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September 15, 2025, 12:15 PM

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CNBC:
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the US has reached a TikTok deal with China, as Trump cites “a ‘certain’ company that young people” in the US wanted saved  —  The U.S. and China have a reached a ‘framework’ deal for social media platform TikTok, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday.
Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post:
OpenAI releases the first detailed public study on how people use ChatGPT: 73% of chats were non-work related, practical guidance was the top use case, and more  —  OpenAI released the first detailed public study on who uses its chatbot and what they most often ask it to do.
Bloomberg:
In a preliminary probe, China rules that Nvidia violated anti-monopoly laws by acquiring Mellanox in April 2020, as the US and China negotiate tariffs in Madrid  —  China ruled that Nvidia Corp. violated anti-monopoly laws with a high-profile 2020 deal, ratcheting up the pressure on Washington during sensitive trade negotiations.
Anthropic:
An Anthropic report details how Claude usage varies by country and US state, finding 36% use it for coding, 77% of business uses involve automation, and more  —  Introduction  —  Introduction  —  AI differs from prior technologies in its unprecedented adoption speed.
Adamya Sharma / Android Authority:
Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, its next flagship mobile chipset, before its 2025 Snapdragon Summit, and Xiaomi says its 17 series will use it  —  The Xiaomi 17 series will be one of the first to adopt the new chipset.  —  •  —  •  —  •  —  TL;DR
David Carnoy / CNET:
Apple AirPods Pro 3 review: a significantly better fit, sound quality, noise cancellation, and battery life, but heart-rate monitoring is buried in fitness apps  —  They cost the same at a hefty $249, but Apple's third-generation noise-canceling earbuds have improved in all the key areas …
Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg:
The London Stock Exchange debuts a blockchain-based platform, initially focused on private funds and increasing efficiency, marking its push into digital assets  —  London Stock Exchange Group Plc has rolled out a blockchain-based platform initially focused on private funds, marking a push by the bourse operator into digital assets.
Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Alphabet becomes the fourth company to reach a $3T market cap, joining Nvidia, Microsoft, and Apple, after its stock jumped 4%+ on Monday  —  Alphabet has joined the $3 trillion club.  —  Shares of the search giant jumped more than 4% on Monday, pushing the company into territory occupied only by Nvidia, Microsoft and Apple.
Will Knight / Wired:
Sources: OpenAI is recruiting AI researchers to work on humanoid robots and is training AI algorithms that are better able to make sense of the physical world  —  The company behind ChatGPT is putting together a team capable of developing algorithms to control robots and appears …
More: The Decoder
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify adds new features globally that let free users search for and play any song they want; the company reported 433M ad-supported MAUs out of 696M in Q2  —  Following its long-awaited launch of lossless streaming for paid subscribers, Spotify is upgrading its service for free users, too.
Jerry Neumann / Colossus:
The AI revolution has more in common with shipping containerization than the boom unleashed by the microprocessor: diffuse global benefits but few new fortunes  —  The disruption is real.  It's also predictable.  — ISSUE 04  —  Fortunes are made by entrepreneurs and investors …
Harshita Mary Varghese / Reuters:
CoreWeave says it has signed a new $6.3B order with Nvidia that guarantees Nvidia will purchase any cloud capacity not sold to customers through April 13, 2032  —  CoreWeave (CRWV.O) said on Monday it had signed a new order with Nvidia (NVDA.O) with an initial value of $6.3 billion …

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