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France-based Scintil Photonics, which is developing integrated photonic system-on-chips for AI infrastructure, raised a $58M Series B led by Yotta and NGP (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2025/09/09/scintil-photonics-secure…

Scintil Photonics secured $58M to scale integrated photonics for AI factories
Grenoble-based Scintil Photonics, a company developing integrated Photonic System-on-Chip (PSoC) solutions for AI infrastructure, has closed a $58 million Series B round. The funding will drive global hiring, accelerate production, and expand its international footprint as it launches the industry’s first single-chip DWDM light engine. Built on its proprietary SHIP™ (Scintil Heterogeneous Integration Photonics) process, Scintil’s technology integrates lasers, photodiodes, and modula…

EU must not fall into Russian trap on territorial concessions, Kallas warns: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/13/eu-must-not-fall-into.html

heise | heise Update vom 12. September 2025: Lesetipps zum Wochenende
Der wöchentliche Newsletter von heise diesmal mit den Themen: Altersvorsorge, KI-Bildgenerator, Weg von Big Tech, Beamer-Trends und Wi-Fi 8.

Radio and television stations,
facing enormous budget holes,
are pleading with NPR and PBS
to lower their fees as they examine whether to drop national programming altogether.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/us/poli…

NPR and PBS Must Transform After Trump’s Cuts Cripple Broadcasters
Radio and television stations, facing enormous budget holes, are pleading with NPR and PBS to lower their fees as they examine whether to drop national programming altogether.

"Ein Student wird in der Berliner U-Bahn kontrolliert. Sein Handy hat keinen Empfang, deshalb zeigt er einen Screenshot seines Tickets, später auch das Ticket in der App. Trotzdem wird er bestraft - zurecht, sagt die BVG."
https://www.rbb24…

Dutch army to deploy hackers to front lines to gain battlefield advantage
https://nltimes.nl/2025/09/13/dutch-army-deploy-hackers-front-lines-gain-battlefield-advantage

Dutch army to deploy hackers to front lines to gain battlefield advantage
The Royal Netherlands Army is deploying hackers to the front lines as part of the newly formed 101 CEMA Battalion, officials said Thursday. According to De Telegraaf, the unit, officially established in Stroe, merges companies specialized in electronic warfare and cyber operations.

People really don't know about Hanlon's and Occam's respective razors, don't they?

due to the crackdown of any leftist discourse surrounding charlie kirk's assassination, bringing into context his own statements, viewpoints, and what they had to do with his demise, huge social media accounts are being banned on twitter, instagram, and bluesky.
for a friend of mine who's running “punkwithacamera” on Instagram, this also meant having the identity and address of doxxed, to the degree where even a member of the house of representatives of the united states of ame…

I wrote up a post about using "Squadrats" to map out all of the areas I've rode my bike...
#biking

Happy Cosmic Orange day to all who celebrate!

:blobcatbusiness: 1
#poll

La Belgique doit agir pour ne pas laisser brûler les droits des femmes: https://blog.rmendes.net/2025/09/13/la-belgique-doit-agir-pour.html

あと通報大会やBAN祭りの流れはこんな話しだそうな（たぶん調べればいっぱいでてくるよ）
https://fedibird.com/@gaitifuji/115195891322146456

guerrilla bus benches are the Best of the Bay!
https://48hills.org/2025/09/best-of-the-bay-2025-editors-pick-san-francisco-bay-area-bench-collective/

Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: San Francisco Bay Area Bench Collective - 48 hills
Group's guerrilla seating makes solid statement about accessibility and humane public infrastructure.

Useful context but mention of fascist memes
Ok I did it, I went to look up what Groypers are this morning. This cartoon (found on blue sky) was helpful.

Cafe life.
(At Vancouver’s Purebread, which is a fine bakery.)
#Photography

sentences that read like a fever dream: "These low frequencies create large wavelengths, which induce strong particle accelerations in the near field of swimming fish that do not radiate into the far field as acoustic waves due to an acoustic short circuit."
#wikifinds

Wat een verhaal zeg … de ‘zegeningen’ van een dictatuur.
https://www.groene.nl/artikel/de-president-bedoelt-het-goed?utm_source=…

President Nayib Bukele versloeg de bendes in El Salvador, maar in zijn gevangenissen zitten duizenden onschuldige mensen
In El Salvador heeft president Nayib Bukele het geweldsmonopolie van de staat hersteld en het zich daarna toegeëigend. Zijn keuze voor veiligheid ten koste van vrijheid lokt wereldwijd rechtse bewondering uit.

