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Second Front, which helps companies deploy software in sensitive government networks, raised a $75M Series C led by Salesforce, sources say at a $750M valuation (David Jeans/Forbes)

Second Front, which helps companies deploy softwar...

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The White House plans to curb the "overuse and abuse" of the de minimis loophole used by Shein and Temu, which exempts packages worth $800 or less from tariffs (CNBC)

The White House plans to curb the "overuse and abu...

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A profile of Fei-Fei Li's World Labs, which aims t...

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Sources: Microsoft has pitched its AI to ExxonMobil, Chevron, and others to find and develop oil and gas reserves while publicly committing to reduce emissions (Karen Hao/The Atlantic)

Sources: Microsoft has pitched its AI to ExxonMobi...

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Apple to allow iPad users in the EU to install alternative app stores, starting with iPadOS 18 launch on September 16 (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

Apple to allow iPad users in the EU to install alt...

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Elon Musk calls Australian government "fascists" after it unveiled a bill to fine online platforms up to 5% of their global revenue for enabling misinformation (Renju Jose/Reuters)

Elon Musk calls Australian government "fascists" a...

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In a provisional ruling, the CMA says Vodafone and Three's planned $19B merger could lead to higher prices, diminished service, and reduced investment in the UK (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

In a provisional ruling, the CMA says Vodafone and...

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Q&A with Alibaba.com president Kuo Zhang on the enduring importance of the US market, navigating geopolitical tensions, competing with Shein and Temu, and more (Viola Zhou/Rest of World)

Q&A with Alibaba.com president Kuo Zhang on the en...

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OpenAI's o1 models aren't as simple as the next step up from GPT-4o as they introduce major cost and performance trade-offs in exchange for improved "reasoning" (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)

OpenAI's o1 models aren't as simple as the next st...

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Researchers detail GAZEploit, a now-fixed Vision Pro vulnerability allowing hackers to determine which key a user is typing based on the user's eye movement (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Researchers detail GAZEploit, a now-fixed Vision P...

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In two experiments with 2,190 American conspiracy theorists, conversations with GPT-4 Turbo reduced their belief in conspiracy theories by about 20% on average (Jennifer Ouellette/Ars Technica)

In two experiments with 2,190 American conspiracy ...

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Every, which offers startups an all-in-one finance and human resources suite that combines banking, cards, tax, payroll, and more, raised a $22.5M Series A (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)

Every, which offers startups an all-in-one finance...

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All 25 staffers of Annapurna's gaming division resigned this month after CEO Megan Ellison pulled out of talks to spin off the unit as an independent entity (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)

All 25 staffers of Annapurna's gaming division res...

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Vox Media says its annual Code Conference has been put on hold, calling it a "strong franchise" but declining to share further information about its future (Oliver Darcy/Status)

Vox Media says its annual Code Conference has been...

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YC plans to expand to four cohorts per year, adding spring and fall sessions in 2025; each batch will be half the size of the most recent cohort of 256 startups (Sarah McBride/Bloomberg)

YC plans to expand to four cohorts per year, addin...

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Source: OpenAI's ChatGPT has 11M+ paying subscribers, including 1M for its higher-priced business plans, implying it's generating $225M+ in revenue per month (Amir Efrati/The Information)

Source: OpenAI's ChatGPT has 11M+ paying subscribe...

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The White House says Adobe, Cohere, Microsoft, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Common Crawl made voluntary commitments to fight AI-generated image-based sexual abuse (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

The White House says Adobe, Cohere, Microsoft, Ant...

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Adobe reports Q3 revenue up 11% YoY to $5.41B, vs. $5.37B est., Digital Media revenue up 11% to $4B, Q4 revenue guidance below est.; ADBE drops 9%+ after hours (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

Adobe reports Q3 revenue up 11% YoY to $5.41B, vs....

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