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Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Aikido Security says attackers injected malware into 18 popular npm packages, including the debug package, with over 2.6B total weekly downloads  —  In what is being called the largest supply chain attack in history, attackers have injected malware into NPM packages with over 2.6 billion weekly downloads …
Annelise Levy / Bloomberg Law:
A judge rejects Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement over concerns that class lawyers are striking a deal behind the scenes that will be forced on authors  —  The federal judge overseeing Anthropic PBC's proposed $1.5 billion copyright settlement is concerned class lawyers are striking …
Bloomberg:
SpaceX agrees to acquire EchoStar's AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses for up to $8.5B in cash and up to $8.5B in stock, resolving an FCC inquiry into EchoStar  —  SpaceX, the Elon Musk-backed company that owns the Starlink satellite internet network, agreed to acquire wireless spectrum …
Bloomberg:
SEC filing: Microsoft strikes a deal worth up to $19.4B through 2031 to get AI cloud computing power from Nebius Group; NBIS jumps 50%+ after hours  —  Microsoft Corp. struck a multiyear deal worth nearly $20 billion to get AI cloud computing power from Nebius Group NV …
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable:
In a September 5 filing in the US v. Google ad tech trial, Google said “the open web is already in rapid decline”, contradicting Google's recent statements  —  Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, said in May that web publishing is not dying. … But in a court document filed by Google …
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
Attaullah Baig, ex-head of security at WhatsApp, sues Meta for allegedly ignoring critical security flaws, claims Meta staffers could access sensitive user data  —  Attaullah Baig tried to warn Meta's top leaders, including its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, that millions of users …
Washington Post:
Current and ex-Meta employees submitted documents and affidavits to Congress alleging that Meta suppressed research on child safety risks in its VR platforms
Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal:
Databricks raised a $1B Series K led by a16z, Insight, MGX, Thrive, and WCM at a $100B valuation, and crossed a $4B revenue run rate during Q2, up 50% YoY  —  The data analytics company closed its latest financing, raising $1 billion at a $100 billion valuation
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Anthropic becomes the first major AI company to back SB 53, a California bill that requires large AI companies to disclose safety testing protocols  —  On Monday, Anthropic announced an official endorsement of SB 53, a California bill from state Senator Scott Wiener that would impose …
Bloomberg:
Cognition raised $400M led by Founders Fund at a $10.2B valuation, up from $4B in March; its coding tool Devin's ARR grew from $1M in Sept. 2024 to $73M by June  —  Artificial intelligence startup Cognition AI Inc. has reached a valuation of $10.2 billion in a roughly $400 million funding round …
Andres Schipani / Financial Times:
Local Nepalese media reports that 19+ people were killed in clashes over anti-government demonstrations sparked by a ban on leading social media platforms  —  At least 19 reportedly killed while demonstrating against ban on platforms including Facebook and Instagram
Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg:
Sources: the US is proposing annual approvals for exports of chipmaking supplies to Samsung and SK Hynix factories in China, as part of a “site license” idea  —  The US is proposing annual approvals for exports of chipmaking supplies to Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc.'s factories …
Anirban Sen / Reuters:
Filing: Nasdaq asks the SEC to let investors trade tokenized securities on its exchange, and could roll out the first token-settled trades by the end of Q3 2026  —  Nasdaq (NDAQ.O) is working with U.S. regulators to introduce trading of tokenized securities, becoming the latest major financial player …
Bloomberg:
E-commerce company Eightco soared over 3,000% on Monday after announcing a plan to buy Worldcoin tokens and naming Wall Street analyst Dan Ives as chairman  —  For much of the past three years, Eightco Holdings Inc. was little more than a penny stock.  On Monday, all that changed …
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
YouTube says its first exclusive NFL broadcast on September 5 averaged more than 17.3M global viewers, including 1.1M average minute audiences outside of the US  —  YouTube got into the game with its first exclusive NFL broadcast Sept. 5, which the platform says averaged more than 17.3 million global viewers.
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Signal announces a backup feature that includes 100MB of storage for texts and the last 45 days' worth of media for free, or 100GB of storage for $1.99/month  —  Privacy-focused messaging app Signal announced on Monday that it's introducing a feature that allows users to back up their text conversations …
Bloomberg:
Source: Amazon took a stake in Colombian delivery startup Rappi via a $25M convertible note, entitling it to buy up to 12% via warrants if milestones are met  —  Amazon.com Inc. has taken a stake in the Colombian delivery company Rappi Inc., a strategic partnership that pairs …

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Committee to Protect Journalists:
After the building fire, Hong Kong summoned AFP, FT, NYT, AP, Bloomberg, and WSJ journalists, telling them to avoid “trouble making”, and arrested a commentator

Variety:
The WGA, which routinely opposes media mergers, says the Netflix-WBD deal must be blocked, and the Producers and Directors guilds express concern over the deal

Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi agree to part ways and let her contract expire at the end of the year, following new allegations about her affair with RFK Jr.

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Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
AI audio startup ElevenLabs launches a tender offer to let staff sell up to $100M in stock at a $6.6B valuation, up from a $3.3B valuation in January 2025
Muyao Shen / Bloomberg:
Crypto asset manager CoinShares agrees to go public via SPAC Vine Hill at a $1.2B pre-money valuation, set to close by Q4's end; CoinShares has ~$10B in AUM
Rebecca Ratcliffe / The Guardian:
ASPI: Myanmar's online scam centers on the Thai border have increased from 11 to 27 since the 2021 military coup, holding an estimated 100,000 trafficked people

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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI is providing its tools and computing resources for Critterz, a largely AI-made feature-length animated film that is set to hit theaters globally in 2026
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