In a letter to Sen. Scott Wiener, OpenAI says California's AI safety bill would hurt innovation and that AI safety regulation should come from the federal level (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)
Ukraine update: Drones target Moscow and forces continue attacks in Kursk region | DW News
Snowflake reports Q2 revenue up 29% YoY to $868.8M and raises its FY 2025 product revenue forecast, but not its margin forecast; SNOW drops 7%+ after hours (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters)
Google and the state of California strike a deal to jointly contribute $125M+ over five years to support local news; it also includes support for an AI project (Politico)
Zoom reports Q2 revenue up 2.1% YoY to $1.16B, vs. $1.15B est., enterprise revenue up 3.5% YoY to $682.8M, and a Q3 revenue forecast beating estimates (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
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Microsoft says Recall will be available to Windows Insiders in October; it delayed the launch of the AI feature in June after security concerns were raised (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Sources: Apple App Store VP Matt Fischer is leaving in October; App Store group will split into two teams, one for its own store, one for alt app distribution (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Why German taxpayers contribute billions to construction of new factory | DW News
Users in Russia report outages affecting Telegram, WhatsApp, and other services; Roskomnadzor blames a DDoS attack, while activists suspect Kremlin interference (Meduza)