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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Phil Schiller stepped down from his role leading the App Store and product events; he will remain at Apple to work on unspecified initiatives — Apple Inc.'s Phil Schiller, one of the most visible and influential executives across both the Steve Jobs and Tim Cook eras …
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X: @markgurman, @mysk_co, @mgsiegler, @classicii_mrmac, and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Gurman: Apple is moving App Store to services unit run by Eddy Cue, who previously oversaw it until 2015; Cue is taking on a more influential role under Ternus — Phil Schiller is stepping down from his role leading the App Store and Apple events, according to a new Bloomberg report.| Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg: |
The EU designates ChatGPT as a very large online search engine, and Reddit and Roblox as very large online platforms after each hit 45M monthly users in the EU — ChatGPT, Reddit Inc. and video game company Roblox Corp. will face stricter European Union scrutiny after surpassing a threshold of 45 million monthly users in the bloc.
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Forums: r/technology, r/europeanunion, and r/technology
| Bloomberg: |
Nvidia plans to invest $3.5B into MediaTek through convertible bonds; MediaTek forecasts AI chip revenue of about $2B this year — Nvidia Corp. is investing $3.5 billion into MediaTek Inc., deepening collaboration with the Taiwanese chipmaker at a time when it's working to persuade …
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LinkedIn: Ashish K., Neil Shah, Danielle Hager, and Raghavan Sampath
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
OpenAI says its ad business has hit $1B in annualized revenue run rate and is expanding globally, as it touts its “diversified business model” ahead of an IPO — OpenAI on Monday announced that its advertising business has hit $1 billion in annualized revenue run rate …
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LinkedIn: Christin Klein, Emmanuel Marill, David Dugan, Kaylin Bailey, and Craig Bruney
Forums: r/BetterOffline, r/business, and r/aiwars
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
MapQuest becomes the top free iPhone app on the App Store in Canada and fourth on the US App Store after refusing to change Lake Ontario to Lake America — MapQuest is in the spotlight this week after refusing to change “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” on its map following an executive order issued …
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X: @mapquest, @erictrump, @mapquest, @kaelan47, and @shortmagsmle
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Forums: r/news, r/degoogle, r/politics, r/technology, r/google, r/canada, r/politics, r/geography, r/facepalm, r/technology, r/geography, r/TrueAnon, and r/politics
| Hannes Rudolph / OpenClaw Blog: |
OpenClaw releases OpenClaw 2.0, its largest update to date, with a simplified installation process, a rebuilt browser app, shared cloud sessions, and more — How a push for simpler setup and a first-class browser experience grew into OpenClaw 2.0. — Today we released by far the largest update in the history of OpenClaw.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/openclaw, and r/openclaw
| Charlotte Yang / Bloomberg: |
Shein raised $1.7B in its Hong Kong IPO, giving it a $26B market cap, far below its ~$100B valuation in 2022, as growth slows amid tariffs and competition — Shein Global Holdings Ltd. completed its initial public offering at a valuation that's a fraction of what the company was once worth.| Simon Goodley / The Guardian: |
Bank of England Governor warns that advanced AI could destabilize the highly interconnected global financial system via cyber disruption across jurisdictions — Andrew Bailey warns group about risk of advanced ‘frontier models’ destabilising the ‘highly interconnected’ financial system
More: Gizmodo, BBC, PYMNTS, The Decoder, CNBC, Sky News, Euronews, ZeroHedge News, Wall Street Journal, Unite.AI, Nairametrics, Blockonomi, CNN, Quartz, The Standard, Daily Mail, Reuters, and Telegraph. Forums: r/unitedkingdom
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Instagram says it will reduce the reach of accounts featuring AI-generated personas if they don't use a new “AI-generated profile” label — The app isn't cracking down on other kinds of AI slop, though. — Instagram is changing its rules for profiles that feature AI-generated personas.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Hyperliquid is in talks to enter the US market through Kraken parent Payward, weeks after Trump said he was working to bring the platform onshore — Hyperliquid Labs is in advanced talks to bring its perpetual futures to US traders through Kraken's parent company Payward … | Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the FTC and 20+ state AGs plan to sue Amazon for allegedly making tens of billions over seven years by manipulating ad prices on its retail platform — Commission and more than 20 states to allege e-commerce giant reaped billions by manipulating ad prices on its retail platform
More: Reuters and ZeroHedge News
| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Sony launches Live TV on PS5 in the US, letting users stream 100+ free, ad-supported TV channels with content from Amazon MGM Studios, Crunchyroll, and more — Ad-supported streaming channels are hitting Sony's console in the US today. — PlayStation 5 owners in the US will be able to stream free …
More: PlayStation.Blog, PlayStation on YouTube, IGN, Cord Cutters News, Kotaku, Push Square, and DayOne
| The Information: |
Sources: CXMT has begun producing HBM3E memory chips in small quantities and plans to expand production in 2027, a major advance for China's chip industry — China's leading memory-chip maker, ChangXin Memory Technologies, has begun producing advanced high-bandwidth memory in small quantities …
More: Reuters, Network World, Barron's Online, Notebookcheck, Tech Times, Seoul Economic Daily, and The Decoder. X: @jukan05
| Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico: |
Trump says communities that reject data centers will end up “backwards and poor” and that “China could not be happier with this anti Data Center movement” — President Donald Trump on Monday again championed the spread of data centers despite growing bipartisan backlash ahead of the midterms in November.
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| Niko Gallogly / New York Times: |
Together AI, which serves open models, announces a deal to use compute from Humain in Saudi Arabia, where it can bypass US backlash over data centers — Together AI, which serves open-source artificial intelligence models, announced a deal to use compute from Humain in Saudi Arabia, where it can bypass U.S. backlash over data centers.
More: Gizmodo, Washington Examiner, Techstrong IT, RuntimeWire, and SupplyChainBrain
X: @togethercompute, @vipulved, @graceisford, and @aniruddh_mohan
Bluesky: @garvanwalshe.org and @dteater
| Bloomberg: |
Huawei reports H1 2026 revenue up 10% YoY to ~$69.57B, with net income down 36% to $3.54B; it is now the top smartphone brand in China with a 20%+ market share — Huawei Technologies Co. posted a deep profit decline after the Chinese tech champion grappled with rising memory costs and poured more resources into semiconductor research.
More: Light Reading, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, and South China Morning Post
| Rocket Drew / The Information: |
Reframe, which uses AI and industrial robot arms to make modular homes in a factory, raised a $40M Series A extension round led by Energy Impact Partners — For all the talk of robots that look like humans, the next robots to move into people's houses could look more like ducks.
More: Reframe Systems, RuntimeWire, and Ventureburn
| Brian Schwartz / Wall Street Journal: |
Former NY GOP Rep. George Santos receives Kalshi's first lifetime ban after the CFTC alleged he made $17K by betting on his appearance at the State of the Union — Decision comes after federal regulator alleged Santos made more than $17,000 by placing bets on his attendance at the State of the Union address
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| Fox News: |
The Trump administration launches Project Watershed 250, a six-month cybersecurity pilot to protect Texas water systems from cyberattacks — FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration is launching “Project Watershed 250” Monday, Fox News Digital exclusively learned, deploying American artificial intelligence … | Justin Papp / CNBC: |
Sources: South Korea's dismissal of a US congressional report saying it discriminated against US-based Coupang is causing strains between the two countries — The South Korean government's dismissal of the findings of a congressional report alleging it's waged a targeted campaign … Sponsor Posts
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