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Google is introducing new personalized ads in AI mode, powered by Gemini, which allow advertisers to offer exclusives for users preparing to buy a product — Tech giant moves to gain an edge in race to monetise popular AI tools — Google is introducing new personalised advertising … | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google unveils the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), a new open standard that lets AI agents work across different parts of the customer's buying process — Google today announced a new open standard, called the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) for AI agent-based shopping, at the National Retail Federation (NRF) conference.
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Malaysia becomes the second country to limit access to Grok, joining Indonesia, over the chatbot's generation of sexual content — Indonesia and Malaysia restricted access to Elon Musk's Grok AI over the weekend, becoming the first countries to ban the artificial intelligence system over its generation of sexual content.| Fransiska Nangoy / Reuters: |
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| Terrence O'Brien / The Verge: |
Instagram says there was no breach and it fixed an issue that let an external party send password reset emails, after reports that 17.5M users' data was exposed — The company claims there was no breach of its systems. … If you're one of the many, many people who received a password reset email …
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| SemiAnalysis: |
A detailed look at the Apple-TSMC relationship: Apple's annual spend at TSMC rose 12x, from $2B in 2014 to $24B in 2025, and once made up 25% of TSMC's revenue — Wafer Demand Model, Node Economics, and the shifting power dynamics as AI reshapes the foundry landscape| Reuters: |
Documents and sources: India proposes security rules that would force smartphone makers to share source code, prompting quiet pushback from Apple and Samsung — India proposes requiring smartphone makers to share source code with the government and make several software changes as part …
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Walmart to expand Wing, Alphabet's on-demand drone delivery service, to another 150 stores, bringing the total to 270+ stores, covering ~10% of US population — Wing, the Alphabet-owned company that delivers groceries, over-the-counter medicine, and hot lattes, is expanding its partnership …
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| Toby Nangle / Financial Times: |
Analysis: the AI investment boom represents ~1% of US GDP, roughly half the GDP share during the '90s dot-com boom and comparable to the mid-2010s US shale boom — US economist Jason Furman caused a bit of a kerfuffle in 2025 when he estimated that investment in information processing equipment & software … | John Reynolds / Tech.eu: |
Tucuvi, which develops AI agents that check in with patients and escalate cases to human teams when needed, raised a $20M Series A, led by Cathay and Leadwind — Tucuvi was co-founded by Maria Gonzalez, whose mother passed away after a reported hospital administration error.| TRM Insights: |
Investigation: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps used two UK-registered companies to move ~$1B in stablecoins since 2023, evading international sanctions — This blog features a case study from TRM's upcoming 2026 Crypto Crime Report. Be sure to check back in the coming weeks to get your complete copy.
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| Anil Dash: |
A look at the history and rise of Markdown, which has been adopted across the tech industry in the decades since its quiet launch in 2004 by John Gruber — Nearly every bit of the high-tech world, from the most cutting-edge AI systems at the biggest companies, to the casual scraps …
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| Jaewon Kang / Bloomberg: |
Walmart partners with Google to offer AI-enhanced shopping, allowing users to purchase Walmart and Sam's Club items directly on Gemini — Walmart Inc. is partnering with Alphabet Inc. to offer AI-enhanced shopping on Google's Gemini platform — part of the retailer's race to apply the technology across its operations.
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| Andrew Martin / Bloomberg: |
Tel Aviv-based Torq, which operates an autonomous AI-powered security operations platform, raised $140M led by Merlin Ventures at a $1.2B valuation — The Israeli cybersecurity startup Torq is planning to announce Sunday that it has closed a $140 million funding round, raising its valuation to $1.2 billion.| Microsoft Corporate Responsibility: |
A look at the global AI adoption in 2025; use in the global north grew nearly twice as fast as the south; the UAE leads with 64% of working-age adults using AI — AI Diffusion Report 2025 — Executive summary — Global adoption of artificial intelligence continued to rise in the second half of 2025 …
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