Montag, 10. August 2026

05:40
Sources: the UK FCA is consulting industry participants, including major banks, on a regulatory framework for tokenized gold; London dominates the global market
Financial Times
05:25
Sources: Nvidia chips remain the norm for Chinese AI labs training LLMs, as switching from its CUDA platform to Huawei's CANN requires major code rewriting
South China Morning Post
05:05
Q&A with historian Jill Lepore on her new book The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State, tech leaders misreading science fiction warnings as manuals, and more
TechCrunch
04:20
A profile of Founders Pledge, which has recorded $4B in pledges from founders so far in 2026, as the AI industry now accounts for a third of its lifetime total
Wired
04:05
Revelio Labs: short-term AI training programs made up ~33% of the professional certificate market in 2026, up from just 2% in 2022 before ChatGPT launched
Bloomberg
03:50
How credit card issuers and reservation apps like OpenTable and Amex-owned Resy fragment restaurant reservations, wiring the best tables into premium card perks
Wall Street Journal
01:40
A look at London's King's Cross, which transformed from a seedy area into an AI hub after DeepMind arrived in 2016, and now hosts OpenAI, Meta, Wayve, and more
TechCrunch
00:30
Chinese AI labs account for nine of Artificial Analysis' top 10 text-to-video models, gaining global adoption and potentially an edge in building world models
Bloomberg

Sonntag, 9. August 2026

23:50
Sources: the UK Royal Navy removed internet connectivity from its drones' cameras, after finding they sent “heartbeat communications” to an IP address in China
Telegraph
23:25
Sources: Sony and TSMC plan a $6.3B JV, owned ~60% by Sony and ~40% by TSMC, to mass produce next-gen image sensor chips in Japan's Kumamoto as early as 2029
Nikkei Asia
22:55
Sources: as Spotify tests a skip ahead button that lets some Premium users skip publisher-sold podcast ads and filler content, audio networks raise concerns
Semafor
22:30
Sources: Chinese regulators have told banks to back tech companies, but lenders still prefer stable cash flows and profitability over loss-making tech startups
Bloomberg
22:15
Moore Threads reports H1 revenue up 147% YoY to ~$258M, a net loss of $1.72M, and plans a Hong Kong listing, after its stock rose 420%+ since its Shanghai IPO
Bloomberg
21:15
Tel Aviv-based QuantHealth, a provider of AI clinical trial simulation software, raised a $45M Series B led by Qumra Capital, taking its total funding to ~$70M
Fierce Healthcare
20:00
An Australian user's OpenClaw agent running Claude exploited a gym API flaw and kicked another member off, after the user asked it to move him up the waitlist
ABC
18:10
After New York and Texas added statewide data center restrictions, 500+ US towns and counties have passed bans or restrictions, up from 300+ in late June
The Information
15:40
A look at Chinese state-owned investment bank CICC, which sponsored multibillion-dollar listings of China's tech champions, including CXMT and Zhongji Innolight
Financial Times
13:15
Sources: Apple is testing CXMT's RAM chips, but needs to share technical details with CXMT to make custom versions, which is blocked by US tech transfer rules
Wall Street Journal
11:40
An in-depth look at OpenAI's model training, dangerous decisions, and cluelessness before the Hugging Face hack; despite delaying Astra, OpenAI doesn't get it
Don't Worry About the Vase
07:00
A look back at “Move 37”, a watershed AI moment from AlphaGo's 2016 Go victory, as math witnesses similar breakthroughs where AI makes surprising discoveries
Wall Street Journal
02:00
Google's AI shakeup suggests it may be prioritizing AI diffusion over frontier-model leadership, betting on AI compute as a bigger economic opportunity
Asimov's Addendum
01:30
