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| Ben Casselman / New York Times: |
Nearly 200 economists, including 15 Nobel laureates and Anthropic's Jack Clark, sign a letter titled We Must Act Now, warning of rapid AI-led job displacement — Nearly 200 economists signed a letter calling for policymakers to do more to understand and respond to potential A.I. disruptions.
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft announces a Windows 11 search overhaul that prioritizes local results, removes promotional web content, and more, rolling out to Windows Insiders — Windows 11's search user experience is getting a big update, with Microsoft moving to prioritize local results, remove promotional content, and much more.
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| Shilpi Jain / Counterpoint Research: |
Global smartphone shipments fell 11% YoY in Q2 to the lowest Q2 levels since 2013 amid the DRAM and NAND shortage; Samsung returns to #1 with a 24% market share — - Global smartphone shipments fell 11% YoY in Q2 2026 reaching the lowest second-quarter levels since 2013 as the DRAM and NAND shortage intensified.
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| Politico: |
The EU blacklists Russian intelligence group members it says were responsible for spying on and hacking targets across the EU and Ukraine from as early as 2010 — Moscow's Federal Security Service is behind the cyber espionage and sabotage campaigns, EU says.
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| Riley Griffin / Bloomberg: |
Meta says it will spend an extra $40B on its nearly 4,000-acre data center campus in Louisiana, aiming for 5GW+ of compute, pushing its total spend beyond $250B — Meta Platforms Inc. has committed to spending an additional $40 billion on its sprawling data center campus in Louisiana …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Source: OpenAI still believes it is on track to unveil its first device in 2026 and release it in 2027; Apple's lawsuit may complicate hiring and supply chains — Apple Inc.'s lawsuit accusing OpenAI of systematically stealing its intellectual property threatens to disrupt …
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| Barbara Moens / Financial Times: |
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says after the summer the bloc is set to propose a “social media start date for minors” with “gradual access” — Brussels will propose gradual access for different ages in response to concerns over child safety online
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| Financial Times: |
Intel plans to invest €5B to expand chip manufacturing at its Leixlip facility in Ireland; in 2025, Intel canceled a planned €30B factory in Magdeburg, Germany — Move strengthens Dublin's role in Europe's bid to secure advanced semiconductor manufacturing| Robert Scammell / Business Insider: |
Anthropic hires Tom Blomfield, a Monzo co-founder and one of the biggest names in UK tech, to join its compute team; he is taking a leave of absence from YC — The AI talent wars aren't letting up — and neither is Anthropic's big-name hiring spree. — The AI startup has hired Tom Blomfield … | Gene Maddaus / Variety: |
A coalition of 12 states led by California files an antitrust lawsuit to block Paramount's WBD merger, alleging it lessens competition in three markets — A coalition of 12 states filed an antitrust lawsuit on Monday to block the merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Xinzhou Wu, head of automotive at Nvidia, on Nvidia's chips and AI models for autonomous driving, lidar's usefulness for Level 4 autonomy, and more — Xinzhou Wu on autonomy, Chinese cars, and if we really need lidar — Today, I'm talking with Xinzhou Wu, who is the head of automotive at Nvidia.
More: TheTruthAboutCars, CleanTechnica, YouTube, and MarketWatch
| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Munich-based defense tech startup Helsing raised a $1.8B Series E from Dragoneer, Iconiq, and others at an $18B valuation; Germany made €493M in orders in 2026 — Helsing has raised a financing round at a valuation of $18 billion from investors including the growth equity arm … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Shein is targeting a $40B+ valuation after winning Beijing's approval for a Hong Kong IPO, set for as early as Q3; Shein canceled its US IPO in 2024 — The fast-fashion retailer could list in Hong Kong as early as the third quarter of this year — Fast-fashion retailer Shein …
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Zoho:
The Zoho Sign app for Microsoft Windows — Zoho Sign is a trusted platform for digital signatures, helping businesses of every size send, sign, and manage documents with speed, security, and legal confidence. Its cloud-based signing workflows streamline everything from employee onboarding …
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| Lily Mae Lazarus / Fortune: |
London-based Valarian, which allows companies to use US cloud providers for AI workloads but retain control of their data, raised a $50M Series A led by NEA — Max Buchan started advocating for infrastructure sovereignty when, as he puts it, “globalization and Davos were still cool.”
More: Pathfounders and Telegraph
| Maggie Eastland / Bloomberg: |
Sources: US officials estimate unauthorized distillation costs US AI labs up to $6B/year; US AI labs told the White House it could become an existential threat — Anthropic and OpenAI's warnings about “adversarial distillation” are reinvigorating one of the oldest debates in Silicon Valley.
More: New York Post and Techstrong.ai
| Nathan Lambert / Interconnects AI: |
| Wen-Yee Lee / Reuters: |
A Taiwanese minister says TSMC plans two more advanced chip packaging plants in the Chiayi Science Park, with all four set to generate $9.35B+ in annual output — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) (2330.TW) will add two advanced chip packaging plants in the Chiayi Science Park … Sponsor Posts
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Zoho:
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