Tootfinder

The Browser Company launches a $20-per-month Dia Pro subscription plan, providing unlimited access to the web browser's AI-powered chat and skills features (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/the-b…

The Browser Company launches a $20 monthly subscription for its AI-powered browser | TechCrunch
The Browser Company has its first paid plan in form of $20 per month Dia Pro.

Trump regime rewriting climate science.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/07/climate/wright-national-climate-assessments-updating

Energy chief suggests Trump administration is altering previously published climate reports
Wright said the Trump administration is updating the National Climate Assessments that have been previously published, which the administration recently removed from government websites.

Bundesgerichtshof: Cloud-Dienste müssen keine Urheberabgabe zahlen
Anbieter von Cloud-Diensten sind nicht verpflichtet, eine angemessene Vergütung für Privatkopien zu zahlen. Der BGH erkennt keine "planwidrige Regelungslücke".

Russia jails former top general for 17 years in massive military graft case: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/08/russia-jails-former-top-general.html

FOIA docs: Illinois news entities operating 120 outlets are receiving a combined $4M in 2025 state tax credits under a new law for employing local journalists (John Volk/Local News Initiative)
https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.e…

Illinois Newsrooms Receive $4 Million from State
Forty Illinois local news entities operating 120 outlets are receiving $4 million in state tax credits under a new law designed to encourage the retention and hiring of journalists, according to documents released this week.

さいきんは、肩の上を活用する方法を身につけました。
耳や髪をいたずらするのはいいが、眼鏡にかみつくのはやめてもらってよろしいか。
#chacha_cat #cat #世界猫の日

aauf meinem computer befindet sich software aus dem snap store, aus apt paketquellen, flatpaks, appimages die ich irgendwo gezogen habe, spiele die ich über steam oder gog runtergeladen habe sowie ausführbares zeug aus dem python package index
ich verliere langsam den überblick
ab sofort installiere ich nur noch sachen von den CDs aus dem CHIP magazin

Anyway, good night to everyone but Pete Buttigieg.

Policymakers underestimate public support for climate action, researchers find #politics

Policymakers underestimate public support for climate action, researchers find
New research by University of Oxford researchers from the Institute of New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, Saïd Business School and Smith School of Enterprise and Environment finds that policymakers, politicians and other policy officials greatly underestimate the public's willingness to contribute to climate action.

Got bright Maritime colors if you want ’em: #Maritimes

Maritime Colors

How do I know if I’m part of the Anthropic class action lawsuit? You’d think they’d make it easier to find 🫩🫩🫩 (for Women In Tech, Penguin Random House 2016…and I know it was eaten by several of the LLMs)

Looking for AI SEO vibe coder with 10 years of experience
Apply at http:⁠//127.0.0.1:8080/job.aspx?id=7024

Heinz Ketchup partners with Smoothie King in what's probably some harbinger of irreversible decline of human civilization - National Zero
https://nationalzero.com/2025/08/07/heinz-ketchup-partners-with-smoothie-king-in-whats-probably-some-harbinger-of-irreversible-decline-of-human-civilization/

Britain said it will start work within days to implement a deal to return some migrants who arrive on small boats to France -- a key part of its plans to cut illegal migration,
after a treaty on the arrangement was ratified on Tuesday.
Under the new
⭐️ "one in, one out" pilot scheme agreed in principle last month,
👉 France will accept the return of undocumented people arriving in Britain by small boats,
in exchange for Britain agreeing to accept an equ…

More heads roll at FBI (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/07/fbi-firings-trump-00499193
http://www.memeorandum.com/250807/p152#a250807p152

Municipalidad de Montes de Oca exhorta al Ejecutivo a no firmar TLC con Israel
https://delfino.cr/2025/08/municipalidad-de-montes-de-oca-exhorta-al-ejecutivo-a-no-firmar-tlc-con-israel?ut…

if you tend use sarcasm in speech: can you tell me why? i'm curious about the reasons people have for it

Virtual Nylon-String Acoustic Guitar
#VirtualInstrument #MusicianTips
https://s…

Virtual Nylon-String Acoustic Guitar - Orange Tree Samples releases Evolution Honey Nylon powered by Kontakt Player
Orange Tree Samples releases Evolution Honey Nylon powered by Kontakt Player

According to my daughter, these are "cruffins" - cookie muffin
Chocolate muffin, chocolate chip cookie
They smell heavenly

