Techmeme River
Freitag, 18. Juli 2025
18:50
Ring reinstated its mission to “make neighborhoods safer” and reintroduced video sharing with police in April, as its founder led an overhaul since his return
Business Insider
17:45
S&P Global says Block will join the S&P 500 on July 23, after announcing Monday that ad tech firm The Trade Desk will also be added; XYZ jumps 9%+ after hours
CNBC
17:25
Source: the CEO and the chief people officer of Astronomer were put on leave after a video of them cuddling on a kiss cam at a Coldplay concert went viral
Axios
17:00
Adobe updates its Firefly video model and adds a beta Generate Sound Effects tool that can create custom sounds from text prompts and the user's voice
ZDNET
16:20
Sources: Cursor maker Anysphere acquired Koala, an AI-powered CRM startup that raised a $15M Series A five months ago; Koala plans to shut down in September
TechCrunch
16:00
Clothing inventory monetization startup CaaStle's ex-CEO Christine Hunsicker is charged with defrauding investors of more than $300M over the past six years
Associated Press
15:37
President Trump signs the GENIUS Act, and says the first federal bill to regulate stablecoins will “secure the dollar's status as the world's reserve currency”
Bloomberg
14:30
SPAC Insider: SPACs are booming in 2025, with 74 blank check companies going public so far in 2025, raising about $14.7B and beating 2022 total of $13.4B
Axios
13:25
Google files a lawsuit in the US against 25 unnamed individuals in China, accusing them of operating the BadBox 2.0 botnet, compromising 10M+ devices worldwide
The Register
12:45
BrightAI, an AI-powered service using custom chips and devices to monitor critical infrastructure, raised a $51M Series A, source says at a $300M valuation
Bloomberg
12:00
Microsoft shuts down the Movies & TV storefront on the Microsoft Store on Windows and Xbox; users will continue to be able to access their past purchases
Windows Central
11:30
Germany-based Q.ANT, which is developing energy-efficient photonic processors for AI and high-performance computing, raised a €62M Series A
Tech.eu
10:45
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins says the GENIUS Act is a “historic step” and the SEC is weighing an “innovation exemption” from regulations to incentivize tokenization
Bloomberg
10:05
Total crypto market value surpassed $4T for the first time, driven by altcoin rallies and US legislative momentum; Ether jumped 22% over the past five days
Bloomberg
09:00
Ted Sarandos says The Eternaut featured the first GenAI final footage in a Netflix original and that the VFX costs would have been too high otherwise
BBC
08:20
Joel Kaplan says Meta won't sign EU's AI code of practice, calling its guidelines overreach that will throttle development and deployment of AI models in Europe
Bloomberg
07:40
The EU issues guidelines to help AI models with systemic risks comply with the AI Act, after criticism from some companies about lack of clarity
Reuters
06:10
A lawmaker who regulates Russia's IT sector warns WhatsApp to “prepare to leave” Russia; Moscow recently approved development of a state-backed messaging app
Reuters
05:20
Lenovo Legion Go S review: SteamOS is a huge improvement over Windows, but battery life falls behind Windows-based handhelds and its touchpad is nearly useless
The Verge
02:20
Analysis: nearly 70 Trump administration officials and nominees held crypto or investments in blockchain or digital-asset firms at the time of their selection
Washington Post
00:10
Apple sues YouTuber Jon Prosser and an Apple staffer's friend over iOS 26 leaks, for allegedly accessing the staffer's iPhone; Prosser denies the claim
MacRumors
Donnerstag, 17. Juli 2025
23:45
Sources: the US State Department has effectively dismantled its three-year-old Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, firing between nine and 11 staffers
Cybersecurity Dive
22:50
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 review: looks like a regular phone with an exquisitely thin design, has top-tier performance, but is very pricey and lacks S Pen support
Engadget
22:10
Neuralink filed on April 24 as a “small disadvantaged business” that could give it preferential access to federal opportunities, before being valued at $9B
CNBC
21:50
Claude Code users, many on the $200-a-month Max plan, are unexpectedly facing restrictive usage limits; Anthropic says it's “working to resolve these issues”
TechCrunch
21:30
