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China Mulls Stricter Export Controls on AI and Semiconductor Technologies, Microsoft Expands Mistral AI Partnership with Multibillion-Dollar Investment for European Data Centers, and Samsung Launches New Galaxy Credit Card with Tiered Rewards.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google reportedly planning a new AI chip for Gemini models, China's passenger car market slumps big time, Microsoft pulls OneDrive sync app support for older Windows 10 versions.Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prediction market Kalshi moves into biotech, new study findings show no clear electromagnetic wave cancer risk in mobile phone use, Microsoft’s 13-inch Surface Laptop struggles with 8GB of RAM.Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google Delays Flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro Amid Internal Hurdles and Stiff Competition, SpaceX Aborts Starship Launch After Engine Failure, and Moonshot AI Unveils Kimi K3: 2.8 Trillion Parameter Model.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OnePlus will end operations and no longer release products in North America and Europe, Hyundai seeks full ownership of Boston Dynamics, and Google renames NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook. Check out the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stripe and Advent International Propose $53 Billion PayPal Acquisition, the U.S. Government Facilitates AI-Cybersecurity Collaboration, and a Judge Dismisses a Class-Action Lawsuit Against Apple Regarding iCloud Imagery.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

LAPD Allows Flock Safety Surveillance Contract to Expire , New York Enacts One-Year Moratorium on Large Data Centers, and Microsoft Updates Windows 11 Search Box to Improve User Experience.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meta discontinues AI tool able to pull from any public Instagram account, the European Commission will propose a three tier system for minors on social media , and Waze announces new features including a 'Less Chatty Mode'. Check out the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anthropic finds internal workspace J-Space inside Claude, Sony launches the IER-M500 in-ear monitors, humanoid robots conduct world-first operation on live pigs.Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meta Faces Potential 6% Turnover Fine Following European Commission Findings on Addictive Design, Netflix Shifts Strategy to Combat Declining Engagement, and the UK Imposes Direct Regulatory Oversight on Major Cloud Providers for Financial Sector Resilience.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SpaceXAI Launches Grok 4.5 for Coding and Agentic Tasks in Partnership with Cursor, NHTSA Directs Autonomous Vehicle Developers to Resolve First Responder Interference, and Block Reaches $65 Million in Combined Settlements Over Cash App Fraud Allegations.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meta is rolling out a mandatory smart glasses update to disable cameras when the recording light has been tampered with, CloudFlare partners with OpenAI for a research pilot, and DuckDuckGo's browser blocks YouTube ads by default. Check out the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Supreme Court Allows Texas App Store Age Verification Law to Proceed, Samsung Shares Dip Despite Record Q2 Profits Driven by AI Demand, and Nintendo to Phase Out Switch Consoles in Europe by 2027 Due to Battery Regulations.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Xbox announced four game studios are no longer part of the company and will cut approximately 20% of the company in fiscal 2027, the UK's National Crime Agency and Internet Watch Foundation warns parents not to post pictures of children due to AI abuse, and Amazon announces the end of new customers for Mechanical Turk. Check out the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Instagram approved and displayed ads in India promoting CSAM, Midjourney hits back at Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros, Amazon’s Project Leo satellite internet service nears launch.Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Zuckerberg Says AI Agent Progress Slower Than Expected, Google Loses Long-Running EU Antitrust Battle Over Android, and Anthropic Temporarily Transitions Fable 5 to Usage-Based Billing.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OpenAI Proposes $42.6 Billion Equity Stake to U.S. Government, India Temporarily Blocks WhatsApp's New Username Feature Over Security Concerns, Cloudflare to Block Mixed-Use Web Crawlers Starting September 15th.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The US Department of Commerce lifts export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5, Meta adds rate-limits to certain features on previously sold smart glasses, and Sony announces the end of physical discs for games beginning 2028.Check out the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Study Finds Half of Social Media Child Safety Features Fail, California Partners with Anthropic for AI Access, and a UK Regulator Proposes New Competition Rules for App Stores and NFC Tech.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google reportedly limited Meta's use of Gemini AI due to capacity issues, Ford re-hires some veteran engineers to correct quality issues caused by AI, and Sony will remove 551 Studio Canal purchased films and shows from customer libraries. Check out the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.6 but only to certain partners, Apple’s touchscreen MacBook Pro may arrive this year, The Commonhaus Foundation launches the Open Source Sustainability Initiative.Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

