Tech

Disney announces a global deal with TikTok to bring “thoughtfully curated” fan-created short-form videos based on Disney's IP to Disney+'s vertical feed Verts (www.nytimes.com)
2026-8-6

Developers in Africa are increasingly choosing Chinese open-source AI models over US models, saying they are downloadable, easier to customize, and much cheaper (www.nytimes.com)
2026-8-6 China AI Africa

Sources: ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming told employees at an all-hands last month that the company will not use model distillation to accelerate capabilities (www.theinformation.com)
2026-8-5

How Pringles maker Kellanova is using AI and a partnership with Siemens to improve production of the chip in Europe, including making digital twins of its dough (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-5 Europe AI Siemens

Anthropic confirms it is building an in-house silicon team to design custom chips for Claude, co-designing hardware and models and using a “multi-chip approach” (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-8-5

Launch your IT career for $39.99 with this lifetime training bundle (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-5 Career

The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal rejects Google's bid to block a class action alleging it overcharged businesses for search ads and abused its dominance (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-5 Google

FanDuel parent Flutter says CEO Peter Jackson is stepping down, replaced by President Dan Taylor, and reports a lower profit outlook as its US business falters (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-5

Sources: Google is in talks with AI coding agent startup Mechanize on a possible deal, potentially worth $1.5B+, to hire some of its talent and license its tech (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-8-5 Google Startup AI

Google says it will begin removing Google Assistant from Android and Wear OS devices on September 4, replaced by Gemini; Assistant remains on connected cars (9to5google.com)
2026-8-5 Android Google

NVMe Polishes Its Specs, Brings Virtualization to Locally Attached SSDs (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-8-5

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says the company plans to spend $10B+ “over the coming years” to deploy 120K driverless vehicles, aiming to hit 15+ cities in 2026 (www.ft.com)
2026-8-5 Uber

Uber reports Q2 revenue up 12% YoY to $14.2B, below $14.24B est., Gross Bookings up 24% to $58B, above $57B est., and forecasts Q3 adjusted EPS below est. (www.cnbc.com)
2026-8-5 Uber

Shopify reports Q2 revenue up 34% YoY to $3.6B, above $3.45B est., GMV up 32% YoY to $115.6B, and forecasts Q3 revenue above est.; SHOP jumps 30%+ pre-market (www.reuters.com)
2026-8-5 Shopify

Circle reports Q2 revenue up 7% YoY to $701M, below $712M est., net income of $48M, vs. $43M est., and USDC circulation at $73.4B on June 30; CRCL fell 20% YTD (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-5

Uber and Wayve say Wayve received London private hire vehicle licenses for supervised robotaxis ahead of a full rollout; Waymo plans to offer robotaxis in 2026 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-5 Uber London

Europe's established tech groups SAP, Capgemini, Sopra Steria, and OVHcloud report stronger AI demand, as enterprises shift from experimentation to deployment (www.reuters.com)
2026-8-5 Europe AI

Study: Palantir's European units made €440.5M in 2024 revenue but reported sharply lower margins than its US operations, helping cut its European tax bill (www.politico.eu)
2026-8-5 Europe Tax

Dubai-based vehicle fleet management startup Moove raised $250M led by Abu Dhabi's Mubadala at a $2.1B valuation to build autonomous vehicle “nests” for docking (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-5 Startup Autonomous Car Dubai

Disney announces a global deal with TikTok to bring “thoughtfully curated” fan-created short-form videos based on Disney's IP to Disney+'s vertical Verts feed (www.nytimes.com)
2026-8-5

At the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians, 20+ mathematicians reflect on how AI advances are transforming their work and field; many are optimistic (www.understandingai.org)
2026-8-5 AI

How Reddit moderators are battling AI-powered astroturfing ad campaigns that exploit the platform's trusted reputation to promote skincare and other products (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-5 AI Reddit

Watch a SpaceX Rocket Crash Into the Moon (science.slashdot.org)
2026-8-5 SpaceX

Innolight falls after a report said the US plans to restrict imports of new Chinese data center optical transceivers; 62% of its Q1 revenue came from the US (www.reuters.com)
2026-8-5 China

A profile of livestream shopping app Whatnot, which added 20M accounts in 2025, facilitated the sale of ~$8B in goods, and is set for $1B+ in revenue in 2026 (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-5

Texas Halts Data Center Connections To Power Grid Amid Overwhelming Demand (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-8-5 Texas

Sources: Samsung and SK Hynix are evaluating chipmaking equipment from China's AMEC for possible use at their Chinese factories, as they hedge against US curbs (www.reuters.com)
2026-8-5 China Samsung

Cloudflare announces Cloudflare Wallets for users to pay for APIs and content via stablecoins, with the ability to create virtual wallets for agentic shopping (fortune.com)
2026-8-5

The AI frenzy has divided the VC market, as the gap between top and bottom performers has more than doubled for 2024 funds compared to funds from 2017 to 2021 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-5 AI

SpaceX reports Q2 revenue from connectivity, which includes Starlink, up 66% YoY to $4.29B vs. $3.83B est., Starlink subscribers up 100% to 12M vs. 12.19M est. (www.geekwire.com)
2026-8-5 SpaceX

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