Tech execs and others detail the behind-the-scenes relationship between President Trump and Sam Altman, including how Altman quietly maneuvered around Elon Musk
Wall Street Journal
21:05
The Gates Foundation, Ballmer Group, and others form NextLadder to spend $1B over 15 years to develop AI tools for public defenders, parole officers, and more
Associated Press
20:01
Sources: Meta hired AI researchers Mark Lee, from Apple's Foundation Models team, and Tom Gunter, who left Apple in June, for its superintelligence lab
Bloomberg
19:45
Sources: the White House is preparing an EO requiring AI companies with federal contracts to be neutral and unbiased, to combat what officials see as “woke AI”
Wall Street Journal
19:30
An advisory board convened by OpenAI recommends that the company remain a nonprofit because AI is “too consequential” to be governed by a corporation alone
Associated Press
18:55
The US House passes the GENIUS Act, sending the stablecoin bill to Trump for his signature, and advances two other crypto bills to the Senate for consideration
Reuters
18:50
A federal judge reinstates FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, months after President Trump sought to fire her and Democratic colleague Alvaro Bedoya
Bloomberg Law
18:25
Netflix says it's on track to double its advertising revenue this year and that it will roll out interactive ads in the second half of 2025
The Verge
17:15
Sources: Trump is expected to sign an executive order as soon as this week that would open up 401(k) plans to cryptocurrency and other alternative investments
Financial Times
16:10
Netflix reports Q2 revenue up 16% YoY to $11.08B, vs. $11.07B est., net income of $3.13B, and forecasts 2025 revenue of $44.8B-$45.2B, up from $43.5B-$44.5B
CNBC
16:02
Stablecoin regulation bill heads to Trump's desk
Axios
15:30
Google's Veo 3 video generation model launches on the Gemini API, with an eight-second video costing $6, making it one of the most expensive AI video options
The Decoder
15:25
Sources: Perplexity was valued at $18B in a reported $100M extension round; its annualized revenues jumped from $35M in August 2024 to $150M this month
Financial Times
14:35
Hadrian, which is building largely automated factories to produce space and defense parts, raised a $260M Series C, bringing its total funding to ~$500M
TechCrunch
13:45
The News/Media Alliance says the webhost of 12ft.io, which helped users bypass paywalls, took down the site on July 14 following the trade association's efforts
The Verge
13:40
Apple CarPlay Ultra hands-on: currently exclusive to Aston Martin, enhances center console integration, works smoothly with driver assist systems, and more
Ars Technica
13:25
Hands-on with ChatGPT Agent: combines OpenAI's Operator and deep research tools and is incredibly simple to use, but less customizable than Claude Code
Every
13:20
ChatGPT Agent uses a virtual browser to do tasks such as filling online forms and calling public APIs, and generates downloadable PowerPoint and Excel files
Wired
13:07
OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Agent, which can control an entire computer and perform multi-step tasks, powered by a new dedicated model, rolling out to paid users
The Verge
12:50
AMD unveils the Zen 5-based Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9000 WX-Series CPUs, including the flagship $11,699 Threadripper Pro 9995WX with 96 cores that ships July 23
The Verge
12:15
Decentralized messaging protocol XMTP developer Ephemera raised a $20M Series B at a $300M equity and $750M network valuation, following a $20M Series A in 2021
The Block
12:10
Meta names long time executive Connor Hayes as head of Threads, starting in mid-September; Hayes joined Meta in 2011
Axios
12:00
SEC filing: Seattle-based Augmodo, which is developing wearable tech for retail store employees, like a Smartbadge that collects inventory data, raised $37.5M
GeekWire
11:50
Boulevard, which provides business management software for the self-care sector, raised an $80M Series D led by JMI Equity at an ~$800M post-money valuation
Crunchbase News
11:40
Mistral adds new features to its Le Chat chatbot, including a new “deep research” mode, native multilingual reasoning, and advanced image editing
TechCrunch
11:30
Firestorm Labs, which has contracts with the US DOD for its 3D printed drones, raised a $47M Series A and plans to grow its fleet of airliftable xCell factories
Axios
11:05