Mira Murati's TML launches a research blog called Connectionism, and shares its work on resolving nondeterminism and achieving reproducible results from LLMs (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/10/thinking-machines-lab…

Thinking Machines Lab wants to make AI models more consistent | TechCrunch
In a blog post shared Wednesday, Mira Murati's startup offered a rare glimpse into some of work its doing to improve AI models.

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,093,730 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/13/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

40 Jahre Super Mario Bros. – Die Geburt des Jump'n'Run-Genres
Am 13. September 1985 erscheint "Super Mario Bros." für die NES-Konsole. Über zwei Jahrzehnte hinweg ist es das meistverkaufte Videospiel.

Democrats are calling for the creation of a state equivalent of the National Institutes of Health,
but first state lawmakers and then voters would need to approve it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/us/cali

California’s $23 Billion Plan to Restore Federal Cuts to Scientific Research
Democrats are calling for the creation of a state equivalent of the National Institutes of Health, but first state lawmakers and then voters would need to approve it.

Extreme right follower of an extreme right guy shoots another extreme right guy
Media: clearly this is a radical left trans guy

Eine Freund:in von mir hat grad das größte Erwachen von Klassenbewusstsein jemals: sie arbeitet in einer Bar und die Arbeitgeber:innen stehen immer im Hinterzimmer am Handy auf irgendeiner Aktienseite um das Geld was die Arbeitenden an der Bar verdienen in irgendwas zu investieren.

„The University of California, Berkeley has given the Trump administration the names of 160 faculty members and students as part of an investigation into “alleged antisemitic incidents”, a move a targeted scholar likened to a “practice from the McCarthy era”.“
Übel.
https://www.

When I was little, my family hired a dogsitter to feed my dog while the family was out of town. They forgot to, so my dog survived on corn & veggies in the garden.
I learned from her, so I embraced the corny early on...

California Assembly passes a bill that requires device makers and app stores to verify user ages; Google and Meta support the bill, while the MPA opposes it (Tyler Katzenberger/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/13/c

7.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Russia's Far East coast: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/13/magnitude-earthquake-rocks-russias-far.html

Microsoft und OpenAI arbeiten an neuem Deal – immernoch
Microsoft und OpenAI haben sich geeinigt – auf eine unverbindliche Absichtserklärung. Die Umstimmigkeiten werden zur Farce.
https://www.

The Environmental Protection Agency moved on Friday
to stop requiring thousands of polluting facilities to report the amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases that they release into the air.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/…

E.P.A. To Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters
The data, from thousands of coal-burning power plants, oil refineries, steel mills and other industrial facilities, is the country’s most comprehensive way to track greenhouse gases.

https://www.theverge.com/politics/777630/wsj-trans-misinformation-charlie-kirk

Ich bin so alt, ich erinnere mich daran, dass Leute verblüfft angeguckt wurden, die fanden, dass die Selbstverständlichkeit queerer Lebensweisen nicht so sicher ist, wie es schien.

California passes SB 53, which requires AI companies to disclose their safety testing regimes; Newsom vetoed a similar though more expansive measure last year (Chase DiFeliciantonio/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/13/c

Russian offensive in Sumy Oblast 'completely thwarted,' Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/13/russian-offensive-in-sumy-oblast.html

The announcement this week that Elon Musk’s SpaceX is purchasing
$17 billion in wireless spectrum
has sent jitters through an industry now eyeing the prospect of
Elon-style disruptions to a market
long dominated by Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile.
The new bandwidth is destined for use by SpaceX’s satellite service, Starlink.

Elon Musk eyes next target after cars, rockets and robots
The tech entrepreneur has upended one business after another. Now he may be going after our phone networks.

Biometrische Grenzkontrolle: Deutschland startet Ein-/Ausreisesystem im Oktober
Nach einer Verzögerung soll das europäische Ein-/Ausreisesystem fürs Grenzmanagement jetzt in Düsseldorf starten. Frankfurt und München sollen folgen.

This is a quote from the young person who debated* Kirk as the latter was shot.
*I really feel for these young people who get deceived and exploited by adults who want to push hateful agendas

„Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that "there will be no Palestinian state."
Netanyahu made the remarks during a visit to the Maale Adumim settlement in the occupied West Bank.
He formally signed a proposal that will see thousands of new homes built nearby (..).
"We are going to fulfill our promise that there will be no Palestinian state, this place belongs to us," Netanyahu said.“
Immer noch: Es findet keine Vertreibung stat…

Hike, which was valued at $1.4B in 2016 and has since pivoted from a messaging app to a real-money gaming app, shuts down following India's ban on such apps (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/13/hike-once-…

Hike, once a unicorn, shuts down as India cracks down on real-money gaming | TechCrunch
Hike, which started as a WhatsApp rival before pivoting to real-money gaming, is now sunsetting after India's sweeping ban.

