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Australia's ACCC says Google agreed to pay a AU$55M fine over deals with Telstra and Optus to preinstall only Google Search on Android phones from 2019 to 2021 — Australia's competition regulator said on Monday it has begun proceedings against Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) …
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Sources: the Trump administration is in discussions to take a stake of ~10% in Intel, converting some or all of Intel's $10.9B CHIPS Act grants into equity — The Trump administration is in discussions to take a stake of about 10% in Intel Corp., according to a White House official … | Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Google increases its stake in bitcoin miner and datacenter operator TeraWulf from 8% to 14%, bringing its total investment to ~$3.2B; WULF jumps 10%+ — TeraWulf stock rallied more than 10% after Google hiked its stake in the bitcoin miner and datacenter operator as it funds an expansion of its Lake Mariner, New York, facility.
More: TeraWulf Inc., The Block, Wall Street Journal, CoinDesk, Crypto Briefing, Sherwood News, Bitcoin Insider, Morningstar, Inc., Mobile World Live, TheStreet, and TheMinerMag. LinkedIn: Michael Bucella
| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
SoftBank buys Foxconn's Ohio EV plant; Foxconn will still run the plant and make AI servers as part of Softbank's $500B Stargate project with OpenAI and Oracle — Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. will operate a US factory owned by SoftBank Group Corp., setting up what's in the running …
More: Reuters, Nikkei Asia, Taipei Times, Tom's Hardware, Benzinga, WinBuzzer, and Tech in Asia. Bluesky: @edzitron.com
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Sources: the EU and the US have delayed formalizing their trade deal partly over “non-tariff barriers”, like relaxing the DSA, which the EU sees as a red line — Document formalising last month's deal delayed by squabbles over language on ‘non-tariff barriers’, bloc's officials say
More: ZeroHedge News, WinBuzzer, Silicon Republic, The Information, PYMNTS.com, and Capital Brief
Bluesky: @parismarx.com, @davidheniguk, and @robertscotthorton
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
HR giant Workday says hackers stole an unspecified amount of personal information, like names and email addresses, from one of its third-party CRM platforms — Workday, one of the largest providers of human resources technology, has confirmed a data breach that allowed hackers …
More: Workday Blog, BleepingComputer, Financial Express, Livemint, The Register, The Record, Hackread, TechInformed, TechRadar, Cyber Security News, and Security Affairs
Bluesky: @cb1814 and @zackwhittaker.com
| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
Grok's website is exposing the underlying prompts for its AI personas, including one for a “crazy conspiracist” persona that spends “a lot of time on 4chan” — The website for Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is exposing the underlying prompts for a wealth of its AI personas … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Meta may debut “Hypernova” smart glasses with a display for ~$800 in September; Apple delays releasing immersive video shot around Vision Pro's debut — Apple has slow-walked the release of immersive video, creating a conundrum for the Vision Pro.
More: CNET, Forbes, Investor's Business Daily, Gizmodo, UploadVR, Mashable, MacRumors, Android Authority, Android Headlines, The Hans India, Livemint, PCMag, iPhone in Canada, WinBuzzer, Fortune, Tom's Guide, Digit, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, Wccftech, The Verge, TweakTown, Appleosophy, iThinkDifferent, Benzinga, Digital Trends, AppleInsider, iClarified, PhoneArena, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
X: @markgurman, @9to5mac, @vadimyuryev, @skarredghost, @heaney555, @_thejasonc, @justinryanio, @nathievr, @heaney555, @lunayian, and @markgurman. LinkedIn: Steve Grubbs
Forums: r/RaybanMeta, r/augmentedreality, and r/VisionPro
| Yan Zhuang / New York Times: |
Humanoid Robot Games highlighted robotics advancements but also limitations, with robots tripping over each other; one robot ran faster than many amateur humans — The Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing — featuring running, kickboxing and soccer — highlighted advancements in robotics. Limitations, too.
More: Gizmodo, South China Morning Post, Stock Market, Reuters, Implicator.ai, Trak.in, Al Jazeera, and Engadget
| Marc Vartabedian / Wall Street Journal: |
NYC-based IVIX, which uses AI to help regulators detect financial fraud, raised a $60M Series B led by OG Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to $85M — IVIX, which sells its software to regulators around the world, is the latest beneficiary of venture interest in the once-shunned area of government contracts| Vic Hood / GamesIndustry.biz: |
A survey by Google Cloud and The Harris Poll finds 87% of game developers are using AI agents in their workflows; 63% expressed concerns about data ownership — While 97% of game developers believe AI is “reshaping” the games industry — A new survey by Google Cloud and The Harris Poll …
More: Reuters, Game World Observer, GamesBeat, Google Cloud, Google Cloud, and WinBuzzer
| Max Buondonno / The Shortcut: |
Samsung announces the Galaxy Buds3 FE, with a new AirPods Pro-like design, improved ANC, and upgraded audio quality, launching September 4 for $149.99 — - 🎧 Samsung has announced its latest budget earbuds: the Galaxy Buds 3 FE — 🔇 The earbuds come with improved ANC and upgraded audio quality
More: Samsung Newsroom, The Verge, HotHardware, Moneycontrol, 9to5Google, Engadget, Tom's Guide, Chrome Unboxed, TizenHelp, Techaeris, Lifewire, Android Authority, PhoneArena, Android Central, Pocket-lint, SammyGuru, SamMobile, MakeUseOf, Sam Lover, Android Faithful, The Independent, Droid Life, Phandroid, and Notebookcheck. Forums: r/samsung
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Digital bank Monzo, which has 13M UK customers, plans to launch a mobile phone service; Revolut and Klarna, each with ~11M UK customers, announced similar plans — Digital bank is exploring launching its own digital sim and offering monthly contracts — Monzo is planning to launch …
More: The Times, PYMNTS.com, Finextra, Tech.eu, The Independent, The Guardian, Sifted, and BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Grammarly debuts AI agents for writing and grading assistance, like an AI grader agent and a citation finder agent, available to Grammarly Free and Pro users — Nine AI agents for writing and grading assistance are launching today for Grammarly Free and Pro users.
More: Thurrott, SiliconANGLE, ZDNET, TechCrunch, Tom's Guide, TechCircle, Grammarly, and WinBuzzer
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