A US judge rules that three authors suing Anthropic can bring a class action on behalf of all US writers whose books Anthropic allegedly pirated to train its AI
Reuters
10:55
Spotify expands audiobook access to family plan members with two new plans, including Audiobooks+ that offers more listening hours, in the UK and 10+ countries
TechCrunch
10:45
Q&A with Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas on the browser as AI's killer app, AI talent wars, why users may eventually pay thousands for a single prompt, and more
The Verge
10:12
Substack raised a $100M Series C from Chernin Group, a16z, and others, sources say at a $1.1B valuation, as it builds its social network and warms up to ads
New York Times
09:41
Meta shareholders suing Mark Zuckerberg and Meta leaders over alleged Cambridge Analytica privacy violations reach a settlement deal, ending an $8B trial
Reuters
08:55
In H1 2025, hackers stole $2.17B+ from crypto services, which includes North Korea's record $1.5B Bybit hack, surpassing all of 2024 and up 17% on H1 2022
Chainalysis
08:40
Uber partners with EV maker Lucid and AV startup Nuro to deploy 20K+ robotaxis in the US over six years; Uber plans to invest $300M in Lucid and more in Nuro
The Verge
08:15
Remagine Ventures: 342 Israeli startups are now building generative AI-based products, up by 198 since May 2024, and have collectively raised $20B+ to date
CTech
07:47
Swedish AI coding startup Lovable raised a $200M Series A led by Accel at a $1.8B valuation, making it Europe's newest unicorn; Lovable was founded in 2023
Bloomberg
07:30
Roblox taps Persona to estimate users' ages and verify they are 13+, renames Friends to Connections, and says only users over 13 can message Trusted Connections
The Verge
07:00
Big Tech's acquihires of AI startups, like Meta's $14.3B Scale AI deal, leaves investors with modest or no returns and may further entrench Big Tech's dominance
Bloomberg
06:45
Sources: in a Trump meeting last week, Jensen Huang argued US chips should be the global standard and was backed by David Sacks, who disliked Biden's chip rules
New York Times
06:30
The Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Danish government plan to invest €80M to buy and run a Microsoft-powered quantum computer, due to take on work by early 2027
Bloomberg
06:10
Sources: some Trump administration officials are holding up finalizing a deal for the UAE to buy Nvidia AI chips over concerns that China could access the chips
Wall Street Journal
06:00
Amazon's 2024 sustainability report says Amazon emitted 68.25M metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, up 6% from 2023 and the first increase in three years
Bloomberg
05:50
Samsung Electronics Chair Jay Y. Lee wins a full reprieve from South Korea's Supreme Court in a protracted fight over fraud and stock manipulation allegations
Wall Street Journal
05:40
The US FCC aims to introduce a ban on companies that use certain Chinese tech and equipment from building submarine communication cables that connect to the US
Financial Times
04:45
Jack Dorsey invests $10M in “and Other Stuff”, a nonprofit focused on funding open-source projects and tools built on open protocols like Nostr and ActivityPub
TechCrunch
04:30
Chinese game Revenge on Gold Diggers, one of the most popular and contentious video games in the country, sparks a debate over misogyny and male resentment
New York Times
04:15
AI and automation are transforming agriculture with autonomous tractors, fruit-picking robots and drones, remote sensing, image analytics, and soft intelligence
Wall Street Journal
04:00
TSMC CEO C.C. Wei says the company is speeding up construction of its second and third Arizona plants “by several quarters” to meet chip demand from US clients
Nikkei Asia
03:55
TSMC reports Q2 net income up 61% YoY to ~$13.5B, beating est. every quarter since 2021, and raises its 2025 sales growth guidance in USD from mid-20% to 30%
Bloomberg
02:40
AI is already transforming Hollywood, as studios and production companies experiment with AI tools while labor groups warn of job losses and other consequences
The Hollywood Reporter
02:30
Location sharing apps like Find My, Snap Map, and Life360 are popular among Gen Z, despite concerns about their impact on real-world relationships and actions
SFGATE
02:20
A look at Chinese company Hailanyun's $223M wind-powered underwater data center, about six miles from Shanghai and using tech Microsoft pioneered back in 2014
Scientific American
01:55