Rights groups warn Turkey's new cybersecurity law, which took effect in July, gives the presidency sweeping powers over online services operating in the country
Financial Times
01:10
Cape Town-based Moment, a provider of digital payments and billing tools for businesses across Africa, raised a $22M Series A, taking its total funding to $55M
FinTech Global
00:45
Data Insight: Russia's largest online retailer Wildberries, which owes Russian banks $10B+ in loans, has lost as much as $5B in inventory to Ukrainian attacks
Wall Street Journal

Samstag, 8. August 2026

20:38
Anthropic says auto mode will be the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, and Team plans from August 14, claiming it catches harmful actions better than humans
Simon Willison's Weblog
20:25
A look at “Spiralism”, a quasi-spiritual movement that grew in 2025 from human-AI conversations after sycophantic GPT-4o updates and expanded ChatGPT memory
The Verge
13:45
A profile of Russia's A7, a payment network that helps Russia bypass Western sanctions, handling ~20% of payments in Russian foreign trade, or $100B+ annually
Wall Street Journal
11:45
Amazon is backing a 7.65GW gas plant for an off-grid Texas data center, potentially the largest single US emissions source, at odds with its 2040 net-zero goal
New York Times
09:45
South Korea's AI-driven chip industry boom is reordering the country's society, changing expectations around fairness, careers, and even culture and dating
Bloomberg
06:30
How Amazon and Gilroy, California, quietly negotiated a $2B data center project that AWS applied to build in 2020, without any public meetings or votes
Wall Street Journal
02:30
A profile of Tatyana Kim, founder of Russia's largest online retailer Wildberries, which has lost an estimated third of its warehouse space to Ukrainian attacks
New York Times
02:25
Ukrainian attacks on warehouses of Russia's largest online retailer Wildberries are affecting tens of thousands of small businesses that rely on the platform
Reuters
01:45
Analysis: South Korea and Taiwan each surpassed Japan in total exports for the first time in H1 2026, as AI demand drove explosive growth in chip exports
Nikkei Asia
00:45
X announces the Original Content Rewards Program and will discontinue Revenue Sharing on Sep. 7, saying existing Revenue Sharing members can apply for access
@xcreators

Freitag, 7. August 2026

21:45
Sources: Nvidia agrees to invest $2B in Lancium, the power infrastructure developer of the Stargate campus in Texas, plus $1B more if it hits certain thresholds
The Information
20:55
Analysis: SpaceX is on track to build ~10 GW of compute capacity by 2027's end, with 6 GW-8 GW in 2027 alone, which could drive $300B in annual revenue run rate
SemiAnalysis
20:25
Anthropic announces a feature that allows different Claude Code sessions to message each other with updates and other information, available on macOS and Linux
9to5Mac
19:40
Filings: Moonshot restructured its China-based entity from a limited liability company to a joint stock company in its first visible step toward a Hong Kong IPO
Financial Times
19:15
The US OCC denies Dutch fintech Bunq's application for a national bank charter, citing the need for more clarity on its business plan to expand in the US
Bloomberg
18:45
Sources: Situational Awareness invested $500M, including $400M this week, into Source Foundry, a startup that plans to develop new AI chip manufacturing tools
Wall Street Journal
18:25
The Clarity Act faces uncertainty after Senate Republicans delayed a vote until after their August recess, pushing it to September, just weeks before midterms
Politico
18:00
Sources: data center operator Switch filed confidentially for a US IPO, and a listing could take place as soon as November; Ben Horowitz is joining its board
Bloomberg
17:35