Over 130,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine identified by media investigation: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/13/over-russian-soldiers-killed-in.html

Vor 20 Jahren: Die erste Pandemie in einem Onlinespiel
2005 rafft eine ungeplante Seuche Millionen in "World of Warcraft" dahin. Die Ausbreitung im Onlinespiel hilft dabei, reale Pandemien besser zu verstehen.

"…just five of the 6,000 mass shootings in the past decade have been carried out by transgender people…"
10 years.
6,000 mass shootings.
Ban the fucking guns.

Lithuania ready to close border with Belarus immediately if provoked, minister says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/13/lithuania-ready-to-close-border.html

Shares of transit software company Via closed at $49.51 in their NYSE debut, above the $46 IPO price, giving Via a market cap of ~$3.9B, after raising $492.9M (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/12/via-s…

Via shrugs off tepid open to end first day of trading slightly above IPO price | TechCrunch
Transit tech software startup Via had its IPO debut on Friday, starting at below offering price before rising to close at nearly $50.

Mark Norell,
Who Studied Link Between Dinosaurs and Birds,
Dies at 68
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/science/earth/mark-norell-dead.html

Mark Norell, Who Studied Link Between Dinosaurs and Birds, Dies at 68
His expeditions, including many to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, yielded rare discoveries and led to exhibitions at the American Museum of Natural History.

Die wunderbare @… hat für @… ein Buch über #DigitaleGrundrechte editiert und ich habe ein Kapitel über

US vows to defend 'every inch' of NATO territory after Russian drone incursion into Poland: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/13/us-vows-to-defend-every.html

Opendoor's new chairman Keith Rabois says "I don't know what most" of its 1400 employees do and the company doesn't need "more than 200 of them" (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/12/opendoors-

Opendoor board chair Rabois says company is 'bloated,' needs to cut 85% of workforce
Keith Rabois was named chairman of Opendoor this week and the company, which he co-founded, hired former Shopify executive Kaz Nejatian as its new CEO.

Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Albanien: KI soll als Ministerin öffentliche Ausschreibungen verantworten

Gonna go on another Mastodon sabbatical… bye for now

Gemini closed up 14.3% at $32 per share in its Nasdaq debut, giving it a ~$3.8B market cap, after the Winklevoss' crypto exchange raised $425M in its IPO (Tanaya Macheel/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/12/gemini-the-winklevoss-crypto-exc…

Gemini, the Winklevoss' crypto exchange, pops more than 14% in Nasdaq debut
Shares of Gemini Space Station rallied Friday after the exchange operator raised $425 million in an initial public offering.

Zum Abend noch einige der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Niedersachsens Innenministerin: Polizei-Software von Palantir nicht beherrschbar

"It's just words"

OpenAI unveils Grove, a five-week mentorship program for nascent tech entrepreneurs, hosted in its San Francisco HQ, with ~15 participants in its first cohort (Jaures Yip/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/12/openai-announces-new-mentors…

OpenAI announces new mentorship program for budding tech founders
OpenAI introduced the "OpenAI Grove," a program for early tech entrepreneurs looking to build with artificial intelligence, and applications are already open.

Verbrenner-Aus: Von der Leyen will CO2-Reduktion und Technologieneutralität
EVP-Chef Weber verspricht ein rasches Aus vom Verbrenner-Aus. Kommissionspräsidentin von der Leyen ist zögerlicher: "Es kann kein 'Business as usual' geben."

(Bruce) Sterling's Corollary to Clarke's Law:
Any sufficiently advanced garbage is indistinguishable from magic.

EU renews Russia sanctions despite pushback from Hungary, Slovakia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/12/eu-renews-russia-sanctions-despite.html

Micro1, a Scale AI competitor that lets AI companies find contractors for data labeling and training, raised a $35M Series A led by O1A at a $500M valuation (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/12/micro1-a-competitor-to-sc…

Micro1, a competitor to Scale AI, raises funds at $500M valuation | TechCrunch
A three-year-old startup providing data for AI labs is trying to fill the gap in the market left by Scale AI.

Angespielt: Das ARTE-Adventure "Gloomy Eyes" ist ein spielbarer Tim-Burton-Film
Das Cozy-Horror-Abenteuer "Gloomy Eyes" verbindet märchenhafte Erzählung mit morbider Ästhetik und setzt dabei auf Atmosphäre statt Anspruch.