We have about 5000 miles on our Polestar 3 now, and like it a lot, especially as an upgrade from a Tesla. Its controls and interior are Tesla-like to drive (one big screen) but with head-up display, much better build quality, very quiet, one of the best sound systems (by B&W) available in any car. It competes more with the Model X than the smaller Y. The software issues that bugged us in the early days were fixed with 1.3.x upgrade last June. Also it looks cool…

«Microsoft is cautiously onboarding Grok 4 following Hitler concerns»
#NotTheOnion - but I'd really prefer if those headlines were just satire…
https://www.theverge.com/notepad-microsoft-newsletter/754647/microsoft-grok-4-roll-out-private-preview-notepad

Still more reasons to hate Silicon Valley. And billionaires.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/silicon-valley-income-wealth-gap

🥳 Apple Maps DCE (Detailed City Experience) released in Singapore 🎉
via #Singapore

Hirnschnittstelle fürs iPad: Synchron zeigt Demos von BCI-HDI
Die US-Firma Synchron hat ein minimalinvasives Gehirninterface für Digitalgeräte entwickelt. In Kooperation mit Apple steuert es nun Geräte wie Tablets.

The average time at Omni for current members of our engineering team is over 19 years. If we expand that to look at the average tenure of all employees at Omni—including our most recent hires in tech support—the average is still over 15 years.
Each year, we're all pushing forward on the latest tech—shipping two visionOS apps last year, working on Liquid Glass designs in SwiftUI this year—not just maintaining ancient code. (Though we have some of that, too!)
I'm incredibly…

Google and Cisco, have disclosed separate data breaches stemming from voice phishing (vishing) attacks that compromised customer information stored in cloud-based CRM systems.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/security/google-and-ci…

Google and Cisco confirm data breaches linked to vishing attacks
Google and Cisco, have disclosed separate data breaches stemming from voice phishing (vishing) attacks that compromised customer information stored in cloud-based CRM systems.

When I was a little kid, the only thing I ever wanted for my birthday was a tricycle. I never got one. This yr, on my 64th bday, my dream finally came true. Mr. Boots got me an electric trike.
I AM OVER THE FCKING MOON. 🥰
He’s making me get—and wear—a helmet, tho. 😒 #ZiggyTheTrike #TheCircleOfLife

Block reports Q2 gross profit up 14% YoY to $2.54B, vs. $2.46B est., GPV up 10% to $64.25B, raises FY gross profit forecast to $10.17B; XYZ up 10% after hours (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/07/block-xyz-q2-2025-earnings-report.html

Block shares pop 11% on full-year guidance boost
Block reported weaker-than-expected earnings for the second quarter but increased its full-year guidance.

Weltgrößtes Offshore-Windkraftwerk mit 26 MW entsteht in China
Es gibt bald einen neuen Spitzenreiter bei den Windkraftanlagen. Die Offshore-Windturbine von Dongfang Electric erreicht gigantische Ausmaße und leistet 26 MW.

Trump regime feeling emperor vibes.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/06/jd-vance-ohio-lake-water-levels

'They have to be able to defend themselves' — Trump confirms additional weapons shipments to Ukraine, criticizes Putin: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/08/they-have-to-be-able.html

世界猫って、宇宙猫の類ですか（ちがいますね！）

How do you say meow in Klingon?

Bragging about how many Substack newsletters you’re subscribed to is definitely a choice

Pinterest reports Q2 revenue up 17% YoY to $998M vs. $975M est., 578M global MAUs vs. 574.5M est., and earnings per share below est.; PINS down 10% after hours (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/07/pinterest-pins-q2-earnings-report-2025.html

Pinterest stock falls 10% after earnings miss
Pinterest reported second-quarter earnings on Thursday in which it beat on sales but missed on earnings per share.

Crypto group claims responsibility for hurling sex toys at WNBA games (Meghan L. Hall/USA Today)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/wnba/2025/08/07/wnba-sex-toys-green-dildo-crypto-meme-coin/85551443007/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6894f4f9a84a4a00010d10da
http://www.memeorandum.com/250807/p147#a250807p147

PBS North Carolina says it will offer voluntary buyouts as it anticipates an annual loss of $4.8M in federal funding and may also lose $4M in state funding (Julian Wyllie/Current)
https://current.org/2025/08/pbs-north-carolina-will-cut-sta…

PBS North Carolina will cut staff amid state and federal funding crisis
The station faces an annual loss of $4.8 million in federal support.

