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<span class="title" style="font-size: 24px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=aa4ee1a757&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Intel cancelled planned fab projects in Germany and Poland, and will consolidate its testing and assembly operations in Vietnam and Malaysia</a></span>
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<a class="tweet_body" href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=e42ccd1c68&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: black;">Intel now expects to have 75,000 employees at year end - down from 116,500 in June 2024. Nvidia CEO said they now have 42,000 employees yesterday - up from 36,000 in January 2025. Massive shifts.</a>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 24px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=f439899792&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">At an All-In Podcast summit, President Trump said forcing AI firms to pay for each copyrighted work is “not doable”, calling for “common sense” AI and IP rules</a></span>
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<a class="tweet_body" href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=7d0c27cc6a&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: black;">Trump: You can't be expected to have a successful AI program when every single article, book, or anything else that you have read or studied, you are supposed to pay for.. it is not doable. When a person reads a book or an article, you've gained great knowledge. That does not mean that you are violating copyright laws</a>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=f0a536ce77&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Hands-on with iPadOS 26: new windowing system is great and other enhancements like smarter Shortcuts and Files app make the iPad better for professional use</a></span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=0dae54ad79&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Hands-on with macOS 26: the interface is a mess, like a poorly imported iOS design, but the power of Spotlight and Shortcuts will delight many longtime users</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Jason Snell / </span><span class="pub_name">Six Colors</span>)</span>
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<td style="padding:5px 10px 0;">
<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=75ef950ec1&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">AMD CEO Lisa Su says she expects TSMC's Arizona-made chips to cost “more than 5% but less than 20%” above TSMC's Taiwan-made chips, and to arrive by 2025's end</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="pub_name">Bloomberg</span>)</span>
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<table class="leading_item" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
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<td style="padding:5px 10px 0;">
<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=e623209f8e&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Microsoft says the “Storm-2603” group is now deploying ransomware via vulnerable SharePoint server versions, as the estimated number of victims hits 400+</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Raphael Satter / </span><span class="pub_name">Reuters</span>)</span>
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<table class="leading_item" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
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<td style="padding:5px 10px 0;">
<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=9401aa5163&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Starlink says it's experiencing a network outage and is “implementing a solution”; NetBlocks reports that connectivity dropped to “16% of ordinary levels”</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Richard Lawler / </span><span class="pub_name">The Verge</span>)</span>
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</div>
<div style="width:100%;border-top:1px solid lightgray;padding:14px 0;" class="story">
<table class="leading_item" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
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<td style="padding:5px 10px 0;">
<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=31aa700cbb&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">In a memo, Satya Nadella addresses the “enigma” of layoffs while “Microsoft is thriving”, saying the transition into the AI era “might feel messy at times”</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Todd Bishop / </span><span class="pub_name">GeekWire</span>)</span>
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</div>
<div style="width:100%;border-top:1px solid lightgray;padding:14px 0;" class="story">
<table class="leading_item" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
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<td style="padding:5px 10px 0;">
<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=88da660860&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Amazon updates its color screen Kindle Colorsoft with a cheaper 16GB model for $250 and a kids-focused bundle with one year of Kids Plus for $270, available now</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Jay Peters / </span><span class="pub_name">The Verge</span>)</span>
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</div>
<div style="width:100%;border-top:1px solid lightgray;padding:14px 0;" class="story">
<table class="leading_item" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
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<td style="padding:5px 10px 0;">
<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=843504f942&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">The Wireless Power Consortium launches faster Qi2 25W wireless charging, with “major Android smartphones” finally adopting the standard alongside the iPhone</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Dominic Preston / </span><span class="pub_name">The Verge</span>)</span>
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<div style="width:100%;border-top:1px solid lightgray;padding:14px 0;" class="story">
<table class="leading_item" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
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<td style="padding:5px 10px 0;">
<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=c195d685a8&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Google launches its virtual clothes try-on feature, letting users upload photos of themselves, in the US and updates price alerts to let users specify an amount</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Aisha Malik / </span><span class="pub_name">TechCrunch</span>)</span>
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</div>
<div style="width:100%;border-top:1px solid lightgray;padding:14px 0;" class="story">
<table class="leading_item" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
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<td style="padding:5px 10px 0;">
<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=398576618d&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Sources: Cognition, which makes the coding assistant Devin, is in talks to raise $300M+ at a $10B valuation; it was reportedly valued at $4B in March</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Richard Nieva / </span><span class="pub_name">Forbes</span>)</span>