Retailers are updating their websites to rank highly in chatbot results, while making sure purchases are done on their own sites to collect customer data
Reuters
16:25
TMTG interim CEO Kevin McGurn says the company is pulling back from a pair of Crypto.com deals to focus on its media arm and its pending merger with TAE
Axios
15:30
Sources: Cursor told staff on Thursday that SpaceX could complete its $60B acquisition as soon as next week and the Cursor brand name will likely be phased out
The Information
14:45
The US Treasury sanctions Dubai-based unlicensed crypto exchange Shelbit, alleging it processed millions in crypto for IRGC and other Iran-linked groups
Reuters
14:15
Microsoft plans to end support for Manifest V2 extensions in Edge starting this month, following Google Chrome, and for enterprise users in early 2027
The Verge
14:00
Munich-based NavVis, which provides enterprises with spatial data on factories, plants, buildings, and more, raised an $85M Series D led by The Jordan Company
EU-Startups
13:25
Sources: legal AI startup Harvey is in talks to raise $500M+ at a $15.5B valuation, up from $11B in March, and is generating $350M+ in annualized revenue
The Information
12:50
Cloudflare debuts Kitesurf, a cloud-hosted browser for AI agents built on top of its Workers serverless service, available for free while in beta in Browser Run
TechCrunch
12:40
OpenAI says it has expanded safety testing around its upcoming model Astra as it “cannot rule out” critical cyber capabilities, potentially delaying its launch
Axios
12:20
Singapore-based Multiplier, which acquires accounting firms to boost their growth with AI tools, raised a $35M Series B led by TheGP at a $300M valuation
Wall Street Journal
11:35
Nielsen agrees to acquire and take digital media monitor DoubleVerify private in an all-cash deal with a ~$2.15B enterprise value, expected to close by Q1 2027
Variety
10:50
Singapore-based AI infrastructure startup Acrab raised a $130M Series B, bringing its total funding to more than $480M
DealStreetAsia
10:20
Ad measurement company VideoAmp cut ~20% of its staff this week, citing that “AI is a major platform shift”; sources: 50 to 60 were laid off, including the CTO
Wall Street Journal
09:50
Anthropic updates Claude Fable 5's biology safeguards to reduce false positives, cutting biology-related “fallbacks” by ~85% in testing across product surfaces
Anthropic
09:25
At Black Hat, OpenAI reconstructs the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident and examines its implications for AI security, cyber resilience, and alignment
Black Hat on YouTube
08:15
Take-Two reports Q1 bookings down 3% YoY to $1.39B, vs. $1.38B est., forecasts Q2 and FY 2027 bookings below est., and highlights excitement for GTA VI's launch
Reuters
07:50
Livestream shopping app Whatnot raised a $545M Series G led by Iconiq, Lightspeed, and Avra at a $20B valuation, up from an $11.5B valuation in October 2025
Fortune
07:00
Athens-based Omilia, which builds self-learning AI agents that work across different customer contact points, raised a $67M Series B led by Expedition Growth
TechCrunch
06:35
Sources: the US Commerce Department's BIS is reviewing how Chinese AI companies access Nvidia chips overseas, including by legally renting foreign data centers
Bloomberg
06:15
The White House imposes price floors and a 15% tariff on products made from polysilicon, the raw material used in chips that is primarily produced by China
Reuters
06:00
Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes says he will buy $250M of company shares after strong Q4 results dispelled some fears that AI threatens its business model
Financial Times
05:45
SK Hynix plans a $38B chipmaking expansion in South Korea, including building a ~$24.7B DRAM facility in Yongin and a ~$13.3B NAND fabrication plant in Cheongju
