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Sources: Apple plans to launch iPhone 18 Pro models, a thin iPhone 18, and a foldable iPhone in fall 2026 but the standard iPhone 18 in spring 2027 — After years of incremental changes to the iPhone, Apple is mixing things up much more dramatically. Later this year it's expected to introduce …
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Inside Japan's Disco Corp, which makes ~75% of the world's chip cutting tools, and where no staffer has a boss, with decisions made using a currency called Will — It's the start of another day for an ordinary Tokyo salaryman. On a rain-drenched Monday morning, the engineer stows …
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Sensor Tower: Temu cut US digital ad spending by an estimated 31% and Shein by 19% in the two week period from March 31 as the de minimis exemption is closed — For Meta, Alphabet and other platforms, the elimination of the tariff exemption for inexpensive goods is already cutting into advertising revenue.| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
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Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs calls crypto an “untested investment” and vetoes a bill that would have allowed the state to invest in bitcoin using seized funds — The bill, Senate Bill 1025, aimed to create a digital assets reserve managed by the state. — What to know:| Madeline Renbarger / Newcomer: |
Some international startup founders say they are canceling travel plans or reconsidering moving to the US due to Trump administration's immigration crackdown — Plus, a16z leads the most Series A rounds for future unicorns … For startups, runway is everything.| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Veza, which helps company administrators manage employee access to applications and data, raised a $108M Series D led by NEA at a valuation of just over $800M — Tech giants like Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Nvidia have captured headlines in recent years for their massive investments …
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How Namma Yatri, an open-source ride-hailing app, forced Uber, Ola, and Rapido to adopt its no-commission, subscription model for auto-rickshaw drivers in India — Namma Yatri, launched by a SoftBank-backed fintech firm, pioneered the zero-commission model. Now other ride-hailing apps are rethinking their strategy.
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Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom says AI companies are trying too hard to “juice engagement” through follow-up questions, instead of providing useful insights — Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom says AI companies are trying too hard to “juice engagement” …
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Singapore-based cross-border B2B payment service Thunes raised a $150M Series D co-led by Apis Partners and Vitruvian Partners to accelerate its US expansion — Thunes has raised $150 million in a Series D funding round to strengthen its cross-border payments platform and accelerate its expansion in the United States.| Ernest Scheyder / Reuters: |
The US DOD transfers its AI-based Open Price Exploration for National Security program to nonprofit Critical Minerals Forum to boost Western supply deals — A U.S. government-created artificial intelligence program that aims to predict the supply and price of critical minerals has been transferred …
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Advocacy groups push California's AG to ensure that OpenAI's becoming a for-profit adheres to the law; OpenAI formed an advisory commission in response — A group of activists is turning to an old playbook to influence the future of one of the world's most powerful AI companies.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Eric Schmidt-backed nonprofit FutureHouse, which aims to build an “AI scientist”, launches a platform and API with four AI-based tools to assist scientific work — FutureHouse, an Eric Schmidt-backed nonprofit that aims to build an “AI scientist” within the next decade …
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US v. Google: Google says its controls for publishers to opt out of AI training only cover work by Google DeepMind, not training by its other units for search — Google can train its search-specific AI products, like AI Overviews, on content across the web even when the publishers have chosen … | Sean O'Neill / Skift: |
TPG agrees to acquire Sabre's hospitality solutions unit, which provides SaaS to hotel brands, for $1.1B in cash, as Sabre focuses on its core airline business — SKIFT TAKE — Sabre's sale of its hotel reservations tech should help the travel tech company focus on its core airline business.| Trishla Ostwal / Adweek: |
At the adtech remedy hearing, Google says it's open to giving competitors access to real-time bidding data from its ad exchange AdX, but it rejects a breakup — The tech giant faces a Sept. 22 remedies trial over a partial monopoly in its adtech stack — At the landmark adtech remedy hearing today … | Financial Times: |
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