim Anderson / The Register:
Microsoft releases its first preview of Visual Studio 2026, the first major version update since November 2021, with a new design and deeper AI integration
Jody Godoy / Reuters:
US Senator Ted Cruz introduces a bill that would let AI companies apply for exemptions from federal regulation to help them experiment in developing new tech
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
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
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