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Cloudflare sets a September 15 deadline for AI companies to differentiate their web crawlers into search, AI training, and AI agents or face being blocked (Samantha Elkins/NBC News)

Cloudflare sets a September 15 deadline for AI com...

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Germany-based Quantum Systems, which sells surveillance drones used by Ukraine, raised $1.2B led by Blackstone, Noteus, Airbus, and Advent at an ~$8B valuation (Yazhou Sun/Bloomberg)

Germany-based Quantum Systems, which sells surveil...

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An interview with Amazon SVP of Devices Panos Panay on designing custom chips for Echo and Fire TV devices, experimenting with AI-enabled gadgets, and more (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)

An interview with Amazon SVP of Devices Panos Pana...

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The European Court of Justice rules that Google's earlier defeat against a €4.1B European Commission penalty over abusing Android market power should stand (Bloomberg)

The European Court of Justice rules that Google's ...

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A look at the CSOP SK Hynix Leveraged ETF, which trades in Hong Kong and has ballooned into a $13B fund, becoming the world's largest single-stock leveraged ETF (Bloomberg)

A look at the CSOP SK Hynix Leveraged ETF, which t...

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A survey of US adults finds 56% support banning social media for under-16s, while 21% oppose; majorities across demographic and partisan groups support a ban (Pew Research Center)

A survey of US adults finds 56% support banning so...

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Nansen: about two-thirds of Trump's memecoin investors are currently in the red, and 85% of World Liberty's $WLFI buyers on the secondary market are underwater (Wall Street Journal)

Nansen: about two-thirds of Trump's memecoin inves...

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UK lawyers say the tide of AI-assisted employment claims is straining an already overloaded employment tribunal system, whose backlog has doubled in two years (Delphine Strauss/Financial Times)

UK lawyers say the tide of AI-assisted employment ...

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CarbonSix, which is developing AI automation and robotic intelligence tech for manufacturing, raised a $40M Series A co-led by DSC Investment and LB Investment (FinSMEs)

CarbonSix, which is developing AI automation and r...

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Indian IT company Persistent Systems offers to acquire its Germany-based peer Nagarro for $1.45B; Indian IT companies are ramping up M&A as AI reshapes growth (Sayan Chakraborty/Nikkei Asia)

Indian IT company Persistent Systems offers to acq...

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An EU draft proposal dated June 30 shows the bloc is weighing weaker climate impact rules for gas-powered data centers, after heavy lobbying from tech groups (Financial Times)

An EU draft proposal dated June 30 shows the bloc ...

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Nvidia promises to financially backstop young cloud providers like Firmus that rent out its AI chips, in exchange for a revenue share through a new program (Phoebe Liu/The Information)

Nvidia promises to financially backstop young clou...

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Sources: OpenAI has discussed giving a 5% stake to the US government as the company seeks to clear political obstacles by securing buy-in from the Trump admin (Financial Times)

Sources: OpenAI has discussed giving a 5% stake to...

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Sources: data center operator Switch seeks a ~$2B funding round valuing the company at ~$50B, including debt, led by a $400M investment from Andreessen Horowitz (Bloomberg)

Sources: data center operator Switch seeks a ~$2B ...

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Sources: Apple has told suppliers to prepare to produce ~10M foldable iPhones in 2026, up from 7M-8M previously, and 80M iPhones in total across new models (Nikkei Asia)

Sources: Apple has told suppliers to prepare to pr...

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Sources: Apple is in negotiations to buy chips from CXMT and YMTC, two Chinese semiconductor makers on a Pentagon blacklist, for use in devices sold in China (Bloomberg)

Sources: Apple is in negotiations to buy chips fro...

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X launches Live Studio, an updated livestreaming hub within Creator Studio with a simplified desktop setup, chat control options, custom thumbnails, and more (Andrew Hutchinson/Social Media Today)

X launches Live Studio, an updated livestreaming h...

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India-based short video app ShareChat's parent company Mohalla Tech plans to raise up to $400M in an IPO in 2027; ShareChat has ~65M micro-drama viewers monthly (Sankalp Phartiyal/Bloomberg)

India-based short video app ShareChat's parent com...

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