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<table class="leading_item" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
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<td style="padding:5px 10px 0;">
<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=c9284756e8&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Lyft rolls out letting riders “favorite” or block drivers to enhance loyalty from riders and drivers; favorites get priority for future scheduled rides</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Natalie Lung / </span><span class="pub_name">Bloomberg</span>)</span>
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<table class="leading_item" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
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<td style="padding:5px 10px 0;">
<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=709db65062&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Analysis and sources: $1B+ of Nvidia's AI chips were shipped to China in the three months after President Trump tightened chip export controls in May</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="pub_name">Financial Times</span>)</span>
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earnings
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<div style="width:100%;border-top:1px solid lightgray;padding:14px 0;" class="first_in_section story">
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=d02dc31127&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">ServiceNow reports Q2 revenue up 22.5% YoY to $3.22B, vs. $3.12B est., and net income up 47% YoY to $385M, fueled by AI growth; NOW jumps 7%+</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Samantha Subin / </span><span class="pub_name">CNBC</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=72a939e4a0&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">STMicro reports Q2 revenue down 14.4% YoY to $2.77B, with an operating loss of $133M, vs. $56.2M profit est., including $190M in impairment and other costs</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Nathan Vifflin / </span><span class="pub_name">Reuters</span>)</span>
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<div class="section_header uppercase" style="border-bottom: 3px solid #004860;letter-spacing: 1px;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;padding: 4px 10px;text-transform: uppercase;">
artificial intelligence
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=a03837c190&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Google launches Web Guide, an AI-powered Search Labs experiment that organizes Google Search results by grouping pages related to specific aspects of the query</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Sarah Perez / </span><span class="pub_name">TechCrunch</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=edb383a297&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Google's AI Overviews, which a recent Pew study shows reduce clickthrough rates, are further eroding traffic to original publishers by linking to aggregators</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Emanuel Maiberg / </span><span class="pub_name">404 Media</span>)</span>
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<td style="padding:5px 10px 0;">
<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=d2679bc36c&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Sources: OpenAI plans to launch GPT-5 in early August, with the main and mini versions available via ChatGPT and the API, and the nano version via the API only</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Tom Warren / </span><span class="pub_name">The Verge</span>)</span>
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<td style="padding:5px 10px 0;">
<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=1b4a3029dc&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Sources: the US FDA's AI tool Elsa has fabricated nonexistent studies, misrepresented research, and cannot access relevant documents to assist with review work</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Sarah Owermohle / </span><span class="pub_name">CNN</span>)</span>
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</div>
<div style="width:100%;border-top:1px solid lightgray;padding:14px 0;" class="story">
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<td style="padding:5px 10px 0;">
<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=06c42019cf&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Pinterest is increasingly filled with AI interior design images, often featuring unrealistic or impossible details, complicating users' search for inspiration</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Bethan Staton / </span><span class="pub_name">Financial Times</span>)</span>
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<div style="width:100%;border-top:1px solid lightgray;padding:14px 0;" class="story">
<table class="leading_item" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
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<td style="padding:5px 10px 0;">
<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=2cf1e7132f&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Leena AI, which develops an employee-facing agentic AI assistant, launches “AI colleagues” that it says can work and interact just like human employees</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Kyt Dotson / </span><span class="pub_name">SiliconANGLE</span>)</span>
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<td style="padding:5px 10px 0;">
<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=d9bd8c27cb&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Figma makes its prompt-to-app coding tool Figma Make available to all users, after initially launching it in beta for Full Seat users earlier in 2025</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Jess Weatherbed / </span><span class="pub_name">The Verge</span>)</span>
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<td style="padding:5px 10px 0;">
<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=dd12aaedb6&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Walmart consolidates its AI agents into four “super agents”, for customers, staff, engineers, and sellers/suppliers, using Anthropic's Model Context Protocol</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Isabelle Bousquette / </span><span class="pub_name">Wall Street Journal</span>)</span>
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</div>
<div style="width:100%;border-top:1px solid lightgray;padding:14px 0;" class="story">
<table class="leading_item" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
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<td style="padding:5px 10px 0;">
<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=07c884f455&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">The Laude Institute, a nonprofit that runs the K Prize multi-round AI coding challenge, says a Brazilian prompt engineer won with just 7.5% of the right answers</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Russell Brandom / </span><span class="pub_name">TechCrunch</span>)</span>
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<div style="width:100%;border-top:1px solid lightgray;padding:14px 0;" class="story">
<table class="leading_item" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