Here’s a healthcare lawyer answering some common questions including if it is ethical to get the COVID vaccine, are you taking a dose away from someone who really needs it, etc
(free and shareable link)
https://www.patreon.com/posts/138476876/

Ukraine-Russia peace talks on 'pause,' Kremlin says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/12/ukrainerussia-peace-talks-on-pause.html

What to expect from the Meta Connect 2025 keynote on September 17 at 5pm PT: "Hypernova" smart glasses with a display, Meta AI and Llama updates, and more (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/what

What to expect at Meta Connect 2025: 'Hypernova' smart glasses, AI and the metaverse
Meta Connect, the company's annual event dedicated to all things AR, VR, AI and the metaverse is just days away. And once again, it seems like it will be a...

FAQ zum EU Data Act – mehr Rechte für Verbraucher?
Hersteller müssen offenlegen, welche Daten Geräte sammeln – und wie Nutzer darauf zugreifen können. Vorteile für Verbraucher? Zumindest theoretisch.
https://www.

If you’re under 65 you’ll be asked for risk factors.
The risk factor here is “there’s other people around you who don’t mask and don’t vaccinate”.
So yes, you’re at risk.

Atolio, which is making a private AI-powered search tool for enterprises, raised a $24M Series A led by Translink Capital (FinSMEs)
https://www.finsmes.com/2025/09/atolio-raises-24m-in-total-funding.html

NATO chief to visit Washington on July 14 as Trump prepares 'major statement' on Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/13/nato-chief-to-visit-washington.html

Digitalminister Wildberger: Social-Media-Altersschranken sorgfältig prüfen
Im Interview mit heise online spricht sich Bundesdigitalminister Karsten Wildberger gegen eine vorschnelle Einführung eines Mindestalters für Social Media aus.

AZ, IL, ME and NC will now offer COVID vaccine without prescriptions (check with pharmacy because this might take a few days or weeks to be implemented).
https://apnews.com/article/covid-vaccine-order-states-45cb1439f260c9f6b2ccd1fb7a99ca1f

A profile of Figure CEO Mike Cagney, now a billionaire after Figure's post-IPO surge; he resigned as SoFi's CEO in 2017 after several workplace controversies (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Deutsch-österreichischer Angriff auf Metas Geschäftsmodell

‘There is no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign, and refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”’
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/charlie-kirk-assassination-maga/

Sources: the FTC is investigating whether Amazon and Google misled advertisers by not properly disclosing the terms and pricing for ads on their websites (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-12/amazon-goo…

Amazon, Google Probed by FTC Over Search Ad Practices (AMZN, GOOGL)
The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google misled advertisers that place ads on their websites, according to people familiar with the matter.

Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Niedersachsens Innenministerin: Polizei-Software von Palantir nicht beherrschbar

Filing: Samsung agreed to settle a patent lawsuit over wireless tech with Headwater Research following a $279M jury verdict against Samsung earlier in 2025 (Blake Brittain/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustr

Die Changtai-Brücke in China ist nach sechs Jahren Bauzeit endlich für den Verkehr freigegeben! 🌉
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-10642098

China launches probes into alleged US discrimination against Chinese chip companies and suspected dumping of US analog chips used in devices like Wi-Fi routers (Ryan Woo/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-

"The Super Mario Galaxy Movie": Nintendo verfilmt Mario erneut
Nintendos neuer Mario-Film heißt "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie". Ein erster Trailer nennt April 2026 als Release-Datum.
https:/…

Downloads of Jack Dorsey-backed Bluetooth P2P messaging app Bitchat spiked to 48K in Nepal during recent protests, according to Bitchat developer "callebtc" (Javier Bastardo/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-asset

A Chat App By Jack Dorsey Gains Traction During Nepal’s Unrest
Bitchat gained popularity in Nepal as protests erupted and the government blocked social media. The app works without an internet connection by using Bluetooth mesh.

KI-Update kompakt: Wildberger, Project Stargate, ePA KI-ready, Astronomie
Das "KI-Update" liefert werktäglich eine Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten KI-Entwicklungen.
https://www.

Sources: India's Billionbrains Garage, parent of investment app Groww, plans to file for an India IPO next week, seeking $650M-$800M at an ~$8B valuation (Rajesh Mascarenhas/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

#TGIQF: Das Quiz rund um Apples iPhone
Die neueste iPhone-Generation ist in dieser Woche vorgestellt worden. Zu Apples Bestseller bieten wir daher ein Quiz auf. Knobeln Sie mit!

Internal email: xAI lays off hundreds of data annotation team staffers, following a strategic shift to prioritize specialist AI tutors over generalist roles (Grace Kay/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-xai-layoffs-data-annotators-2025-9

Musk's xAI just laid off hundreds of workers tasked with training Grok
XAI laid off at least 500 of the workers on its data annotation team on Friday night.

