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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube is rolling out age estimation tech in the US to identify teen users and serve more age-appropriate content, regardless of the birthday given at signup — YouTube on Tuesday announced it's beginning to roll out age-estimation technology in the U.S. to identify teen users in order to provide a more age-appropriate experience.
More: YouTube Official Blog, The Verge, Bloomberg, Engadget, TechSpot, Silicon Republic, Android Authority, Tom's Guide, PC Gamer, CNN, Windows Report, Verdict, Tubefilter, Android Headlines, Dexerto, Gizmodo, Social Media Today, CBS News, WeRSM, Neowin, and Cord Cutters News
Bluesky: @wynautwarrior. Mastodon: @Khrys@mamot.fr. X: @madamsavvy, @teortaxestex, @usa_polling, and @spikesguides. LinkedIn: Gwen Miller
Forums: r/PoliticalOptimism, r/technews, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Renju Jose / Reuters: |
More: The Hans India, Prime Minister of Australia, LBC, UPI, Crikey, The Guardian, Associated Press, Information Age, primetimer.com, ABC, Morningstar, Inc., The Indian Express, Benzinga, The Register, Australian Financial Review, BBC, Mumbrella, B&T, Anthony Albanese, Bloomberg, Capital Brief, The Guardian, The Economic Times, Google, and Mobile World Live
Bluesky: @seamusbyrne.me, @juliadassin, @littleshyfim.com, @davidshoebridge, @davidshoebridge, and @fizzimus
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple responds to the DOJ's antitrust lawsuit from March 2024, saying it sets “a dangerous precedent” and “threatens the very principles that set iPhone apart” — The US Department of Justice formally sued Apple in March 2024, accusing the company of having a “smartphone monopoly.”
More: Engadget, MacRumors, Patently Apple, Techdirt, CBS News, iClarified, Moneycontrol, AppleInsider, and Wall Street Journal
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg's aim with the Superintelligence Labs is to create a startup-like unit within Meta that is unencumbered by the company's bureaucracy — Meta has splashed out on star hires and infrastructure as it tries to make up ground in the artificial intelligence race| Kylie Robison / Wired: |
More: The Hans India, Benzinga, Telegraph, Times of India, and Moneycontrol
X: @kyliebytes, @natejhake, @neilcybart, @growing_daniel, @morqon, @willccbb, @signulll, @willdepue, @morqon, and @kyliebytes
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
More: Meta, Moneycontrol, WinBuzzer, 9to5Mac, Business Today, Digit, iThinkDifferent, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, MacTech.com, Yahoo Finance, Cult of Mac, and AppleInsider
X: @iscienceluvr, @benbajarin, @danielnewmanuv, @nathanbenaich, @markbrooks, @scobleizer, and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Taylor Lorenz / User Mag: |
Substack apologizes after sending a push alert encouraging some users to subscribe to NatSocToday, a Nazi newsletter advocating for a “White homeland” — The alert contained a swastika and prompted users to subscribe to newsletter featuring opinions and news important to the “white nationalist community.”
Bluesky: @karlbode.com, @dia, @iamvishnurajan, @jonrossjan, and @jimllmixit
Mastodon: @FediThing@social.chinwag.org, @david_megginson@mstdn.ca, @masek@infosec.exchange, @encthenet@flyovercountry …, @Lazarou@mastodon.social, @jsr@social.jsr.com, @pivic@kolektiva.social, @markwyner@mas.to, and @John@socks.masto.host
X: @taylorlorenz, @julienhoez, @taylorlorenz, @tdh, and @taylorlorenz
Forums: r/technology and Beehaw
| Reece Rogers / Wired: |
OpenAI debuts a ChatGPT study mode, designed to guide students through learning material at their level, available to logged-in Free, Plus, Pro, and Team users — OpenAI's new study mode for ChatGPT throws questions back at students, but the learning feature doesn't address generative AI's underlying disruption of education.
