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OpenAI disputes Apple's account of pre-lawsuit contacts, rejects claims that ex-staff used confidential information, shares iMessages and emails, and more — Apple is one of the greatest companies of all time, and built a reputation for obsessing over the smallest details.
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| New York Times: |
Sources: the US is focused on promoting US AI models to be more competitive, after officials considered taking a more interventionist approach to open source AI — The Trump administration has struggled over how to approach to “open source” models, which are freely available to download and favored by Chinese companies.
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| Maria Curi / Axios: |
The White House says it met its deadline to establish a voluntary framework for evaluating advanced AI models, but did not provide details of the framework — The White House said on Monday it met its deadline to establish a voluntary framework for evaluating advanced AI models …
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| Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says it “briefly removed Telegram from the App Store” over CSAM on Monday, restoring it after Telegram “promptly removed the content and banned the user” — Update: 11:00 p.m. ET: In a statement to 9to5Mac, Apple said: … Apple's statement came about 20 minutes after access to the app was restored.
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| Alexandra Alper / Reuters: |
Sources: the FCC is drafting a restriction on US imports of new models of Chinese data center optical transceivers, set to take effect upon publication in 2026 — The Trump administration is drafting a ban on U.S. imports of new models of Chinese data center components …
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Sources: HP, Asus, and Acer have started using small amounts of DRAM chips from CXMT in their laptops for non-US markets, amid an unprecedented memory shortage — TAIPEI — Leading PC makers HP, Asus and Acer have started to use small amounts of chips from China's ChangXin Memory Technologies amid …
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| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Palantir reports Q2 revenue up 93% YoY to $1.94B, above $1.8B est., US commercial revenue up 149%, and raises FY26 revenue guidance; PLTR jumps 14%+ pre-market — Palantir topped second-quarter earnings estimates on Monday and said commercial revenue more than doubled from a year ago.
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| Jeran Wittenstein / Bloomberg: |
Amazon becomes the fifth company to reach a $3T market cap, joining Nvidia, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Apple, after hitting $2T in June 2024; AMZN closed up 4.58% — Amazon.com Inc. surpassed $3 trillion in market value for the first time, becoming only the fifth company to ever reach the milestone.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources and filings: Google assembled a ~$200B financing program for Anthropic, with $150B+ tied to TPUs and involving Broadcom, Blackstone, Apollo, and others — Private credit, chip leases and data centre guarantees underpin a vast new model for AI spending
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Beijing is growing concerned about the cyber capabilities of Mythos and other US-developed frontier AI models and their potential as offensive weapons — China is growing anxious that Anthropic PBC's Mythos could be wielded against the world's second-biggest economy …
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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Snap reports Q2 revenue up 19% YoY to $1.6B, above $1.54B est., DAUs up 5% to 493M, vs. 487M est., forecasts Q3 revenue above est.; SNAP jumps 10%+ pre-market — Snap reported better-than-expected revenue and earnings for the second quarter and issued a forecast for the current period that topped analysts' estimates.| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Samsung says it's restricting app registrations and removing apps with SDKs that can turn smart TVs into residential proxy exit nodes, after a similar ban by LG — Several popular Samsung smart TV apps contain code that share the owner's internet connection with strangers …
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| Dietrich Knauth / Reuters: |
TikTok agrees to settle three more teen social media lawsuits ahead of trial; 2,600 cases with similar claims are pending in California federal court — TikTok has agreed to settle three lawsuits brought by young people who accuse social media companies of designing their platforms … | Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
AI cloud startup Volta raised $300M co-led by a16z and Altimeter at a $2.4B valuation and says it landed a $10B contract with an unnamed leading AI developer — Volta Infra Holdings Ltd., a new artificial intelligence cloud company, has raised $300 million in venture funding and secured … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: to fight critics on social media, DHS sent platforms hundreds of subpoenas and asked posters to sign letters saying speech about ICE “may” be a crime — Agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements
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| Nikou Asgari / Financial Times: |
How Wall Street learned to love the blockchain, as US regulators accept tokenized assets and other tech can offer significant advantages in speed and efficiency — Financial companies hope to modernise markets with the technology but systemic risks remain.| Bloomberg: |
In a rare interview, Huawei chip scientist Liao Heng warns Western chip companies will eventually face physical chip limits and talks Huawei's Tau Scaling Law — Huawei Technologies Co.'s top semiconductor scientist warned of the looming physical limits Western chipmaking giants including Nvidia Corp. face …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Spotify reports Q2 revenue up 14% YoY to €4.8B, Premium Subscribers up 9% YoY to 300M, MAUs up 12% YoY to 777M, below 778M guidance, and a €545M net income — Music streamer's Q2 2026 subscription revenue increases 15% and ad revenue ticks up 1%Sponsor Posts
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