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OpenAI disputes Apple's account of pre-lawsuit contacts, rejects claims that ex-staff used confidential information, shares iMessages and emails, and more — Apple is one of the greatest companies of all time, and built a reputation for obsessing over the smallest details.
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| Maria Curi / Axios: |
The White House says it met its deadline to establish a voluntary framework for evaluating advanced AI models, but did not provide details of the framework — The White House said on Monday it met its deadline to establish a voluntary framework for evaluating advanced AI models …
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| Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says it “briefly removed Telegram from the App Store” over CSAM on Monday, restoring it after Telegram “promptly removed the content and banned the user” — Update: 11:00 p.m. ET: In a statement to 9to5Mac, Apple said: … Apple's statement came about 20 minutes after access to the app was restored.
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| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Palantir reports Q2 revenue up 93% YoY to $1.94B, above $1.8B est., US commercial revenue up 149%, and raises FY26 revenue guidance; PLTR jumps 14%+ pre-market — Palantir topped second-quarter earnings estimates on Monday and said commercial revenue more than doubled from a year ago.
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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Snap reports Q2 revenue up 19% YoY to $1.6B, above $1.54B est., DAUs up 5% to 493M, vs. 487M est., forecasts Q3 revenue above est.; SNAP jumps 10%+ pre-market — Snap reported better-than-expected revenue and earnings for the second quarter and issued a forecast for the current period that topped analysts' estimates.| Jeran Wittenstein / Bloomberg: |
Amazon becomes the fifth company to reach a $3T market cap, joining Nvidia, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Apple, after hitting $2T in June 2024; AMZN closed up 4.58% — Amazon.com Inc. surpassed $3 trillion in market value for the first time, becoming only the fifth company to ever reach the milestone.
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| The Texas Tribune: |
Texas halts approval of data center grid connections until audits are performed; projects representing 474+ GW are in the queue, over 5x the grid's peak demand — On Monday, the governor ordered the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to audit … | Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Samsung says it's restricting app registrations and removing apps with SDKs that can turn smart TVs into residential proxy exit nodes, after a similar ban by LG — Several popular Samsung smart TV apps contain code that share the owner's internet connection with strangers …
More: Mnemonic, Neowin, iPhone in Canada, Android Police, Engadget, and Digital Trends
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider on the AT Protocol, ActivityPub, scaling moderation, Bluesky's reputation as a progressive social media network, and more — Today, I'm talking with Toni Schneider, who is the brand new CEO of the social platform Bluesky — he formally took over after a short stint as interim CEO.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources and filings: Google assembled a ~$200B financing program for Anthropic, with $150B+ tied to TPUs and involving Broadcom, Blackstone, Apollo, and others — Private credit, chip leases and data centre guarantees underpin a vast new model for AI spending| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
A look at Alphabet's moonshot lab X and interviews with its staff, including CEO Astro Teller, on reinventing itself and what its next big thing might be — X, formerly Google X and the most ambitious innovation lab of our time, isn't content just to watch its hits like Waymo and Wing take off.
Bluesky: @harrymccracken.com
| The Verge: |
Doc: Microsoft asks Xbox 360 game developers to opt in for PC compatibility, bringing the games to its next-gen Project Helix console, “Xbox PCs”, and handhelds — The disc to digital program seems like it's close to launching, too.
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| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
US satellite internet provider Hughesnet files for Chapter 11 after losing subscribers to Starlink and plans to focus on business and government customers — US satellite internet provider Hughesnet has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after running low on cash and losing subscribers to Starlink.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: to fight critics on social media, DHS sent platforms hundreds of subpoenas and asked posters to sign letters saying speech about ICE “may” be a crime — Agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements
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