Bloomberg
05:20
Analysis: Google DeepMind has lost frontier-model momentum amid leadership and RL talent departures, with Google Cloud emerging as a winner with more compute
SemiAnalysis
05:05
Sources: Google's AI shakeup is a seismic shift in the works for months and cements Sergey Brin's influence, after execs became frustrated with Demis Hassabis
Financial Times
04:05
Sources: up to five people tied to US Cyber Command died by suicide from early June to early July 2026, prompting it to flag them as a potential suicide cluster
Bloomberg
02:16
Filing: ex-a16z partner Bryan Kim is forming venture firm Mido Capital; sources: he plans to raise ~$100M for a fund backing early-stage AI and other startups
Wall Street Journal
01:01
Sources: ByteDance is pretraining an AI model with up to 10T parameters, roughly 3x larger than Kimi K3 and larger than the 8T estimate for Anthropic's Mythos 5
Financial Times
00:50
Sources: an addendum to the bipartisan Clarity Act would force President Trump to divest from crypto businesses, letting him defer paying taxes on the gains
Bloomberg

Donnerstag, 6. August 2026

23:55
Sydney-based AI data center company Firmus raised $2B in funding from Coatue, Nvidia, and others at a $10.5B post-money valuation, up from $5.5B in April
Reuters
23:31
Naïve, which provides infrastructure for AI agents to handle most business operations, raised a $28.5M Series A led by Nexus, bringing its total funding to $32M
TechCrunch
22:46
Sources: Alibaba plans to ask heavy commercial users of its next Qwen open model for a share of revenue; Moonshot's Kimi K3 requires up to a 30% revenue share
Reuters
22:01
Security researchers claim that Kimi K3 went outside of its sandbox during defensive cybersecurity tests, but did not hack anything after accessing the internet
Wired
21:35
Q&A with Replit CEO Amjad Masad on why “vibe coding” is never about coding, the SaaSpocalypse, the “self-driving company”, a CEO is a glorified router, and more
Platformer
21:05
A profile of DDN, a managed data storage company whose annual revenue is expected to grow from $300M pre-AI boom to $1B by year's end, fueled by AI partnerships
Forbes
19:40
New Mexico trial: a judge orders Meta to pay $567M and make changes for underage users after finding its platforms helped create a public nuisance harming teens
KOB 4
19:25
Alphabet raises $25B in an investment-grade bond sale; sources say it attracted ~$115B of peak demand and that Alphabet plans to issue US debt twice per year
Bloomberg
18:50
Atlassian reports Q4 revenue up 28% YoY to $1.77B, vs. $1.66B est., cloud revenue up 31% to $1.2B, forecasts Q1 revenue above est.; TEAM jumps 30%+
Reuters
18:25
Twilio reports Q2 revenue up 22% YoY to $1.5B, above $1.43B est., net income up 4,659% YoY to $1.07B, and forecasts Q3 revenue above estimates; TWLO jumps 30%+
Investor's Business Daily
18:01
Sources: Canva cut its revenue growth forecast as popular new AI features drove up costs, forced it to slow their rollout, and more Canva users moved to ChatGPT
The Information
17:45
Cloudflare reports Q2 revenue up 36% YoY to $696.1M, above $665M est., net loss up 237% YoY to $170M, and forecasts Q3 revenue above estimates; NET jumps 7%+
Barron's Online
17:25
Instacart reports Q2 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.04B, GTV up 14% YoY to $10.35B, above est., and forecasts Q3 GTV and core profit above est.; CART jumps 10%+
Reuters
16:55
Roku reports Q2 revenue up 22% YoY to $1.35B, vs. $1.3B est., $164.2M net income, ad revenue up 25% YoY to $673M, and subscription revenue up 26% YoY to $548M
Variety
16:45
Lyft reports Q2 revenue up 16% YoY to $1.84B, vs. $1.81B est., rides up 12% YoY to 262.4M, and projects Q3 gross bookings growth will slow to 15%-19%
Wall Street Journal
16:30
