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| Bret Taylor / OpenAI: |
OpenAI adopts a new for-profit structure, with a public benefit corporation controlled by the nonprofit, which holds a 26% stake, worth ~$130B, in the company — OpenAI has completed its recapitalization, simplifying its corporate structure. The nonprofit remains in control of the for-profit …
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| Microsoft: |
Microsoft now holds a ~$135B investment in OpenAI Group PBC, or a ~27% stake, down from 32.5%; OpenAI commits to purchase an additional $250B in Azure services — Since 2019, Microsoft and OpenAI have shared a vision to advance artificial intelligence responsibly and make its benefits broadly accessible.
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| Bloomberg: |
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| Bloomberg: |
Nvidia plans to invest $1B in Nokia for a 2.9% stake and announces a partnership to integrate Nvidia tech into Nokia's network products; NOK closes up 22.8% — Nvidia Corp. is taking a $1 billion equity stake in Nokia Oyj and plans to supply the telecom company with artificial-intelligence powered computers for wireless networks.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/business, r/ElectricalEngineering, r/hardware, and r/Nokia
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Uber plans a fleet of 100,000 autonomous vehicles powered by Nvidia's new Drive AGX Hyperion 10, starting in 2027 — Uber Technologies Inc. will begin expanding a fleet of 100,000 autonomous vehicles powered by Nvidia Corp. technology starting in 2027, an ambitious move that could help bring …
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| Kara Carlson / Bloomberg: |
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Forums: r/electricvehicles and Ars OpenForum
| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at 1X's $20K Neo humanoid housekeeper robot, controlled remotely by a human with a VR headset, available now for preorder, with delivery expected in 2026 — 1X's Neo wants to be your housekeeper. First, it needs to be controlled by a human in your home. Cool with you?
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| Bloomberg: |
Amazon says it will cut ~14,000 jobs from its corporate workforce, after cutting 27,000 across 2022 and 2023; the company had 1.55M employees globally in June — Amazon.com Inc. plans to eliminate roughly 14,000 corporate jobs just months after Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy warned that AI will shrink the company's workforce.
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| Dylan Butts / CNBC: |
SK Hynix reports Q3 revenue up 39% YoY to $17.02B, vs. $17.22B est, operating profit up 62% YoY to $7.92B, a record, boosted by demand for its HBM chips for AI — South Korea's SK Hynix on Wednesday posted record quarterly revenue and profit, boosted by a strong demand for its high bandwidth memory used in generative AI chipsets.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is testing new versions of the MacBook Air, iPad mini, and iPad Air with OLED screens; the iPad mini will likely arrive first, as early as 2026 — Apple Inc. is preparing major changes to its MacBook Air, iPad mini and iPad Air lines, with a plan to give the popular devices higher-end displays.
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| David Gewirtz / ZDNET: |
GitHub plans to launch Agent HQ, a hub to let developers access third-party AI coding agents, including Claude and OpenAI's Codex, in the coming months — ZDNET's key takeaways — GitHub launches Agent HQ to unite Codex, Claude, and Jules. — Developers can now manage multiple AI agents side by side.| Jennifer Maas / Variety: |
EA reports Q2 net bookings down 13% YoY to $1.82B, vs. $1.88B est., and says it will no longer issue forward-looking financial guidance due to its $55B sale — Along with the issuing of the financial details Tuesday, the maker of “Madden NFL,” “Battlefield,” “The Sims” and “Apex Legends” …
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Sam Altman says OpenAI has committed to spend about $1.4T on infrastructure so far, equating to roughly 30GW of data center capacity — OpenAI has committed to spend about $1.4 trillion on infrastructure so far, equating to roughly 30 gigawatts of data center capacity, CEO Sam Altman said on Tuesday.
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| Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
Oppo launches €999 Find X9 and €1,299 Find X9 Pro in the UK and EU, with 7,025mAh and 7,500mAh silicon-carbon batteries and a MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chip — The two new Oppo phones bring some of the biggest batteries around. … Oppo has announced the international launch … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Jensen Huang says its Blackwell GPUs are now in full production in Arizona, after being solely manufactured in Taiwan previously — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said at the company's GTC conference on Tuesday that its Blackwell graphics processing units — the company's fastest AI chips — are now in full production in Arizona.| Kate Park / TechCrunch: |
All three major South Korean telcos, SK Telecom, KT Telecom, and now LG Uplus, have reported cybersecurity incidents to the government over the past six months — LG Uplus, one of the largest telecom operators in South Korea, has confirmed to TechCrunch that it has reported a suspected data breach … | Financial Times: |
Truth Social launches Truth Predict, a prediction market platform in partnership with Crypto.com to let users trade on major current events like elections — US president's social media platform enters prediction market sector — Donald Trump's Truth Social platform is to offer users …
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| Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
Western Union plans to launch a dollar-backed stablecoin, USDPT, that is built on the Solana blockchain and issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, in H1 2026 — Company plans to launch its own stablecoin in 2026 — One of the oldest payments networks is stepping into the digital age.
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LinkedIn: Martin Carrica and Emanuele R.
| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
USC sues Google in Texas federal court, alleging that Google Earth, Maps, and Google Street View violate its patents for overlaying 2D images onto 3D models — The University of Southern California has sued Google (GOOGL.O) in Texas federal court, alleging that the tech giant's Google Earth …
More: Bloomberg Law
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Substrate, which aims to challenge TSMC, raised $100M+ from Founders Fund, General Catalyst, and others at a $1B+ valuation as it seeks to boost US chip making — Substrate plans to use particle accelerators to lower cost of chip manufacturing — Silicon Valley investors …
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| Bloomberg: |
PayPal reports Q3 revenue up 7% YoY to $8.4B, total payment volume up 8% to $458.1B, above $450.3B est., and raises its FY 2025 EPS forecast; PYPL jumps 10%+ — PayPal Holdings Inc. raised its full-year earnings guidance and announced a tie-up with OpenAI to embed its digital wallet into ChatGPT … | Hugh Son / CNBC: |
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LinkedIn: Marie Haynes, Mike Edmonds, and Venkat Venkatraman. Bluesky: @warriorrabbit. Forums: r/OpenAI
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