The US taking a 10% equity stake in Intel is a terrible idea and a dangerous turn in US industrial policy, but also the least bad option to make Foundry viable
The U.S. taking an equity stake in Intel is a terrible idea; it also happens to be the least bad idea to make Intel Foundry viable.
Apple announces an “Awe dropping” event on September 9 at 10AM PT at Apple Park, where the iPhone 17 lineup, new Apple Watch models, and more are expected
Apple will hold its annual iPhone-centric event on Tuesday, September 9 at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California …
Google says it is behind the viral “nano-banana” image model and launches it as Gemini 2.5 Flash Image with finer edit controls in the Gemini app, API, and more
Google is upgrading its Gemini chatbot with a new AI image model that gives users finer control over editing photos …
AT&T agrees to buy spectrum licenses from EchoStar for ~$23B in cash, adding ~50MHz of spectrum, expected to close by mid-2026, pending regulatory approval
EchoStar Corp. has agreed to sell spectrum licenses to AT&T Inc. for about $23 billion in a deal that will help the company stay …
Filing: Intel warns the US taking a 10% stake could cause “adverse reactions”, like in international sales, which made up 76% of revenue in its past fiscal year
Intel on Monday warned of “adverse reactions” from investors, employees and others to the Trump administration taking …
Stanford researchers: over the past three years, employment has dropped 13% for entry-level workers just starting out in fields that are the most exposed to AI
Artificial intelligence is making it harder for entry-level workers in the US to find jobs in fields like software development …
Spotify launches a DM feature that lets users share audio and send text chats, available to mobile users aged 16 years and older in “select markets” this week
Both Free and Premium accounts can share audio content and send messages to each other.
Sources: the Trump administration is considering imposing sanctions on EU or member state officials that implement the DSA, after US tech company complaints
President Donald Trump's administration is considering imposing sanctions on European Union or member state officials responsible …
Melania Trump says she hopes to become the “First Lady of Technology” as she leads the Presidential AI Challenge to inspire children and teachers to embrace AI
In an exclusive statement to the New York Post, first lady Melania Trump has revealed her next official project …
Court filing: Tesla rejected a $60M settlement offer in a lawsuit over a fatal 2019 crash of a Model S with Autopilot, before a jury awarded a $243M verdict
Billionaire Elon Musk's electric vehicle company Tesla (TSLA.O) rejected a $60 million settlement proposal in a lawsuit …
SSA's chief data officer files a whistleblower complaint that DOGE uploaded a database with every Social Security number ever issued to an insecure cloud server
DOGE team members uploaded a database with the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to a vulnerable cloud server …
Trump Media and Crypto.com sign a deal to integrate Crypto.com's wallet and adopt the CRO token for Truth Social's rewards; Trump Media will buy $105M in CRO
Trump Media and Technology Group (DJT) said it agreed to form a joint venture with Crypto.com that will invest in the exchange's CRO token …
Framework unveils a second-generation Framework Laptop 16 with a swappable Nvidia RTX 5070 GPU, an industry first, shipping in November 2025 for $2,199+
The second-gen Framework Laptop 16 is coming in November — but the bigger deal is an upgradable laptop GPU.
Sources and docs: Microsoft worked with the FBI to track anti-Israel protests, flagged internal emails with words like “Gaza”, deleted posts, and fired staff
Twenty activists urging company to sever ties with Israeli military were arrested last week.
French prosecutors open an investigation into Australian video platform Kick over the death of a content creator who was violently abused during livestreams
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Japanese media groups Nikkei and Asahi Shimbun jointly sue Perplexity in Tokyo, alleging the AI startup “copied and stored” their articles without permission
The publishers say the company illegally ‘copied and stored article content’ — Two of Japan's largest media groups …
Sources: Apple executives have discussed acquiring Mistral AI and Perplexity, with Eddy Cue as the most vocal champion within the company for such AI deals
This summer, investment bankers came knocking on Apple's door with a pitch: Was the iPhone maker interested in doing a major acquisition …
Google plans to begin verifying the identities of developers who distribute Android apps, even outside the Play Store, rolling out in phases from September 2026
Stop this shit Google. If I want to sideload an app, I should be able to sideload an app. — www.androidauthority.com/android- deve... @natanael : This is what Apple got sued for and lost over in EU...
xAI sues Apple and OpenAI, alleging their deal to integrate ChatGPT into Apple's OSes stifles competition and that Apple favors OpenAI in its App Store rankings
in their great past. @elonmusk is right to do this. [image] Bluesky: Casey Newton / @caseynewton : Can Musk sue his way to the top of the App Store? I asked Stanford Law Prof. @marklemley.bsky.social...
Forty-four US AGs sign an open letter to 11 chatbot and social media companies, warning that they will “answer for it” if their AI chatbots knowingly harm kids
That's gonna be $1,000 billable, dear AI companies! You're welcome! [embedded post] Forums: r/technology : Forty-four attorneys general signed an open letter on Monday that says to companies developi...
Sources: Doug Beck, director of the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit, resigns; DOD officials had previously raised concerns about his donations to Democrats
Google says NotebookLM's Video Overviews now support 80 languages, and Audio Overviews now provide more detailed non-English summaries
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YouTube rolls out Hype, which lets users boost creators with under 500K subscribers via a hype button that gives videos points, in the US and 38 other countries
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Sources: Temu resumes shipping goods from China directly to US consumers and increases its US ad spending, after a trade truce between Washington and Beijing
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A profile of film studio A24, valued at $3.5B in June 2024, as it focuses on big budget projects and explores AI tools via A24 Labs, drawing mixed reactions
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Sources: Klarna seeks a $13B to $14B valuation in its IPO next month, selling shares for $34-$36 as early as this week; Klarna sought a ~$50B valuation in 2021
Q&A with Harsh Jain, CEO of Dream11 parent Dream Sports, on India's real-money gaming law, which he says erased 95% of the group's revenue and all its profits
“It's been 18 years since I started running this. We've had a lot less when we started out. … Abhijit Bhave : Dream 11 - still dreaming BIG — Loved the positivity & grit of Harsh Jain, cofounder Dr...
SoftBank shares are up 61% in 2025, making it one of Tokyo's top performers, on the back of AI and chip investments, as some investors question the upside
The Japanese investment giant's shares are up 61% this year, outperforming the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average's 8.5% gain. …
Bengaluru, home to about 33% of India's 1,800+ GCCs and key to the $300B tech industry, struggles as its infrastructure lags behind rapid tech sector growth
Financial Times : X: @krishn_ X: Krishn Kaushik / @krishn_ : On a recent visit to a swanky GCC of a global giant in Bangalore we learned that most of those offices don't get piped water, making us re...
Yield Sec: illegal gambling operators captured 71% of Europe's online betting and casino market in 2024, or €80.65B, as regulators struggle with crypto casinos
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LinkedIn is expanding its BrandLink video ads program with new publishers and creators, and says payouts to them have more than tripled year over year
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Shopify updated a help page in May to tighten its rules against “hateful content” like racist merchandise, after removing a similar ban in July 2024
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