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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Nevada approves permits letting Tesla deploy up to 5,000 robotaxis in the Las Vegas area over the next year, while Waymo and Uber are each allowed up to 1,000 — Nevada, get ready for the robotaxis. — The Nevada Transportation Authority unanimously approved three permits Thursday that will allow Tesla …
More: Engadget, PCMag, TESLARATI, Silicon Republic, and Gulf News
X: @sawyermerritt and @kirstenkorosec
Forums: r/SelfDrivingCars and r/teslamotors
| Financial Times: |
A look at London cab drivers' concerns and pushback against robotaxis, as Waymo and Wayve race to make London their European launch pad for driverless services — Some drivers are considering skulduggery in an attempt to show the limits of autonomous vehicles.
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X: @rsabareesh, @techniahqrobot, @scotsrule08, and @waymo
LinkedIn: Daniel Rosenband, Jyotika Athavale, Paul Cho, Michael Kuperstein, and Satish Jeyachandran
| CNBC: |
How the memory boom is reshaping Micron's hometown of Boise, Idaho, with new millionaires, job growth, rising housing costs, and uneven wealth distribution — Dave Petso has been a wealth manager in Boise, Idaho since the 1980s. His business has survived multiple recessions …
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LinkedIn: Angie Wood, Ari Levy, Cristen, and Jeff Janukowicz
| Diana Olick / CNBC: |
CBRE: NYC becomes the top tech talent market for the first time with ~394K jobs, beating the Bay Area's ~375K, amid SF job cuts and finance sector tech hiring — It should come as no surprise that the number of artificial intelligence-specific tech workers is growing rapidly …
More: cbre.com, Commercial Observer, Global News, GeekWire, Los Angeles Times, Gizmodo, and MobileSyrup
LinkedIn: Brian Biege, Nate Glubish, Lukas Ault, and Matt Walters
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
OpenAI rolls out an Apple Messages plugin for ChatGPT on macOS, letting ChatGPT read, search, and analyze chats, prepare and send messages, and more — Well, this seems interesting. ChatGPT's latest update adds a new Mac integration: the ability to work with conversations from Apple's Messages app.
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Forums: r/technology and r/apple
| Newcomer: |
Sources: Poolside struck a non-exclusive $6B licensing deal with Nvidia, plus a $1B investment at a $12B pre-money valuation; 109 staffers get Nvidia job offers — EXCLUSIVE TO NEWCOMER: Poolside AI, the artificial intelligence model-building startup, has struck a non-exclusive licensing deal …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Broadcom is in talks with a group of lenders to raise $60B+ in debt for an AI chip financing deal that will benefit Anthropic and other companies — Broadcom Inc. is in talks with a group of lenders to raise more than $60 billion in debt for an AI chip financing deal … | Kristin Robinson / Billboard: |
Email: Apple Music tells industry partners that songs tagged as “materially generated using AI” by content providers will be visibly labeled on the service — The news builds on Apple's recent announcement of AI Transparency Tags for songs. Now, the service will soon make those disclosures visible to users.| Vlad Fedorov / The GitHub Blog: |
GitHub says its 7+ hour August 17 outage was caused by a capacity failure when peak traffic overwhelmed an infrastructure component in a Central US data center — An update on the August 17 outage and the steps we're taking to improve reliability. — On August 17, GitHub experienced an outage that lasted 7 hours and 47 minutes.
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Bluesky: @kylehugh.es and @phillipcarter.dev
Forums: Hacker News and r/programming
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Anthropic expects to match or beat the size of SpaceX's record-setting IPO, as it prepares to file publicly for its IPO as soon as the end of August — Anthropic PBC expects to match or beat the size of SpaceX's record-setting initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter …
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X: @kimmonismus, @wliang, @hedgiemarkets, @matthew_sigel, @aleabitoreddit, @shiringhaffary, @shiringhaffary, @firstadopter, @solo_levelingx, and @edzitron. Bluesky: @jordanswinter
| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nvidia is in early talks with South Korean AI chip maker Rebellions for a potential deal, including a partnership, an investment, or an acquisition — Nvidia Corp. is in early discussions with the Korean AI chip designer Rebellions about possible collaborations … | Matt G. Southern / Search Engine Journal: |
Google rolls out an embeddable “Preferred Sources” button, natural language Discover controls, and custom audio briefings in the Google News app on Android — Google is rolling out a new embeddable Preferred Sources button, natural language Discover controls, and customizable audio briefings in the Google News app.
More: Google, Thurrott, The Verge, PCMag, 9to5Google, Moneycontrol, Business Standard, SammyGuru, NPowerUser, PYMNTS, Android Authority, Business Today, Android Police, Neowin, and Search Engine Land. LinkedIn: Olive Wenqiong Guo
| Jenny Lee / CNBC: |
Samsung unveils a $65.1B-$79.5B shareholder return package for 2026, combining dividends and share buybacks, calling it “the largest ever by a Korean company” — Samsung Electronics has announced a shareholder return package, marking a blockbuster week for shareholder returns … | Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Patreon announces new and overhauled features, including changes to its recommendation system to make it easier for smaller creators to get discovered — The platform has an extensive roadmap of updates to build ‘a better internet.’ — Patreon has announced a number … | Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post: |
China grants Geely a two-year permit for the country's first private satellite IoT trial, letting Geely offer connectivity to sectors like transport and energy — Geespace secures a two-year satellite IoT trial from MIIT, the first approval for a private Chinese firm
More: CnEVPost
| Tom Hals / Reuters: |
A US judge tosses part of the conviction of ex-Google engineer Linwei Ding, who was found guilty of stealing AI trade secrets to benefit two Chinese companies — A federal judge on Thursday tossed part of the conviction of former Google software engineer Linwei Ding, who was found guilty earlier … | Dawn Kopecki / Reuters: |
How crypto, AI, and online betting companies emerged as the biggest industries shaping the 2026 US midterm races, as corporate spending reaches a record $517M — A handful of billionaires and companies are driving corporate spending in U.S. midterm elections this year …
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