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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia reports Q2 revenue up 56% YoY to $46.74B, Data Center revenue up 56% to $41.1B, below $41.34B est., and approves an additional $60B in share buybacks  —  Nvidia reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue on Wednesday, and said sales growth this quarter will remain above 50% …
Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
Nvidia says it had no new H20 sales to China in Q2 and assumes the same for Q3, but could realize $2B-$5B in H20 sales in Q3 if geopolitical issues are resolved
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft is expanding Xbox Cloud Gaming to Game Pass Core and Standard subscribers, dropping the Game Pass Ultimate requirement, and tests more PC game access  —  Xbox Game Pass Core and Standard subscribers are also getting access to some PC games.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Samsung rolls out Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant in its 2025 lineup of TVs and monitors, letting users ask for movie suggestions, plot recaps, and more  —  An animated version of the AI assistant can provide movie recommendations or summarize the latest episode of your favorite show.
Danny Park / The Block:
Google Cloud says its Universal Ledger, a layer-1 blockchain for financial products, is in a private testnet, and plans to reveal more details at a later date  —  Start trading crypto Get a crypto rewards card 1inch: Swap Sol ↔ EVM  — Google Cloud is developing its own blockchain …
Will Sattelberg / 9to5Google:
Google launches Pixel Care+, replacing Preferred Care and Fi Device Protection in the US, with upgrades but slightly higher pricing than the previous offering  —  Google's post-purchase support for Pixel has never been fantastic — a quick glance at r/GooglePixel will make that abundantly clear …
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
OpenAI and Anthropic publish findings from joint safety tests of each other's models, aimed at surfacing blind spots in their internal evaluations  —  OpenAI and Anthropic, two of the world's leading AI labs, briefly opened up their closely guarded AI models to allow for joint safety testing …
Hayden Field / The Verge:
Anthropic's Threat Intelligence report for August says Claude was weaponized for sophisticated cybercrimes, including a “vibe-hacking” data extortion scheme
Everything Typepad:
Typepad is shutting down on September 30 and users' “account and all related services will be permanently deactivated”; users can export content before then  —  We have made the difficult decision to discontinue Typepad, effective September 30, 2025.  What Does This Mean for You?
More: Engadget.  X: @typepad.  Bluesky: @andy.baio.net and @ernie.tedium.co.  Mastodon: @jwildeboer@social ….  Forums: Hacker News
404 Media:
4chan and Kiwi Farms sue the UK's Ofcom in a US court over the Online Safety Act, saying they aren't subject to UK law, after Ofcom tried to fine and block them  —  The notorious troll sites filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court as part of a fight over the UK's Online Safety Act.
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Snowflake reports Q2 product revenue up 32% YoY to $1.09B, above $1.04B est., and forecasts FY 2026 product revenue above estimates; SNOW jumps 12%+  —  Snowflake Inc. shares jumped in extended trading after giving a strong outlook that overcame anxiety that software vendors will be hurt …
Max Buondonno / The Shortcut:
Google Pixel 10 Pro review: the best AI phone on the market with handy features like Magic Cue, a great display, and Qi2 charging, but no design improvements  —  🏆 Rating: 4.5/5  —  🥇 Editor's Choice  —  ✅ Pros  — 📱 The displays are brighter and better than ever
Derrek Lee / Android Central:
Google Pixel 10 review: justifies its price better than the Pixel 9 with upgrades like a triple camera system and Qi2 support, but is not a gaming powerhouse
Ben Weiss / Fortune:
M0, which develops stablecoin infrastructure to boost interoperability and liquidity, raised a $40M Series B led by Polychain and Ribbit Capital  —  M0 cofounders Gregory Di Prisco (left) and Luca Prosperi.  —  COURTESY OF MO  —  Another stablecoin startup has raised serious cash.
Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
The FBI and agencies in the UK, Canada, and others warn that a Chinese hacking campaign targeting US telecoms has expanded to 80 countries and 200+ US companies  —  The advisory shows global resolve against a hacking campaign that exceeds accepted norms for snooping.
Yueqi Yang / The Information:
Rain, a stablecoin-backed Visa card issuer, raised a $58M Series B led by Sapphire Ventures, after raising a $24.5M Series A led by Norwest in March  —  Rain, a stablecoin-backed card issuer that works with Visa, said it raised $58 million in Series B round led by Sapphire Ventures …
@mingchikuo:
Analysis: Meta's Hypernova AR glasses will enter mass production in Q3 2025 to beat Apple to market, but have a modest sales target of 150K-200K over two years  —  Here are the key points regarding Meta's AI glasses, Hypernova: 1.  This device is expected to enter mass production in 3Q25 with a two-year product life cycle.

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CNN:
Don Lemon pleads not guilty to two federal charges stemming from his reporting at an anti-ICE protest in a Minnesota church

New York Times:
A Q&A with NYT reporters on handling the Epstein files, including creating tools to make them searchable, prepping for the release, and dealing with redactions

Scott Nover / Washington Post:
The Richmond Free Press, a 34-year-old Black-owned weekly, shuts down due to falling ad revenue as the Black press suffers from the dispersion of its readership

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Ian Carlos Campbell / Engadget:
Samsung announces a virtual Galaxy event for September 4 at 5:30am ET, where new tablets and the Galaxy S25 FE are expected
Jake Bleiberg / Bloomberg:
CrowdStrike reports Q2 revenue up 21% YoY to $1.17B, above $1.15B est., and forecasts Q3 revenue below estimates; CRWD drops 4%+
Reuters:
Sources: ByteDance plans an employee share buyback at $200.41/share, valuing it at $330B+, up from $315B in March 2025, and its Q2 revenue grew 25% YoY to $48B
David DiMolfetta / Nextgov/FCW:
Sources and docs: a Russia-based Yandex employee maintains open-source tool fast-glob, embedded in 30 US DOD software packages and downloaded 70M times per week
More: The Register and Hunted Labs
X: @ericgeller.  LinkedIn: Dan Lorenc.  Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social.  Forums: Slashdot
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google updates video editing tool Vids to add AI avatars, automatic transcript trimming, and image-to-video tools, and releases a basic version to all users
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
OpenAI plans to update ChatGPT to better respond to mental distress cues, provide parental controls, and bolster safeguards around conversations about suicide
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