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Natasha Mascarenhas / The Information:
Sources: Anthropic has rehired Boris Cherny and Cat Wu, who developed Claude Code, just two weeks after they left for Cursor developer Anysphere  —  In a surprising reversal, two leaders of Anthropic's coding product who joined rival Anysphere two weeks ago have returned to Anthropic …
Bloomberg:
Scale AI says it is laying off 200 full-time employees, or ~14% of its global workforce, and will stop working with 500 contractors, after Meta invested $14.3B  —  The AI data-labeling company is laying off 200 full-time employees and will stop working with 500 contractors.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google Search's AI Mode gets Gemini 2.5 Pro and new deep research capabilities; Google expands its AI-powered business calling feature to all users in the US  —  Google is rolling out an agentic AI-powered business-calling feature to all users in the United States, the company announced on Wednesday.
Associated Press:
The trial for an $8B lawsuit by Meta investors against Mark Zuckerberg and other leaders opens over claims tied to the 2018 Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal  —  An $8 billion class action investors' lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and company leaders — current and former …
Reuters:
Voting in the US House on whether to open debate on several cryptocurrency bills bogged down on Wednesday, a day after Trump intervened to save the initiative  —  Voting in the U.S. House of Representatives on whether to open debate on several cryptocurrency bills bogged down on Wednesday …
Chris Welch / Bloomberg:
Google announces a Pixel event for August 20 in NYC, with the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, Pixel 10 Pro Fold, and the 4th-gen Pixel Watch expected  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Google will debut new Pixel-branded hardware at an event on Aug. 20 in New York, with the lineup expected …
Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times:
In Beijing, Jensen Huang says Nvidia will “accelerate the recovery” of its China chip sales and he expects its US export licenses “to come through very shortly”  —  Jensen Huang tells Beijing press conference it takes nine months to restart supply chain
New York Times:
Jensen Huang says “I don't think I changed” Trump's mind on the US' China export rules, and “it's my job to inform the president about what I know very well”
Rachyl Jones / Semafor:
AWS rolls out Amazon Bedrock AgentCore in preview to help businesses deploy and operate AI agents that analyze internal data, write code, and handle other tasks  —  Amazon Web Services on Wednesday launched a platform to help businesses build a web of connected AI agents to analyze internal data …
Will Knight / Wired:
Reflection, co-founded by ex-Google researchers, unveils Asimov, an AI agent that reads a company's codebase, docs, and more to help software engineering teams  —  The mission?  Teaching models to better understand how to build code will lead to superintelligent AI.
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk:
Crypto exchange BigONE confirms a $27M hack from a hot wallet exploit, plans to pay back users and is working with security firm SlowMist to trace stolen assets  —  BigONE is working with blockchain security firm SlowMist to track the stolen assets, with fund tracing already underway across Bitcoin …
Jordan Robertson / Bloomberg:
Europol and Eurojust disrupt pro-Russian hacktivist group NoName057(16) that has claimed responsibility for 1,000+ DDoS attacks since 2022, and make two arrests  —  Aramco's VC Arm Backs Record AI Funding Round for Saudi Startup  —  Get the Tech In Depth newsletter.
Molly Schuetz / Bloomberg:
HPE makes several business changes, including forming a strategy committee and appointing a new board member, as it agrees to work with Elliott to boost value  —  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. announced several business changes, including the formation of a new strategy committee …
Nathan Owens / Manufacturing Dive:
Filing: Intel is laying off 5,000+ employees across California, Oregon, Texas, and Arizona; California cuts affect 1,935, more than double the initial estimates  —  The chipmaker more than doubled its anticipated job cuts in California, adding to its overall downsizing across four states.
Mauro Orru / Wall Street Journal:
ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet says “while we still prepare for growth in 2026, we cannot confirm it”, after Trump threatened 30% tariffs on the EU; ASML falls 11%  —  Statement from Dutch chip-making equipment supplier comes days after Trump's 30% levy threat against the EU
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
ASML reports Q2 net sales up 23% YoY to €7.7B, above €7.52B est., net bookings of €5.5B, above €4.19B est., and forecasts Q3 revenue below estimates
Irina Ivanova / Fortune:
Delta plans for 20% of its fares to be individually determined using AI by the end of 2025, up from 3% now, with the goal of eliminating static pricing entirely  —  Each passenger has their specific price, and AI is helping Delta find it.  — Delta has a long-term strategy to boost …
Leo Schwartz / Fortune:
NYC-based Talos, which develops digital asset trading infrastructure, acquires Boston-based blockchain data provider Coin Metrics, a source says for $100M+  —  Talos cofounders Ethan Feldman (L) and Anton Katz (R)  —  COURTESY OF TALOS  —  M&A season in the crypto industry is heating up.
Kylie Robison / Wired:
Sources: OpenAI researcher Jason Wei, who worked on o3 and deep research models, and his colleague Hyung Won Chung are joining Meta's new superintelligence lab  —  Jason Wei, who worked on OpenAI's o3 and deep research models, will be joining Meta's superintelligence lab.

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The Guardian:
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate

James Faris / Business Insider:
Kalshi strikes a deal with CNBC that will integrate Kalshi's prediction data into CNBC's channel, site, and app starting in 2026, days after striking a CNN deal

Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Atlas Obscura's co-founders were pushed out of the company amid clashes with CEO Louise Story, who has trimmed staff and changed editorial strategy

More News

Casey Newton / Platformer:
xAI's Grok is rated for kids aged 12 and up in the iOS App Store, despite adding “companions”; one includes an NSFW “Bad Rudy” mode and the other becomes NSFW
Financial Times:
Sources: OpenAI aims to integrate a checkout system into ChatGPT, to ensure users complete transactions within the platform, with merchants paying a commission

Earlier Picks

Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
CrowdStrike: Chinese hacking attacks on US targets more than doubled from 2023 to 330+ incidents in 2025; US officials say China has shifted to hacking-for-hire
Meaghan Tobin / New York Times:
China, which pledged $8.5B for young AI startups in April, is taking an industrial policy approach to help its AI companies close the gap with those in the US
IDC:
Apple shipped 9.6M iPhones in Q2 in China, down 1.3% YoY, ending up #5 with a 13.9% market share, as overall market dropped 4% and Huawei regained the top spot
Jonathan Greig / The Record:
Google says its Big Sleep AI agent for finding unknown software vulnerabilities recently discovered a critical SQLite flaw that “was at risk of being exploited”
Naga Avan-Nomayo / The Block:
SharpLink Gaming, a Nasdaq-listed online gambling marketing company, becomes the largest corporate ether holder with 280,706, surpassing the Ethereum Foundation
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