Tea, which claims to make dating safer for women, is the #2 app in the US App Store, despite multiple security flaws exposing private chats, photo IDs, and more
Two major security vulnerabilities in the Tea app - which claims to make dating safer for women - have exposed the private chats …
Sony sues Tencent for copyright and trademark infringement in California federal court, accusing the Chinese tech giant of ripping off its Horizon game series
Sony Interactive (6758.T) has sued Tencent (0700.HK) for copyright and trademark infringement in California federal court …
A second security breach at women's safety app Tea exposes 1.1M+ user messages, dating from early 2023 up to last week, many containing sensitive information
A second, major security issue with women's dating safety app Tea has exposed much more user data than the first breach we first reported …
Microsoft Edge adds Copilot Mode, an experimental feature that tries to make browsing an agentic AI experience, even anticipating links to click, free for now
Copilot Mode in Microsoft Edge is a new experimental feature that transforms the browser into an agentic AI experience, but it's only free for a limited time.
Sources: the US DOJ fired two of its most senior antitrust enforcers after disagreements related to defusing its lawsuit against HPE over its $14B Juniper deal
Dismissals come after disagreements over settling case against HPE, which hired allies of President Trump
Apple plans to open the Apple Manufacturing Academy in Detroit in August, run by Michigan State University, as Trump ramps up pressure to invest in the US
Faced with intensifying pressure from President Donald Trump to bring more jobs to the U.S., Apple is opening a manufacturing program in downtown Detroit.
Adobe rolls out new generative AI features for Photoshop to let users more easily add or remove people and objects, including “Harmonize” compositing, in beta
Generative AI is rapidly eroding the photo editing skill barrier. … Adobe is launching some new generative AI features …
Spotify reports Q2 revenue up 10% YoY to €4.2B, MAUs up 11% YoY to 696M, subscribers up 12% YoY to 276M, and an €86M net loss; SPOT drops 9%+ after missing est.
The audio streaming service added more listeners than it had forecast, but reported a net loss for the second quarter
Internal memo: Meta is piloting AI-enabled coding interviews, letting candidates use AI during the process, and asks for “mock AI-enabled interview” volunteers
“This is more representative of the developer environment that our future employees will work in.”
Sources: Nvidia ordered 300K H20 chips from TSMC last week, adding to its 600K to 700K inventory, amid strong China demand after the US cleared H20 chip sales
Nvidia (NVDA.O) placed orders for 300,000 H20 chipsets with contract manufacturer TSMC (2330.TW) last week, two sources said …
Sources: JPMorgan Chase is in advanced talks to take over Apple's credit-card program from Goldman Sachs, with Apple telling JPMorgan it is its preferred choice
Discussions between the country's biggest bank and Apple accelerated in recent months — JPMorgan Chase is in advanced talks …
Waymo plans to launch its robotaxi service in Dallas in 2026 with Avis as the fleet partner, a first after exclusively working with Uber in Austin and Atlanta
Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo plans to launch robotaxi service in Dallas next year in partnership with Avis Budget Group Inc. …
PayPal reports Q2 net revenue up 5% YoY to $8.3B, vs. $8.08B est., TPV up 6% YoY to $443.5B, transactions down 5% YoY to 6.2B, active accounts up 2% YoY to 438M
PayPal reported better-than-expected results for the second quarter but saw slowing growth in transaction margin dollars, a key measure of profitability.
Block-owned Cash App unveils Pools, a new peer-to-peer feature for group payments, and says users can accept contributions via Apple Pay or Google Pay, a first
Cash App is going on the offensive in peer-to-peer payments. — The Block-owned payments platform on Tuesday unveiled Pools …
Chinese crypto mining hardware maker Bitmain plans to open a new HQ and assembly line in either Texas or Florida by the end of Q3 and start production in 2026
Tell us how AI is shaping your news experience. Share your feedback — Bitmain Technologies Ltd., the world's largest manufacturer …
Google will roll out AI Mode in the UK in the coming days after launching in the US and India; the optional feature will appear as a tab and in the search box
Zoe Kleinman / BBC :
Sources: Microsoft is in advanced talks to land a deal that could give it ongoing access to critical OpenAI tech even if OpenAI reaches its goal of building AGI
Tell us how AI is shaping your news experience. Share your feedback — Microsoft Corp. is in advanced talks to land a deal …
Sources: Figma's IPO, which could raise as much as $1.2B after Figma raised its range to $30 to $32 per share on July 28, is approaching 40 times oversubscribed
Figma Inc.'s US initial public offering is approaching 40 times oversubscribed, according to people familiar with the matter …
Z.ai, formerly known as Zhipu and that has raised $1.5B from Tencent and others, releases GLM-4.5, an open-source AI model that it says is cheaper than DeepSeek
chinese models really are taking over huh Simon Willison / @simonwillison.net : Pretty decent pelicans from the new GLM-4.5 and GLM-4.5 Air models. Both models are MIT licensed, released by Chinese A...
