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- Salesforce and Anthropic unveil Claudeforce, which brings Salesforce data and workflows into Claude, starting with a plugin featuring 37 prebuilt sales skills (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat) [5d]
- Nvidia forecasts Q3 revenue of $108B, above a $104B estimate, and expects FY 2028 revenue to grow by about 70%; NVDA jumps 4%+ after hours (Deborah Mary Sophia/Reuters) [5d]
- Brazil's government sues Discord for $97M, accusing it of failing to comply with laws protecting children and teens; Discord calls the lawsuit disproportionate (Reuters) [5d]
- Internal email: Google is moving DeepMind's ~90-person "AI responsibility" team, focused on the risks and societal impact of AI, to Google's global affairs unit (Erin Woo/Wall Street Journal) [5d]
- AWS plans to add 2M Nvidia Blackwell Ultra, Rubin, and Rubin Ultra GPUs to its data center fleet in 2027 and 2028, in addition to 1M GPUs announced in March (Bloomberg) [5d]
- CrowdStrike reports Q2 revenue up 26% YoY to $1.47B, vs. $1.44B est., and forecasts FY 2027 revenue above estimates; CRWD jumps 9%+ after hours (Jake Bleiberg/Bloomberg) [5d]
- Salesforce reports Q2 revenue up 11% YoY to $11.35B, vs. $11.32B est., net income up 87% to $3.5B, forecasts Q3 revenue above est.; CRM jumps 13%+ after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC) [5d]
- HP reports Q3 revenue up 12.5% YoY to $15.7B, PC revenue up 18% to $11.8B, but units down 16%, and Printing revenue down 2% to $3.9B; HPQ drops 9%+ after hours (Dina Bass/Bloomberg) [5d]
- AI assistant Instinct is raising a $250M Series B co-led by Index Ventures and Benchmark at a $2.5B valuation, bringing its total raised to $350M (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal) [6d]
- Nvidia reports Q2 revenue up 106% YoY to $96.2B, Data Center revenue up 117% to $89B, Edge Computing revenue up 27% to $7.2B, and net income up 126% to $59.7B (Nvidia Newsroom) [6d]
- Product management startup Linear topped $100M in annual recurring revenue and held a $99M employee tender offer at a $2.5B valuation, up from $1.25B in 2025 (Ben Bergman/Business Insider) [6d]
- OpenAI publishes a technical report on the Hugging Face incident, detailing the agents' activity, safeguard failures, and measures to prevent recurrence (OpenAI) [6d]
- Medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific says a cyberattack disrupted some of its IT systems and global operations, including order processing and shipping (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer) [6d]
- Google debuts Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, a speech-to-text model that powers Gboard Rambler and is coming to Chrome, in public preview for developers and enterprises (Abner Li/9to5Google) [6d]
- Meta agrees to pay up to $18B to settle US states' claims that it designed Facebook and Instagram to addict children, misled consumers, and more (Reuters) [6d]
- Sources: Anthropic has agreed to pay Nscale $45B over six years to rent about 460MW of power at a West Virginia data center using Nvidia's Vera Rubin chips (Brody Ford/Bloomberg) [6d]
- The Trump administration has struck data-sharing deals with OpenAI, Google, Meta, Amazon, and other tech companies to track how AI is affecting jobs and hiring (Courtenay Brown/Axios) [6d]
- Apple announces a "Surprise and shine" event on September 9 at 10am PT at Apple Park, where its first foldable iPhone, iPhone 18 Pro, and more are expected (Zac Hall/9to5Mac) [6d]
- Deep Cogito, which develops open-weight models and helps companies build their own specialized AI models, raised a $43M Series A led by TQ Ventures (Steven Rosenbush/Wall Street Journal) [6d]
- Amazon agrees to acquire DuckLabs, the Amsterdam company behind open-source database DuckDB, for an undisclosed sum; DuckDB will remain open source (Todd Bishop/GeekWire) [6d]
- Banks are warming up to launching their own stablecoins as nonbank companies enter the market; sources: JPMorgan Chase evaluated launching its own stablecoin (Wall Street Journal) [6d]
- Interviews with OpenAI leaders, employees, and others on the company's reboot; Sam Altman says OpenAI would have a system he would call AGI by the end of 2026 (Alex Heath/Time) [6d]
- Bengaluru-based Runable, whose AI agents let small businesses find customers, run ad campaigns, and more, raised a $21M Series A at a $65M post-money valuation (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch) [6d]
- Xbox announces a disc-to-digital feature that will allow users to digitize their existing physical games, rolling out for Xbox Insider testers on August 31 (Tom Warren/The Verge) [6d]
- The US DOJ says it disrupted a Chinese hacking operation responsible for break-ins at the DOJ, NASA, the Fed, Senate, and others, seizing two platforms' domains (Reuters) [6d]
- In Q2, Apple's base iPhone 17 was the global best-selling smartphone, with a 6% share, followed by the iPhone 17 Pro Max; Apple and Samsung had all 10 top spots (Counterpoint Research) [6d]