Neue Alterserkennungsvorschrift: Bluesky weiterhin in Wyoming und South Dakota
Nachdem Bluesky sich aus Mississippi zurückgezogen hat, kann der Kurznachrichtendienst dank mehr Freiheit bei der Altersverifizierung anderswo bleiben.

Lendbuzz, which uses AI to underwrite auto loans, files for a US IPO and reports H1 2025 revenue up 38% YoY to $172.9M and net income up 98.2% YoY to $11.1M (Arasu Kannagi Basil/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/l

Spotify reicht DMCA-Beschwerde gegen ReVanced ein
Das Tool ReVanced kann bestimmte Premium-Funktionen bei Spotify ohne Abo freischalten. Nun hat der Streamingdienst Beschwerde bei Github eingereicht.
https://www.

Discord als Parlament: Menschen in Nepal diskutieren in einflussreichem Kanal
Nach blutigen Protesten in Nepal und dem Rücktritt des Premiers ist unklar, wie es weitergeht. Mehr als 100.000 Menschen diskutieren das in einem Discord-Kanal.

How Kalshi is shaking up US sports betting, as its board member and CFTC Chair nominee Brian Quintenz takes a permissive stance on sports prediction markets (Financial Times)

Hyper-Speed Ahead! Hardt Hyperloop kickt in den Niederlanden die Zukunft des Transports aufs nächste Level. 🌀 Auf der 420 Meter langen Strecke des European Hyperloop Center in Veendam beschleunigte eine Kapsel auf 85 km/h – und leitete dabei erstmals erfolgreich einen Spurwechsel ein.
Zum Artikel:

Copenhagen-based Teton.ai, which offers an AI companion to help nurses monitor patients and improve workflows, raised a $20M Series A led by Plural (Anthony Vecchione/Mobi Health News)
https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/tetonai-raises-20m-us-launch

Beijing-based AIsphere, the startup behind the AI video generator PixVerse, raised a $60M Series B led by Alibaba, and says PixVerse has 100M users globally (Vincent Chow/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/arti

Alibaba leads US$60 million investment in AI video generation start-up AIsphere
AIsphere’s PixVerse has over 100 million users globally, more than double the number it had at the start of the year.

Amazons Appstore für Android schließt nächste Woche
Der Amazon-Appstore für Android macht am 20. August dicht. Auch das Coins-Programm endet zum Stichtag.
https://www.heise.de/news/Amaz…

Penguin Ai, which offers AI-powered tools for administrative tasks to healthcare payers and providers, raised $29.7M, including a $25M Series A led by Greycroft (Jessica Hagen/Mobi Health News)
https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/penguin-ai-secure…

Expertenkritik an Smartphone-Verboten: „Fachfremder Populismus“
Statt Verbotsdebatten zu führen, sollte die Politik Medienbildung von Kindern und Jugendlichen absichern, fordern Kinderhilfswerk und Medienpädagogen.

Vuzix und DPVR: Neue Smart Glasses und VR-Brillen für Industrie und Logistik
Die zwei neuen XR-Geräte von Vuzix und DPVR sind speziell für den Einsatz in Industrie- und Lagerhallen, VR-Trainings und Schulungen konzipiert.

SK Hynix announces that it has completed development of HBM4, the next generation of high-bandwidth memory crucial for AI work; stock jumps 7% to a record high (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-0…

At the Semicon trade show in Taipei, Taiwan promotes diplomatic relations and pitches its tech manufacturing to "create trusted non-red supply chains" (Ben Blanchard/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/tai

Sources: Anthropic scrapped plans to hire a Republican for its top policy role, instead choosing an Obama alumn as it adopts a cooler stance towards Trump (Sylvia Varnham O'Regan/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/te

As Tech Leaders Flatter Trump, Anthropic Takes a Cooler Approach
In June, the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic was finally getting close to hiring a candidate—a Republican—for its top government relations jobafter months of searching for someone. That decision marked a shift: Anthropic had hired several former Biden staffers earlier in the year, ...

IBM is holding its own in the quantum computing race against Google, Microsoft, and others, as they tackle enormous scientific and engineering challenges (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ibm-quantum-compute…

Pony AI says it rolled out 200 Gen-7 Robotaxis since mass production started two months ago, putting it on track for its 1,000-vehicle goal by the end of 2025 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-13/po…

Crypto trading volume at Bitstamp, bought by Robinhood in 2024, grew 21% MoM in August to $14.4B, surpassing Robinhood's crypto volume, which fell 18% to $13.7B (Brayden Lindrea/Cointelegraph)
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitstamp-flips-parent-robin…