Judge sides with faith group over Utah county in psychedelic mushroom religious freedom lawsuit • Washington State Standard
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/08/07/judge-sides-with-faith-group-over-utah-county-in-psychedelic-mushroom-religious-freedom-lawsuit/

China endured its hottest summer on record in 2025 #China

China endured its hottest summer on record in 2025
China experienced its hottest summer on record in 2025, the meteorological authority said, as heat waves continued to scorch the country's south.

i should have a counter on the wall i flip every time i use a new build system
so far this project involves:
- bazel
- xmake
- cmake
- ninja
- opam
- make
- pip
but i'm sure i've missed something

The Nightingale
#PeaceNow #NowPlaying
https://muz4now.com/2022/the-nightingale-nowp…

The Nightingale #NowPlaying
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Global sea-level change has now been measured by satellites for more than 30 years,
and a comparison with climate projections from the mid-1990s shows that
they were remarkably accurate,
according to two Tulane University researchers whose findings were published in Earth's Future, an open-access journal published by the American Geophysical Union.

Satellites confirm 1990s sea-level predictions were shockingly accurate
Satellite data reveals sea-level rise has unfolded almost exactly as predicted by 1990s climate models, with one key underestimation: melting ice sheets. Researchers stress the importance of refining local projections as seas continue to rise faster than before.

Most cloud companies have pledged to return more water to communities than they consume by 2030. But datacentre water consumption is rising inline with corporate thirst for cloud services. How are CSPs doing at making targets for water conservation a reality?
https://www.computing.co.uk/research/2025/

Cooling the Cloud: Is ‘water positive by 2030’ just a pipedream?
Most cloud companies have pledged to return more water to communities than they consume by 2030. But datacentre water consumption is rising inline with corporate thirst for cloud services. How are CSPs doing at making targets for water conservation a reality?

tiere gucken fahr'n

Verfassungsgericht: Staatstrojaner sind bei "Alltagskriminalität" tabu
Die Polizei darf Staatstrojaner laut Bundesverfassungsgericht nicht einsetzen, wenn eine Tat mit Höchstfreiheitsstrafe von 3 Jahren oder weniger geahndet wird.

Sources: Meta picks Pimco and Blue Owl to lead a $29B financing for its Louisiana data center expansion, providing $26B in debt and $3B in equity, respectively (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-08/met…

Petition to reform the United Kingdom as the United Kigurumi
via @…
https://wetdry.world/@kuriko/114984790274218255

European car makers have subsidized Musk's Tesla for years by buying EU carbon credits from him so they could continue to sell fossil fuel cars.
Now the European public is turning away from Tesla, will they move on to subsidizing China's BYD instead?
https://

BYD in Talks to Sell Carbon Credits to European Automakers to Avoid EU Emissions Fines
BYD is in advanced talks with European automakers to form a carbon credit pool, allowing companies with lower EV sales to buy emissions credits

Paramount and Skydance's $8B merger closes, giving Paramount stronger financial wherewithal and ending a tortuous process that has lasted well over a year (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/business/media/skydance-paramount-merger.html

Skydance Takes Over Paramount, and a New Era Begins
The merger catapults new power players to the top of Hollywood and ends a tortuous process that has lasted well over a year.

Trump Turns the Screws on the Fortune 500 (Charlie Mahtesian/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/08/07/trump-turns-the-screws-on-the-fortune-500-00498762
http://www.memeorandum.com/250807/p150#a250807p150

As temperatures soar, it’s time to close the green space gap https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/aug/07/temperatures-green-space-gap-urban-extreme-heat

“Our hearts must change” #grief #poem https://muz4now.com/2025/our-hearts-must-change

"Our hearts must change"
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Restoration of Torn-Down Confederate Monument Will Cost $10 Million over 2 Years, Military Says | Military.com
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/08/07/restoration-of-torn-down-confederate-monument-will-cost-10-million-over-2-years-military-says.html

David Baltimore,
Nobel-Winning Molecular Biologist, Dies at 87
He was only 37 when he made a discovery that challenged the existing tenets of biology
and led to an understanding of retroviruses and viruses, including H.I.V.

