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Trump plans to sign a TikTok deal on Thursday; source: TikTok US would be run by a new joint venture company, with ByteDance holding less than 20% of its stock — This structure will comply with a bipartisan law passed in 2024 that sought to ban TikTok if the platform were not sold to U.S.-based owners this year.
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| Josh Taylor / The Guardian: |
Some Australian leaders and experts debate whether the country should use a Chinese-owned version of TikTok or one run by Trump allies — Expert raises concerns about what US TikTok deal could mean for News Corp's ‘worrying dominance’ in Australian media — Would you rather a Chinese-owned TikTok …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Intel approached Apple about a potential investment in the chipmaker as part of its turnaround efforts and discussed how to work more closely together — Intel Corp. has approached Apple Inc. about securing an investment in the ailing chipmaker, according to people familiar with the matter …
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| Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware: |
Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme chips for PCs, offering up to 18 cores, and says the latter is the first Arm chip to hit 5GHz — Systems with the chips are scheduled for the first half of 2026. … At its Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii …
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Apple asks the EU to repeal the DMA, saying the law “is leading to a worse experience for Apple users in the EU” and “exposing them to new risks” — Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Apple asked the European Union to scrap its landmark digital competition law on Thursday … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is bringing Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 to Microsoft 365 Copilot, starting with Researcher and Copilot Studio — Microsoft is bringing Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 to Microsoft 365 Copilot users. … Microsoft is bringing Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 …
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| Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNET: |
Google launches its Search Live feature in the US, letting users ask questions in AI Mode while sharing their phone's camera feed for real-time help — ZDNET's key takeaways — Search Live officially launches in the US. — You can share your video feed and talk to Search.
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| Richard Henderson / Bloomberg: |
Australian lawmakers propose rules to regulate crypto exchanges, allowing the government to slap penalties of 10% of annual turnover on firms that violate rules — Australia will slap penalties of as much as 10% of annual turnover on digital asset platform operators that breach proposed rules …
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| Wired: |
Sources: Meta poached Yang Song, who led OpenAI's strategic explorations team, to be the research principal of Meta Superintelligence Labs earlier this month — The Best Robot Vacuums to Keep Your Home Clean — Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Revolutionized Windows Laptops. Here Comes the Second Act| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Meta says Instagram has hit 3B monthly users and is changing its home screen to prioritize DMs and Reels; it is testing opening directly into Reels in India — Instagram has reached 3 billion monthly users, cementing the network as one of the most popular consumer apps of all time and leading …
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| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
An Indian court dismisses X's March lawsuit challenging the government's content takedown orders, ruling foreign platforms can't invoke free speech protections — An Indian court has dismissed an attempt by Elon Musk's X to challenge the Indian government's content takedown orders … | Financial Times: |
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman have sought to get closer to President Trump after Elon Musk fallout, but WH officials remain deeply skeptical of them — White House officials remain sceptical of Meta and OpenAI chiefs as they seek to embrace US president| Financial Times: |
UK retailer Co-op says the April cyber attack cost the company £206M in revenue, marking the first time it has quantified the financial impact of the attack — Group falls to £50mn pre-tax loss after April incident that led to empty shelves at its 2,300 convenience stores
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| Pratik Bhakta / The Economic Times: |
Google Pay and PhonePe accounted for 80% of India's UPI transactions in Aug. 2025, down from 85% a year ago, as smaller players like Navi and BHIM gained ground — The race for Unified Payments Interface (UPI) market share is heating up, with smaller fintechs ramping up volumes and pushing …
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| Alex Heath / Sources: |
Sources: OpenAI CEO of Applications Fidji Simo has been meeting with potential candidates for a role overseeing monetization efforts, including ads in ChatGPT — Fidji Simo is on the hunt for someone to oversee all monetization efforts, including, yes, bringing advertising to ChatGPT.
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| Jack Fenwick / BBC: |
The UK's Cabinet Office says its Fraud Risk Assessment Accelerator AI tool helped the government recover £480M from fraud in the 12 months from April 2024 — A new artificial intelligence tool designed to crack down on fraud has helped the UK government recover almost £500m over the last year, the BBC can reveal.| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Nothing plans to invest $100M to spin off budget brand CMF into an independent subsidiary, with India as its manufacturing and R&D headquarters — Hardware startup Nothing said Thursday that it plans to make its affordable device brand, CMF, into an independent subsidiary with India serving …
More: The Hindu, Reuters, Moneycontrol, The Verge, Moneycontrol, and NDTV Profit
| Nikkei Asia: |
DealStreetAsia: VC funding in Indonesian startups fell to just $80M in H1 2025 from $200M a year earlier, as startups face fallout from corruption scandals — JAKARTA — At the beginning of this month, Jakarta prosecutors paraded three suspects in an alleged $25 million corruption …
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