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US v. Google: a federal judge rules that Google will not be required to divest Chrome or Android but must share search data; GOOG jumps 6%+ after hours — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the company can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts and must share search data.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
A judge bars Google from paying to be the exclusive search engine on devices and browsers but allows payments for product distribution, including to Apple — Court-imposed limits aim to restore competition in search marketplace — A federal judge on Tuesday barred Alphabet's Google …
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As part of the US v. Google remedies ruling, a technical committee will be established to help enforce the final judgment, which will last six years — The judge's decision positions Google to keep its search business running largely without interruption. — Google Search is considered …
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| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
The judge in US v. Google says allowing Google's payments is “more palatable now”, since GenAI companies “already are in a better position” to compete — Now, Google can finally appeal the case. … Google will not have to sell its Chrome browser in order to address …
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| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
OpenAI acquires product analytics company Statsig for $1.1B and shuffles executive roles, with Statsig CEO Vijaye Raji becoming OpenAI's CTO of Applications — It was a big weekend for the ChatGPT-maker. … OpenAI has started to build out its Applications team under Fidji Simo …
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| Anthropic: |
Anthropic raised a $13B Series F led by Iconiq, Fidelity, and Lightspeed at a $183B valuation, up from $61.5B in March, and reports a run rate of $5B+ — Anthropic has completed a Series F fundraising of $13 billion led by ICONIQ. This financing values Anthropic at $183 billion post-money.
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Cloudflare says attackers gained access to a Salesforce instance it uses for internal customer case management, as part of the Salesloft Drift breach — Cloudflare is the latest company impacted in a recent string of Salesloft Drift breaches, part of a supply-chain attack disclosed last week.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple's lead AI researcher for robotics, Jian Zhang, has left for Meta's Robotics Studio; sources: three more researchers left Apple's Foundation Models team — Apple Inc.'s lead artificial intelligence researcher for robotics has departed the company to join Meta Platforms Inc.'s competing effort …
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| Megan Morrone / Axios: |
OpenAI details its plan to add guardrails for teens and people in emotional distress by the end of 2025, including parental controls within the next month — ChatGPT guardrails for teens and people in emotional distress will roll out by the end of the year, OpenAI promised Tuesday.| Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: |
US procurement records show the Trump administration jettisoned a Biden-era order and reactivated an ICE contract for phone spyware from Tel Aviv-based Paragon — US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is on track to gain access to controversial spyware designed to hack phones …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Dolby launches Dolby Vision 2, with AI tools that optimize TVs based on content and a feature for “authentically cinematic” smoothing, first on Hisense TVs — The updated format promises ‘authentically cinematic’ use of motion smoothing, and settings that automatically …
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| Bloomberg: |
Filing: Klarna and some shareholders are selling 34.3M shares for $35-$37 each in its IPO, aiming to raise up to $1.27B and giving it an up to ~$14B market cap — Klarna Group Plc and some of its shareholders are seeking to raise as much as $1.27 billion as the financial-technology company revives …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Disney pays $10M to settle an FTC complaint that alleges Disney collected children's data by failing to designate certain YouTube videos as being made for kids — The Walt Disney Company on Tuesday said it has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a children's privacy lawsuit … | Iain Martin / Forbes: |
Plaud says it has sold 1M+ of its $159 NotePin AI recording devices since 2023, is profitable, and is on track to bring in $250M in annualized revenue this year — Nathan Xu's bootstrapped company has sold more than 1 million AI recording devices that transcribe and summarize the busy days of doctors … | Bloomberg: |
TSMC says the US revoked its authorization to ship gear to its main Chinese chipmaking base in Nanjing, after the US revoked Samsung's and SK Hynix's waivers — The US has revoked Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s authorization to freely ship essential gear to its main Chinese chipmaking base … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Amazon says it will end the ability for Prime members to share their free shipping benefits with individuals outside their household, starting on October 1 — Starting October 1st, Prime members can no longer share free shipping with someone who doesn't live with them.
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| Alison Durkee / Forbes: |
Content creators and rideshare drivers are among the professions covered under the “no tax on tips” policy passed as part of the US spending bill signed in July — Topline — Influencers, rideshare drivers, performers, baristas and more will be covered under the “No Tax on Tips” … | Ina Fried / Axios: |
Source: Sierra, which builds AI customer service agents, nears a $350M raise at a $10B valuation, up from $4.5B in October 2024, and is set to top $100M in ARR — Sierra, which builds custom AI agents for enterprise customer service, is nearing a deal for a $350 million financing round … | John Hendel / Politico: |
A six-year US effort to counter Chinese telecom dominance took a hit after the One Big Beautiful Bill cut ~$1B from a program aimed at developing Open RAN tech — “To cut it came completely out of the blue,” said Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft says it is giving the US GSA $6B+ in potential savings on Office, Azure, Dynamics 365, and more over three years, including $3.1B in the first year — Microsoft has agreed to give the U.S. General Services Administration $3.1 billion in potential savings over the course of a year …
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| CoinDesk: |
Winklevoss twins' Gemini plans to sell 16.67M shares at $17 to $19 each in its US IPO, seeking to raise $317M, which would value the crypto exchange at $2.22B — The Winklevoss-led company plans to sell 16.67M shares at $17-$19 each, tapping a hot IPO market. — What to know:Sponsor Posts
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