David Baltimore, Nobel-Winning Molecular Biologist, Dies at 87
He was only 37 when he made a discovery that challenged the existing tenets of biology and led to an understanding of retroviruses and viruses, including H.I.V.

Deutscher Pflegerat : "Digitalisierung muss erlebbar werden"
Über das Pflegekompetenzgesetz und darüber, was Digitalisierung leisten sollte, haben wir mit Thomas Meißner vom Deutschen Pflegerat gesprochen.

Steam for Chromebooks will stop working in January 2026, after debuting in alpha in March 2022 ahead of the launch of the first Gaming Chromebooks (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/08/07/steam-chromebook-2026/

Google ending Steam for Chromebook support in 2026
After introducing in 2022, Steam for Chromebook will stop working in early 2026. At the time, it was a big effort...

We're now 199 days into Trump's 24-hour drive to end Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.

"How can you get more accurate answers from an LLM?” is like asking "how can you get more love from a prostitute?"
That's just not the service provided.

Paramount CEO David Ellison outlines the new company's plans, including a reorganization into three business units: Studios, Direct-to-Consumer, and TV Media (Jill Goldsmith/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/08/david-ellison-first-look-new-paramount-1236…

David Ellison Offers First Look At Plans For New Paramount
David Ellison formally introduced himself to the industry and Wall Street as chairman CEO of the new Paramount in a letter posted as the deal closed.

New executive order puts all grants under political control (John Timmer/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/new-executive-order-puts-all-grants-under-political-control/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250807/p155#a250807p155

Medienanstalten wollen Pornhub vom Zahlungsverkehr abschneiden
Die deutschen Medienwächter wollen der gerichtlichen Sperre Pornhubs und Youporns Nachdruck verleihen. Zahlungen aller Nutzer sollen gesperrt werden.

Trump signs an EO clearing a path to add alternative assets like PE and cryptocurrencies into 401(k)s, instructing the US Secretary of Labor to review guidance (Sarah Min/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/07/trump-orde

Trump signs order allowing alternative assets like cryptocurrencies, private equity in 401(k)s
The executive order directs the U.S. Secretary of Labor to review fiduciary guidance on private market investments in 401(k) and other defined-contribution plans that are governed by ERISA.

Staying On Track – Detours Galore
#CreativeProcess #RecordingStudio
https://muz4now.com/2025/stayi…

Staying On Track - Detours Galore
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

"Because we know two facts: They promised to declassify the files. They saw Trump's name in the files. And now they don't want to release the files"
**Ex-GOP staffer says these 2 facts prove Trump is behind 'system-wide cover-up' of Epstein** - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-cover-up-epstein/

Longtime WNYC radio talk-show host Leonard Lopate, who was fired in 2017 for inappropriate behavior that he vehemently denied, died on Tuesday at 84 (Clyde Haberman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/business/media/leonard-lopate-dead.html

Leonard Lopate, Longtime New York Radio Host, Dies at 84
He mastered the art of the interview over 32 years on public radio, at WNYC. He was fired in 2017 amid allegations of sexual harassment, which he vehemently denied.

Source: Windsurf's gross margins are "very negative"; many believe the same margin pressure is impacting Cursor, Lovable, Replit, and other vibe coding tools (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/07/the-high-…

Exclusive: The high costs and thin margins threatening AI coding startups
Coding assistant startups are highly unprofitable, says a source familiar with Windsurf financials.

Freier Zugang zu Forschung: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern investiert in Open Access
Damit Wissenschaft nicht hinter Bezahlschranken bleibt, möchte Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Publikationen leichter zugänglich machen. Es gibt Beratung und Geld.

Gina Carano, Disney Settle Legal Dispute Over 'Mandalorian' Firing: 'We Look Forward to Identifying Opportunities to Work Together in the Future' (Katcy Stephan/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/biz/news/gina-carano-disney-settle-mandalorian-firing-1236481982/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250807/p151#a250807p151

Secretive, Peter Thiel-Founded 'Tech Bilderberg" Group Is Moving Up in the World
https://gizmodo.com/secretive-peter-thiel-founded-tech-bilderberg-group-is-moving-up-in-the-world-2000640214

A Texas law enacted in June, inspired by the crippling 2021 winter storm, lets the state's grid operator cut off electricity to data centers in an emergency (Caroline O'Donovan/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/…

Memories of deadly winter blackouts haunt the Texas data center boom
A newly passed law in Texas requires emergency shutoff switches for data centers, including the massive $500 billion AI supercomputer backed by President Trump.

