Intel says the US will make an $8.9B investment by purchasing 433.3M primary shares of Intel common stock for $20.47/share; INTC closed on August 22 at $24.80
U.S. Government to make $8.9 billion investment in Intel common stock as company builds upon its more than $100 billion expansion of resilient semiconductor supply chain
Bluesky blocks access to its service in Mississippi, saying it doesn't have the resources to comply with the state's broad new law requiring age verification
Social networking startup Bluesky has made the decision to block access to its service in the state of Mississippi, rather than comply with a new age assurance law.
Major real-money gaming platforms in India halted cash games after President Murmu signed the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, into law
Most major platforms over August 21 and August 22 stopped offering cash games, in compliance with the Promotion and Regulation of Gaming Act …
The US government takes a 10% stake in Intel; Howard Lutnick said earlier the US won't be on the board or play a role in Intel's governance; INTC closes up 5%+
Conversion of Chips Act grants to equity will likely be followed by other moves to help troubled chip maker, analysts say
Meta announces a partnership with Midjourney to license the startup's “aesthetic technology” for Meta's future models and products
1/ Today we're proud to announce a partnership with @midjourney, to license their aesthetic technology for our future models and products, bringing beauty to billions.
India's move to ban online real-money games over addiction and money laundering concerns appears valid, but it may push users toward offshore crypto casinos
India also just banned real-money gaming. — In one shot, we killed a sector that …
How AI is increasingly being used to replace human content moderators, who say that the tech is not yet capable of reliably identifying harmful content
Kevin decided on a career in content moderation after his YouTube recommendations took a bewildering swerve.
Q&A with David Luan, head of Amazon's AGI research lab, on leaving Adept in a reverse acquihire deal, why he believes progress on AI models has slowed, and more
Why Amazon AGI Labs chief David Luan thinks solving agents is the next ‘S-curve’ for AI. Bluesky: @prietschka . Mastodon: @jukkan@mstdn.social . Threads: @alexheath . X: @rohitprasadai . LinkedIn: Ju...
Sources: Meta plans to launch its first glasses with a display and a wristband that lets users control the glasses with hand gestures, at Connect in September
Meta is planning to use its annual Connect conference next month to announce a deeper push into smart glasses …
Some experts say Trump's extraordinary intervention is unlikely to save Intel, which faces challenges with poor yields and competition from TSMC and Nvidia
U.S. President Donald Trump is injecting nearly $9 billion into Intel(INTC.O) in exchange for a 9.9% equity stake.
Sources: Apple is in talks with Google about using Gemini to power a revamped Siri; Google has started training a model that could run on Apple's servers
new Siri has three personalities. One is Claude, one is ChatGPT, the other is Gemini. — problem solved. or perhaps you just built Perplexity 😅 [embedded post] Cam / @camsavage00 : insane that Goog...
FanDuel partners with CME Group to offer event-based contracts, letting users wager “yes” or “no” on financial events and benchmarks, starting later this year
The sports-betting platform's deal with CME Group might ultimately lead it to making markets for sports-related events
A surge in AI company valuations is driving the popularity of special purpose vehicles, but some involve high fees, opaque structures, and layers of middlemen
- SPVs have been surging in popularity as retail investors scramble for stock in hot AI companies.
Sources: Nvidia has shown new versions of its Blackwell-based AI chips for Chinese customers to US officials, including one with ~80% of the peak performance
Chip designer hopes Trump will approve new design for sale in China, after Beijing tells its companies not to buy older product
TSMC's financial statement shows the company booked its first profit from its four-year-old Arizona subsidiary in H1 2025, reporting $150.1M in net profit
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台.電), the world's biggest contract chipmaker, booked its first-ever profit …
Sources: Foxconn recalled ~300 Chinese engineers from its Indian plant making iPhone parts, replacing them with Taiwanese staff, its second such move in months
Apple Inc. assembly partner Foxconn Technology Group has recalled about 300 Chinese engineers from a factory in India …
On its 10th anniversary, YouTube Music gets new features, including “Taste Match” playlists similar to Spotify Blend and event notifications through Bandsintown
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Apple sues ex-staffer for allegedly stealing Watch trade secrets to benefit Oppo before leaving Apple in June, claims Oppo knew of and encouraged his actions
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Sources: Visa shut down its open-banking business in the US amid regulatory uncertainty; the unit provided tools to help fintechs access customer-account data
Visa Inc. shut its open-banking business in the US amid regulatory uncertainty about consumer-data rights and the prospect …
Ether surged 15% late Friday, rising as high as $4,885 and surpassing its November 2021 record of $4,866.01 after Fed Chair Jerome Powell hinted at rate cuts
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Filing: OpenAI says Elon Musk talked to Mark Zuckerberg in February about backing a $97.4B OpenAI bid, but neither Zuckerberg nor Meta signed a letter of intent
for less than $100B: filings John Quintet / iPhone in Canada : Elon Musk Asked Mark Zuckerberg to Fund OpenAI Takeover: Filings Swastika Das Sharma / Livemint : Elon Musk wanted Mark Zuckerberg to joi...
Istanbul-based stock and crypto brokerage Midas raised an $80M Series B led by QED Investors, valuing the company, sources say, at nearly $1B
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Australia orders Binance Australia to hire an external auditor within 28 days over “serious concerns” with money laundering and terrorism financing controls
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Databricks plans to acquire Tecton, which helps companies build and deploy ML applications, for an undisclosed sum; Tecton was valued at $900M in 2022
a leader in real-time feature stores for machine learning—to supercharge our AI agent platform and Lakehouse vision. … Patrick Wendell : We're excited to announce a definitive agreement to acquire Tec...
Cloud security provider Netskope files for a US IPO, reports H1 FY 2026 revenue up 30.7% YoY to $328.5M; it is seeking to raise $500M+ at a $5B+ valuation
LETTER FROM OUR CO-FOUNDER AND CEO In 2012, I saw the future unfolding before my eyes … Jacob Robbins / PitchBook : Lightspeed-backed cybersecurity unicorn Netskope files to go public Michael Novinson...
Pattern, an e-commerce firm that resells goods on online marketplaces, files for a US IPO, reporting net income of $32.1M on revenue of $1.1B for H1 2025
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Ontic, whose software helps corporate security teams respond to physical threats, raised a $230M Series C led by KKR, following a $40M Series B in November 2021
Keeping people safe and making organizations stronger. — 🎉🚀 Exciting news today! 🎉🚀 …
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