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July 21, 2025, 2:55 PM

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Bloomberg:
Microsoft releases a patch for a SharePoint 0-day RCE flaw exploited globally on thousands of on-prem servers and says SharePoint 2016 updates are in the works  —  Microsoft Corp. warned that hackers are actively targeting customers of its document management software SharePoint …
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Google DeepMind:
Google says an advanced version of Gemini with Deep Think won gold at the International Mathematical Olympiad, solving 5 of 6 “exceptionally difficult” problems  —  The International Mathematical Olympiad ("IMO") is the world's most prestigious competition for young mathematicians, and has been held annually since 1959.
Bloomberg:
Polymarket says it is buying little-known derivatives exchange QCX, in a move to legally re-enter the US market; a source says Polymarket will pay $112M  —  Polymarket, the crypto-betting platform that was kicked offshore by federal regulators, has struck a deal to return to the US market …
Wall Street Journal:
Blank check company Dynamix says it plans to merge with another entity to create Ether Machine, holding $1.5B in ether, backed by $800M+ from Kraken and others  —  The Ether Machine plans to manage over $1.5 billion of the second-largest cryptocurrency  —  Blank-check company Dynamix …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
T-Mobile plans to expand support for the L4S network standard in the coming weeks, helping high-priority internet packets move fast, a first for a US network  —  Latency hitches that can interrupt video calls or slow down browsing could be reduced with L4S, and T-Mobile is the first wireless company using it in the US.
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