Elliptic estimates cross-chain criminal and high-risk activity at $21.8B+ in 2025, up from $7B in 2023, and attributes ~12% to crypto hacks from North Korea
Cointelegraph
01:25
A look at Neon Coat, an app that offers models and influencers free restaurant meals, fitness classes, and other experiences in exchange for social media posts
Wall Street Journal
01:10
Perplexity offers a free one-year Perplexity Pro subscription, which costs $20/month, to 360M users of Bharti Airtel, India's second-largest telecom operator
Moneycontrol
00:35
Sources: the European Commission has stalled its investigation into X for breaking its digital transparency rules, while it negotiates a trade deal with the US
Financial Times
00:30
Google says threat actors are breaching fully patched, end-of-life cybersecurity company SonicWall's appliances and stealing sensitive data from organizations
The Record
Mittwoch, 16. Juli 2025
22:55
Delta plans for 20% of its fares to be individually determined using AI by the end of 2025, up from ~3% now, and has a goal to eliminate static pricing entirely
Fortune
22:20
Microsoft's Copilot struggles to make headway against rival AI assistants; Sensor Tower says Copilot's mobile app has 79M downloads, far below ChatGPT's 900M+
Bloomberg
21:50
Bengaluru-based QpiAI, which is integrating AI and quantum computing for enterprise use cases, raised a $32M Series A at a $162M post-money valuation
TechCrunch
21:25
Coinbase rolls out the Base App, rebranding its Coinbase Wallet as an “everything app” that combines social networking, mini-apps, chat, payments, and trading
The Block
21:05
In response to a FOIA request, the US Marshals Service said it held 28,988+ BTC as of March, worth ~$3.4B at current prices, far fewer than previously believed
The Block
19:55
Multi-service messaging app Beeper relaunches, introducing a $10/month plan and the option to switch to an on-device model; Automattic acquired Beeper in 2024
TechCrunch
18:55
The Delaware trial for Meta investors' $8B lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta leaders opens over claims tied to the 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal
Associated Press
18:05
Filing: Intel is laying off 5,000+ employees across California, Oregon, Texas, and Arizona; California cuts affect 1,935, more than double the initial estimates
Manufacturing Dive
16:25
Reflection, co-founded by ex-Google researchers, unveils Asimov, an AI agent that reads a company's codebase, docs, and more to help software engineering teams
Wired
16:00
OpenAI says it will use the Google Cloud Platform for ChatGPT and its API, adding Google to a list of suppliers that includes Microsoft, CoreWeave, and Oracle
CNBC
15:45
Crypto exchange BigONE confirms a $27M hot wallet hack, says it will “cover all losses”, and is working with security firm SlowMist to trace the stolen assets
CoinDesk
14:57
Sources: Anthropic's financial performance has prompted some investors to indicate interest in funding the startup at a $100B+ valuation if it pursues a deal
The Information
14:20
Sources: Anthropic rehires Boris Cherny and Cat Wu, who developed Claude Code, just two weeks after they left for more senior roles at Cursor maker Anysphere
The Information
14:00
The US House votes to advance three crypto bills following over nine hours of private talks on July 16, a day after President Trump intervened to save the bills
Reuters
13:55
NYC-based Talos, which develops digital asset trading infrastructure, acquires Boston-based blockchain data provider Coin Metrics, a source says for $100M+
Fortune
12:56
xAI's Grok is rated for kids aged 12 and up in the iOS App Store, despite adding “companions”; one includes an NSFW “Bad Rudy” mode and the other becomes NSFW
Platformer
12:35
Google announces a Pixel event for August 20 in NYC, with the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, Pixel 10 Pro Fold, and the 4th-gen Pixel Watch expected
Bloomberg
12:25
AWS rolls out Amazon Bedrock AgentCore in preview to help businesses deploy and operate AI agents that analyze internal data, write code, and handle other tasks
Semafor
12:06
Google Search's AI Mode gets Gemini 2.5 Pro and new deep research capabilities; Google expands its AI-powered business calling feature to all users in the US
TechCrunch
11:55
Bedrock Robotics raised $80M from Eclipse and 8VC to develop retrofit self-driving kits for construction and worksite vehicles, in testing with five companies
TechCrunch
11:45
