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<span class="title" style="font-size: 24px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=d8360f51ea&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Apple announces the ultra-slim, eSIM-only iPhone Air with a 5.6mm design, A19 Pro chip, N1 wireless chip for Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, Center Stage front camera, more</a></span>
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<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Chance Miller / </span><span class="pub_name">9to5Mac</span>)</span>
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<a class="tweet_body" href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=487e59d4d8&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: black;">first new iphone upgrade i have really wanted in awhile! looks very cool.</a>
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<a class="tweet_body" href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=00333056bc&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: black;">“All day battery life” on the iPhone Air is gonna suck because “all day battery life” means nothing. They've been saying that since the iPhone 4 lol</a>
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<a class="tweet_body" href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=0ec6caf2c1&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: black;">The key takeaway from $AAPL today: this was the most aggressive change to iPhone form factors since the iPhone 6 in 2014. The Pro models gained a new industrial design (sneaky good), and Apple introduced the new Air. Together, that means roughly 70% of iPhones sold will feature a new form factor. ➡️ New form factors = More upgrades.</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=3b15f34201&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Apple unveils iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, with an aluminum unibody design, vapor chamber thermal management, Ceramic Shield 2 glass, and three 48MP rear cameras</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Zac Hall / </span><span class="pub_name">9to5Mac</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=e30850d2fa&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Apple announces the iPhone 17, featuring the A19 chip, larger 6.3" display and 120Hz ProMotion support, improved brightness of up to 3,000 nits, and more</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Benjamin Mayo / </span><span class="pub_name">9to5Mac</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=ddab262530&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">The iPhone 17 lineup comes with 256GB of base storage, up from 128GB in the iPhone 16 series; for the first time, the Pro Max model offers a 2TB configuration</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=95335378f3&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Apple raises the iPhone Pro starting price by $100 to $1,099; the iPhone 17 Pro Max starts at $1,199, Air at $999, and 17 at $799, all available on September 19</a></span>
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<a class="tweet_cite" href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=f1a27ca275&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: black;">@mkbhd:</a>
<a class="tweet_body" href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=50c1b6044e&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: black;">AirPods Pro 3 get heart rate sensing during workouts. Probably doesn't mean much to Apple Watch users, but this matches what we saw get added to Beats.</a>
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<a class="tweet_body" href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=6923ca0058&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: black;">i dont really watch apple announcements anymore but this struck me my hot take is that of all the devices purporting to be revolutionary over the past few years, the Airpods Pro are the underdog that might actually live up to it [image]</a>
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<a class="tweet_body" href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=120c09544c&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: black;">Apple Watch Sleep Score is official. Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch Ultra 3 and iPhone SE 3 get Sleep Score too. I'm surprised it took 11 iterations of Apple Watch before we got Sleep Score but I'm glad it is here now. [image]</a>
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<a class="tweet_body" href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=bd605724a7&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: black;">Watch gets a meaningful new feature, high blood presssure monitoring. We've been waiting for this for 5 years. Uses novel approach by measure blood pressure from light sensor that is also used for heart rate. Classic Apple to do it different. Expect FDA clearance “soon”.</a>
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<a class="tweet_cite" href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=9c8f69dae6&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: black;">@mgsiegler:</a>
<a class="tweet_body" href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=46a76758a1&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: black;">Pretty bold to say they expect to alert over *a million* people about hypertension in the first year. They clearly feel confident about that stat. Wild. #AppleEvent</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=63d9634db0&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Apple unveils the $799+ Apple Watch Ultra 3, which now includes 5G, up to 42 hours of battery life, and satellite connectivity, shipping September 19</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=7a81b21149&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Apple announces $249+ Apple Watch SE 3, featuring the S10 chip, an always-on display, support for gestures, coming September 19</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Ben Lovejoy / </span><span class="pub_name">9to5Mac</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=675fc6285b&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Oracle reports Q1 revenue up 12% YoY to $14.93B, vs. $15.04B est., and remaining performance obligations up 359% to $455B; ORCL jumps 25%+ after hours</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Jordan Novet / </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=7e60b42497&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Mistral raised a €1.7B Series C at an €11.7B valuation; ASML led the round with €1.3B to become its biggest shareholder, joined by a16z, DST, Nvidia, and