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Sources: at a June dinner, David Sacks, Chamath Palihapitiya, and others told Trump to pick JD Vance as VP; Elon Musk and Peter Thiel also advocated for Vance — Mr. Vance spent less than five years in Silicon Valley's tech industry, but the connections he made with Peter Thiel and others became crucial to his political ascent.
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| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
On their podcast, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz explain why they are backing Trump, say Trump is pro-crypto, Biden's overregulation harms startups, and more — Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of one of the most prominent venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, says he's been a Democrat most of his life.
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Sources: the US is considering using tougher trade rules if companies like Tokyo Electron and ASML continue giving China access to advanced chip technology — - Restrictions would hit technology from Tokyo Electron and ASML — US companies like Lam have urged softer approach in meetings
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| Reuters: |
Sources: GitLab, which has an ~$8B market cap, is exploring a sale after attracting interest from its peers, including Datadog, which has a $44B market cap — GitLab (GTLB.O), a U.S. provider of cloud-based software development tools whose investors include Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) … | Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
OpenAI researchers reveal an algorithm by which LLMs can learn to better explain themselves to their users and improve the legibility of their outputs — One of the most interesting and useful slang terms to emerge from Reddit in my opinion is ELI5, from its subreddit of the same name … | Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
The EU's General Court says TikTok is large enough to fall under the DMA, rejecting ByteDance's challenge; ByteDance can appeal to the European Court of Justice — - TikTok attempt to avoid EU's Digital Markets Act is dismissed — Chinese-owned social media giant also risks ban in the US
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches its AI-powered Designer app out of preview on iOS and Android, letting users create images, stickers, and more, expanding on the web client — Microsoft's AI-powered Designer app is coming out of preview today for both iOS and Android users.
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| Bloomberg: |
Donald Trump says “I'm for TikTok, because you need competition”, and “if you don't have TikTok, you have Facebook and Instagram” and “that's Zuckerberg” — It's late June, and Donald Trump is plotting his next presidency in the gilded offseason isolation of the Mar-a-Lago Club.
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| Financial Times: |
Source: Fei-Fei Li's World Labs, founded in April 2024 and aiming to create “spatial intelligence” in AI, raised ~$100M in its latest round at a $1B+ valuation — Stanford computer scientist's ‘spatial intelligence’ venture wins backing from investors including Andreessen Horowitz
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T-Mobile was the fastest US mobile network in H1 2024, with a Speed Score, which combines download and upload speeds, of ~206, vs. AT&T's ~112, Verizon's ~108 — T-Mobile leads on key mobile KPIs — T-Mobile continues to dominate the mobile landscape in the U.S., boasting the fastest speeds … | Caroline Mimbs Nyce / The Atlantic: |
Meta launches a small pilot program to let some researchers access Instagram data for up to about six months to study the app's effect on teens and young adults — The teens are on Instagram. That much is obvious. A majority of teens say they use the app, including 8 percent who say they use it … | Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
ASML reports Q2 net sales down 9.5% YoY to €6.24B, vs. €6.03B est., net income down 18.7% YoY to €1.6B, vs. €1.4B est., and keeps its FY 2024 outlook unchanged — ASML reported second-quarter earnings and sales that beat forecasts, as interest in artificial intelligence chips drives … | Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6's “sketch to image” generative AI tool that turns rough sketches into images: ridiculous, fun, and slightly worrying — The pirate ship in Elliott Bay was one thing, but it was a little blurry bee that sent me over the edge.
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Meta says it will withhold future multimodal AI models in the EU because of what it says is a lack of clarity from regulators; text-only models will be offered — - Apple similarly said last month that it won't release its Apple Intelligence features in Europe because of regulatory concerns.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Coatue, Alkeon Capital, General Catalyst and others have invested in Figma as part of a deal valuing it at $12.5B; Figma is delivering ARR of $700M+ — - Deal was secondary shale sale with current, former employees — Other investors included Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Iconiq| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Doc: EU regulators are asking industry participants if Google's deal to have Gemini Nano pre-installed on Samsung phones hinders rival chatbots on the devices — EU antitrust regulators are asking industry participants if Google's (GOOGL.O) multi-year generative artificial intelligence …
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| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
Court filing: FTX and the CFTC agree to a $12.7B settlement after months of negotiations, pending a judge's approval; FTX will return up to $12.7B to creditors — - The two have been negotiating over the past few months, according to a court document filed on July 12 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
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| Bloomberg: |
Yemen says the AAE-1 subsea cable in the Red Sea, linking Asia and Europe, has been repaired; two other cables, Seacom and EIG, are still being repaired — - Vessel owned by UAE-based telco making repairs amid conflict — Fixes to internet cables delayed by geopolitical friction| Emilia David / VentureBeat: |
Google unveils Project Oscar, an open-source platform to help product teams monitor software issues or bugs using AI agents, at its I/O Connect Bengaluru event — Google has announced Project Oscar, a way for open-source development teams to use and build agents to manage software programs.
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