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Google expands AI Overviews in Search to Brazil, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, and the UK in local languages, and adds hyperlinks to the feature (Kenrick Cai/Reuters)

Google expands AI Overviews in Search to Brazil, I...

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Grab reports Q2 revenue up 17% YoY to $664M, below $676.9M est., and a $53M net loss, down from $135M in Q2 2023, as competition with GoTo weighs on its growth (Olivia Poh/Bloomberg)

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Analysis: Kamala Harris has spent $57M on Google and Meta ads since Biden dropped out on July 21, compared to Trump's $5.6M; Biden-Harris spent $139M in 2024 (Financial Times)

Analysis: Kamala Harris has spent $57M on Google a...

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Alibaba reports Q1 revenue up 4% YoY to ~$34B, below ~$34.9B est., and net income down 27% YoY to ~$3.4B, after aggressive promotions failed to drive spending (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg)

Alibaba reports Q1 revenue up 4% YoY to ~$34B, bel...

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Google says its new "affirmative litigation" policy of pursuing hackers and scammers in court, like two Russians behind the 2021 Glupteba botnet, has paid off (Paresh Dave/Wired)

Google says its new "affirmative litigation" polic...

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JD.com reports Q2 net revenue up 1.2% YoY to ~$40.7B, vs. ~$40.9B est., and a ~$1.7B net income, boosted by aggressive price cuts and the 618 shopping event (Harshita Mary Varghese/Reuters)

JD.com reports Q2 net revenue up 1.2% YoY to ~$40....

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Quantum Circuits, which aims to make error correction more efficient in quantum computers to help commercialization, raised $60M from the US' In-Q-Tel and more (Jane Lanhee Lee/Bloomberg)

Quantum Circuits, which aims to make error correct...

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A survey of 430 first-time Gen Z voters: 60%+ oppose requiring kids under 16 to get parental consent to use social media and 85% oppose notification time limits (Aisha Counts/Bloomberg)

A survey of 430 first-time Gen Z voters: 60%+ oppo...

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New Zealand signs an extradition order for Kim Dotcom to the US, where he faces criminal charges related to Megaupload; Dotcom has fought extradition since 2012 (Reuters)

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New Zealand signs an extradition order for Kim Dotcom to the US, where he faces criminal charges related to Megaupload; Dotcom has fought extradition since 2012 (Reuters)

New Zealand signs an extradition order for Kim Dot...

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Unit 42: open-source projects from Google, Microsoft, AWS, and others leaked GitHub auth tokens via GitHub Actions; GitHub decided not to address the risk (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

Unit 42: open-source projects from Google, Microso...

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How University of California doctors used brain implants and AI to help an ALS patient speak again; the implants recognize words, and AI replicates his voice (Benjamin Mueller/New York Times)

How University of California doctors used brain im...

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The UK's Civil Aviation Authority selects six projects, including Amazon's, to test drones for deliveries, inspecting infrastructure, and emergency services (Catarina Demony/Reuters)

The UK's Civil Aviation Authority selects six proj...

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A look at the rise in demand for data center technicians in the US; CompTIA says technicians' pay is up 43% in the past three years to a median of $75,100 (Te-Ping Chen/Wall Street Journal)

A look at the rise in demand for data center techn...

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A profile of Chinese self-driving startup WeRide, ...

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Amsterdam-based payments giant Adyen reports H1 2024 net revenue up 24% YoY to €913.4M, vs. €908.9M est., and processed volume up 45% YoY to €619.5B (Sarah Jacob/Bloomberg)

Amsterdam-based payments giant Adyen reports H1 20...

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Lenovo reports Q1 revenue up 20% YoY to $15.4B, vs. $14.1B est., a third consecutive quarter of revenue growth, a $243M net income, as the PC market recovers (Reuters)

Lenovo reports Q1 revenue up 20% YoY to $15.4B, vs...

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Sources: SoftBank held talks with Intel about making an AI chip to compete with Nvidia but Intel couldn't meet demands; SoftBank is now in discussions with TSMC (Financial Times)

Sources: SoftBank held talks with Intel about maki...

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