- Z.ai releases GLM-5.3-Flash, the first natively multimodal GLM-5 series model, with 320B parameters, saying it outperforms GLM-5.2 at "one-tenth the price" (Z.ai) [6d]
- Sources: Sword Health plans to acquire mental health company Headspace for between $200M and $300M in cash, far below its ~$3B valuation in 2021 (Brock E.W. Turner/Axios) [6d]
- Amazon's Ring unveils a new proprietary encryption architecture called TAKE, set to begin rolling out in September as the default encryption for all cameras (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge) [6d]
- Vanguard agrees to acquire RIA software startup Altruist, a source says for $4.6B in cash; Altruist raised $600M and had a $1.9B valuation in early 2025 (Dan Primack/Axios) [6d]
- Meta's AG settlement will be distributed to the 48 signing states and four jurisdictions in annual installments over a 10-year period based on their populations (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal) [6d]
- Meta says its AG deal requires it to create an age assurance standard that is subject to independent testing, with a false positive rate no higher than 10% (Lauren Feiner/The Verge) [6d]
- Meta says it reached a deal with 51 US AGs, including "strict daily time limits teens can't turn off", and calls on TikTok and YouTube to adopt the standards (Meta Newsroom) [6d]
- Filing: Meta reaches a settlement to resolve 29 US states' claims under COPPA that it designed Instagram and Facebook to addict children and misled consumers (Reuters) [6d]
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy awards Elon Musk with Ukraine's Order of Freedom; sources say Zelenskyy asked Musk to authorize Starlink use up to 200km inside Russia (Fabrice Deprez/Financial Times) [6d]
- Alibaba releases Qwen3.8-Flash, an open-weight, 125B-parameter model built on its next-gen Qwen 4 architecture, saying it rivals Opus 4.6 and V4-Flash (Luz Ding/Bloomberg) [6d]
- Microsoft faces investor criticism over opaque financial reporting across capex, its OpenAI deal, and Azure, which is buried in the Intelligent Cloud segment (Jonathan Weil/Wall Street Journal) [6d]
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- China sets new airborne wind turbine record at 4,000m — this 747-sized helium blimp generates megawatt power from high-altitude winds [5d]
- Could helicopter drones be the next big military breakthrough? This US firm says its new unit can fly up to five times longer than traditional battery-powered quadcopters [5d]
- Quote of the day by PsiQuantum CEO Jeremy O’Brien: 'If you think the goal is to get to the top of the Empire State Building, you build longer ladders' — a challenge to incremental hardware progress in quantum computing [5d]
- iPod nostalgia is at an all-time high, so meet two new cheap, adorable tiny hi-res music players that invoke the best of the music-player era (bring your own white wired earbuds) [5d]
- Ukraine flags that Russia could have a secret fleet of autonomous military vessels stalking the seas [5d]
- Meta settles its alleged social media harm case for $18B and agrees to massive changes that may be almost impossible to enforce [5d]
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says people think governments are using AI ‘to screw them over’, and that’s why the tech is having a ‘a crisis of trust’ — and he’s exactly right [6d]
- OpenAI says it took down a malicious Russian plan to spread misinformation on ChatGPT [6d]
- Samsung leak reveals Galaxy Aero smartwatch-lite — and it could right the wrongs of Samsung’s disappointing Apple Watch SE rival [6d]
- Security expert hijacks Apple's Find My network to share data with a Linux device [6d]
- ShinyHunters hackers claim to have hit data center provider used by Microsoft and Meta [6d]
- FDA approves world’s first dual-sensor CGM in diabetes 'breakthrough' — new Libre Duo sensor tracks ketones and blood sugar in real-time [6d]
- Google just fixed one of the most annoying things about talking to AI — Gemini Live can finally handle interruptions [6d]
- Nvidia's GeForce Now is officially coming to the Steam Machine — here's why that's great news for gaming in your living room [6d]
- Meta thought AI could do the job instead of humans — what happened next should surprise absolutely nobody [6d]
- Surfshark adds category-based web filtering to its post-quantum Dausos protocol [6d]
- ‘Surprise and Shine’ — Apple reveals when to tune into its September event and teases what’s coming — here’s what to expect and how we might finally meet a folding iPhone [6d]
- China’s data centres will reportedly use more power than South Korea by 2030 [6d]
- The new Apple Mac mini is already $100/£100 off for students and teachers — unfortunately, not for journalists like myself [6d]
- Amazon has a Garmin watch end-of-summer sale — save up to $250 on top-rated watches for running, swimming, and hiking [6d]
- Resonance: A Plague Tale's action-adventure focus feels a bit safe compared to the franchise's previous entries, but it still offers an infectious combination of combat, puzzle-solving, and exploration that's hard to put down [6d]