Scale AI says it is laying off 200 full-time employees, or ~14% of its global workforce, and will stop working with 500 contractors, after Meta invested $14.3B
Bloomberg
11:10
Airbus' Acubed and Google spinout SandboxAQ test MagNav, a quantum-sensing navigation device and potential GPS alternative, for 150+ flight hours across the US
Wall Street Journal
11:00
Europol and Eurojust disrupt pro-Russian hacktivist group NoName057(16) that has claimed responsibility for 1,000+ DDoS attacks since 2022, and make two arrests
Bloomberg
10:40
Microsoft begins testing a Windows 11 feature for sharing the entire desktop with Copilot Vision; it requires first entering a special mode in the Copilot app
Windows Central
10:30
Jensen Huang says “I don't think I changed” Trump's mind on the US' China export rules, and “it's my job to inform the president about what I know very well”
New York Times
10:20
Sources: OpenAI aims to integrate a checkout system into ChatGPT, to ensure users complete transactions within the platform, with merchants paying a commission
Financial Times
10:15
Riyadh-based Lucidya, which develops customer experience software, raised a $30M Series B led by Impact46, marking the largest AI funding round in Saudi Arabia
Bloomberg
10:05
ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet says “while we still prepare for growth in 2026, we cannot confirm it”, after Trump threatened 30% tariffs on the EU; ASML falls 11%
Wall Street Journal
08:55
HPE makes several business changes, including forming a strategy committee and appointing a new board member, as it agrees to work with Elliott to boost value
Bloomberg
08:40
Israeli subterranean mapping startup Exodigo raised a $96M Series B led by Zeev Ventures and Greenfield Partners, taking its total funding to $214M
SiliconANGLE
08:30
Sources: Chinese AI startup MiniMax files confidentially for a Hong Kong IPO, targeting a $4B+ valuation and aiming to raise $510M+, set to float by 2025's end
Reuters
07:20
Intel's former CEO backs President Trump's proposed sovereign wealth fund to secure US leadership in quantum, AI, and chips as an alternative to China's capital
Wall Street Journal
06:45
CrowdStrike: Chinese hacking attacks on US targets more than doubled from 2023 to 330+ incidents in 2025; US officials say China has shifted to hacking-for-hire
Washington Post
05:46
Analysis: 7,818 game titles on Steam now disclose they use generative AI, or 7% of Steam's total library of 114,126 games, up from ~1,000 titles in April 2024
Totally Human Media
05:31
In Beijing, Jensen Huang says Nvidia will “accelerate the recovery” of its China chip sales and he expects its US export licenses “to come through very shortly”
Financial Times
05:16
China, which pledged $8.5B for young AI startups in April, is taking an industrial policy approach to help its AI companies close the gap with those in the US
New York Times
05:01
A look at the Chile-led Latam-GPT project, which involves 30+ Latin American and Caribbean institutions collaborating to release an open-source LLM in September
Rest of World
04:40
In Q2 2025, smartphone shipments in China fell 4% YoY to 69M; Huawei reclaimed the top spot after over four years with an 18.1% share, followed by Vivo's 17.3%
IDC
04:25
Tokopedia sellers say Tokopedia's strengths have eroded since its TikTok Shop merger in Indonesia in 2024, driving thousands of sellers to platforms like Toco
Rest of World
02:35
Google says its Big Sleep AI agent for finding unknown software vulnerabilities recently discovered a critical SQLite flaw that “was at risk of being exploited”
The Record
02:15
ASML reports Q2 net sales up 23% YoY to €7.7B, above €7.52B est., net bookings of €5.5B, above €4.19B est., and forecasts Q3 revenue below estimates
CNBC
02:10
SharpLink Gaming, a Nasdaq-listed online gambling marketing company, becomes the largest corporate ether holder with 280,706, surpassing the Ethereum Foundation
The Block
01:05
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says Nvidia's plan to resume its H20 AI chip sales to China is part of US trade negotiations over rare earths and magnets
Reuters
01:00
Sources: OpenAI researcher Jason Wei, who worked on o3 and deep research models, and his colleague Hyung Won Chung are joining Meta's new superintelligence lab
Wired
00:55
At a supply chain expo in Beijing, Jensen Huang calls AI models from DeepSeek, Alibaba, and Tencent “world class” and says AI is “revolutionizing” supply chains
Reuters
Dienstag, 15. Juli 2025
23:30
