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| Spotify: |
Spotify says Daniel Ek will step down as CEO and become executive chairman in January 2026, and names CPTO Gustav Söderström and CBO Alex Norström as co-CEOs — The following press release went live on Business Wire earlier today. — Today, Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Filing: YouTube will pay $24.5M to settle a 2021 Trump lawsuit over suspending his account after January 6, the last Big Tech company to settle his lawsuits — Google subsidiary is the last of three Big Tech companies to resolve personal litigation Trump filed against social-media platforms
More: Gizmodo, The Times, USA Today, PCMag, New York Times, NPR, The Guardian, Ars Technica, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Variety, Townhall, The Japan Times, Barrett Media, Suggest, CNN, Reuters, Android Headlines, Deadline, Poynter, The A.V. Club, Newser, The National Pulse, Times Now, Times of India, Breitbart, Yahoo Finance, Moneycontrol, Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Ukrainian National News, Daily Sabah, Axios, Straight Arrow News, Awful Announcing, Sky News, Macau Business, The News International, Livemint, UPI, HotAir, Irish Examiner, The Independent, Courthouse News Service, Blaze Media, Verdict, The Western Journal, BBC, CBS News, CNBC, Mediaite, Financial Times, The Wrap, and The Hollywood Reporter
X: @jason, @brianstelter, @loudmouthjulia, @jbenton, @davemcclure, @loudmouthjulia, @joshgerstein, @loudmouthjulia, and @loudmouthjulia
Bluesky: @noupside, @drewharwell.com, @davelee.me, @esqueer.net, @carlquintanilla, @mantzarlis.com, @bradheath, @bradheath, @clarajeffery, @maddowblog.msnbc.com, and @35mmpapi.com. Threads: @renee.diresta
Forums: r/worldevents, r/law, and r/politics
| Chase DiFeliciantonio / Politico: |
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs SB 53 into law; the first-in-the-nation AI safety law requires AI companies to disclose their safety testing regimes — “California has proven that we can establish regulations to protect our communities while also ensuring that the growing AI industry continues to thrive.
More: Governor of California, Associated Press, The Verge, New York Times, MediaNama, Los Angeles Times, TechCrunch, TVNewsCheck, WinBuzzer, Tech Times, CNBC, Maginative, dailyjournal.com, UPI, SFGATE, Omidyar Network, NBC News, and Axios
X: @collin_mccune, @cagovernor, @thomas_woodside, @thewendylee, @jackclarksf, @miles_brundage, @alexbores, @govpressoffice, @shiringhaffary, @jackclarksf, @govpressoffice, @sen_gounardes, @scott_wiener, @zachreports, @scott_r_singer, @tituswu100, @thomas_woodside, @ctatech, and @scott_wiener. Bluesky: @attorneynora. Forums: Slashdot
| Anthropic: |
Anthropic debuts Claude Sonnet 4.5, saying it is the world's best coding model, the strongest for building complex agents, and its “most aligned” frontier model — Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the best coding model in the world. It's the strongest model for building complex agents.
More: Implicator.ai, Fortune, Engadget, NDTV Profit, Datamation, Livemint, Decrypt, UPI, TechCrunch, MarkTechPost, Ars Technica, Claude Docs, CNBC, Barron's Online, The New Stack, ZDNET, and Anthropic
X: @claudeai, @deanwball, @smokeawayyy, @natolambert, @logangraham, @intuitmachine, @iannuttall, @russelljkaplan, @scaling01, @scottnover, @haydenfield, @_sholtodouglas, @kevinroose, @petergostev, @peterwildeford, @vasumanmoza, @deanwball, @deredleritt3r, @yuchenj_uw, @zoink, @emollick, @steipete, @simonw, @venturetwins, @thdxr, @maxime_robeyns, @aidan_mclau, @ericsimons, @windsurf, @scaling01, @scaling01, @minimaxir, @alvinsng, @alexalbert__, @github, @tomwarren, @koltregaskes, @katelyn_lesse, @himanshustwts, @adarmouni, @nrehiew_, @_catwu, @chasebrowe32432, @zephyr_z9, @chu_onthis, @enoreyes, @benbajarin, @andyschumeister, @dmwlff, @danshipper, @bishplsok, @avgrocketman, @logangraham, @danshipper, @amasad, @petergyang, @scaling01, @scaling01, @scaling01, @scaling01, @scaling01, @yuchenj_uw, @scaling01, @altryne, @bindureddy, @augmentcode, @trq212, @alexalbert__, @sammcallister, @claudeai, @mikeyk, @claudeai, and @claudeai
Bluesky: @cameron.pfiffer.org and @viticci.macstories.net