others</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Tim Bradshaw / </span><span class="pub_name">Financial Times</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=82cd28d0e0&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Sources: Nasdaq agrees to buy $50M in shares of the Winklevoss twins' Gemini crypto exchange in a private placement at the time of Gemini's IPO this week</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Echo Wang / </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=793071595c&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Crypto exchange Gemini raises the proposed price range for its US IPO from $17-$19 per share to $24-$26, targeting a valuation of up to $3.08B</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Ateev Bhandari / </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=33d406bb00&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Source: Klarna and some shareholders raised $1.37B in a US IPO that was more than 20x oversubscribed, selling 34.3M shares at $40 each, above the marketed range</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Anthony Hughes / </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=b54954cad9&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Investigation: IBM, Dell, HP, Cisco, Oracle, Microsoft, Intel, Nvidia, and other US tech companies helped design and build China's digital surveillance state</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="pub_name">Associated Press</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=1af6c58991&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">A profile of Techmeme, which turns 20 this week yet oddly works and looks the same way it did in 2005, as its executive-heavy readership expands in the AI boom</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Fred Vogelstein / </span><span class="pub_name">Crazy Stupid Tech</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=f19782e8db&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">A live blog of Apple's “Awe dropping” event, where major iPhone design upgrades, an ultrathin iPhone 17 Air, and three Apple Watch models are announced</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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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=b5f6aa42db&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">A recording of Apple's “Awe dropping” event from Apple Park</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="pub_name">Apple on YouTube</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=0eb81a9469&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Apple will release iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 Tahoe, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, and visionOS 26 on September 15, featuring a Liquid Glass redesign and other updates</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Andrew Cunningham / </span><span class="pub_name">Ars Technica</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=f4bb241cb6&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Apple unveils the A19 and A19 Pro chips with a 6-core CPU and a 5- or 6-core GPU, the C1X modem, and the N1 networking chip for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Thread</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="pub_name">Tom's Hardware</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=a2db04506b&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">The new iPhones have an 18MP Center Stage front camera that features a new square sensor and can use AI to automatically adjust the field of view and rotation</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Terrence O'Brien / </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=91b21655c2&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">iPhone Air hands-on: very thin with rounded edges reminiscent of previous iPhone designs and a camera “plateau” that flows smoothly into the back of the phone</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<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=051ec26cf5&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Hands-on with the iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max: refreshing bold colors, soft matte unibody aluminum frame, and a nice two-tone back with a full-width camera bar</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<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=b6f84c98b4&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Hands-on with Apple AirPods Pro 3: updated ANC system is impressive, foam ear tips are more comfortable but their fit and feel will take some getting used to</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Billy Steele / </span><span class="pub_name">Engadget</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=cddd3a82aa&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Hands-on with Apple Watch Series 11, SE 3, and Ultra 3: SE 3 feels surprisingly similar to the Series 11 and the satellite SOS feature is neat</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<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=d2569cd235&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Apple announces new accessories, including a slim MagSafe battery and a bumper case for the iPhone Air, new TechWoven cases, and a crossbody strap</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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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=bdf8dd2807&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Nvidia unveils Rubin CPX, a new chip system designed for long-context AI tasks like video generation and software development, set to launch at the end of 2026</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Ian King / </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=70a0a5b5df&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Anthropic's Claude can now create PDFs, slides, and spreadsheets, available now for Max, Team, and Enterprise users, and coming to Pro users in the coming weeks</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Sabrina Ortiz / </span><span class="pub_name">ZDNET</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=8845c8390d&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">US jobseekers describe a hellish job market, with young people using ChatGPT to write their applications, HR using AI to read them, and few people getting hired</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Annie Lowrey / </span><span class="pub_name">The Atlantic</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=a90eda876b&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Sources: Microsoft will use Anthropic's models for some AI