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Microsoft is testing free, ad-supported cloud gaming for Xbox Insiders, limited to one-hour sessions for the games users already own (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)

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Abstract Security, which offers an in-stream threat detection platform, raised a $25M extension to its $15M Series A, bringing its total funding to $48.5M (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)

Abstract Security, which offers an in-stream threa...

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Yelp signs a deal with OpenAI to provide ChatGPT users real-time local recommendations, and will soon let them contact local businesses for quotes via ChatGPT (Madison Mills/Axios)

Yelp signs a deal with OpenAI to provide ChatGPT u...

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AI inference chip startup Etched raised a $300M Series C led by Sequoia, with a16z, SK Hynix, others participating, at a $10.3B valuation, up from $5B in Dec. (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

AI inference chip startup Etched raised a $300M Se...

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The European Commission approves the $55B acquisition of EA by a group of investors including Saudi Arabia's PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

The European Commission approves the $55B acquisit...

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IBM acquires HRL Laboratories from Boeing and General Motors, seeking to integrate HRL's electron spin quantum circuits into its quantum computers (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)

IBM acquires HRL Laboratories from Boeing and Gene...

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Amazon is integrating its Luna cloud gaming service into Prime Video via a new Games tab, starting with games like Hogwarts Legacy and EA Sports FC for Fire TV (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)

Amazon is integrating its Luna cloud gaming servic...

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Ford says Apple's software will be available in its new EVs, helping determine autonomous driving without an iPhone, and the two are working on self-driving (Jack Ewing/New York Times)

Ford says Apple's software will be available in it...

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Sources: Jeff Bezos pushed Prime Video head Mike Hopkins to highlight AI in an overhaul of the service, leading to an internal effort called Project Lighthouse (Reuters)

Sources: Jeff Bezos pushed Prime Video head Mike H...

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Filing: Alphabet holds $94.1B in SpaceX equity post-IPO; $80B are under short-term sale restrictions, while $14.1B remain long-term restricted until Q3 2027 (Sarah Frier/Bloomberg)

Filing: Alphabet holds $94.1B in SpaceX equity pos...

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A Google study using millions of de-identified AI interactions finds AI is helping workers, not replacing them, and much AI use is "shallow" for certain tasks (Justin Lahart/Wall Street Journal)

A Google study using millions of de-identified AI ...

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Crypto exchange BitMEX says it will shut down on September 23 and users' assets are safe; Trump pardoned its founders in 2025 for failing to implement AML rules (Akanksha Khushi/Reuters)

Crypto exchange BitMEX says it will shut down on S...

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In a leaked four-hour investor talk, DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng says the main US-China gap is compute access, Nvidia's CUDA moat is disintegrating, and more (Fred Gao/Inside China)

In a leaked four-hour investor talk, DeepSeek's Li...

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Bipartisan House lawmakers introduce the AI Kill Switch Act, which would grant the US DHS authority to shut down or throttle AI models that it deems dangerous (Politico)

Bipartisan House lawmakers introduce the AI Kill S...

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The Senate's Clarity Act, a crypto industry-backed bill set for a vote this summer, is mired in debate over rules to stop Trump from selling digital currencies (David Yaffe-Bellany/New York Times)

The Senate's Clarity Act, a crypto industry-backed...

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STMicro forecasts Q3 revenue up ~16% YoY to $3.7B, below $3.79B est., and expects AI sales to pass $1B in 2026 and be "well above $2B" in 2027; STM falls 14%+ (Christina Kyriasoglou/Bloomberg)

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Mark Zuckerberg launches a media campaign positioning the company's AI development as an optimistic, pro-human alternative to its competitors' "dystopian" ideas (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Mark Zuckerberg launches a media campaign position...

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Google launches a selfie video sign-in option for account recovery, utilizing tools like liveness detection to mitigate deepfake risks, rolling out globally (Reece Rogers/Wired)

Google launches a selfie video sign-in option for ...

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