Threads: @notionhq, @boris_cherny, and @vishvanands
Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, r/programming, r/OpenAI, r/programare, r/LocalLLaMA, r/ClaudeAI, r/Anthropic, r/singularity, r/accelerate, and Lobsters
| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
More: Los Angeles Times, Tech Xplore, and Tech Times
X: @zephyr_z9. Bluesky: @essaywells, @marcelorinesi, @bwnash, @aswineofculture, @cinematological.com, @jerbivore, @dlmanning, @jaql.net, @hwbrgdtse, and @edzitron.com. Threads: @vishvanands. Forums: Slashdot
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
OpenAI rolls out Instant Checkout to let users make single-item purchases directly in ChatGPT, starting with US Etsy sellers, and plans to add Shopify merchants — Arrows pointing outwards — OpenAI on Monday announced Instant Checkout, a new feature that allows users to buy products through …
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X: @openai, @fidjissimo, @tobi, @eric_seufert, @patrickc, @linusekenstam, @antoniogm, @lennysan, @altcap, @yacinemtb, @semianalysis_, @pitdesi, @ccatalini, @nickaturley, @collision, @shopify, @0xdesigner, @gdb, @jeff_weinstein, @lexnfx, and @openai
LinkedIn: Lily Ray, Jason Goldberg, and Ashley Capoot
Bluesky: @cactrot, @mmatute, @redteamwrangler, @lorenzofb, and @michae.lv. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
Forums: Hacker News, r/OpenAI, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNET: |
More: Stripe, Digit, Moneycontrol, Nairametrics, and The Rundown AI
X: @openaidevs, @dwr, @jeff_weinstein, @jeff_weinstein, @sarthakgh, @sarthakgh, and @patrickc
| Wired: |
Sources: OpenAI plans a stand-alone social app powered by Sora 2, featuring a TikTok-like vertical feed with entirely AI-generated videos — The platform appears to closely resemble TikTok and is powered by Sora 2, OpenAI's latest video generation model. — OpenAI is preparing to launch …
More: Engadget, MediaNama, Silicon Republic, Gulf Times, The Hans India, WinBuzzer, Digit, and TipRanks Financial
X: @benjamindekr, @theahmadosman, @jakehandy, @ns123abc, and @bdsams
Bluesky: @seosavvyagent.com, @sarronco, @markriedl, @brbarrett, @davelee.me, and @zoeschiffer. Threads: @chris. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
Forums: r/accelerate, r/artificial, r/technology, and r/technews
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: OpenAI told studios that it plans to release a new version of Sora that creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out — Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week — OpenAI is planning to release a new version …
More: Music Ally, Reuters, TVNewsCheck, and Times Now
X: @rahll, @ednewtonrex, @andrewcurran_, and @benfritz
Bluesky: @jeffhorwitz, @carnage4life, @wxandpi, @bwnash, @prietschka, @gordonmoat, @lauridonahue, @mcoley, and @chancethelawyer. Forums: r/singularity
| Financial Times: |
How Jared Kushner and Silver Lake co-CEO Egon Durban brokered the EA takeover using Kushner's deep Saudi Arabia ties; sources: Kushner's firm will own ~5% of EA — Trump's son-in-law used deep ties in Saudi Arabia to help pull off the largest buyout — Antoine Gara, James Fontanella-Khan … | Bloomberg: |
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Forums: r/DesignHomeGame, r/stupidpol, r/themayormccheese, and r/DamnThatsReal
| Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica: |
Open-source Android app store F-Droid says Google's new requirement for all Android developers to verify their identity threatens to kill alternative app stores — Google plans to begin testing its recently announced verification scheme for Android developers in the coming weeks …
More: F-Droid, Android Authority, The Register, HotHardware, heise online News, Android Police, Notebookcheck, Phandroid, and Ghacks
Bluesky: @campuscodi.risky.biz. Mastodon: @flowinho@chaos.social. Forums: Hacker News, r/BuyFromEU, r/GrapheneOS, r/Android, r/Android, r/fossdroid, r/degoogle, r/androiddev, Lobsters, and Ars OpenForum
| Bloomberg: |
Analysis: US wholesale electricity now costs as much as 267% more for a single month than it did in 2020 in areas located near significant data center activity — Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That's being passed on to customers.
