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Die große heise "Back to School" Aktion 2025: Tolle Angebote und Geschenke
Satte Rabatte auf Onlinekurse, Gadgets, Hefte, kostenlose Software-Downloads und noch mehr: heise zeigt die besten Angebote zum Schulstart bis zum 15. September

The Winklevoss twins have become major GOP donors; a source says they've donated $32M since 2017, including $21M to a new pro-Trump and pro-crypto super PAC (Alex Isenstadt/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/05/winklevoss-twins-gop-crypto-megadonors

Winklevoss twins join the GOP's crypto megadonor set
They're part of a rising group of millennial and Generation X crypto and tech billionaires who could dominate the GOP donor world for decades.

Folks, just a quick heads up: I’m in touch over Signal with Mahmoud from the “Help Mahmoud Family” accounts you might have seen contacting you.
Like you, I was hugely suspicious of them due to the many accounts and automated spam-like messages (I also reported and had one of them taken down as a scam).
It’s looking to me now like this was more of a misguided (and understandably, given the circumstances) desperate attempt to get help.
I ask that we keep an open mind and offe…

Russian attacks kill 6, injure 21 across Ukraine, target energy infrastructure: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/08/russian-attacks-kill-injure-across.html

aw dubul'ibhunu

Imagine if people would spend all the time they're spending on "double-checking" LLM "research" (to see if the references it gives are actually real and then also downloading and reading all the references in full to see if they are correctly quoted and not misrepresented)--instead on reading and thinking themselves.

So yeah. If anyone is looking to hire someone like me, my DMs are open ;)

[Still trying to get my hands on a photo with actual embedded C2PA metadata.]
Anyone out there got a Pixel 10? I poked around on one at the BigBox and if I was reading the menus correctly, it embeds C2PA by default.
#c2pa #photography

Too many keep using WhatsApp while the company, Meta can not be trusted with your data.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/09/…

Former WhatsApp security boss in lawsuit likens Meta’s culture to a “cult”
Meta allegedly prioritized user growth over security, lawsuit said.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jessie/115336922647316169
RUN

New Post: Players! Welcome to the 4th Annual EFF Benefit Poker Tournament at Defcon 33! https://www.tarah.org/2025/08/08/players-welcome-to-the-4th-annual-eff-benefit-poker-tournament-at-defcon-33

Alpaca 2025 (https://2025.algorithmicpattern.org/) is going to be great!
Running a new event about a seemingly niche topic like 'algorithmic patterns' across all the creative arts was a risk. We've had no media coverage so far, have paid social media tech oligarchs no advertis…

The situation with climate change has already turned bad, but if we don't reduce emissions to (net) zero asap, it'll get a lot worse. Not pretty marketing-wise, but enough for adults to act upon.
And while taking climate action, we can get other stuff right, too, like reducing air pollution.

»Digitale Selbstbestimmung – was #IT-Souveränität wirklich bedeutet:
IT #Souveränität ist ein viel diskutierter, aber oft missverstandener Begriff. Es geht längst nicht mehr nur um #Datenschutz

Die #Klimakrise trifft #China:
Der Norden der chinesischen Provinz #Sichuan erlebte am 5. September den bislang stärksten

Northern Sichuan records heaviest rainfall of 2025, causing flash floods and evacuations
Northern Sichuan recorded its most intense rainfall of 2025 on September 5, with 12-hour accumulations exceeding 250 mm (10 inches) in Guangyuan and Nanchong, and a provincial maximum of 255.2 mm (10…

Paramount appoints Kenneth Weinstein, former president and CEO of the Hudson Institute, as the ombudsman for CBS News (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/09/paramount-ombudsman-cbs-news-1236512021/

Paramount Picks Kenneth R. Weinstein As Ombudsman For CBS News
Paramount has tapped Kenneth R. Weinstein, former president and CEO of the Hudson Institute, to serve as ombudsman for CBS News. Skydance committed to hiring an ombudsman as it sought FCC regulatory approval of its acquisition of Paramount. He’ll report to Jeff Shell, president of Paramount. Per Paramount, under the ombudsman process, Weinstein will take […]

"Meat is macho: Why masculinity concepts get in the way of green initiatives to cut meat and dairy consumption"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Food

Meat is macho: Why masculinity concepts get in the way of green initiatives to cut meat and dairy consumption
A new study shows that traditional masculine norms are a significant barrier preventing men from reducing their meat and dairy consumption, and recommends how to better appeal to men to change their dietary ways to mitigate damage to the environment from animal agriculture.