PCI Express 8.0 verdoppelt die Geschwindigkeit
Die überübernächste PCIe-Generation soll ihre Update-Kadenz beibehalten. 512 GByte/s sind dann über 16 Leiterbahnen möglich.
https://www.heise.de/n…

Trump orders federal law enforcement to patrol DC (Regina Zilbermints/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5442446-trump-federal-law-enforcement-dc/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250807/p156#a250807p156

Take-Two reports Q1 net bookings up 17% YoY to $1.42B, net revenue up 12% YoY to $1.5B, vs. $1.32B est., and raises its FY 2026 net bookings projection (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/gaming/news/take-two-gta-6-pricing-debate-june…

Take-Two Boss on 'GTA 6' Pricing Debate, Latest Earnings
With the "Grand Theft Auto 6" release date no longer in question, exactly how much is this game going to cost?

Microsoft sued for discontinuing Windows 10 support | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/microsoft-sued-for-discontinuing-windows-10-support/

Kanadische Arbeitsbehörde kritisiert Amazon.com heftig
Amazon.com hat in Kanada unnötig Leute eingestellt, um gewerkschaftliche Organisation zu untergraben. Die zuständige Behörde ist not amused.
https://www.…

New York-based Casap, which helps banks automate disputes and fight fraud, raised a $25M Series A led by Emergence Capital, bringing its total funding to $33.5M (Jeff Kauflin/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2

Everyone Hates Credit Card Disputes. This Fintech Is Using AI To Fix That.
New York startup Casap has raised $25 million in new funding to help banks tackle the thorny problem of credit and debit card disputes, aiming to make the process smoother for honest customers and tougher for fraudsters.

Trump droht mit Chip-Zoll von 100 Prozent – und zeigt Ausweg
US-Präsident Trump sprach schon lange von hohen Zöllen auf Chip-Importe und nennt jetzt deren Höhe: 100 Prozent. Es gebe aber einen Ausweg.
https://ww…

Scoop: Waltz finally gets Senate hearing for UN post (Hans Nichols/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/08/mike-waltz-un-ambassador-trump-senate-hearing
http://www.memeorandum.com/250707/p128#a250707p128

Tavily, which is helping AI agents connect to live web data, raised a $20M Series A led by Insight Partners and Alpha Wave, taking its total funding to $25M (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/tavily-raises-25m-to-connect-ai-agent…

Tavily raises $25M to connect AI agents to the web | TechCrunch
The one-year-old startup raised a Series A led by Insight Partners.

Twilio Q2: revenue up 13% YoY to $1.23B, vs. $1.19B est., 349K active customer accounts, and Q3 earnings forecast below est.; TWLO falls 10% after hours (Brandon Evans/Seeking Alpha)
https://seekingalpha.com/news/4481722-twilio-sinks…

Twilio sinks as Q3 earnings forecast comes in weaker than expected
Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) shares sank more than 10% during early post-market trading Thursday after its second quarter fiscal 2025 financial results featured a third quarter earnings per share forecast that was weaker than the market expected.

Datenschutz unter Beschuss: Messengerdienste reagieren auf EU-Chatkontrolle
Nach Signals Drohung mit EU-Rückzug äußern sich WhatsApp und Threema zurückhaltender zur Chatkontrolle. Beide sehen die Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung gefährdet.

Sources: German AI startup n8n is expected to raise hundreds of millions of euros led by Accel at a pre-money valuation of $2.3B, up from ~$350M four months ago (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/a…

Instacart reports Q2 revenue up 11% YoY to $914M, above est., orders up 17% to 82.7M, vs. 80.8M, and Q3 outlook above estimates; CART jumps 7% after hours (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07…

Sources: Tesla is disbanding the Dojo supercomputer team, and its leader is leaving, after ~20 team members joined DensityAI, a new data center services startup (Edward Ludlow/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Taiwan says TSMC will not have to pay 100% tariffs on US chip imports, as it has set up US plants; UMC may see reduced impact through its cooperation with Intel (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

OpenAI is offering ChatGPT to US federal agencies at a nominal cost of $1 per year, in a bid to boost its adoption after the US GSA approved OpenAI as a vendor (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/openai…

Meta's WhatsApp Pay has struggled to gain traction in India in part due to regulators delaying its full launch as well as minimal product upgrades and marketing (Ananya Bhattacharya/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/whatsapp-pay-download-india/

Meta’s grand WhatsApp fintech experiment in India has fizzled
Despite having 500 million users in India, WhatsApp couldn’t crack the country’s $3 trillion fintech market.

