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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Meta releases Muse Code in beta, a terminal coding agent powered by Muse Spark 1.2, a coding-focused model priced at $1.25/1M input and $4.25/1M output tokens — Meta is rolling out its first coding agent called Muse Code as the company tries to challenge leading AI labs Anthropic and OpenAI.
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Forums: Hacker News, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Jyoti Mann / The Information: |
Source: Muse Spark 1.1 model breached a company's systems during cybersecurity testing; Meta says evaluation partner Irregular caused a sandbox misconfiguration — A Meta Platforms artificial intelligence model accessed the internet during cybersecurity testing and hacked into another company …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
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| Axios: |
Demis Hassabis is stepping down as Google DeepMind's CEO to be the unit's chair and will add Alphabet chief scientist to his title; GOOG closes down 4%+ — Demis Hassabis is leaving his role as CEO of Google DeepMind to be the unit's chairman. Chief scientist Jeff Dean and several Google AI colleagues …
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| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
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| Bloomberg: |
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| Steven Levy / Wired: |
Jeff Dean and three other Google execs are leaving to launch Discovery Loop, which will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in drug discovery, chip design, and more — Jeff Dean and other high-profile Google executives have founded Discovery Loop, a startup that will seek AI-powered breakthroughs …
More: Wall Street Journal, WOWTALE, and Ars Technica
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LinkedIn: Kunal Wagh, Daniele Micci-Barreca, Yvonne Likomanova, and Demitri Swan
| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Discovery Loop, co-founded by Jeff Dean, is backed by seed funding from Radical Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and others; Google also has a stake in the startup — Jeff Dean, who for years was one of Google's most important executives, is leading the new artificial intelligence company with the backing of Google.
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
OpenAI says the Hugging Face breach involved AI agents creating an internal message board, unnoticed by humans, where they shared exploits and planned the hacks — At the Black Hat security conference, the AI giant revealed new details about how its agents went rogue, hacked several other companies …
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| Bloomberg: |
OpenAI files a motion to dismiss Apple's lawsuit accusing the AI company of stealing trade secrets, saying that the iPhone maker's allegations are meritless — OpenAI is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Apple Inc. accusing the artificial intelligence company of stealing trade secrets …
More: The Indian Express, Daring Fireball, Reuters, Financial Times, TechCrunch, and Boing Boing
X: @markgurman, @markgurman, and @markgurman
| Neil J Kanatt / Reuters: |
DoorDash reports Q2 marketplace gross order value up 36% YoY to $33.08B, above $32.08B est., and forecasts Q3 marketplace GOV and adjusted EBITDA above est. — DoorDash (DASH.O) on Wednesday forecast third-quarter gross order value and core profit above Wall Street estimates after topping results … | Britney Nguyen / MarketWatch: |
Sandisk reports Q4 revenue up 372% YoY to $8.97B, above $8.5B est., data center revenue of $2.97B, and forecasts Q1 revenue below est.; SNDK drops 5% pre-market — The midpoint of the company's revenue forecast was below what analysts had been modeling — Sandisk's stock was falling on Wednesday afternoon.
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Etsy says it will cut ~220 employees, or ~12% of its workforce, mostly in product and engineering, and reports Q2 revenue up 6% YoY to $668.3M, vs. $649.1M est. — Etsy said Wednesday it's laying off about 220 employees, or roughly 12% of its workforce, as the online marketplace looks … | Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: |
Cloudflare open sources a new version of Cloudflare OS, a browser-accessible AI agentic workspace for enterprises that lets employees build custom micro-apps — Cloudflare Inc. today announced the launch of Cloudflare OS, an open-source artificial intelligence agentic workspace available through …
More: Cloudflare, Decrypt, Neowin, Help Net Security, Phoronix, and Techstrong.ai
| Juby Babu / Reuters: |
eBay reports Q2 revenue up 15% YoY to $3.13B, above $3.02B est., GMV up 15% to $22.4B, and forecasts Q3 revenue above est. and GMV growth of between 10% and 12% — EBay (EBAY.O) forecast third-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, leaning on its push into authenticated luxury goods …
More: PYMNTS, Value Added Resource, Barron's Online, eBay Inc., and Bloomberg
| Lawfare: |
Analysis: Grokipedia appears not to have updated any articles since April 24, when it stopped processing human-suggested edits; xAI launched it in October 2025 — A halt in Grokipedia's edit pipeline offers a case study in how an AI-generated reference system governs its own content.