Anthropic plans to debut new rate limits for Claude Pro and Max on August 28, likely curbing <5% of users, saying some run Code “continuously in the background”
It's Bad Business Bluesky: Ed Zitron / @edzitron.com : That is not what is happening here, this is not Anthropic “doing the drug dealer model” — www.wheresyoured.at/anthropic- is... [embedded post]...
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg mulls more shake-ups to Meta's AI strategy; he lost faith in Meta's AI team during the controversy over allegations it gamed benchmarks
Over the years, Meta has built a reputation for using rivals' innovations to bolster its technology.
Ambience Healthcare, which uses AI to automate administrative tasks for medical professionals, raised $243M led by a16z and Oak HC/FT at a $1B+ valuation
Ambience Healthcare Inc., an artificial intelligence startup focused on streamlining administrative work for medical professionals …
Samsung unveils a $16.5B chip deal with Tesla that runs through the end of 2033; Elon Musk says the deal is to make Tesla's next-gen AI6 chips in Taylor, Texas
Bloomberg :
EssilorLuxottica says sales of Ray-Ban Meta more than tripled year-over-year in the first half of 2025, and it expects “a very fast ramp-up” of Oakley Meta
Sound revenue growth at 7.3% in Q2 and H1 AI glasses speeding up further Anuj Bhatia / The Indian Express : Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses see surge in demand as revenue triples, says EssilorLuxottica I...
Flexport announces it is selling Convoy's tech to DAT Freight & Analytics, after acquiring the digital freight startup's tech stack in late 2023
A $4 million profit on technology in 2 years won't make a minor dent … Forums: r/FreightBrokers : DAT buys Convoy's tech from Flexport
A survey of US adults: only ~40% report using AI for work and 60% say they use AI to find information at least some of the time, rising to 74% of under-30s
Most U.S. adults say they use artificial intelligence to search for information, but fewer are using it for work, drafting email or shopping. Bluesky: @karlbode.com Bluesky: Karl Bode / @karlbode.com ...
China used its World AI Conference to assert its AI ambitions to an international audience, presenting an alternative to President Trump's “America First” plans
it's a reflection of Trump's America First views,” said George Chen of The Asia Group. “China, in contrast, wants to position itself as a defender of multilateralism, and it encourages more internati...
Sources: Coinbase is in advanced talks to acquire CoinDCX, potentially valuing the Indian crypto exchange at less than $1B, below its $2.15B valuation in 2022
Pankaj Mishra / Livemint :
Julius AI, which acts like a data scientist by analyzing data and running predictive models from natural language prompts, raised a $10M seed led by Bessemer
and gets you answers in seconds Tom / nextbigwhat : Julius AI Secures $10M Seed Round Led by Bessemer Venture Partners Bluesky: @saltcreekbrews : Yay dress up Mechanical Turks [embedded post] X: Rahul...
Cadence Design agrees to plead guilty and pay more than $140M to resolve US charges for selling its chip design products to a Chinese military university
sold software to a military institution thought to be conducting nuclear explosion simulations Aaron Rennie / Yahoo Finance : Cadence Design Systems Stock Pops as Firm Settles With US, Raises Outlook ...
Salient, which uses AI to automate the post-loan origination process for lenders, raised a $60M Series A led by a16z, a source says at a $350M valuation
Consumer lending is a huge and complex market — almost 80% of U.S. households have some form of debt. Salient : Salient Secures 60 Million Dollars to Expand AI-Powered Loan Servicing Platform X: Diana...
Athens-based defense tech startup Delian Alliance Industries, which makes its own hardware, software, and sensor fusion systems, raised a $14M Series A
Financial Times :
Filing: Bit Digital-owned AI infrastructure company Whitefiber seeks to raise $132.8M in an IPO, selling 7.8M shares for $15 to $17 for an up to $593M valuation
Whitefiber Inc., an artificial intelligence infrastructure subsidiary of crypto treasury firm Bit Digital Inc. …
Sources: Quince, a DTC luxury brand that is viral on Instagram and TikTok, raised ~$200M led by Iconiq at a $4.5B valuation, after raising $120M in January 2025
Bloomberg :
BlinkOps, which provides AI agents for cybersecurity tasks like managing identity access and patching bugs, raised a $50M Series B led by OG Venture Partners
We are going bigger, higher, faster!! GO BlinkOps — https://lnkd.in/... https://lnkd.in/... Pavel Livshiz : Massive congrats to Gil Barak, Zion Zatlavi and the entire BlinkOps team, Hetz Ventures ...
Seattle-based Dropzone AI, which offers AI agents that act as Security Operations Center analysts, raised a $37M Series B led by Theory Ventures
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :
Harmonic, an AI math startup co-founded by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, unveils its model Aristotle, saying it achieved gold medal performance on the 2025 IMO
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch :
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