Airbnb reports Q2 revenue up 17% YoY to $3.6B, Nights and Seats Booked up 10% YoY to 148.3M, above est., and lifts its 2026 revenue forecast; ABNB jumps 10%+
Bloomberg
16:20
AMD acquires Toronto-based Taalas, which integrates model weights directly into silicon with the promise to boost inference performance, for an undisclosed sum
The Register
16:10
Sources: OpenAI's new device, slated for 2027, is a hockey puck-sized smart speaker with moving parts that help give it personality and will likely cost $300+
Bloomberg
16:01
Gravity, which places text-based ads within AI chatbots, raised a $30.5M Series A co-led by Lightspeed and Committed, taking its total funding to $38.5M
Business Insider
15:30
Docs: US data labeling companies, like Surge AI and Mercor, that sell AI training datasets to US labs and the government are also selling them to Chinese labs
Forbes
15:05
Figma CEO Dylan Field forfeits ~$46M in stock awards to revive investor confidence amid AI disruption fears; FIG is down ~77% from its peak more than a year ago
Bloomberg
14:50
Scientists trained AI on genetic sequences to design viruses not found in nature, yielding 16 viable viruses that can infect bacteria but don't threaten humans
New York Times
14:45
Sources: Panthalassa, which aims to power data centers in the ocean using energy generated by waves, is raising $225M at a ~$2B valuation, up from $1B in May
The Information
14:40
Sources: Nscale told potential backers it generated $100M+ in Q2 revenue, up from ~$37M in Q1, and has ~$51B in contracts, ahead of a possible September US IPO
Bloomberg
14:20
Suno says it will adopt new audio watermarking tech, fingerprinting tech, transparency tools, and a new download policy to limit the spread of spammy AI music
The Verge
13:50
Google and data: hackers used phone calls, phishing websites, and “meticulous” tactics to target dozens of US PE firms and other businesses over the past month
Reuters
13:20
OpenAI updates the default model for free users to GPT-5.6 Luna, adds unlimited text chats for free users, rolls out an improved GPT-5.6 Sol version, and more
Axios
13:15
OpenAI debuts Agent Plugins, an open standard for bundling skills and MCP servers, and says Amazon, Cursor, Microsoft, and Vercel are on its steering committee
9to5Mac
13:01
Western Digital falls 13% after issuing guidance that didn't quite match Seagate's; Q4 revenue rose 44% YoY to $3.75B, above a $3.7B estimate
Barron's Online
12:40
Google DeepMind says its WeatherNext model can accurately predict a storm's track and intensity using lower-resolution weather data, and open sources the model
Wired
12:25
Sources: Nvidia is weighing lower-memory versions of its Rubin Ultra GPU because it may not be able to secure enough HBM, and has tested at least three versions
The Information
12:20
Sources: Stripe recently entered exclusive talks to buy OpenRouter in a cash-and-stock deal that would value the startup for close to $10B
The Information
12:05
Demis Hassabis stepping down as Google DeepMind CEO may weaken the UK tech scene, marking an end for Hassabis' effort to keep his native UK as an AI stronghold
Bloomberg
11:50
Datadog drops 15%+ after forecasting weaker full-year sales due to reduced usage from its largest client, a leading AI company; Q2 revenue rose 36% to $1.12B
Wall Street Journal
11:30
WindBorne, which deploys weather balloons to collect data for its AI weather forecasting models, raised a $37M Series B at a $250M post-money valuation
TechCrunch
10:50
SpaceX and Tesla plan to initially invest $16.8B to build Terafab in Grimes County, Texas; combined demand from SpaceX and Tesla is forecast to top 1 TW
Reuters
10:30
Sources: DeepSeek has resumed its funding round, seeking $8B at a $74B valuation, after pausing talks following the leak of Liang Wenfeng's remarks to investors
Bloomberg
10:20