features in Office 365 apps, after finding Claude Sonnet 4 outperforms GPT-5 in some tasks</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Aaron Holmes / </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=7224a6ff5b&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Booking.com, Expedia, Airbnb, and others are preparing for AI agents, which could disrupt the travel agent business model and upend the $1.6T travel market</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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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=5fc7c78f9d&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Source: Meta signed a contract worth $140M+ to use technology from AI image startup Black Forest Labs, committing $35M in the first year and $105M in the second</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Kate Clark / </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=3c292c5d40&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Hands-on with AI startup Friend's $129 always-listening pendant: feels like a beefy AirTag, runs Gemini 2.5, gives unhelpful commentary, and makes others uneasy</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="pub_name">Wired</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=ed7884a3e8&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Google announces an AI Plus subscription tier for emerging markets, offering “more access to Gemini 2.5 Pro” and tools like Flow, starting with Indonesia</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Abner Li / </span><span class="pub_name">9to5Google</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=00e622367d&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">The UAE's Institute of Foundation Models open sources its K2 Think model, trained with only ~2,000 AI chips and designed for math, coding, and science research</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Cade Metz / </span><span class="pub_name">New York Times</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=e1c5b3a18d&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Sources: OpenAI's executives fear mounting political scrutiny in California could stymie for-profit plans and have discussed leaving the state as a last resort</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Berber Jin / </span><span class="pub_name">Wall Street Journal</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=81b9bd0e85&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Nvidia is attacking GOP-led proposals to limit AI chip sales to China, an unconventional lobbying blitz over what it calls left-wing paranoia from “AI doomers”</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="pub_name">New York Times</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=5bd663abbf&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Sources: Reflection AI, which is building AI coding tools, nears a deal to raise ~$1B at a valuation of $4.5B to $5.5B; Nvidia's VC arm would invest $250M+</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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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=8f6e57a391&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Helsinki-based DataCrunch, which aims to become Europe's first AI cloud hyperscaler, raised a €55M Series A, bringing its total funding to €76.5M</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Tamara Djurickovic / </span><span class="pub_name">Tech.eu</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=b25e563733&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Helsinki-based ReOrbit, which provides hardware and software to help countries fully control their satellite systems, raised a €45M Series A led by Springvest</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Anna Heim / </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=37503e7515&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Blockchain-based lender Figure upsizes its Nasdaq IPO and now plans to sell 31.5M shares priced between $20 and $22, aiming to raise up to ~$693M, up from $526M</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Echo Wang / </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=eeaf5c3638&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Sources: Ant Group's Ant Digital Technologies is quietly working to link ~$8.4B of energy infrastructure and other real-world assets to its AntChain blockchain</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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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=3fae75bbff&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Evan Spiegel says Snap is restructuring around “startup squads” of 10 to 15 staff to better compete; Snapchat+ now brings in $700M+ in ARR from 15M+ subscribers</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Connie Loizos / </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=849a9a7898&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">The Nepalese government lifts its social media ban after 19 people were killed and 100+ were injured in anti-corruption protests that were triggered by the ban</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Gopal Sharma / </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=ecbf9f29be&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Microsoft and LG partner to bring Xbox Cloud Gaming to cars that use LG's Automotive Content Platform, including Kia's EV3, EV4, EV5, and Sportage in Europe</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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<span class="title" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://techmeme.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94ccd3ae223561415b05892ab&id=7c7ba9ebdf&e=06cea4a9e4" style="text-decoration: none;color: #004860;font-weight: bold;">Ramp says it has hit $1B in annualized revenue, after saying it had hit $700M in March; it was valued at $22.5B in July</a></span>
<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Julie Bort / </span><span class="pub_name">TechCrunch</span>)</span>
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<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Amy Mackinnon / </span><span class="pub_name">Financial Times</span>)</span>
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<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Joe Tidy / </span><span class="pub_name">BBC</span>)</span>
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<span class="cite" style="color: #888;display: inline-block;white-space: nowrap;">(<span class="author">Martin Matishak / </span><span class="pub_name">The Record</span>)</span>
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