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US v. Google: a US federal judge rules that Google will not be required to divest Chrome or Android, but it must share Search data with rivals; GOOG jumps 8%+ — 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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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg, Senator Amy Klobuchar, News / Media Alliance CEO Danielle Coffey, and others say the US v. Google remedies don't go far enough — ‘Google will still be allowed to continue to use its monopoly to hold back competitors, including in AI search,’ said DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg.
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| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
US v. Google: Judge Amit Mehta says “allowing Google to continue making payments is more palatable now” as GenAI companies “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 … | Lee-Anne Mulholland / Google: |
Google says it is reviewing the US' ruling on Google Search distribution and has “concerns about how these requirements will impact our users and their privacy” — Earlier today a U.S. court overseeing the Department of Justice's lawsuit over how we distribute Search issued a decision on next steps.
| Wall Street Journal: |
A US 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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| M.G. Siegler / Spyglass: |
US v. Google: letting Google continue paying for traffic acquisition is a huge win for Apple and for Mozilla, which may have died without payments from Google — I had a sneaking suspicion today might be the day where Judge Amit Mehta would come back with the remedies in Google's antitrust trial.| New York Times: |
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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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| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
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| Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg: |
Finnish quantum computing startup IQM raised a $320M Series B led by Ten Eleven at a $1B+ valuation, and plans a US expansion and to scale its data centers — IQM, a Finnish quantum computing startup, has raised €275 million ($320 million) in venture capital funding …
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| Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg: |
Garmin unveils the $1,200+ Fenix 8 Pro, including new satellite and cellular communications tools, and a $2,000 microLED version, both shipping September 8 — Garmin Ltd. on Wednesday unveiled an upgraded, top-of-the-line rugged smartwatch for hikers, days before Apple Inc.'s expected update to its own high-end timepiece.
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| Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
SK Hynix and ASML say they assembled the industry's first Twinscan NXE:5200B High-NA EUV lithography system at SK's M16 fab, initially to test next-gen tech — Initially for R&D use, until later this decade where it will transition to production — SK hynix and ASML early on Wednesday announced …
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| Nena Farrell / Wired: |
Remarkable Paper Pro Move review: the new $449 digital notepad has a spacious 7.3" color E Ink display and slim design, but it is not ideal for lengthy notes — This miniaturized version of ReMarkable's colorful Paper Pro might just be my new favorite digital notepad. — Rating: … I love a list.
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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.
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| Paayal Zaveri / Bloomberg: |
You.com, which pivoted from AI search to enterprise AI tools, raised $100M led by Cox Enterprises at a $1.5B valuation, after a $50M Series B in September 2024 — Artificial intelligence startup You.com has reached a valuation of $1.5 billion in a new $100 million funding round … | Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg: |
Polar launches the $199 Polar Loop, a screen-free fitness band to track activity, sleep, and more without a subscription, in three colors, shipping September 10 — Finnish fitness-hardware brand Polar Electro Oy unveiled a screen-free fitness band that looks like — and directly competes with …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nintendo repeatedly pushed back Switch 2 launch plans after game designers asked for more time, believing a focus on gameplay trumped advanced hardware — Earlier this year, Nintendo Co. was under growing pressure. It had been eight long years since the release of the original Switch …
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| Steven Scheer / Reuters: |
Israeli cybersecurity company Cato Networks acquires Aim Security, sources say for ~$350M, its first acquisition, says it passed $300M in ARR, and raised $50M — Israeli cyber security firm Cato Networks said on Wednesday it was buying cyber startup Aim Security, its first ever acquisition …
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| Julia Love / Bloomberg: |
A profile of Ashish Vaswani, lead author of Attention Is All You Need and Essential AI co-founder, who says the transformer-based AI boom is stifling innovation — Ashish Vaswani helped usher in modern AI. Now he's wondering if we're doing it all wrong. — In March 2024 a group … | Adam Leventhal / The Athletic: |
Anti-piracy organization ACE says a joint operation with Egyptian law enforcement shut down Streameast, the world's largest illegal sports streaming platform — Streameast — the world's largest illegal sports streaming platform — has been shut down after a year long investigation …
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| Financial Times: |
A look at issues facing AI companies, including LLMs' limited memory, as they tackle safety in chatbots engaging in conversations about suicide and self-harm — Design of popular tools makes harmful conversations difficult to avoid, leading to alarm from parents
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| Gergely Orosz / The Pragmatic Engineer: |
A deep dive into the state of the tech job market in 2025, including an increase in demand for AI engineers and a rising average tenure at Big Tech companies — A deepdive into today's tech jobs market, with exclusive data on tech jobs, AI engineering, Big Tech recruitment, the growing importance of location, and more
Bluesky: @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com and @pragmaticengineer.com
| Bloomberg: |
AI search engine startup Exa Labs raised an $85M Series B led by Benchmark at a $700M valuation, up 10x on its 2024 Series A, and plans to grow its GPU cluster — The $85 million funding round values Exa at $700 million. — The venture capital firm Benchmark is backing a new type … | Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Utila, which is building an “operating system for stablecoins”, raised a $22M Series A extension led by Red Dot, taking its total funding to $51M+ — - Utila raised $22 million in a Series A extension round led by Red Dot Capital Partners, “nearly tripling” its valuation six months after its initial Series A.| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
A profile of Flock Safety, which operates 80K AI surveillance cameras across the US and hit a $7.5B valuation in March 2025, as it expands into US-made drones — With more than 80,000 AI-powered cameras across the U.S., Flock Safety has become one of cops' go-to surveillance tools and a $7.5 billion business.| Viola Zhou / Rest of World: |
A reporter details how her mother, a kidney transplant patient who lives in China, bonded with DeepSeek's chatbot as her AI doctor, calling it “more humane” — In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI. — Every few months, my mother … | Aditya Soni / Reuters: |
HappyRobot, which uses AI to automate freight operator communications, raised a $44M Series B led by Base10 Partners, a source says at a ~$500M valuation — HappyRobot, an artificial intelligence startup that automates communications including rate negotiation and appointment booking for freight operators …
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