Study: in the past year, ~75% of S&P 500-listed firms have updated their official risk disclosures to detail or expand upon mentions of AI-related risk factors
The Register
22:00
A Resume Builder survey of 1,342 managers in the US: 60% say they rely on AI to make decisions about their employees, 78% of which use the tech to decide raises
ZDNET
20:30
Source: OpenAI is developing ChatGPT agents that let users create Excel- and PowerPoint-compatible files, generate reports, and handle tasks involving websites
The Information
19:55
The US DOJ says ex-Army soldier Cameron John Wagenius pled guilty to hacking 10+ companies and to extortion; in February, he admitted he hacked AT&T and Verizon
TechCrunch
19:30
Rome-based Exein, which offers cybersecurity tools for protecting connected devices, raised a €70M Series C led by Balderton, sources say at a €350M+ valuation
Resilience Media
19:00
In a paper, AI researchers from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, and others recommend “further research into chain-of-thought monitorability” for AI safety
TechCrunch
18:15
A former OpenAI engineer details his experience working at the company, its culture, codebase structure, Python, Azure, rapid growth, the Codex launch, and more
Calvin French-Owen
18:05
Several crypto regulation bills backed by Trump fail to clear a key hurdle in the US House after 13 Republicans voted with Democrats to block the legislation
CNBC
17:50
Roblox launches a licensing platform to help IP rights holders to collaborate with creators, with Lionsgate, Netflix, Sega, and Kodansha as founding partners
Variety
17:25
Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on Meta's “personal super intelligence” push, how its pay packages pale in comparison to its AI infra investments, AI glasses, and more
The Information on YouTube
17:15
Unify, which offers AI-powered tools to boost revenue pipelines, raised a $40M Series B led by Battery Ventures, valuing it at $260M, following a $12M Series A
Upstarts Media
17:05
Sources: Cantor Equity Partners 1, a SPAC backed by Cantor Fitzgerald, is in late-stage talks with Blockstream Capital founder Adam Back to buy $3B+ in bitcoin
Financial Times
16:45
Hugging Face users have uploaded 5,000+ AI image models previously banned by Civitai for generating nonconsensual sexual content of real people, to the platform
404 Media
16:20
Cloudflare becomes the first internet intermediary aside from local ISPs to block pirate sites in the UK; the MPA requested blocking close to 200 pirate domains
TorrentFreak
15:40
Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and CLI Codex, terminal-based AI tools launched since February, have surprisingly gained ground on AI code editors with traditional UIs
TechCrunch
15:10
Crypto PAC Fairshake says it has raised $109M since the US elections in November 2024, and $52M in H1 2025, as it prepares for the 2026 US midterm elections
The Block
14:40
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says stablecoins “are real” and the bank will work on “JPMorgan deposit coin and stablecoins to understand it, to be good at it”
CNBC
14:20
Inside Zuckerberg's AI Playbook: Billions in Compute, a Talent Arms Race, and a New Vision for Meta
The Information
13:55
Researchers demonstrate a Rowhammer-style attack on Nvidia's RTX A6000, widely used in cloud services, and say it would likely work against other Nvidia GPUs
Ars Technica
13:20
Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab raised a $2B seed led by a16z at a $12B valuation; Nvidia, Accel, ServiceNow, Cisco, AMD, and Jane Street also invested
Reuters
13:13
Miami-based OpenEvidence, whose free AI search tool has signed up 40% of doctors in the US, raised $210M led by GV at a $3.5B valuation, up from $1B in February
Forbes
12:40
Developers are working on adding CUDA support to Apple's MLX open-source ML framework, which could mean that code developed using MLX would work with CUDA
AppleInsider
12:10
Mistral releases Voxtral, its first open-source AI audio model family, and says Voxtral Mini Transcribe outperforms OpenAI Whisper for less than half the price
TechCrunch
11:55
Sources: the US DOJ and CFTC ended a pair of investigations into crypto betting platform Polymarket that started in the waning days of the Biden administration
Bloomberg
10:25
Uber and Baidu announce a multiyear partnership to launch robotaxis in markets outside the US and mainland China, starting in Asia and the Middle East in 2025
Bloomberg
