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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Cognition acquires Windsurf, saying Windsurf employees will have vesting cliffs waived and receive fully accelerated vesting for their work to date  —  The deal follows Google's $2.4 billion investment in Windsurf, an A.I. start-up, as companies race to gain technological talent and provide A.I. tools.
Lance Ulanoff / TechRadar:
An interview with Google President of Android Ecosystem Sameer Samat, who says Google is “going to be combining ChromeOS and Android into a single platform”  —  On Gemini, Samsung, Galaxy AI, Glass, XR, and more  —  My conversation with Sameer Samat, Android's daddy...er …
Yash Roy / Bloomberg:
Republican House leaders expect to pass the GENIUS Act this week, sending Congress' first crypto legislation to the president, and vote on two more crypto bills  —  Republican House leaders anticipate passing an industry-friendly stablecoin regulatory bill this week, sending Congress's …
Bloomberg:
Bitcoin hit an all-time high at $122,000+ on July 14, up ~30% since January 2025, after more than doubling in 2024; ether hit $3,000+, and altcoins are also up  —  Bitcoin breached $120,000 for the first time, with investor enthusiasm showing few signs of dimming as the US House …
Matt Burgess / Wired:
An Indicator analysis of 85 AI “nudify” websites: they average 18.5M monthly visitors, may make up to $36M annually combined, and rely on Big Tech's services  —  Millions of people are accessing harmful AI “nudify” websites.  New analysis says the sites are making millions and rely on tech from US companies.
More: Indicator.  Bluesky: @mantzarlis.com and @mantzarlis.com.  Mastodon: @mattburgess@infosec.exchange.  Threads: @gl3nw.  Forums: r/artificial
Deborah Sophia / Reuters:
The US DOD announces OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and xAI have each won contracts with a $200M ceiling, aimed at enabling agentic AI national security workflows  —  OpenAI, Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O), Anthropic and Elon Musk's AI firm xAI have won contracts aimed at scaling up adoption …
Riley Griffin / Bloomberg:
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is building several multi-gigawatt “clusters”, starting with Prometheus, a massive datacenter that is scheduled to come online in 2026  —  Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said the company is building several massive data centers …
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Amazon launches Kiro, an IDE that aims to bridge the gap between rapidly vibe-coded prototypes and production systems with specs, testing, and documentation  —  A new AI coding tool from Amazon uses agents to automatically create and update project plans and technical blueprints …
Ian King / Bloomberg:
Jensen Huang says China's military will avoid using Nvidia's AI chips, citing the risks associated with US export restrictions limiting the chips “at any time”  —  Addressing the largest concern Washington has cited in placing increasing restrictions on US technology exports to the Asian nation …
Naga Avan-Nomayo / The Block:
Crypto asset manager Grayscale confidentially files draft IPO paperwork with the US SEC, offering few details; the DCG subsidiary manages $30B+ in BTC and ETH  —  - Grayscale's confidential filing signals the next major U.S. crypto IPO after Circle's debut and could gauge renewed investor demand.
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Sources: ByteDance is working on a lightweight MR device that resembles goggles, tethered to a compute puck, and has a team working on the device's custom chips  —  Competition in mixed reality devices is heating up.  —  TikTok's parent, ByteDance, is working on a lightweight mixed reality device …
Trisha Thadani / Washington Post:
Tesla is set to face a Florida federal jury to defend allegations that Autopilot was at fault in a fatal 2019 crash, as it tests autonomous robotaxis in Austin  —  The trial could dissect Tesla's automated driving technology in public just as a more advanced version starts to ferry passengers on public roads.

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Selome Hailu / Variety:
Nielsen: Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show averaged 128.2M viewers, above 124.9M for the game overall and down from 133.5M for Kendrick Lamar in 2025

Wall Street Journal:
The Office producer Ben Silverman's Propagate Content raised $50M from Ares Management at a $200M valuation, up 33% from 2023, as part of a creator-economy push

Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Lenore Taylor, editor of Guardian Australia, is leaving the outlet after 13 years in senior roles and 10 years as editor; David Munk will serve as acting editor

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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
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Noor Al-Sibai / Futurism:
An Internet Matters survey of 1,000 UK kids aged 9 to 17 finds 64% use AI chatbots; of those, 35% say chatting with a chatbot feels like talking to a friend
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Nielsen: Netflix's share of the most-watched shows dropped from 80%+ in 2021 to 52% in 2025; Amazon, Apple, HBO, Hulu, and Paramount have shows in 2025's Top 10
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