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An appeals court revived Washington, DC's antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, saying it plausibly claimed Amazon's pricing policies illegally stifle competition (Jody Godoy/Reuters)

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In a pitch deck, AI search engine Perplexity told advertisers it plans to start running ads in Q4; a source says Perplexity's CPM prices will be $50+ (Hayden Field/CNBC)

In a pitch deck, AI search engine Perplexity told ...

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India's Open Network for Digital Commerce expands into financial services, starting with APIs for digital lending, and adds nine lending service providers (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

India's Open Network for Digital Commerce expands ...

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The US charges Deniss Zolotarjovs, a member of the Russian Karakurt ransomware group that has ties to Conti, with money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

The US charges Deniss Zolotarjovs, a member of the...

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Apple unveils iOS 18 changes to comply with the EU's DMA: browser choice screen updates, more default app settings, and letting users delete some system apps (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

Apple unveils iOS 18 changes to comply with the EU...

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Letter and sources: nearly 200 Google DeepMind workers, or 5% of its overall headcount, signed a letter dated May 16 calling to drop its military contracts (Billy Perrigo/TIME)

Letter and sources: nearly 200 Google DeepMind wor...

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Dublin, California-based Opkey, which provides AI-based ERP testing software, raised a $47M Series B led by PeakSpan Capital (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Dublin, California-based Opkey, which provides AI-...

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Instagram announces a Myspace-like feature to let ...

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The Kamala Harris campaign launches a Twitch channel, and plans to stream her DNC address there; the campaign has hired 175+ staff to work across digital (Makena Kelly/Wired)

The Kamala Harris campaign launches a Twitch chann...

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Meta confirms users can now cross-post from Instagram and Facebook to Threads globally, after rolling out Instagram and Facebook cross-posting in 2021 (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

Meta confirms users can now cross-post from Instag...

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Ticketing service TickPick raised $250M from Brighton Park, which now has a majority stake, and Symphony; the app has 2M MAUs and processes nearly $1B annually (Gillian Tan/Bloomberg)

Ticketing service TickPick raised $250M from Brigh...

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Mike Lynch experienced some of the most extreme career highs and lows of any British tech entrepreneur, selling Autonomy for $11B before a 12-year legal ordeal (Financial Times)

Mike Lynch experienced some of the most extreme ca...

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The NHTSA closes a preliminary probe into Cruise's hard-braking and immobilization issues in 1,194 autonomous ride-hailing vehicles, after Cruise made updates (Akash Sriram/Reuters)

The NHTSA closes a preliminary probe into Cruise's...

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Chinese self-driving startup WeRide delays its planned IPO in the US, citing its need for more time to complete documents, after filing for an IPO in July 2024 (CNBC)

Chinese self-driving startup WeRide delays its pla...

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Chinese self-driving startup WeRide delays its planned IPO in the US, citing its need for more time to complete documents, after filing for an IPO in July 2024 (CNBC)

Chinese self-driving startup WeRide delays its pla...

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Chinese government data: Chinese companies imported $25.9B of chip machinery in January to July 2024, passing $23.8B in 2021, $21.6B in 2022, and $18B in 2023 (James Mayger/Bloomberg)

Chinese government data: Chinese companies importe...

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Interviews with dozens of Byju's staff and other sources show a growing sense of desperation, as its insolvency rumbles on; some staff weigh their legal options (Reuters)

Interviews with dozens of Byju's staff and other s...

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Microsoft, Amazon, and others plan to use old power stations and industrial sites for data centers, as land and power in many markets are "heavily constrained" (Camilla Hodgson/Financial Times)

Microsoft, Amazon, and others plan to use old powe...

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