Meta's Muse Spark 1.2 scores 54 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, putting Meta next to SpaceXAI in a tie for third place amongst US labs
Artificial Analysis
10:10
Filing: DeepSeek invested ~$20.8M in Unitree Robotics' Shanghai IPO, 2.31% of the allocated shares, and agreed to jointly develop AI models for humanoid robots
Reuters
10:01
Ooredoo, Nvidia, Nokia, and Indosat launch Zankore, Indonesia's first dedicated AI compute and neocloud platform; Ooredoo, which owns a 49% stake, commits $800M
Fortune
08:55
Chainalysis: criminals have stolen $30M+ in violent attacks from crypto holders in H1 2026 and France is the primary hotspot with 30 publicly known cases YTD
The Block
08:42
Google is expanding its Gemini-powered Ask Maps feature in English to 130+ countries and adds agentic food ordering, hotel booking, and attraction searching
ZDNET
08:30
Rockstar says it will show an “extended look” at Grand Theft Auto VI on August 27, premiering on Netflix at 3pm ET before streaming on YouTube at 9pm ET
The Verge
08:10
Lumilens, which is building data center optical-interconnection tech to replace wires with light, raised $700M at a $5.5B valuation, for $900M in total funding
Wall Street Journal
07:40
Filing: Hangzhou-based Unitree Robotics prices its Shanghai IPO at ~$22/share, aiming to sell 40.4M shares to raise $904M; Unitree shipped 5,500+ robots in 2025
Bloomberg
06:20
Defense tech company Hadrian raised a $1.37B Series D at an $8B valuation to expand its factories and Opus software platform, after a $260M Series C in 2025
Axios
06:05
China launches a formal national security review of Palo Alto Networks products sold in the Chinese market, citing a need to protect critical infrastructure
Bloomberg
05:50
SoftBank reports Q1 net profit down 18% YoY to ~$2.2B, above ~$761M est., an ~$8.2B gain on its Intel stake, and Vision Fund up $1.7B due to its ByteDance stake
CNBC
05:40
Google centralizes its AI leadership at Mountain View in a bid to catch its rivals; Sebastian Borgeaud, who led a major AI coding effort, moved from the UK
Bloomberg
05:25
Nintendo reports Q1 revenue down 10% YoY to ~$3.3B, above $2.8B est., net income up 54% YoY to ~$933M, vs. ~$495M est., and Switch 2 sales down 34% YoY to 3.82M
CNBC
05:00
Sources: some Google researchers have grown frustrated over AI compute access for ambitious projects while Google Cloud sells TPUs to customers like Anthropic
CNBC
02:55
A look at Sequoia's revamped strategy under new stewards Alfred Lin and Pat Grady, including bold AI bets; sources: Sequoia recently closed $10B in new funding
Bloomberg
02:45
DeepSeek says it plans to implement substantial price increases across its AI services; V4 Flash currently costs $0.14/1M input and $0.28/1M output tokens
Bloomberg
02:40
Filing: OpenAI says “Apple should not be permitted to use a baseless and pretextual lawsuit to make up for its” market shortcomings and failures to integrate AI
Axios
02:35
OpenAI files a motion to dismiss Apple's lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets, saying Apple's allegations are meritless and workers acted lawfully
Bloomberg
02:10
An interview with TMTG interim CEO Kevin McGurn on the paid API for high-speed access to Truth Social posts, the pending $6B TMTG-TAE merger, and more
Financial Times
02:00
A researcher with access to North Korean hackers' servers says their operations have impacted 1,640 companies across 57 countries over the past 22 months
Wired
01:50
PitchBook: AI voice startups raised $7B in Q1 2026, up from under $1B in Q1 2025, as OpenAI and Google bet on voice as the main interface for next-gen AI agents
Financial Times
01:45
How Trump's push for data centers is driving a boom in gas power plants, and a look at Meta's El Paso data center, which will have 813 gas-burning generators
New York Times
01:35
