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Alphabet reports Q2 revenue up 14% YoY to $96.43B, vs. $94B est., net income up 19% to $28.2B, operating income up 14% to $31.27B, and Services revenue up 12% — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - July 23, 2025 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025.| Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net: |
Alphabet reports YouTube's Q2 ad revenue rose 13% YoY to $9.8B, vs. $9.56B est., and Google's advertising revenue reached $71.3B, up from $64.6B a year ago — Key Points: — YouTube ad revenue rose to $9.8 billion in Q2 2025, up 13% compared to Q2 2024. — Alphabet's total revenue climbed 14% to $96.4 billion.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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| Bloomberg: |
The White House unveils the AI Action Plan, seeking to have tech dominance over China, including proposals to revamp permitting for AI infrastructure projects — President Donald Trump signed executive orders to put in motion a new White House plan to boost artificial intelligence development …
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LinkedIn: Andy Hickl, Krystal Kauffman, Avani D., and Christopher A. Suarez
| Financial Times: |
The Trump administration plans to vet AI models for “ideological bias” and limit government contracts to tech companies whose models offer “objective truth” — Federal government will only do business with tech companies whose models offer ‘objective truth’
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| Deadline: |
At an All-In Podcast summit, President Trump said forcing AI firms to pay for each copyrighted work is “not doable”, calling for “common sense” AI and IP rules — Donald Trump said that AI companies can't be expected to pay for the use of copyrighted content in their systems …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
T-Mobile's Starlink-powered satellite service T-Satellite is now generally available as a standalone subscription for US users, not just T-Mobile customers — The service only supports texts and location sharing over satellite for now, but more features are on the way.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google adds new features to Google Photos, including a Veo 2-powered photo-to-video tool and a Remix tool that applies styles like anime and sketches to photos — Photo-to-video lets you take an existing still image in your library and transform it into a “dynamic” six-second clip … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
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| Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
The Wireless Power Consortium launches faster Qi2 25W wireless charging, with “major Android smartphones” finally adopting the standard alongside the iPhone — But will Android support go further than the magnet-free Qi2 Ready? … The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) … | Google DeepMind: |
Google DeepMind unveils Aeneas, an AI model for contextualizing ancient Latin inscriptions, to help historians interpret, attribute, and restore text fragments — Introducing the first model for contextualizing ancient inscriptions, designed to help historians better interpret, attribute and restore fragmentary texts.| Hugh Son / CNBC: |
Goldman Sachs and BNY partner to let institutional investors purchase tokenized money market funds, with ownership recorded on Goldman's blockchain platform — Goldman Sachs and Bank of New York Mellon are set to announce that they've created the ability for institutional investors … | IGN: |
Circana: Nintendo Switch 2 is the fastest-selling video game device in US history, with 1.6M units sold in June, topping the PS4's 1.1M units in November 2013 — 1.6 million units were sold during its launch month in the U.S., and 82% of buyers also got Mario Kart World.
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Forums: r/technology, r/gaming, r/hardware, r/NintendoSwitch2, r/gadgets, and r/Superstonk
| Sarah Owermohle / CNN: |
Sources: the US FDA's AI tool Elsa has fabricated nonexistent studies, misrepresented research, and cannot access relevant documents to assist with review work — White Oak, Md. CNN — To hear health officials in the Trump administration talk, artificial intelligence has arrived …
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
IBM reports Q2 revenue up 8% YoY to $16.98B, vs. $16.59B est., and software revenue up 10% YoY to $7.39B, vs. $7.49B est.; IBM drops 5%+ — International Business Machines Corp. reported weaker-than-expected sales in its closely watched software segment, disappointing investors …
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| Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
Google's AI Overviews, which a recent Pew study shows reduce clickthrough rates, are further eroding traffic to original publishers by linking to aggregators — Google's AI Overview, which is easy to fool into stating nonsense as fact, is stopping people from finding and supporting small businesses and credible sources.
More: Near Media, Zee Business, Mumbrella, PCMag, Platformer, and Pew Research Center
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Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Dylan Butts / CNBC: |
SK Hynix reports Q2 revenue up 35% YoY to ~$16.2B, vs. ~$14.9B est., operating profit up 68% to ~$6.7B, vs. ~$6.5B est., expects sustained HBM demand in 2025 — South Korea's SK Hynix on Thursday posted record operating profit and revenue in the second quarter on sustained demand … | Muvija M / Reuters: |
The UK CMA proposes giving Apple and Google “strategic market status” in mobile platforms after its investigation identifies “opportunities for more innovation” — Britain's competition regulator said it plans to designate Apple (AAPL.O) and Google (GOOGL.O) …
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| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
The CISPE files a legal complaint in the EU, arguing that it approving Broadcom's $61B VMware buyout failed to impose conditions to prevent market power abuse — Broadcom Inc.'s $61 billion acquisition of VMware Inc. faces scrutiny from European Union judges, after a cloud computing group contested … | Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
ServiceNow reports Q2 revenue up 22.5% YoY to $3.22B, vs. $3.12B est., and net income up 47% YoY to $385M, fueled by AI growth; NOW jumps 7%+ — ServiceNow posted strong second-quarter results and lifted its guidance Wednesday. Shares climbed 7% following the report.| Wataru Suzuki / Nikkei Asia: |
Gamma Data: China's female-oriented gaming market surged 124% YoY to $1B in 2024, driven by mobile game Love and Deepspace, which earned $400M, per Sensor Tower — SHANGHAI — A Chinese mobile game featuring a female hunter character who balances protecting the world from invaders … | Kate Krader / Bloomberg: |
YouTube has become a valuable resource for professional chefs and, in recent years, has helped skilled amateurs build culinary reputations and open restaurants — In kitchens around the world, chefs are turning to YouTube to learn new skills and establish their culinary reputations.| Iain Martin / Forbes: |
A profile of Swedish AI coding startup Lovable, which became the fastest-growing software startup ever, reaching $100M+ in annualized revenue in eight months — ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE | For decades coders have rushed to ship the minimum viable product. Lovable CEO Anton Osika (right) …
More: TechCrunch
| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Meta debuts a prototype wristband to read electrical signals from forearm muscles, letting users control devices without touch, trained on 10K peoples' EMG data — When you write your name in the air, you can see the letters appear on your smartphone. — The prototype looks like a giant rectangular wristwatch.
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