Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the US has reached a TikTok deal with China, as Trump cites “a ‘certain’ company that young people” in the US wanted saved
The U.S. and China have a reached a ‘framework’ deal for social media platform TikTok, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday.
OpenAI releases the first detailed public study on how people use ChatGPT: 73% of chats were non-work related, practical guidance was the top use case, and more
OpenAI released the first detailed public study on who uses its chatbot and what they most often ask it to do.
An Anthropic report details how Claude usage varies by country and US state, finding 36% use it for coding, 77% of business uses involve automation, and more
Introduction — Introduction — AI differs from prior technologies in its unprecedented adoption speed.
In a preliminary probe, China rules that Nvidia violated anti-monopoly laws by acquiring Mellanox in April 2020, as the US and China negotiate tariffs in Madrid
China ruled that Nvidia Corp. violated anti-monopoly laws with a high-profile 2020 deal, ratcheting up the pressure on Washington during sensitive trade negotiations.
Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, its next flagship mobile chipset, before its 2025 Snapdragon Summit, and Xiaomi says its 17 series will use it
The Xiaomi 17 series will be one of the first to adopt the new chipset. — • — • — • — TL;DR
Spotify adds new features globally that let free users search for and play any song they want; the company reported 433M ad-supported MAUs out of 696M in Q2
Following its long-awaited launch of lossless streaming for paid subscribers, Spotify is upgrading its service for free users, too.
Apple AirPods Pro 3 review: a significantly better fit, sound quality, noise cancellation, and battery life, but heart-rate monitoring is buried in fitness apps
They cost the same at a hefty $249, but Apple's third-generation noise-canceling earbuds have improved in all the key areas …
The London Stock Exchange debuts a blockchain-based platform, initially focused on private funds and increasing efficiency, marking its push into digital assets
London Stock Exchange Group Plc has rolled out a blockchain-based platform initially focused on private funds, marking a push by the bourse operator into digital assets.
Alphabet becomes the fourth company to reach a $3T market cap, joining Nvidia, Microsoft, and Apple, after its stock jumped 4%+ on Monday
Alphabet has joined the $3 trillion club. — Shares of the search giant jumped more than 4% on Monday, pushing the company into territory occupied only by Nvidia, Microsoft and Apple.
Sources: Google adopts risk-based Android security updates, prioritizing fixing only high-risk vulnerabilities in monthly releases, and others in quarterly ASBs
Google has changed its release strategy for Android security updates. Here's what this means for you — • — •
PayPal launches PayPal Links, which lets users create personalized, one-time links to send money to or request payment from other PayPal users, including crypto
ZDNET's key takeaways — PayPal Links lets you send and request money with other PayPal users.
The AI revolution has more in common with shipping containerization than the boom unleashed by the microprocessor: diffuse global benefits but few new fortunes
The disruption is real. It's also predictable. — ISSUE 04 — Fortunes are made by entrepreneurs and investors … X: @actaccordingly , @shearic , @joincolossus , @sameer_singh17 , @patrick_oshag , @j...
Snap announces Snap OS 2.0 for its Spectacles glasses, updating first-party apps and adding new features like Travel Mode and support for WebXR
I just tested the game-changing update
CoreWeave says it has signed a new $6.3B order with Nvidia that guarantees Nvidia will purchase any cloud capacity not sold to customers through April 13, 2032
Skeptics See 90% Downside Georgia Butler / DatacenterDynamics : Nvidia to purchase unsold compute capacity from CoreWeave for $6.3bn CoinDesk : CoreWeave Stock Climbs 5% After $6.3B Cloud Capacity Dea...
Google's Gemini app is the #1 free app in the US App Store, driven by its Nano Banana model, which has been used to edit 500M+ images since its August 26 launch
Its ability to edit images without losing consistency and maintaining a character's likeness are unparalleled in free AI apps. — https://9to5google.com/... Forums: r/stocks : Google's Gemini app hit...
Sources: OpenAI is recruiting AI researchers to work on humanoid robots and is training AI algorithms that are better able to make sense of the physical world
The company behind ChatGPT is putting together a team capable of developing algorithms to control robots and appears …
A deep dive into Nvidia's Rubin CPX chip architecture, which is optimized for the prefill phase of inference, emphasizing compute FLOPS over memory bandwidth
the Rubin CTX is for inference, and it's a beast — sold as a rack as the unit, this one optimizes various LLM phases into silicon — notably: it does prefill in fp4 with low memory bandwidth and hu...
How UAE's $2B investment in Trump family's WLF is linked to the deal allowing the UAE's G42 to access AI chips, in which David Sacks played a key role
This summer, Steve Witkoff, President Trump's Middle East envoy, paid a visit to the coast of Sardinia, a stretch of the Mediterranean Sea crowded with super yachts.
Amazon schedules its annual fall hardware event for September 30 in NYC, where it is expected to launch Echo smart speakers, Kindles, and possibly other gadgets
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Tel Aviv-based Remedio, which uses AI to detect risky misconfigurations on corporate networks, raised $65M led by Bessemer, a source says at a $300M valuation
GYTPOL is now Remedio, (Remedio is the Spanish word for remedy) …
Riyadh-based Hala, which offers payment services to 142K+ small businesses in the Gulf region, raised a $157M Series B, a source says at a ~$900M valuation
Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg : LinkedIn: Riyad Abou Jaoudeh and Aisha S Gani LinkedIn: Riyad Abou Jaoudeh : So excited to finally announce HALA 's $157M series B co-led by TPG and Sanabil Investments wit...
LA-based MarqVision, which uses AI to monitor marketplaces for counterfeits, raised a $48M Series B led by Peak XV Partners, bringing its total funding to ~$90M
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A look at the training sessions hosted by robotaxi companies, like Zoox, to teach first responders how to respond to emergencies involving self-driving cars
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How Hangzhou, home to DeepSeek and Alibaba, became China's AI hub as the local government built a Silicon Valley-inspired innovation corridor in the city's west
or Hangzhou at all. Waiting for the next Deepseek “surreal” trauma moment, only to repress it soon afterwards... Time to reckon with the new world and rethink our place in it. S.L. Kanthan / @kanthan2...
Tel Aviv-based Terra Security, which offers an AI-driven penetration testing platform, raised a $30M Series A led by Felicis, bringing its total funding to $38M
Meir Orbach / CTech :
Conceivable Life Sciences, which wants to use AI to automate embryologists' work, raised $50M led by Advance Venture Partners, taking its total funding to $70M
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg :
After spending millions on advertising and lobbying, Coinbase faces mounting competition as Wall Street embraces crypto due to new rules under President Trump
Nikou Asgari / Financial Times :
Japan is becoming a test bed for whether logistics companies can overcome labor shortages, as the aging country lags the US and China in robotics and automation
Harry Dempsey / Financial Times :
Divergent Technologies, which makes automated assembly systems and 3D printers to make missile parts and other equipment, raised $290M at a $2.3B valuation
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An interview with Goldman Sachs partner Kerry Blum on how the company's ~46K employees use its GenAI-powered GS AI Assistant, saying the risk is “over-reliance”
The big question: does this boost productivity or just pave the way for layoffs? In tech, the answer's already clearly the latter.
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