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Sources: Intel approached Apple about a potential investment in the chipmaker as part of its turnaround efforts and discussed how to work more closely together — Intel Corp. has approached Apple Inc. about securing an investment in the ailing chipmaker, according to people familiar with the matter …
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Forums: r/apple, r/hardware, and MacRumors Forums
| NBC News: |
Trump plans to sign a TikTok deal on Thursday; source: TikTok US would be run by a new joint venture company, with ByteDance holding less than 20% of its stock — This structure will comply with a bipartisan law passed in 2024 that sought to ban TikTok if the platform were not sold to U.S.-based owners this year.
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| Josh Taylor / The Guardian: |
Some Australian leaders and experts debate whether the country should use a Chinese-owned version of TikTok or one run by Trump allies — Expert raises concerns about what US TikTok deal could mean for News Corp's ‘worrying dominance’ in Australian media — Would you rather a Chinese-owned TikTok …
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Forums: r/aussie and r/PoliticsDownUnder
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is bringing Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 to Microsoft 365 Copilot, starting with Researcher and Copilot Studio — Microsoft is bringing Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 to Microsoft 365 Copilot users. … Microsoft is bringing Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 …
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| Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware: |
Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme chips for PCs, offering up to 18 cores, and says the latter is the first Arm chip to hit 5GHz — Systems with the chips are scheduled for the first half of 2026. … At its Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii …
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| Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNET: |
Google launches its Search Live feature in the US, letting users ask questions in AI Mode while sharing their phone's camera feed for real-time help — ZDNET's key takeaways — Search Live officially launches in the US. — You can share your video feed and talk to Search.
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Meta says Instagram has hit 3B monthly users and is changing its home screen to prioritize DMs and Reels; it is testing opening directly into Reels in India — Instagram has reached 3 billion monthly users, cementing the network as one of the most popular consumer apps of all time and leading …
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| Bloomberg: |
Source: Oracle sold $18B in US investment-grade bonds on Wednesday, issuing the debt in six parts, including a rare 40-year bond, as it ramps up spending — Oracle Corp. sold $18 billion US investment-grade bonds on Wednesday, the market's second-largest deal this year … | Bloomberg: |
OpenAI partners with SAP to launch OpenAI for Germany, bringing its AI tools to Germany's public sector through SAP's Delos Cloud — SAP SE announced deals with OpenAI and Amazon Web Services to expand its “digital sovereignty” offerings to European governments.| Imran Rahman-Jones / BBC: |
UK's National Crime Agency says it's arrested a man in connection with a cyberattack that has caused days of disruption at Heathrow and other European airports — A person has been arrested in connection with a cyber-attack which has caused days of disruption at several European airports including Heathrow.
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| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Waymo launches Waymo for Business, a service targeting employers, universities, and event organizers, available in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix — Waymo is launching a new product that lets businesses offer employee or event rides in its robotaxis, a move that could expand …
More: Waymo, Engadget, TipRanks Financial, Axios, TechCrunch, Reuters, The Verge, Travel And Tour World, and PCMag
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
An Indian court dismisses X's March lawsuit challenging the government's content takedown orders, ruling foreign platforms can't invoke free speech protections — An Indian court has dismissed an attempt by Elon Musk's X to challenge the Indian government's content takedown orders … | Luz Ding / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba's Hong Kong-listed shares hit a nearly four-year high after CEO Eddie Wu announced plans to increase AI spending beyond the $53B target over three years — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s shares surged to their highest in nearly four years after revealing plans to ramp up AI spending past …
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Forums: r/wallstreetbets and r/baba
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Google launches the Data Commons MCP Server, allowing developers to integrate its collection of public datasets into AI systems via natural language queries — Google is turning its vast public data trove into a goldmine for AI with the debut of the Data Commons Model Context Protocol (MCP) …
More: Google Developers Blog, The New Stack, SiliconANGLE, Moneycontrol, The Keyword, and Techstrong.ai. LinkedIn: Prem Ramaswami
| The Economic Times: |
Indian digital payments giant PhonePe confidentially files for an IPO in India, seeking to raise $1.5B, sources say at a valuation of $15B — PhonePe, supported by Walmart, has confidentially filed its DRHP with SEBI. The digital payments platform reduced its net loss by 13.4% to Rs 1,727.4 crore … | Lauren Goode / Wired: |
Modular, which lets developers build AI apps that run across multiple GPU and CPU vendors, raised $250M led by US Innovative Technology at a $1.6B valuation — Demand for AI chips is booming—and so is the need for software to run them. Chris Lattner's startup Modular just raised $250 million … | Ryan Gould / Bloomberg: |
Canadian PE firm Novacap agrees to acquire Integral Ad Science, which provides digital ad measurement and verification, in a deal valuing IAS at about $1.9B — Novacap has agreed to acquire Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. in a deal that values the advertising analytics company at about $1.9 billion.| Alex Heath / Sources: |
Sources: OpenAI CEO of Applications Fidji Simo has been meeting with potential candidates for a role overseeing monetization efforts, including ads in ChatGPT — Fidji Simo is on the hunt for someone to oversee all monetization efforts, including, yes, bringing advertising to ChatGPT.
More: Adweek. X: @loudmouthjulia. Bluesky: @peterswimm.com and @alexeheath.com. Threads: @eric_seufert
| Michael Moritz / Financial Times: |
Michael Moritz says Trump's “H-1B caper will backfire” and shows the “fragile grasp” Trump and his acolytes have of what makes the US tech sector so successful — The move shows how slender a grasp the president has of what makes the American economy so successful| Wall Street Journal: |
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X: @usdol and @mgsiegler
LinkedIn: Rohan Soares and Aditya Soni
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Meta plans to open new pop-up shops in Las Vegas and NYC and reopen its LA shop starting in October to show off Meta Ray-Ban Display and other hardware — The Meta Lab shops will be opening in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and New York. … The new Meta Lab shops will be located in Las Vegas and New York … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
YouTube adds a “hide” button to let users dismiss recommendation pop-ups that appear at the end of videos, following user feedback that pop-ups were distracting — You can hit the ‘hide’ button to get rid of video suggestions that often cover up the video you're watching.| Elizabeth Chamberlain / iFixit News: |
iPhone 17 Pro teardown: the anodized aluminum scratches badly around the camera plateau edge, the screwed-in battery is a nice repairability upgrade, and more — iPhone 17 Pro Teardown — The anodized aluminum finish on the brand new iPhone 17 Pro is gorgeous, right up until it meets …
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X: @stevesi and @aarshmajmudar
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Bloomberg: |
Taiwan curbs chip exports to South Africa over national security concerns, the first time it has used its chip industry as a weapon against a China ally — Taiwan has imposed restrictions on the export of chips to South Africa over national security concerns, taking the unusual step of using …
More: Taipei Times, Ars Technica, DatacenterDynamics, and Silicon Republic
X: @ljkawa and @brianhioe
LinkedIn: Gary Ng and Andrew Whitfield
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