White House Imposes New Regulatory Oversight on OpenAI Model Releases, Samsung and SK Hynix Announce $648 Billion South Korea Investment, SpaceX Prepares to Enter Consumer Mobile Market with Retail Starlink Service.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IBM Unveils "Nanostack" Transistor Architecture for Future Semiconductor Scaling, Anthropic Alerts Senate to Massive Illicit Distillation Attack by Alibaba, Meta Transforms Creator Studio into AI-Powered Companion App.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alibaba sues to be removed from US blacklist inclusion over alleged links to Chinese military, YouTube settles before a second major social media addiction case begins, and Rockstar opens pre-orders for the long-delayed Grand Theft Auto VI. Check out the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google Launches AI Incubator to Maintain Ties with Departing Talent, China’s "LineShine" Supercomputer Tops TOP500 List, and the CMA Fines StubHub UK £900,000 Over "Drip Pricing" Violations.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SK Hynix overtakes Samsung to become the most valuable South Korean company, Getty Images signs a content licensing deal with OpenAI, and a Kapwing research study suggests approximately 59% of content shown to new TikTok accounts are AI slop. Check out the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Norway restricts AI use for students, UK’s attorney general says department should stop posting on X, India's Jio Platforms is headed for a big IPO.Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Delhi High Court Upholds Legality of Telegram Ban in India, Amazon Investigates Employees Over AI Data Center Testimony, Rivian Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Autonomous Driving Claims.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Waymo Issues Voluntary Software Recall for 4,000 Robotaxis After Construction Zone Incidents, Apple and Intel Partner for U.S. Chip Manufacturing Initiative, WhatsApp Tests 'View-Once' Privacy Feature for Text Messages.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google releases Android 17 and Wear OS 7, Snap unveils augmented reality glasses to consumers, Apple reportedly planning a major 2027 product wave.Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

India Temporarily Blocks Telegram Over Medical Exam Fraud Concerns, Meta Introduces Facebook AI Mode to Convert Public Content into Conversational Knowledge Base, American Express Acquires TheFork in $700 Million All-Cash Deal.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The UK plans new social media bans for kids, US Federal Data Center Enhancement Act to expire in September, phishing-as-a-service network Outsider Enterprise dismantled. Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paramount Skydance’s WBD acquisition moves forward, Roku explores a potential sale/partnership, Mozilla says almost no one uses the Firefox AI kill switch. Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft Patches Critical Firmware Flaw Risking "Bricked" Surface Devices, Oracle Issues Security Advisory of a Critical PeopleSoft Flaw Under Active Exploitation, and Gemini Replaces Google Assistant on TCL Smart TVs.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Canada Proposes Social Media Ban for Users Under 16, Bluesky is Launching Reddit-Style Communities, and ShinyHunters Claimed Responsibility for Hacking Oracle PeopleSoft Servers at Over 100 Organizations.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SpaceX to launch orbital network demo next year? German court says Google is liable for AI Overviews, Seattle pumps the brakes on new data centers. Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FCC Grants Amazon Extension on Satellite Deployment Deadline, EU Rejects Apple’s DMA Exemption Request, Delaying European Siri AI Rollout, and Instagram has Launched a Global Update Allowing Users to Manually Reorganize Their Profile Grids.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OpenAI prepping major ChatGPT overhaul ahead of IPO, Meta admits 20k+ Instagram accounts were hacked, Google reportedly orders more than 3M AI chips from Intel. Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

WWDC reported to be a big Siri overhaul, US officials mulling equity stakes in AI companies, Utah data center project scaled back after strong local opposition.Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meta Introduces New Conversational AI Creator Assistant on Facebook, Tech Industry Pressure Scales Back US AI Executive Order, and AI agentic traffic has surpassed human internet traffic for the first time.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ChatGPT Hits 1 Billion Global Monthly Users in Record Time, Google Offers Publishers AI Overviews Opt-Out in Search Console, and Meta Oversight Board Demands Transparent Appeals and AI Penalty Oversight.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

European Commission unveils “tech sovereignty” strategy, Microsoft unveils 7 new in-house AI models, Plex adds new social features before Pass price hike.Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anthropic Expands Mythos AI Model Access to 150 Global Partners, Meta's new AI support assistant for account recovery was exploited by hackers to hijack Instagram accounts, and Tencent Integrates WeChat Pay with PayPal for QR Code Payments in China.Link to Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft announces 15-inch Surface Laptop Ultra with RTX Spark inside, Apple rumored to delay smart glass product until late 2027, Netflix engineer Tejas Chopra open-sources Project Headroom.Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meta reportedly ramping up on AI wearables, SpaceX receives $6.45 billion in U.S. Space Force contracts, Samsung and LG partner on Integrated Sensing and Communication. Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.8, California sues 23andMe over data breach, Waymo offers new Ojai autonomous taxi rides. Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meta launches paid subscription tiers, Oura unveiles the Oura Ring 5, Wix cuts 20% of its workforce.Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Samsung's union voted ~74% in favor of a compensation deal to end the possibility of an 18-day strike, Spotify launches a Podcast Clips feature, and Nvidia retires the GeForce Control Panel after 20 years.Check out the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The FBI and DHS ramp up tracking on “anti-tech extremism, China imposes travel restrictions on some AI workers, the Dutch government blocks Kyndryl from acquiring IT provider Solvinity.Show NotesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek announces a permanent 75% price cut for tokens, Mark Gurman reports iOS 27 includes a Camera app update allowing settings to be moved around, and an HP BIOS update pushed by Windows Update rendered some high-end laptops unbootable. Check out the show notes here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.