More: Tom's Hardware, Cointelegraph, and Inside Climate News
| The Information: |
OpenAI's financial disclosures to investors suggest it generated ~$4.3B in H1 2025 revenue, 16% more than all of 2024, and burned $2.5B, largely due to R&D — OpenAI generated around $4.3 billion in revenue in the first half of 2025, about 16% more than it generated all of last year, according to financial disclosures to shareholders.
More: Financial Times, PYMNTS.com, Reuters, DatacenterDynamics, BMI, Proactive, and Tech in Asia. Forums: r/OpenAI
| Mahfouz Zubaide / BBC: |
NetBlocks: Afghanistan is experiencing a “total internet blackout” as the Taliban imposes a telecom shutdown; an official says it will last until further notice — Afghanistan's main airport is at a standstill as the country grapples with the fallout of a nationwide internet shutdown imposed by the Taliban government.
More: UPI, Le Monde, CNN, Associated Press, Semafor, The Indian Express, The National, Reuters, and CBS News
| Financial Times: |
Jaguar Land Rover secures £2B from banks as “a liquidity backstop”, on top of a £1.5B UK government loan, and aims to resume manufacturing after its huge hack — UK carmaker plans to resume manufacturing this week following month-long shutdown
More: Times Now, BBC, and The Guardian
| CNBC: |
A US judge sentences Frank founder Charlie Javice to 85 months in prison for defrauding JPMorgan Chase by overstating how many customers the fintech company had — Charlie Javice, founder of a startup acquired by JPMorgan Chase in 2021 for $175 million, was sentenced to just more than seven years …
More: Business Insider, Finextra, New York Sun, Financial Times, New York Times, ABC7, Reuters, Axios, US Department of Justice, Entrepreneur, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Reuters, and Associated Press
Forums: r/law and r/business
| Chris Welch / Bloomberg: |
Adobe launches its Premiere video editing software on iPhone for the first time; general editing is free, but Adobe charges for credits to generate AI content — Adobe Inc. said Tuesday that it's bringing its Premiere video-editing software to the iPhone for the first time …
More: 9to5Mac, CNET, AppleInsider, Forbes, The Wrap, Cult of Mac, Creative Bloq, and BGR
| Emily Forgash / Bloomberg: |
Unit 42: suspected Chinese hackers, known as Phantom Taurus, have breached foreign ministers' email servers as part of a years-long effort targeting diplomats — Suspected Chinese hackers have breached email servers of foreign ministers as part of a years-long effort targeting the communications …
More: Unit 42
| Ana Ionova / New York Times: |
How Brazil's Pix digital payment system, adopted by 80%+ of citizens, became a target of the Trump administration, which says it unfairly undercuts US companies — Brazil's fast and free homegrown digital payment system, PIX, has become wildly popular. The Trump administration says it unfairly undercuts U.S. companies.
More: Business Today and The Week
Bluesky: @ddayen and @piyushmittal
Forums: r/Brazil and r/neoliberal
| Bloomberg: |
Education software maker Anthology files for bankruptcy, listing $1B to $10B in both assets and liabilities after its Blackboard merger debt became unmanageable — Anthology Inc., the Veritas Capital-backed education-software provider, sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US … | Bloomberg: |
CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator says the company signed a deal to supply Meta with up to $14.2B worth of computing power, including access to Nvidia GB300 chips — CoreWeave Inc. has signed a deal to supply Meta Platforms Inc. with as much as $14.2 billion worth of computing power …
More: Reuters, DatacenterDynamics, Capital Brief, CNBC, Proactive, Implicator.ai, MarketWatch, and Channel NewsAsia. LinkedIn: Michael Intrator
| Robert Hart / The Verge: |
Nothing unveils its Essential branding for AI products, a new app store with user-designed, AI-generated apps based on Android called Playground, and more — Nothing is launching an app store for AI-built smartphone software. … Nothing says it has just taken “the first step towards an AI-native operating system.”
More: Business Today, Moneycontrol, TechCrunch, CNET, Android Authority, Phandroid, and Digital Trends
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Elon Musk's Tesla and xAI have had a wave of senior departures over the past year, driven by burnout, disillusionment with Musk's politics, and more — Churn at Tesla and xAI comes amid disillusionment with billionaire's activism, strategic pivots and mass lay-offs| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google updates AI Mode to make searching through images using vague descriptions easier and says the tool will “provide a relevant set of shoppable options” — Users in the US can now shop for products using natural language descriptions and reference images.
More: Search Engine Land, CNET, The Verge, ZDNET, 9to5Google, ZDNET, Engadget, WWD, MediaPost, and Search Engine Journal
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