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Memo: California's AG says OpenAI's restructuring has “no impact” on other cases, likely referring to Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI over its restructuring — A memo from California's attorney general suggested that Elon Musk's federal lawsuit against OpenAI will be unaffected …
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Sources: OpenAI's restructuring, approved by California's AG, paves the way for an IPO as soon as 2027; Sam Altman says an IPO is likely but gave no timeframe — Company assured state officials that it would stay in California as it continues global expansion, which could include a public offering as soon as 2027| Bloomberg: |
Nvidia plans to invest $1B in Nokia for a 2.9% stake and announces a partnership to integrate Nvidia tech into Nokia's network products; NOK closed up 22.8% — Nvidia Corp. is taking a $1 billion equity stake in Nokia Oyj and plans to supply the telecom company with artificial-intelligence powered computers for wireless networks.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/nvidia, r/technology, r/business, r/ElectricalEngineering, r/hardware, and r/Nokia
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Uber plans a fleet of 100,000 autonomous vehicles powered by Nvidia's new Drive AGX Hyperion 10, starting in 2027 — Uber Technologies Inc. will begin expanding a fleet of 100,000 autonomous vehicles powered by Nvidia Corp. technology starting in 2027, an ambitious move that could help bring …
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| Bloomberg: |
After Nvidia GTC, Jensen Huang says “I don't believe we're in an AI bubble” and that Nvidia expects to sell 20M Blackwell chips, up from 4M Hopper chips — Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang announced a flurry of new partnerships and dismissed concerns about an AI bubble …
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| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Internal memo: Amazon makes “significant role reductions” to its game division and will cut down on big budget titles, as it focuses on Luna and casual games — Tech giant will reduce game development work and eliminate jobs — Amazon.com Inc. is gutting its video-game division …
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| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at 1X's $20K Neo humanoid housekeeper robot, controlled remotely by a human with a VR headset, available now for preorder, with delivery expected in 2026 — 1X's Neo wants to be your housekeeper. First, it needs to be controlled by a human in your home. Cool with you?
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| Dylan Butts / CNBC: |
SK Hynix reports Q3 revenue up 39% YoY to $17.02B, below $17.22B est., and operating profit up 62% YoY to a record $7.92B, boosted by demand for its HBM chips — South Korea's SK Hynix on Wednesday posted record quarterly revenue and profit, boosted by a strong demand for its high bandwidth memory used in generative AI chipsets.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is testing new versions of the MacBook Air, iPad mini, and iPad Air with OLED screens; the iPad mini will likely arrive first, as early as 2026 — Apple Inc. is preparing major changes to its MacBook Air, iPad mini and iPad Air lines, with a plan to give the popular devices higher-end displays.
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| Adobe Newsroom: |
A survey of 16K+ creators in eight countries: 86% use creative GenAI tools, 60% use multiple, 48% use them for ideation, and 52% for creating video and more — - 76 percent of creators say creative generative AI has helped grow their business and personal brand
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| Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat: |
GitHub updates VS Code with Plan Mode for building step-by-step project approaches, MCP Registry integration, definable project rules via AGENTS.md, and more — GitHub is making a bold bet that enterprises don't need another proprietary coding agent. They need a way to manage all of them.| David Gewirtz / ZDNET: |
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| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
IBM releases four open-source Granite 4.0 Nano AI models ranging from 350M to 1.5B parameters, designed to run on consumer hardware and even in web browsers — In an industry where model size is often seen as a proxy for intelligence, IBM is charting a different course … | Jennifer Maas / Variety: |
EA reports Q2 net bookings down 13% YoY to $1.82B, below $1.88B est., and says it will no longer issue forward-looking financial guidance due to its $55B sale — Along with the issuing of the financial details Tuesday, the maker of “Madden NFL,” “Battlefield,” “The Sims” and “Apex Legends” … | Ina Fried / Axios: |
Sam Altman says OpenAI has committed to spend about $1.4T on infrastructure so far, equating to roughly 30GW of data center capacity — OpenAI has committed to spend about $1.4 trillion on infrastructure so far, equating to roughly 30 gigawatts of data center capacity, CEO Sam Altman said on Tuesday.
More: Reuters, Business Insider, and OpenAI
| Politico: |
French lawmakers vote to raise France's digital services tax on US tech giants to 6%, up from 3%; the French government opposes the move, fearing US retaliation — PARIS — French lawmakers are moving ahead with plans to double a tax on big tech firms — backing away from a more aggressive push amid fears …
More: Bloomberg Law
| Kate Park / TechCrunch: |
All three major South Korean telcos, SK Telecom, KT Telecom, and now LG Uplus, have reported cybersecurity incidents to the government over the past six months — LG Uplus, one of the largest telecom operators in South Korea, has confirmed to TechCrunch that it has reported a suspected data breach …
More: The Korea Herald and Korea Joongang Daily
| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
USC sues Google in Texas federal court, alleging that Google Earth, Maps, and Google Street View violate its patents for overlaying 2D images onto 3D models — The University of Southern California has sued Google (GOOGL.O) in Texas federal court, alleging that the tech giant's Google Earth … | Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
Oppo launches the €999 Find X9 and €1,299 Find X9 Pro in the UK and the EU with 7,025mAh and 7,500mAh silicon-carbon batteries and MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chips — The two new Oppo phones bring some of the biggest batteries around. … Oppo has announced the international launch …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
YouTube will age-restrict more video game content showing “graphic violence” and stop creators from directing users to gambling sites involving digital goods — YouTube will age-gate ‘an additional small subset’ of violent content, even if it's from a video game.
More: Moneycontrol, Techdirt, Dexerto, and Google Help Center
| Corporate Europe Observatory: |
Big Tech's EU lobbying hit €151M in 2025, up from €113M in 2023 and €97M in 2021; between January and June 2025, Big Tech had 146 meetings with EU officials — The EU's digital rulebook is under unprecedented pressure from the Trump administration and a homegrown deregulation wave.
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