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September 15, 2025, 10:20 AM

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Bloomberg:
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.
CNBC:
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.
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
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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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