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Google raises the price of its Google TV Streamer by $50 to $150 in the US, as well as for “select” Nest cameras and doorbells, citing “rising component costs” (9to5google.com)
21 days ago Google

How lawn care YouTuber Greg Chism scaled a family channel to 13B views with YouTube's coaching, before YouTube banned it in 2017 following online backlash (www.nytimes.com)
21 days ago YouTube YouTuber

Microsoft says it is testing a fix to an outage affecting Exchange Online and Outlook, lasting for 17+ hours from around 11:30AM ET on Monday (techcrunch.com)
21 days ago Microsoft

Hong Kong-listed Z.ai reports H1 2026 revenue up 5x YoY to ~$142M, with “open platform and API revenue” up 28x to ~$122M, and net loss down 12% YoY to ~$308M (www.theinformation.com)
21 days ago Hong Kong AI

Study: ~33% of UK adults say they used illegal streaming services in the past three months, costing the sports, TV, and film industries ~£1.4B in annual revenue (www.ft.com)
21 days ago

Filing: OpenAI denies Apple's allegations of trade secret theft, saying “this dispute is a mess of Apple's own making, and it is trying to blame everyone else” (www.reuters.com)
21 days ago Apple

Electrically Charged Raindrops Can Corrode Cars and Buildings (science.slashdot.org)
21 days ago

As Gov. Josh Shapiro, once a data center champion, calls them “predatory” and imposes guardrails, some in struggling western Pennsylvania welcome the projects (www.nytimes.com)
21 days ago

Trump Tells FCC To Punish Journalist For Calling His Election Results 'Mixed' (yro.slashdot.org)
21 days ago Trump

AI startup Mirage streamed a 24-hour “live” AI news show on X on August 11, which cost ~$50K in tokens, featuring realistic avatars that struggled to converse (www.upstartsmedia.com)
21 days ago Startup AI

Anthropic details security efforts following Claude cyber evaluation incidents, including a weeks-long pause on higher-risk RL and work to curb reward hacking (www.anthropic.com)
21 days ago

Sources: Anthropic has signed a $35B cloud deal with Nvidia-backed Lambda; Nvidia will hold the lease on and supply chips to a Texas data center built by Hut 8 (www.wsj.com)
21 days ago Nvidia Texas

FTC Sues Amazon, Accusing the E-Commerce Giant of Misleading Advertisers (yro.slashdot.org)
21 days ago Amazon

Apple Caught Off Guard by AI Demand for Mac Mini and Mac Studio (hardware.slashdot.org)
21 days ago AI Apple

Filing: Apple claims a former iPhone engineer used a confidential Apple circuit schematic in his work at OpenAI, evidence is being destroyed, and more (9to5mac.com)
21 days ago iPhone Apple

Florida says it is revoking permits for Flock cameras and similar license-plate readers on state roads and no longer intends to issue such permits (www.orlandosentinel.com)
21 days ago

Sources: AI sales and marketing startup Clay is raising a round led by Wellington at a $7B pre-money valuation, up from $5B via an employee tender in January (www.axios.com)
21 days ago Startup AI

Cronos blockchain restarts after $74 million Tectonic exploit (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
21 days ago Blockchain

Broadcom Pledges to Lock Down Open Source Python, Java Libraries (it.slashdot.org)
21 days ago Open Source

The Pentagon launches ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government on its GenAI.mil platform, giving its 3M personnel access to AI tools “tailored to warfighter needs” (techcrunch.com)
21 days ago AI Pentagon

Amazon says the FTC's complaint over Sponsored Ads cites no evidence of consumer price increases or advertiser harm, and misunderstands how advertisers operate (www.aboutamazon.com)
21 days ago Amazon

Kalshi Dishes Out Its First-Ever Lifetime Ban to George Santos (news.slashdot.org)
21 days ago Ban

Sources: Polymarket will raise $1B led by 1789 Capital at a $21B post-money valuation; Donald Trump Jr. is a partner at 1789 and adviser to Polymarket (www.bloomberg.com)
21 days ago Trump

The FTC and 22 state AGs sue Amazon, alleging it “secretly and systematically overcharged” advertisers more than $20B since 2019 by using “hidden surcharges” (www.cnbc.com)
21 days ago Amazon

On his last day as CEO, Tim Cook pens an emotional memo reflecting on his time at Apple and says he takes “enormous comfort” in handing the helm to John Ternus (9to5mac.com)
21 days ago Apple Tim Cook

Bank of England Chief Warns New AI Models Threaten Global Financial Stability (news.slashdot.org)
21 days ago AI

Microsoft warns of TerminalFix attacks deploying reverse tunnels (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
22 days ago Microsoft

Sources: the FTC and 20+ state AGs plan to sue Amazon for allegedly making tens of billions over seven years by manipulating ad prices on its retail platform (www.wsj.com)
22 days ago Amazon Retail

Sony launches Live TV on PS5 in the US, letting users stream 100+ free, ad-supported TV channels with content from Amazon MGM Studios, Crunchyroll, and more (www.engadget.com)
22 days ago Amazon Sony

Reframe, which uses AI and industrial robot arms to make modular homes in a factory, raised a $40M Series A extension round led by Energy Impact Partners (www.theinformation.com)
22 days ago Energy AI Robot

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