Sources detail Intel's turnaround under Lip-Bu Tan as AI demand for CPUs boosts business; Intel's deal to make Arm's AI data center chip fell through in 2024
Financial Times
00:10
TikTok's US entity says it is closing its Nashville office, which held some of its content moderation team; filing: TikTok laid off 250 employees at the office
New York Times

Mittwoch, 5. August 2026

23:55
Analysis: Grokipedia appears not to have updated any articles since April 24, when it stopped processing human-suggested edits; xAI launched it in October 2025
Lawfare
23:10
Cloudflare open sources a new version of Cloudflare OS, a browser-accessible AI agentic workspace for enterprises that lets employees build custom micro-apps
SiliconANGLE
22:30
AppLovin reports Q2 revenue up 53% YoY to $1.92B, below $1.94B est., and forecasts Q3 revenue within estimates; APP drops 18%+ and is down 45% YTD
Wall Street Journal
22:00
Nikita Bier steps down as X's head of product after starting the role in July 2025, saying “running this app is a 24/7 job”, and will continue as an adviser
TechCrunch
21:45
OpenAI says the Hugging Face breach involved AI agents creating an internal message board, unnoticed by humans, where they shared exploits and planned the hacks
Wired
20:55
Sapiom, which helps businesses build, ship, and scale AI agents and lower token costs, raised a $35M Series A led by Dragonfly, taking its total funding to $50M
Semafor
20:00
Block reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to $6.62B, above $6.49B est., Cash App gross profit up 31% YoY to $1.97B, and raises its FY 2026 gross profit forecast to 21%
Reuters
19:45
Canadian national Connor Moucka pleads guilty in the US to participating in the 2024 Snowflake hacks involving data theft from 165+ companies, including AT&T
The Record
19:25
Sources: Demis Hassabis had been drifting away from Google DeepMind CEO day-to-day duties for at least a year and struggled to get satisfaction out of the role
Semafor
19:05
Figma reports Q2 revenue up 48% YoY to $370.1M, vs. $351.6M est., and lifts annual revenue forecast but keeps profit outlook intact; FIG drops 15%+
Reuters
18:50
Source: Muse Spark 1.1 model breached a company's systems during cybersecurity testing; Meta says evaluation partner Irregular caused a sandbox misconfiguration
The Information
18:35
Sandisk reports Q4 revenue up 372% YoY to $8.97B, vs. $8.5B est., data center revenue up 103% YoY to $2.97B, and forecasts Q1 revenue below est.; SNDK drops 5%+
MarketWatch
18:05
Duolingo reports Q2 revenue up 18% YoY to $298.5M, paid subscribers up 17% to 12.7M, below est., and forecasts Q3 revenue below est.; DUOL drops 11%+
Reuters
17:50
DoorDash reports Q2 marketplace gross order value up 36% YoY to $33.08B, above $32.08B est., and forecasts Q3 marketplace GOV and adjusted EBITDA above est.
Reuters
17:15
Binance affiliates are suing RedotPay's founders for allegedly diverting 470K+ users to a competing product in a “fraudulent scheme”, claiming $472.8M in losses
Bloomberg
17:05
Salesforce appoints Miguel Milano, its chief revenue officer, as COO; Chief Operating and Financial Officer Robin Washington will keep her title
CNBC
17:00
Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to pass the torch and demote myself to my natural state: a poster. I'll be stepping back from leading product for &##120143; and will continue on as an advisor. Serving the X community has been the privilege of a lifetime. X is, and will remain, the most [video]
@nikitabier
16:50
eBay reports Q2 revenue up 15% YoY to $3.13B, above $3.02B est., GMV up 15% to $22.4B, and forecasts Q3 revenue above est. and GMV growth of between 10% and 12%
Reuters
16:35
Etsy says it will cut ~220 employees, or ~12% of its workforce, mostly in product and engineering, and reports Q2 revenue up 6% YoY to $668.3M, vs. $649.1M est.