More: OpenAI, Simon Willison's Weblog, MIT Technology Review, TechSpot, Analytics India Magazine, The Verge, Tech in Asia, Windows Report, SiliconANGLE, Business Standard, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Chris Yeh, iPhone in Canada, Neowin, Thurrott, WinBuzzer, Axios, Tom's Guide, ZDNET, VentureBeat, CNET, and The Guardian
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LinkedIn: Robert Gibson and Maggie W.
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
Palo Alto Networks has agreed to buy CyberArk Software in a cash-and-stock deal valuing the Israeli cybersecurity company at about $25B — Palo Alto Networks Inc. agreed to buy CyberArk Software Ltd. in a cash-and-stock deal valuing the Israeli cybersecurity company at about $25 billion.| Financial Times: |
Sources: Revolut considers buying a US bank to get an American banking license to expand lending capabilities, a faster route than applying for its own permit — Acquisition would be faster route for fintech to start lending in US than applying for permit of its own| Alice Hancock / Financial Times: |
Google says it will sign the EU's AI Code of Practice, in a boost to EU's efforts to regulate AI in the face of opposition from Meta and pressure from the US — Move set to boost efforts to regulate artificial intelligence in face of opposition from Meta and pressure from US| Ernesto Londoño / New York Times: |
Gov. Tim Walz activates the Minnesota National Guard to help St. Paul address a cyberattack detected Friday that led the city to shut down many of its systems — Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota activated the National Guard to help the city of St. Paul address a cyberattack that was detected last Friday.| Elvira Pollina / Reuters: |
Italy opens a probe into Meta, says it may have violated EU competition rules by integrating its Meta AI assistant into WhatsApp without user consent — Italy's antitrust authority said on Wednesday it had launched an investigation into Meta Platforms (META.O) over allegations the company abused …
More: Euractiv, en.agcm.it, Bloomberg Law, WinBuzzer, Agence France-Presse, Morningstar, Inc., Tech in Asia, Ukrainian National News, Mobile World Live, and Agenzia ANSA
Bluesky: @marsyd and @marko.social
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
YouTube will now allow videos with strong profanity in the first seven seconds to be fully monetized, reversing previous restrictions that limited ad revenue — Videos that use the F-word in the first seven seconds are now eligible for full ad revenue.
More: Engadget, Moneycontrol, GSMArena.com, TVNewsCheck, PC Gamer, TechIssuesToday.com, Android Police, and Dexerto
Bluesky: @robtalksnonsense.com. X: @jake_hanrahan, @loudmouthjulia, and @teamyoutube. Forums: r/TheCinemassacre
| The Information: |
Docs: Groq revised its 2025 revenue projections to $500M+ within the past month, citing delays in data center capacity, after projecting $2B+ earlier this year — Groq, a richly funded chip startup trying to take on Nvidia, told investors early this year it was on track to have more than $2 billion in revenue for 2025.| Timmy Shen / The Block: |
RD Technologies, which is developing a stablecoin backed by Hong Kong dollar, raised $40M ahead of HK's stablecoin licensing regime set to take effect on Aug. 1 — - RD Technologies announced today that it has completed its $40 million series A2 funding round.