09:10
Investigation: Microsoft uses engineers in China to help maintain US DOD systems, with minimal supervision by US personnel, leaving sensitive data vulnerable
ProPublica
08:30
Apple signs a $500M deal to buy rare-earth magnets from Pentagon-backed US producer MP Materials, with shipments from MP's Texas facility set to begin in 2027
Bloomberg
08:10
AMD says it will restart shipments of its MI308 AI chips to China after the US Commerce Department gave assurances it would approve the sales, following Nvidia
Bloomberg
07:55
Anthropic launches Claude for Financial Services, designed to help analysts conduct market research and handle due diligence, with data from FactSet and others
Bloomberg
06:55
Google signs two 20-year power purchase agreements worth $3B to access hydroelectric power from Brookfield's renewables arm, starting with up to 670MW of power
Financial Times
06:40
Nextdoor adds new features like an interactive neighborhood map called Alerts, partners with 3,500+ local news outlets in the US, the UK, and Canada, and more
The Verge
06:30
CoreWeave says it plans to invest up to $6B to set up a 100MW data center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, creating 175 jobs and potentially expanding to 300MW later
Bloomberg
06:10
Researchers: during and after the 12-day Iran-Israel war, both sides engaged in psychological warfare that used AI content and social media to spread propaganda
New York Times
05:55
Researcher: on July 13, a DOGE employee posted on GitHub a private API key meant for internal xAI use, letting anyone have direct access to dozens of xAI's LLMs
Krebs on Security
05:40
The US Commerce Department opens national security probes into imports of unmanned aircraft systems and polysilicon supply chains, used in chip manufacturing
Financial Times
03:55
PitchBook: US startup funding surged 75.6% YoY in H1 2025 to $162.8B, the strongest since H1 2021, driven by AI and on track for the second-best year ever
Reuters
02:20
Alibaba is spending $7B to promote Taobao as JD.com invests $1.4B to expand food delivery, with both offering discounts to become China's leading “everyday app”
Financial Times
Montag, 14. Juli 2025
23:20
Berlin-based Motor AI, which develops Level 4 driving tech “based on cognitive neuroscience” and plans to deploy it on German roads in 2025, raised a $20M seed
GamesBeat
22:55
Nvidia plans to resume H20 sales to China after the US assured it AI chip shipments would be approved, reversing the Trump administration's stance from April
Bloomberg
22:05
Benchmark's investment in Chinese startup Manus highlights a widening philosophical divide in Silicon Valley over China, patriotism, and the pursuit of profit
Bloomberg
20:10
Grok's iOS app now features two AI Companions, or 3D animated avatars that interact with users via voice, including Ani, an anime character with an NSFW mode
TestingCatalog
19:15
A look at SpaceX's $2B xAI investment and Tesla's possible investment in xAI, and the idea that Tesla stock is a way to invest in the “Musk Mars Conglomerate”
Bloomberg
18:20
Reddit says it is now verifying UK users' ages using Persona before letting them “view certain mature content”, to comply with the country's Online Safety Act
Ars Technica
17:40
Meta says it has taken down ~10M Facebook profiles so far in 2025 that impersonated large content creators or repeatedly reused their text, photos, or videos
TechCrunch
16:35
[Thread] Some users claim that xAI's Grok 4 Heavy, which costs $300/month, responded simply with “Hitler” when asked to “Return your surname and no other text”
@goodside
16:20
IDC: the global smartphone market grew 1% YoY in Q2, despite economic pressures and weak consumer demand in China; Samsung led with 58M shipments, up 7.9% YoY
AppleInsider
16:10
NetBox Labs, whose open-source tools help manage networks and are used by clients like CoreWeave, Arm, Cisco, JP Morgan, and Riot Games, raised a $35M Series B
implicator.ai
15:25
Google adds featured notebooks to NotebookLM from publications, including The Economist and The Atlantic, plus professors, authors, researchers, and nonprofits
TechCrunch
15:20
Analysis of 10 crypto exchanges: on average they took four days to list $TRUMP, whereas the other top four meme coins since 2022 took 129 days to be listed
Reuters
14:50
Sources: Meta's new superintelligence lab led by Alexandr Wang discussed abandoning its top open-source model, Behemoth, in favor of developing a closed model
New York Times
