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In a preliminary probe, China rules that Nvidia violated anti-monopoly laws by acquiring Mellanox in April 2020, as the US and China negotiate tariffs in Madrid — China ruled that Nvidia Corp. violated anti-monopoly laws with a high-profile 2020 deal, ratcheting up the pressure on Washington during sensitive trade negotiations.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the US has reached a TikTok deal with China, as Trump cites “a ‘certain’ company that young people” in the US wanted saved — The U.S. and China have a reached a ‘framework’ deal for social media platform TikTok, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday.
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| Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post: |
OpenAI releases the first detailed public study on how people use ChatGPT: 73% of chats were non-work related, practical guidance was the top use case, and more — OpenAI released the first detailed public study on who uses its chatbot and what they most often ask it to do.
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| Adamya Sharma / Android Authority: |
Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, its next flagship mobile chipset, before its 2025 Snapdragon Summit, and Xiaomi says its 17 series will use it — The Xiaomi 17 series will be one of the first to adopt the new chipset. — • — • — • — TL;DR
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| Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: |
The London Stock Exchange debuts a blockchain-based platform, initially focused on private funds and increasing efficiency, marking its push into digital assets — London Stock Exchange Group Plc has rolled out a blockchain-based platform initially focused on private funds, marking a push by the bourse operator into digital assets.| David Carnoy / CNET: |
Apple AirPods Pro 3 review: significantly better fit, sound quality, noise cancellation, and battery life, but heart-rate monitoring is buried in fitness apps — They cost the same at a hefty $249, but Apple's third-generation noise-canceling earbuds have improved in all the key areas … | Jerry Neumann / Colossus: |
The AI revolution has more in common with shipping containerization than the boom unleashed by the microprocessor: diffuse global benefits but few new fortunes — The disruption is real. It's also predictable. — ISSUE 04 — Fortunes are made by entrepreneurs and investors … | Anthropic: |
An Anthropic report details how Claude usage varies by country and US state, finding 36% use it for coding, 77% of business uses involve automation, and more — Introduction — Introduction — AI differs from prior technologies in its unprecedented adoption speed.
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| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Amazon schedules its annual fall hardware event for September 30 in NYC, where it is expected to launch new Echo smart speakers and Kindle devices — The company will likely launch its latest Echo speakers and new Kindles at the September 30th event.| Joshua Franklin / Financial Times: |
An interview with Goldman Sachs partner Kerry Blum on how the company's ~46K employees use its GenAI-powered GS AI Assistant, saying the risk is “over-reliance” — One partner explains the efficiencies and limitations of new tools — When Goldman Sachs partner Kerry Blum … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify adds new features for free users globally, allowing them to search for and play any song they want; the company reported 433M ad-supported MAUs in Q2 — Following its long-awaited launch of lossless streaming for paid subscribers, Spotify is upgrading its service for free users, too.| Lance Whitney / ZDNET: |
PayPal launches PayPal Links, which lets users create a personalized, one-time link to send or request payment to other PayPal users — ZDNET's key takeaways — PayPal Links lets you send and request money with other PayPal users. — You can share the payment link in an email, direct message, or text.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google's Gemini app is the #1 free app in the US App Store, driven by its Nano Banana model, which has been used to edit 500M+ images since its August 26 launch — The Nano Banana image editing model has been a hit for Google, and presumably the reason that Gemini for iPhone is the top free app in the US App Store.
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| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Conceivable Life Sciences, which wants to use AI to automate the work done by embryologists in IVF labs, raised $50M, bringing its total funding to $70M — Conceivable Life Sciences, which makes a robotic lab that can create human embryos, raised $50 million to help develop and launch …
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