More: RD Technologies, FinSMEs, Forbes, Finextra, The Crypto Times, Tech Xplore, Reuters, and Tech in Asia
| André Beganski / Decrypt: |
The US SEC approves in-kind creations and redemptions for crypto ETFs, allowing institutional investors to exchange ETF shares for the underlying BTC or ETH — The SEC has approved in-kind redemptions for crypto ETFs, enabling a feature sought by Bitcoin and Ethereum fund issuers.| The Information: |
Sources: Cohere has told investors it expects to generate $200M+ in annualized revenue by the end of 2025, up from $70M in annualized revenue as of February — Cohere, a Canadian artificial intelligence developer that competes with Anthropic and OpenAI, has sustained one of the richest valuations … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out new AI Mode features: Search Live with video input, Canvas for planning, image and PDF uploading, and AI Mode in Google Lens in desktop Chrome — After adding Gemini 2.5 Pro, Google is updating AI Mode with four big features across Search Live (video with Google Lens access), Canvas, and more.| Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon is paying $20M to $25M a year to use NYT's editorial content in a multi-year deal for its AI platforms, which is ~1% of NYT's total 2024 revenue — The multiyear deal lets Amazon use content from the Times's news and cooking sections and the Athletic| Mike Allen / Axios: |
Sources: the US intelligence community persuaded the DOJ that allowing the HPE-Juniper merger was essential to US national security and competing with Huawei — - The official said blocking the deal would have “hindered American companies and empowered” Chinese competitors.| Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the US Commerce Department is discussing charging patent holders 1%-5% of their patent value, a radical move likely to spark pushback from businesses — Commerce Department officials discuss new fee based on patent value, which could fuel backlash from businesses
More: Fast Company, Patently-O, and IPWatchdog.com
LinkedIn: Joff Wild, Rich Besen, and Shaunt Sarkissian
Forums: r/patentlaw, r/law, r/georgism, and r/patentexaminer
| Bloomberg: |
A look at Russia's coordinated crackdown on foreign tech services and shift to state-backed alternatives, as it names VK's Max its national messaging app — A coordinated effort is underway to crack down on foreign tech services and build up domestic options controlled by the government.| Bloomberg: |
A profile of Luke Farritor, a 23-year-old Thiel Fellow who gained recognition for using AI to help decipher the Herculaneum papyri and later joined DOGE — Luke Farritor could have been an artist, or a builder, or someone dedicated to seeing a great historical mystery through.
More: Can We Still Govern?. Bluesky: @skiles.blue, @jasonaw, and @wolvendamien. Mastodon: @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org
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| Stefanno Sulaiman / Reuters: |
Indonesia raises taxes on crypto sellers, from 0.1% to 0.21% in domestic exchanges, and from 0.2% to 1% in overseas exchanges, but removes VAT on buyers — Indonesia will raise taxes on cryptocurrency transactions, with a higher rate on trades hosted by overseas bourses, starting from August 1 … | Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Israel-based Teramount, which develops fiber-to-chip interconnect tools for AI infrastructure chips, raised a $50M Series A led by Koch Disruptive Technologies — Israeli startup's optical tech promises 100x data speeds and 70% power savings. — Fiber Optics — Teramount — Funding
More: Entrepreneur, Implicator.ai, The Times of Israel, Axios, AiThority, Globes, and FinSMEs
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Anthropic is nearing a deal to raise $5B in a funding round led by Iconiq at a $170B valuation, after being valued at $61.5B in a $3.5B round in March — Deal would almost triple valuation of OpenAI's rival to $170bn — Iconiq Capital is set to lead a $5bn funding round …
More: Bloomberg, Fortune, CNBC, Silicon Republic, Tech Funding News, PYMNTS.com, Verdict, TechCrunch, and Implicator.ai
Bluesky: @hunterwalk.com and @quinnypig.com
X: @ns123abc, @shiringhaffary, @itsrjroberts, @aparanjape, @tsgiles, @haydenfield, and @kateclarktweets. LinkedIn: Katie Roof. Forums: Slashdot
| Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: |
X: @kantrowitz, @kantrowitz, @kantrowitz, @kantrowitz, and @kantrowitz
| Wall Street Journal: |
China showcased many of the initiatives for AI self-sufficiency at Shanghai's World AI Conference, as it invests heavily in power generation and skills training — As Washington tries to limit China's progress, Beijing is spending more to build AI that doesn't rely on U.S. technology
More: The Korea Herald, Gizmodo, and Financial Times
| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
Ramp raised a $500M Series E-2 led by Iconiq Growth at a $22.5B valuation, says it has 40,000+ businesses as clients, with $700M in annualized revenue in March — Startup raises $500 million to further develop AI-based agents, CEO says — Ramp, a startup that uses artificial intelligence …
More: Reuters
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