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| Sarah Whitten / CNBC: |
Netflix reports Q2 revenue up 16% YoY to $11.08B, vs. $11.07B est., net income of $3.13B, and forecasts 2025 revenue of $44.8B-$45.2B, up from $43.5B-$44.5B — Netflix posted an earnings beat Thursday, as revenue grew 16% during the second quarter of 2025.
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
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| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Agent, which can control an entire computer and perform multi-step tasks, powered by a new dedicated model, rolling out to paid users — One employee uses it to automate his weekly parking requests at OpenAI's San Francisco office.
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| Dan Shipper / Every: |
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Apple sues YouTuber Jon Prosser and an Apple staffer's friend over iOS 26 leaks, for allegedly accessing the staffer's iPhone; Prosser denies the claim — Earlier this year, YouTuber Jon Prosser shared multiple videos showing off what he claimed to be re-created renderings of what was then presumed …
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Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Trump is expected to sign an executive order as soon as this week that would open up 401(k) plans to cryptocurrency and other alternative investments — President preparing executive order to allow 401k plans to tap broad pool of alternative assets
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| Reuters: |
The US House passes the GENIUS Act, sending the stablecoin bill to Trump for his signature, and advances two other crypto bills to the Senate for consideration — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to create a regulatory framework for U.S.-dollar-pegged cryptocurrency tokens known …
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| Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg: |
Joel Kaplan says Meta won't sign EU's AI code of practice, calling its guidelines overreach that will throttle development and deployment of AI models in Europe — Meta Platforms Inc. said it won't sign the code of practice for Europe's new set of laws governing artificial intelligence … | Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
Neuralink filed on April 24 as a “small disadvantaged business” that could give it preferential access to federal opportunities, before being valued at $9B — Elon Musk's health tech company Neuralink labeled itself a “small disadvantaged business” in a federal filing …
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| Eric Geller / Cybersecurity Dive: |
Sources: the US State Department has effectively dismantled its three-year-old Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, firing between nine and 11 staffers — Departures and restructuring will make it harder for the agency to pursue global policies that strengthen its own critical infrastructure, experts said.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Meta hired AI researchers Mark Lee, from Apple's Foundation Models team, and Tom Gunter, who left Apple in June, for its superintelligence lab — Meta Platforms Inc. hired a pair of key artificial intelligence researchers who worked at Apple Inc., shortly after poaching their former boss from the iPhone maker.
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| Osmond Chia / BBC: |
Netflix used AI tools for the first time in one of its TV shows, for a VFX sequence; Ted Sarandos says the VFX costs would have been too high otherwise — Netflix says it has used visual effects created by generative artificial intelligence (AI) in one of its original TV shows for the first time.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the White House is preparing an EO requiring AI companies with federal contracts to be neutral and unbiased, to combat what officials see as “woke AI” — The order would be one of several expected to be released outlining the president's vision for winning the AI race with China
More: Telegraph, Benzinga, and Axios
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Forums: r/centrist, r/Destiny, and r/singularity
| Russell Brandom / TechCrunch: |
Claude Code users, many on the $200-a-month Max plan, are unexpectedly facing restrictive usage limits; Anthropic says it's “working to resolve these issues” — Since Monday morning, Claude Code users have been hit with unexpectedly restrictive usage limits.| Reuters: |
A lawmaker who regulates Russia's IT sector warns WhatsApp to “prepare to leave” Russia; Moscow recently approved development of a state-backed messaging app — WhatsApp should prepare to leave the Russian market, a lawmaker who regulates the IT sector said on Friday …
More: Livemint, Ukrainska Pravda, Meduza, and NewsMax.com
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Lenovo Legion Go S review: SteamOS is a huge improvement over Windows, but battery life falls behind Windows-based handhelds and its touchpad is nearly useless — Valve's Steam Deck has dominated the handheld gaming PC space since its 2022 debut. But even as more powerful Windows handhelds arrived …
Forums: r/LegionGo
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Perplexity was valued at $18B in a reported $100M extension round; its annualized revenues jumped from $35M in August 2024 to $150M this month — Artificial intelligence-powered search engine lures new investors to back higher price tag — Artificial intelligence search engine Perplexity …
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X: @lpolovets and @deedydas
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| Thalia Beaty / Associated Press: |
The Gates Foundation, Ballmer Group, and others form NextLadder to spend $1B over 15 years to develop AI tools for public defenders, parole officers, and more — A coalition of funders, including the Gates Foundation and Ballmer Group, will spend $1 billion over 15 years …
LinkedIn: Derek Johnson
| Sam Rutherford / Engadget: |
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 review: looks like a regular phone with an exquisitely thin design, has top-tier performance, but is very pricey and lacks S Pen support — After several generations of iterative updates, it feels like Samsung tossed the Galaxy Z Fold 7 into a Hyperbolic Time Chamber …
More: How-To Geek, Business Standard, Tech Advisor, Android Authority, SamMobile, SammyGuru, Tom's Guide, Gizchina.com, Moneycontrol, PhoneArena, and Bloomberg. X: @chriswelch
| Matthias Bastian / The Decoder: |
Google's Veo 3 video generation model launches on the Gemini API, with an eight-second video costing $6, making it one of the most expensive AI video options — Google's Veo 3 video generation model is now available through the Gemini API, with a price point that puts it among the more expensive options for AI video.Sponsor Posts
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