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<td style="padding:5px 10px 0;">
<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=09e6ea1d0c&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">A profile of Swedish AI coding startup Lovable, which became the fastest-growing software startup ever, reaching $100M+ in annualized revenue in eight months</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Iain Martin / </span><span class="pub_name">Forbes</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=f459b1929a&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Q&A with Stability AI CEO Prem Akkaraju on taking over from Emad Mostaque, his movie background, data and copyright, working with creative industries, and more</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Melissa Heikkilä / </span><span class="pub_name">Financial Times</span>)</span>
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broadband
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=d29e4e6729&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">T-Mobile's Starlink-powered satellite service T-Satellite is now generally available as a standalone subscription for US users, not just T-Mobile customers</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Emma Roth / </span><span class="pub_name">The Verge</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=95b4e6d1ec&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">China's Qianfan, the third largest satellite broadband constellation with 90 operational satellites, remains far short of its goal of 648 by the end of 2025</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Ling Xin / </span><span class="pub_name">South China Morning Post</span>)</span>
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video games
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=9da67e8ecb&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Indie open gaming marketplace Itch.io abruptly deindexes NSFW content from its browse and search pages after payment processors raised concerns, following Steam</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Jess Weatherbed / </span><span class="pub_name">The Verge</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=5929b1a9f3&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Gamma Data: China's female-oriented gaming market surged 124% YoY to $1B in 2024, driven by mobile game Love and Deepspace, which earned $400M, per Sensor Tower</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Wataru Suzuki / </span><span class="pub_name">Nikkei Asia</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=c12dcdbd8c&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">In Yuga Labs v. Ryder Ripps, a US appeals court rules that NFTs are “goods” that can get trademark protection but sends the case back to a lower court</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Zack Abrams / </span><span class="pub_name">The Block</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=1c0b272192&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">A US judge dismisses a lawsuit accusing Intel of defrauding shareholders by hiding problems in its foundry unit, news of which led to a $32B one-day stock fall</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Jonathan Stempel / </span><span class="pub_name">Reuters</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=87eeaa34e7&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Gamefound, a board game crowdfunding company, acquires Indiegogo, which has 38M members and will change its pricing to be in line with Gamefound's flat 5% fee</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Jay Peters / </span><span class="pub_name">The Verge</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=d557aa992a&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">The CISPE files a legal complaint in the EU, arguing that it approving Broadcom's $61B VMware buyout failed to impose conditions to prevent market power abuse</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Samuel Stolton / </span><span class="pub_name">Bloomberg</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=4ee15351bb&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">The EU says it will investigate whether KKR provided incorrect or misleading information in its €22B acquisition of Telecom Italia's fixed-line network</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Foo Yun Chee / </span><span class="pub_name">Reuters</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=f4135141cc&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Source: Founders Fund and Dragoneer have committed to investing $1B+ each in OpenAI's second, $30B installment of its $40B round announced in March</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Sri Muppidi / </span><span class="pub_name">The Information</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=716828ee81&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">LegalOn, whose contract review tool uses AI to identify risks and suggest edits, raised a $50M Series C, bringing its total raised to $200M+</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Kate Park / </span><span class="pub_name">TechCrunch</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=772d5b6e58&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Trunk Tools, which provides AI services to organize construction documentation, raised a $40M Series B led by Insight, bringing its total funding to $70M</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Kyt Dotson / </span><span class="pub_name">SiliconANGLE</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=666862eac7&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">London-based stock trading app Lightyear, which operates in 25 countries, raised a $23M Series B led by NordicNinja, sources say at a $200M to $300M valuation</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Ryan Browne / </span><span class="pub_name">CNBC</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=2d53a7e0eb&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">HeroDevs, which provides support for legacy open-source software, raised $125M from PSG and intends to allocate $20M to its Open Source Sustainability Fund</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Kyt Dotson / </span><span class="pub_name">SiliconANGLE</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=36a9d27dc2&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Armada, whose mobile AI data centers for use in remote environments have been used by the US Navy, raised $131M, bringing its total funding to $200M+</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Cal Biesecker / </span><span class="pub_name">Defense Daily</span>)</span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=b16f00c30b&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Google will officially deprecate links generated with its goo.gl URL shortener on August 25, 2025; the company stopped generating goo.gl URLs in March 2019</a></span>
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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=0a0b53c9e9&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Sources: Elad Gil is raising a fund of ~$1.5B that could grow to $2B based on investor interest, making it one of the largest fundraising hauls for a solo GP</a></span>
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