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Today’s updates on Techmeme
- Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times: The White House announces new tariffs on drones and components, including a 100% levy on “particularly sensitive” models, aiming to cut reliance on Chinese tech — US to impose up to 100% levies on […]
- Reuters: Sources: Apple trained a China-specific LLM with Alibaba's support, which would make Apple the first foreign company to offer a proprietary AI model in China — Apple (AAPL.O) has trained a large language model specifically for the China […]
- Reuters: SMIC co-CEO Zhao Haijun says the company raised prices following negotiations with customers in Q1, and that it will charge more for wafers processed in Q3 — China's top foundry, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (0981.HK), said on Friday […]
- Bobby Allyn / NPR: Sources: the CFTC has launched a probe into prediction markets' “mention markets”, prompting Kalshi to remove bets on word choices from sports-related offerings — Federal regulators have launched a review of so-called “mention markets” on […]
- Bloomberg: Pony AI plans to deploy 2K+ robotaxis across Europe in partnership with Uber and add four more European cities, after Zagreb, with a later Middle East expansion — Pony AI Inc. said it plans to deploy more than […]
- Veronica Irwin / Transformer: A profile of Amy Kremer, a pro-Trump activist who helped organize the January 6 rally and currently chairs the grassroots anti-data center group Humans First — Amy Kremer's resume makes her loyalty to Trump impossible […]
- Maxwell Zeff / Wired: Current and former OpenAI employees say pressure to quickly ship products left less time for safety, contributing to incidents like the rogue agent hack — OpenAI's rogue agent hack was a watershed moment for AI […]
- Elias Schisgall / Wall Street Journal: Applied Materials reports Q3 revenue up 25% YoY to $9.12B, vs. $8.99B est., net income up 43% to $2.54B, and forecasts Q4 revenue above estimates — The company is looking to ramp up […]
- Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal: Charter receives final state approval to buy Cox for $21.9B after making concessions to California regulators, including low-cost internet for some households — Cable and broadband providers receive regulatory clearance from California after […]
- Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: Epic v. Apple: Apple proposes commissions on US linked-out purchases of 15% for standard apps, 10% for partner programs and renewals, 5% for Small Business apps — Apple has submitted its proposal for the fees […]
- J.J. McCorvey / Bloomberg: A judge orders Kalshi to stop offering most of its prediction contracts in Washington state, after finding it likely violated state gambling-related laws — Kalshi was told by a judge to stop offering most of […]
- Bloomberg: Sources: OpenAI is on track to generate annualized revenue of $40B+ based on its current performance, roughly doubling its run rate from the end of 2025 — OpenAI is on track to generate annualized revenue of more than […]
- The Information: A profile of Camilla Clark, quiet adviser to husband Dario Amodei and behind-the-scenes player at Anthropic; she once pitched a porn startup to Jeffrey Epstein — Eric Schmidt had plenty of reasons to toast the success of […]
- Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: Reddit will join the S&P 500 on August 18, becoming only the second pure-play social media company in the index after Meta; RDDT jumps 10%+ after hours — Reddit shares rose 11% in extended trading […]
- Frederic Lardinois / The New Stack: OpenAI launches Computer History, an opt-in feature that turns recent computer activity on macOS into memories and a timeline that ChatGPT and Codex can use — OpenAI's opt-in Computer History captures a local […]
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