CNBC
16:20
Meta is offering a cheaper Muse Spark 1.2 “contributor” tier priced at $0.10/1M input and $0.20/1M output tokens in exchange for using user prompts for training
Wall Street Journal
16:05
Filing: Microsoft recorded $24.1B in revenue from OpenAI during the year to June 2026, suggesting OpenAI accounted for 50% to ~70% of Microsoft's AI sales
Bloomberg
15:43
Meta releases Muse Code in beta, a terminal coding agent powered by Muse Spark 1.2, a coding-focused model priced at $1.25/1M input and $4.25/1M output tokens
CNBC
13:40
Mysk: Apple's Private Relay tool can leak users' IP addresses due to issues in Apple's WebKit browser engine, also affecting OnionBrowser, a Tor browser for iOS
404 Media
13:20
Reddit expands its test of Rules Hub, a suite of tools that rely on LLMs to help moderators manage their communities, and plans a full launch later this year
The Verge
12:50
Hark, founded by Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock, previews Handoff, a computer use agent it says outperforms GPT-5.4 and Opus 4.8, and plans for a summer release
TechCrunch
12:25
Google says Google Chief AI Architect and Google DeepMind CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu will lead Google DeepMind as its SVP, reporting to Sundar Pichai
Bloomberg
12:15
Discovery Loop, co-founded by Jeff Dean, is backed by seed funding from Radical Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and others; Google also has a stake in the startup
New York Times
12:11
Jeff Dean and three other Google execs are leaving to launch Discovery Loop, which will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in drug discovery, chip design, and more
Wired
12:07
Demis Hassabis is stepping down as Google DeepMind's CEO to be the unit's chair and will add Alphabet chief scientist to his title; GOOG closes down 4%+
Axios
11:55
Elon Musk says SpaceX has decided to “build exclusively on Nvidia because we think the Vera Rubin architecture is the best architecture”
Business Insider
11:30
Amazon's Zoox will start charging for rides in Las Vegas from August 10, marking the launch of its commercial operations after offering free rides since 2025
TechCrunch
11:15
Faye, which offers travel insurance services and uses AI to help resolve claims, raised a $50M Series C led by Madrona, taking its total funding to $100M
Axios
10:45
Developers in Africa are increasingly choosing Chinese open-source AI models over US models, saying they are downloadable, easier to customize, and much cheaper
New York Times
09:40
Sources: ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming told employees at an AI team all-hands in July that the company won't use model distillation to accelerate capabilities
The Information
09:25
How Pringles maker Kellanova is using AI and a partnership with Siemens to improve production of the chip in Europe, including making digital twins of its dough
Wall Street Journal
09:01
Anthropic confirms it is building an in-house silicon team to design custom chips for Claude, co-designing hardware and models and using a “multi-chip approach”
Business Insider
08:30
Sources: Google is in talks with AI coding agent startup Mechanize on a possible deal, potentially worth $1.5B+, to hire some of its talent and license its tech
Business Insider
08:25
FanDuel parent Flutter says CEO Peter Jackson is stepping down, replaced by President Dan Taylor, and lowers its profit outlook as its US business struggles
Wall Street Journal
08:20
The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal rejects Google's bid to block a class action alleging it overcharged businesses for search ads and abused its dominance
Bloomberg
08:10
Google says it will begin removing Google Assistant from Android and Wear OS devices on September 4, replaced by Gemini; Assistant will remain on connected cars
9to5Google
07:35
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says the company plans to spend $10B+ “over the coming years” to deploy 120K driverless vehicles, aiming to be in 15+ cities in 2026
Financial Times
07:25
Shopify reports Q2 revenue up 34% YoY to $3.58B, above $3.45B est., GMV up 32% YoY to $115.57B, and forecasts Q3 revenue growth above estimates; SHOP jumps 17%
Reuters
07:18
Uber reports Q2 revenue up 12% YoY to $14.19B, below $14.24B est., Gross Bookings up 24% to $58B, and forecasts Q3 adjusted EPS below estimates; UBER drops 5%
CNBC
06:45
Circle reports Q2 revenue up 7% YoY to $701M, vs. $712M est., net income of $48M, vs. $43M est., and ~$73.4B USDC circulation on June 30; CRCL is down 20%+ YTD
Bloomberg
06:35
Study: Palantir's European units made €440.5M in 2024 revenue but reported far smaller profit margins than its US operations, helping cut its European tax bills
Politico
06:20
Disney announces a global deal with TikTok to bring “thoughtfully curated” fan-created short-form videos based on Disney's IP to Disney+'s vertical feed Verts
New York Times
06:15
Dubai-based vehicle fleet management startup Moove raised $250M led by Abu Dhabi's Mubadala at a $2.1B valuation to build autonomous vehicle “nests” for docking
Bloomberg
06:05
Europe's established tech groups SAP, Capgemini, Sopra Steria, and OVHcloud report stronger AI demand, as enterprises shift from experimentation to deployment
Reuters