More: The Verge and Boing Boing
Bluesky: @lawfaremedia.org, @caseynewton, and @noupside. Mastodon: @davidgerard@circumstances.run. Forums: r/technology
| Bloomberg: |
Filing: Microsoft recorded $24.1B in revenue from OpenAI during the year to June 2026, suggesting OpenAI accounted for 50% to ~70% of Microsoft's AI sales — Microsoft Corp. generates most of its artificial intelligence revenue from OpenAI, according to new disclosures from the company.
More: Windows Central, Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At, and CNBC
| Manya Saini / Reuters: |
Block reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to $6.62B, above $6.49B est., Cash App gross profit up 31% to $1.97B, and raises its FY 2026 gross profit forecast — Block (XYZ.N) raised its full-year gross profit forecast on Wednesday after delivering market-beating second-quarter results …
More: Block, MarketWatch, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS, The Block, and Bloomberg
| Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch: |
Nikita Bier steps down as X's head of product after starting the role in July 2025, saying “running this app is a 24/7 job”, and will continue as an adviser — Nikita Bier has stepped down as head of product at X, Elon Musk's social media platform, after a little more than a year in the role.
More: Gizmodo, The Verge, The Hans India, Engadget, The Tech Buzz, Business Insider, and RuntimeWire
X: @nikitabier, @joshelman, @benjitaylor, @uncledoomer, @nikitabier, @taylorlorenz, @sprocketguys, @nikitabier, @vlonepredator, @nikitabier, @antunes1, @toly, @elonmusk, @schizo_freq, @kylezaragoza, @levelsio, @singhai, @bonegpt, @nicksortor, and @scobleizer. Bluesky: @bjkeefe. Mastodon: @Fulk_It@mastodon.social. Forums: Hacker News
| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
Canadian national Connor Moucka pleads guilty in the US to participating in the 2024 Snowflake hacks involving data theft from 165+ companies, including AT&T — A Canadian national is facing decades in prison for participating in the hacking of data storage platform Snowflake.
More: US Department of Justice, BleepingComputer, CyberScoop, CityNews Toronto, and Bloomberg Law. Bluesky: @metacurity.com
| Wired: |
A researcher with access to North Korean hackers' servers says their operations have impacted 1,640 companies across 57 countries over the past 22 months — For nearly two years, researcher Vangelis Stykas has maintained access to North Korean hackers' servers.| Deborah Mary Sophia / Reuters: |
Figma reports Q2 revenue up 48% YoY to $370.1M, vs. $351.6M est., and lifts annual revenue forecast but keeps profit outlook intact; FIG drops 15%+ pre-market — Figma (FIG.N) on Wednesday reported a sharp rise in costs and a decline in profit margins as the design software company ramps up AI investments …
More: The Information, Dow Jones Newswires, Yahoo Finance, Figma, Blockonomi, and Benzinga
| Bloomberg: |
DeepSeek says it plans to implement substantial price increases across its services; V4 Flash currently costs $0.14/1M input and $0.28/1M output tokens — DeepSeek plans to implement a significant price increase across its AI services, an unusual shift from the disruptive Chinese player that has put pressure on US and domestic rivals.
More: The Information, RuntimeWire, and Robotics News
| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
Mysk: Apple's Private Relay tool can leak users' IP addresses due to issues in Apple's WebKit browser engine, also affecting OnionBrowser, a Tor browser for iOS — Researchers found a group of issues that mean Private Relay isn't actually protecting users' real IP addresses.
More: Mysk Blog, Neowin, Cyber Security News, Digital Trends, The Mac Observer, CNET, iClarified, and iPhone in Canada
X: @psylo_app, @onyxaudit, @mysk_co, @protonvpn, @mysk_co, @mysk_co, and @psylo_app
Bluesky: @evacide and @josephcox
Forums: Hacker News, r/privacy, r/apple, r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Bloomberg: |
A look at Sequoia's revamped strategy under new stewards Alfred Lin and Pat Grady, including bold AI bets; sources: Sequoia recently closed $10B in new funding — Alfred Lin and Pat Grady are repositioning the 54-year-old firm for a world dominated by artificial intelligence.| Emmett Lindner / New York Times: |
TikTok's US entity says it is closing its Nashville office, which held some of its content moderation team; filing: TikTok laid off 250 employees at the office — The office was home to members of the app's content moderation team. — TikTok's U.S. joint venture said on Wednesday …
More: Nashville Business Journal and The Tennessean
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