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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Meta rolls out Muse Spark 1.3 in Muse Code and Meta Model API, saying it improves performance across agentic and coding tasks, at the same pricing as Spark 1.2 — Meta on Wednesday released Muse Spark 1.3, an update it says significantly improves performance in coding and agentic tasks.
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| Mark Zuckerberg / @finkd: |
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's Watermelon model and Muse Spark open weights are “coming soon” — Muse Spark 1.3 is rolling out today with frontier performance almost too cheap to meter. This is the biggest jump we've made so far on coding and agentic work. Try it in Muse Code and our API. Next up 🍉 and Muse Spark open weights releases coming soon.
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Nvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face for $12.9B, its second-biggest purchase after it paid $20B for Groq assets at the end of last year — Nvidia has officially agreed to buy open-source artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, as the chipmaker moves beyond hardware and further up the AI stack.| Maggie Eastland / Bloomberg: |
All G20 nations unanimously endorse the non-binding Carolina Principles, a US-proposed framework calling for a lighter touch to governing emerging tech like AI — Representatives from the world's largest economies unanimously agreed to adopt guidelines proposed by the US that call … | Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
At the G20 summit, Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, and Elon Musk joined Trump officials in lobbying policymakers against heavy AI regulations — Company bosses, officials say advances in technology are already making AI safer than under government regulations
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft plans to start disclosing Azure quarterly revenue as part of a shift in its reporting structure, under which Azure revenue grew 42% to $29.42B in Q4 — Microsoft will start disclosing quarterly revenue for its Azure cloud business for the first time, providing investors …
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| Stephen Nakrosis / Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft shifts from three reporting segments to two: Agents and Infra, which has Microsoft 365 and Azure, and Devices and Consumer, which has Windows and Xbox — Microsoft is changing its reporting structure from three segments to two—Agents and Infra, and Devices and Consumer| Google: |
Google launches Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber for partners in its new Fairwind Program and says Gemini 3.8 Flash beats Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol on some benchmarks — Our newest Gemini models deliver next-generation intelligence for agentic workflows and cybersecurity.
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| Wired: |
Sources: Meta adjusts employee review language around “AI-driven impact” and token usage, easing off on tokenmaxxing, while promoting the use of AI agent Hatch — The company is reducing pressure on workers to use artificial intelligence tools while encouraging them to experiment with Hatch … | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber launches London's first commercial robotaxi service; the vehicles use UK-based Wayve's autonomous driving tech and will initially have human safety drivers — The cars have no lidar and no geofence, but still will have human safety drivers for the initial launch.
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| Dawn Lim / Bloomberg: |
How organized opposition that toppled a $100B data center project in Virginia's Prince William County became a blueprint for data center backlash in the US — Organized opposition toppled a $100 billion project from developers backed by two of the world's biggest private equity companies.| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Palo Alto Networks paid $500M in cash and stock to acquire agentic IT support startup Console; PitchBook: Console had a $157M valuation before the sale — Palo Alto Networks paid $500 million in cash and stock to acquire Console, a two-year-old startup that uses AI agents …
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| MarketWatch: |
Snowflake reports Q2 revenue up 35% YoY to $1.55B, above $1.48B est., and forecasts Q3 and FY 2027 product revenue above est.; SNOW jumps 20%+ pre-market — Companies looking to build AI tools on top of their data are turning to Snowflake, driving robust revenue growth| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
US federal courts have consistently shown a wariness in demanding structural remedies against Big Tech despite finding antitrust liability, as tech races ahead — After finding antitrust violations, federal courts have been reluctant to impose harsh sanctions. They fear meddling in markets where technology is racing ahead.
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| Farah Stockman / New York Times: |
The Trump administration imposes tariffs of up to 100% on foreign drones, including 100% on models over 55lbs or with thermal imaging, in a bid to thwart China — In addition, the F.C.C. is weighing stiff restrictions on common drone technology such as thermal imaging and aerosol spraying.
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| Valeriya Safronova / Financial Times: |
How some parents, mostly mothers, use AI to help them organize their families' schedules and automate mundane household tasks via apps like Ollie and Cozi Max — Parents are using AI to organise their families, from managing busy schedules to researching preschools, planning meals and grocery shopping.| Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times: |
Uber is aligning with drivers' unions in a bid to slow the rollout of robotaxis across the US, as it faces a technological disruption to its core business — Ride-hailing app admits its effort to back workers may appear ‘ironic’ after years of clashes with drivers.| Bloomberg: |
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
HPE reports Q3 revenue up 34% YoY to $12.2B, says supply constraints affect its ability to meet demand, and signs a $3.5B server deal; HPE falls 5%+ pre-market — Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. declined in late trading after the company reported increasing sales that didn't meet high expectations … | Ryan Gould / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Thoma Bravo-backed Proofpoint is in talks to acquire cybersecurity company Varonis; Varonis rose 10.4% on Wednesday, giving it a market value of ~$5.4B — Thoma Bravo-backed Proofpoint Inc. is in talks to acquire cybersecurity company Varonis Systems Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.| CNBC: |
Equinix, whose stock is up 33% YTD, pushing its market cap to $100B, inks a deal with Nvidia to let customers run their AI models on the Together AI platform — Long before the era of the hyperscalers and neoclouds, and decades ahead of the AI data center boom, there was Equinix.| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Broadcom reports Q3 revenue up 86% YoY to $29.59B, above $29.36B est., AI semiconductor revenue up 221% to $16.7B, and forecasts Q4 revenue below est. — Broadcom shares edged up in extended trading on Wednesday after the chipmaker issued a rosy forecast for the next fiscal year and hinted …
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| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Anker unveils the Eufy MindBase, a local AI hub for its cameras that runs an on-device, Anker-developed LLM, with a dedicated AI chip and up to 48TB of storage — The company also announced a new Eufy video doorbell with VR features and a window camera.
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| Marissa Newman / Bloomberg: |
Israeli startup Guardio, which offers a subscription consumer security service to protect digital accounts like emails, raised $40M at a $1.1B valuation — Israeli cybersecurity startup Guardio raised funds from investors including Assaf Rappaport, the founder of cloud security firm Wiz …
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| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
TrendForce: for a 256GB iPhone Pro model, Q3 memory costs are forecast to be ~400% higher than a year prior but Apple won't pass on the full cost to customers — A new market intelligence report suggests that Apple will be paying four times more for iPhone 18 Pro memory than it did for last year's model.
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