Sources: Intel's board has stalled recent efforts by CEO Lip-Bu Tan to raise new capital and acquire an AI company meant to help it compete against Nvidia (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/intel-ceo-lip-bu-tan-trump-board-9cc08631

Two founders of the Samourai Wallet cryptocurrency mixer plead guilty to operating a money transmitting business that transmitted $200M in criminal proceeds (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

Source: Meta has acquired WaveForms AI, which is working on AI that understands and mimics emotion in audio and debuted in December with a $40M seed led by a16z (Kalley Huang/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-acquires-ai-audio-star…

Meta Acquires AI Audio Startup WaveForms
Meta Platforms has acquired WaveForms AI, a small startup working on artificial intelligence capable of understanding emotion and mimicking it in audio form, according to a person with direct knowledge. The acquisition comes as Meta continues to overhaul its efforts in AI, after stumbles earlier ...

Sources detail Google's struggles to monetize Google TV, which has been costing the company hundreds of millions of dollars annually and has yet to break even (Janko Roettgers/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/lowpass-newsletter/724970/google-tv-ad…

Google TV’s uncertain future
Google isn’t very good at selling ads for its own smart TV platform, Google TV.

South Korea's top trade envoy Yeo Han-koo says Samsung and SK Hynix will not be subject to 100% tariffs on US chip imports, citing the US-South Korea trade deal (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific

A profile of Josh Wallace Kerrigan, also known as Neural Viz, an independent creator using Midjourney, Runway, and other AI tools to create a cinematic universe (Christopher Beam/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/the-future-of-ai-media-parody-of-t…

The Future of AI Isn't Just Slop
Behold Neural Viz, the first great cinematic universe of the AI era. It's from a guy named Josh.

Sources: New Jersey's AG is investigating the frequency of sexual violence during Uber rides and whether Uber has misrepresented the safety of its service (Emily Steel/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/business/uber-nj-attorney-g…

N.J. Attorney General Investigating Uber Over Handling of Sexual Assaults
The investigation, according to people with knowledge of the inquiry, is focused on whether Uber committed consumer fraud in how it promoted consumer safeguards.

Austin-based Hello Patient, whose AI agents let healthcare organizations handle patient communications, raised a $22.5M Series A led by Scale Venture Partners (Marissa Plescia/MedCity News)
https://medcitynews.com/2025/09/hello-patient-conversational-ai/

Hello Patient Secures $22.5M for Conversational AI Solution
Hello Patient's Series A round was led by Scale Venture Partners and included participation from 8VC, Bling Capital, Max Ventures, Remus Capital and FirstLook Partners.

Toronto-based Blue J, which provides AI-powered tax research software, raised a $122M Series D led by Oak HC/FT and Sapphire Ventures at a $300M valuation (Alex Riehl/BetaKit)
https://betakit.com/blue-j-series-d-after-doubling-revenue/

Blue J raises $167.4-million CAD Series D after AI tax research platform more than doubles its revenue
Funding to bolster Toronto startup’s team expansion, product development, and market reach.

The "spicy" option on Grok's new generative AI video tool Imagine produces nude deepfakes of celebrities like Taylor Swift, even without explicit user prompting (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/report/718975/xai-grok-imag…

Grok’s ‘spicy’ video setting instantly made me Taylor Swift nude deepfakes
Groke Imagine’s “spicy” setting will generate uncensored topless videos of Taylor Swift without specifically asking the bot to take her clothes off.

PitchBook: VCs have invested $5B in humanoid robotics startups since the beginning of 2024, as years of steady progress and GenAI triggers an investment frenzy (Washington Post)

Humanoid robots were a sci-fi dream. Suddenly they’re everywhere.
A frenzy of investment from Amazon, Meta and other companies has created a crowd of new humanoid robots.

Sources: xAI nears a deal to raise $20B in equity and debt, tied to the Nvidia GPUs that xAI plans to use in Colossus 2; Nvidia is investing as much as $2B (Bloomberg)
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