14:45
Google Cloud has competed well against AWS in AI, attracting business from The Browser Company, Safe Superintelligence, Thinking Machines Lab, and OpenAI
The Information
14:13
Cognition acquires Windsurf, saying it will waive 100% of Windsurf employees' vesting cliffs and give them “fully accelerated vesting for their work to date”
New York Times
14:05
Sources: ByteDance is working on a lightweight MR device that resembles goggles, tethered to a compute puck, and has a team working on the device's custom chips
The Information
13:55
The European Commission says that France, Spain, Italy, Denmark, and Greece will test a blueprint for an age verification app meant to protect children online
Reuters
13:40
Anthropic now uses Canva's MCP server to let Canva users manage designs in Claude, following Claude integrations with Figma, Notion, Stripe, Prisma, and others
The Verge
13:10
The US DOD announces OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and xAI have each won contracts with a $200M ceiling, aimed at enabling agentic AI national security workflows
Reuters
13:05
Adobe Analytics: Amazon's four-day Prime Day event drove $24.1B in US e-commerce sales, up 30.3% YoY; generative AI traffic to US retail sites was up 3,300% YoY
TechCrunch
11:35
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is building several multi-gigawatt “clusters”, starting with Prometheus, a massive datacenter that is scheduled to come online in 2026
Bloomberg
11:11
Amazon launches Kiro, an IDE that aims to bridge the gap between rapidly vibe-coded prototypes and production systems with specs, testing, and documentation
GeekWire
10:50
Moonvalley, which is developing “ethical” AI video models trained on licensed content, raised $84M led by General Catalyst, bringing its total funding to $154M
Variety
10:15
Crypto asset manager Grayscale confidentially files draft IPO paperwork with the US SEC, offering few details; the DCG subsidiary manages $30B+ in BTC and ETH
The Block
09:30
CSET researchers: China's SMEE has only a 4% market share in older-generation chip lithography, far below ASML and Nikon, a “chokepoint” for China's chip plans
Bloomberg
09:15
Discord launches Orbs, a virtual reward system that incentivizes users to interact with ads by completing Quests to earn digital items, after a seven-week beta
TechCrunch
08:55
Tesla is set to face a Florida federal jury to defend allegations that Autopilot was at fault in a fatal 2019 crash, as it tests autonomous robotaxis in Austin
Washington Post
08:35
An Indicator analysis of 85 AI “nudify” websites: they average 18.5M monthly visitors, may make up to $36M annually combined, and rely on Big Tech's services
Wired
08:20
Interviews with 12+ drone and military experts: the US lags China and Russia in manufacturing drones and training soldiers to use them and defend against them
New York Times
08:05
Malaysia says individuals and companies must now get a permit 30+ days before exporting AI chips, signaling it's clamping down on exports to places like China
Bloomberg
07:10
An interview with Google President of Android Ecosystem Sameer Samat, who says Google is “going to be combining ChromeOS and Android into a single platform”
TechRadar
06:35
Republican House leaders expect to pass the GENIUS Act this week, sending Congress' first crypto legislation to the president, and vote on two more crypto bills
Bloomberg
05:53
Jensen Huang says China's military will avoid using Nvidia's AI chips, citing the risks associated with US export restrictions limiting the chips “at any time”
Bloomberg
04:50
China approves Synopsys' $35B acquisition of 3D design simulation software maker Ansys, after the US lifted restrictions on chip design software sales to China
Reuters
02:30
An Internet Matters survey of 1,000 UK kids aged 9 to 17 finds 64% use AI chatbots; of those, 35% say chatting with a chatbot feels like talking to a friend
Futurism
00:50
Bitcoin hit an all-time high at $122,000+ on July 14, up ~30% since January 2025, after more than doubling in 2024; ether hit $3,000+, and altcoins are also up
Bloomberg
Sonntag, 13. Juli 2025
23:55
A look at WindBorne, which uses weather balloons and AI to improve forecasting, as the Trump administration's NOAA cuts threaten its public weather data access
New York Times
19:40
Nielsen: Netflix's share of the most-watched shows dropped from 80%+ in 2021 to 52% in 2025; Amazon, Apple, HBO, Hulu, and Paramount have shows in 2025's Top 10
Bloomberg