- 41 home appliance bargains from the Argos Big Red sale — up to 50% off Dyson, KitchenAid, Ninja and more [6d]
- Anthropic staff told to work from home due to risk of possible security strikes [6d]
- After playing The Duskbloods network test, I was stunned by — and couldn’t get enough of — its breakneck pacing [6d]
- The new Secretlab Titan Evo Marvel gaming chair collab is the most gorgeous alternate design yet, and a must-have for any Spider-Man fan [6d]
- How to watch Adults season 2 - stream Gen Z sitcom [6d]
- Wanted: Token spend control and governance without slowing down agentic AI innovation [6d]
- Say 'hello' to this retro Macintosh dock deal — give your Apple Mac mini a classic makeover with a 5-inch screen, NVMe storage, and loads more ports [6d]
- Are employees to blame for rise in insider access threats? This new study claims so [6d]
- I've seen the IKEA x Xbox collection at Gamescom, and among some goofier products, there's one handy item I want right now [6d]
- Govern AI agents before they go rogue [6d]
- I wasn't convinced by Elden Ring Tarnished Edition until I played it on Nintendo Switch 2 — now I think it's one of the system's most impressive ports yet [6d]
- Only Murders in the Building season 6 long-awaited release date confirmed — but I already think one drastic change is going to wear thin very quickly [6d]
- ‘The most stunning launch footage I've ever seen’: Watch the DJI Osmo Action 6’s incredible 4K footage of a Chinese rocket’s return trip to earth through 500C heat [6d]
- Raspberry Pi shares how to build your own 'cyberdeck' computer inside a waterproof briefcase — and it'll only cost you $250 [6d]
- Microsoft just gave PowerToys a nifty new feature — and I think it's high time some of these goodies came to Windows 11 [6d]
- How to watch Dolly Parton: Here I Am — it's *FREE* on BBC [6d]
- Why inclusive design makes smarter technology for all [6d]
- Bit Reactor's Star Wars Zero Company is an immensely rewarding experience that combines satisfying turn-based tactics gameplay reminiscent of XCOM and rich storytelling against the backdrop of the Clone Wars [6d]
- Amnezia VPN improves anti-censorship protocol as Russia escalates anti-VPN regime [6d]
- I tested GoPro's intriguing Mission 1 interchangeable lens camera with Micro Four Thirds glass — and the experience is the opposite of what you expect from GoPro [6d]
- New 'AnonyMous' phishing campaign targets iPhone users with fake AI Apple support calls [6d]
- Argos' Big Red Tech Sale is chock-full of great smartwatch deals, from Apple to Garmin and more — and device prices start at just £40 [6d]
- The Mac mini’s price has jumped 50% in 5 months — come on Apple, put an A18 Pro chip in an Apple TV-sized box and give us a $599 'Mac Neo' PC to bring the cost back down [6d]
- HP Smart Tank 6001 comes with two years of free ink for home office printing, but I love the back-to-school discount even more [6d]
- Rules of the Road: Engineers Have Built a Traffic Control System for the Moon [5d]
- MLB The Show 26 Headlines a Surprisingly Underwhelming PlayStation Plus Month [5d]
- Camp Snap 2: Screen-Free Point-and-Shoot Redux [5d]
- This French Door Air Fryer Oven Can Replace Half Your Countertop Appliances [6d]
- Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for Aug. 27, #1173 [6d]
- Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Aug. 27, #1895 [6d]
- Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 27, #907 [6d]
- Tottenham vs. Charlton Livestream: How to Watch Carabao Cup Soccer From Anywhere [6d]
- Amazon Deals of the Day: Grab a New Roku TV for a Record Low $120 [6d]
- How to Watch Apple’s ‘Surprise and Shine’ Event in September [6d]
- As Apple Prepares Its Next Tech-Defining Moment, Look Back at Major Milestones From Then to Now [6d]
- All the Times Apple Changed the World, We’ve Been There Reporting [6d]
- As Apple Prepares Another Next Tech-Defining Moment, Look Back at Major Milestones From Then to Now [6d]
- Apple Sends Out Invites for Its Annual Fall iPhone Event [6d]
- Walmart Deals of the Day: This 2-in-1 Eufy Robot Vacuum Just Hit Its Lowest Price Ever [6d]
- Meta to Pay Up to $16.68 Billion to Settle With US States on Teen Social Media Addiction [6d]
- I Tested GoPro’s Interchangeable Lens Camera and, Honestly, It’s Brilliant [6d]
- The Google Pixel 11 Pro Still Has the Best Display for Gaming, but Other Troubles Emerge [6d]
- Star Wars: Zero Company Makes Turn-Based Tactics Feel Like You’re in a Movie [6d]
- Ring Gave Itself a Security Makeover Called TAKE. Here’s What’s Actually Changing [6d]
- Ring Gave Itself a Security Makeover Called TAKE. Here’s What’s Actually Changing [6d]
- NASA Astronaut Christina Koch’s Secret Trick to Decompress After Artemis II [6d]
- TikTok Is Obsessed With This Camera and It Made Me Fall in Love With Photography Again [6d]
- Looking for Signs of Jimothy With the Pixel 11 Pro XL Cameras [6d]
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