Bissi krass. An einem Tag.
#Chatkontrolle

When you are an iOS developer, every day is Xmas!
https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/115332664208549324

Fairphone 6: iFixit vergibt eine 10/10 für die Reparierbarkeit
Mehr Schrauben, aber immer noch ausgezeichnet reparierbar. Die Reparaturprofis von iFixit geben dem Fairphone 6 volle Punktzahl. 
http…

A profile of Mercor, a Scale AI rival valued at $2B in February, which hires domain experts to train models; it had a $100M run rate in March and $6M H1 profit (Richard Nieva/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2025/09/03/ai…

AI’s Next Job? Recruiting People To Train More AI
Mercor, debuting on the Forbes Cloud 100 list, built an AI recruiter to interview job candidates. Then it discovered a cash cow: finding humans to train AI models.

Israel has killed on average a child every hour for past 23 months.
– Save The Children
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/8/headlines/save_the_children_israel_has_killed_on_average_a_child_every_hour…

Save the Children: Israel Has Killed on Average a Child Every Hour for Past 23 Months
Save the Children reports that Israel has killed more than 20,000 Palestinian children over the past 23 months — this means at least one Palestinian child has been killed every hour on average by Israeli forces. The group said, “If the international community does not step up, an entire generation of children in Gaza will be lost.” Meanwhile, another six Palestinians have died from “famine and malnutrition,” bringing the total to almost 400, including 140 children, who have starved to…

In Hannover bekomme Ich ständig mit wie ehrliche und echte Rezensionen von Frauenärzten gelöscht werden, selbst wenn es nur die 1-Stern Bewertung selbst ist, im Namen der „Diffamierung”! Nun gibt es eine Petition dagegen:
🔗 https://www.chan…

Petition unterschreiben
Ehrliche Bewertungen schützen – Keine Löschung kritischer Rezensionen durch Ärzte!

Right Sector’s Reactivates More Sotnyas: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/08/right-sectors-reactivates-more-sotnyas.html

Had forgotten to mute Teams Notifications on my phone and just got notifications that really make me wonder if I should return after the sabbatical. Holy shit.

It’s almost like programming language monocultures with “best practices“ and paradigms requiring hundreds or thousands of dependencies even for simple apps are harmful https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-hijack-npm-packages-with-2-billion-weekly-downloads-in-supply-chain-attack/

meow :3

NASA images have confirmed the complete disappearance of Iran's Lake Urmia, once one of the world's largest saltwater lakes.
https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/862270/lake-urmi…

With 10,000 or so of my best friends in the lineup to get into the Neil Young show.

Lachlan Murdoch completes a deal to secure control of his family's media empire, ensuring that it remains conservative; source: the deal is valued at $3.3B (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/bu…

Lachlan Murdoch Secures Control of Fox and News Corp, Ending Succession Fight
Lachlan Murdoch will take control of a new family trust in a deal worth $3.3 billion, ensuring that his father’s media empire will retain its conservative slant.

Weil es noch so still ist im Bundestag, hier eine Erklärung der drei Linken Digital-MdB @… @… und Donata Vogtschmidt zur #Chatkontrolle

A look at Ross Ulbricht's return to public life after receiving a pardon in January, including speaking at Bitcoin 2025 and accepting millions in donations (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/technol

The Spectacular Comeback Tour of Ross Ulbricht, the Founder of Silk Road
Ross Ulbricht, who created the Silk Road dark web marketplace and was serving a life sentence for drug distribution, has embarked on a strange and unexpected comeback after President Trump pardoned him in January.

ARD und ZDF übertragen 60 Spiele der Fußball-WM 2026
Alle Deutschland-Spiele der Fußball-WM 2026 werden bei öffentlich-rechtlichen Sendern zu sehen sein – solange sich die Nationalmannschaft qualifiziert.
https://www…

Also a huge warning: friends don’t let friends register .pe domains.
> This ccTLD's rules allow anyone to buy the domain 12 days before it expires.
https://github.com/immers-space/guppe/issues/118#issuecomment-3265015461

Guppe is dead? · Issue #118 · immers-space/guppe
Hey @wmurphyrd 👋 I notice as of September 2025, the domains gup.pe and immers.space seem to have expired and a.gup.pe has been replaced with a WordPress installation full of SEO-targeted content ab...

Fighting intensifies around Zolotyi Kolodyaz as Russia deploys airborne and naval infantry to Pokrovsk area: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/08/fighting-intensifies-around-zolotyi-kolodyaz.html

Love this for us https://www.theverge.com/news/773928/google-open-web-rapid-decline

the first millennial saint was luigi mangione, he performed miracles out in the open for everyone to see!

Former New York Times media reporter Ravi Somaiya is launching Bungalow, a longform journalism project, and plans to publish ten digital editions annually (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/09/07/2025/times-reporter-launches-long…

Times reporter launches longform journalism project
The former New York Times media reporter Ravi Somaiya is launching Bungalow.

Jedenfalls: Es war viel Musik im Thema #Chatkontrolle im Bundestag heute. Und es wird diese Woche weiter eine Rolle spielen.
Der Druck kommt an und, wichtig: Muss weitergehen.

Supermond, Sternschnuppen – und Wolken am Abendhimmel
Wenn der Mond sich der Erde nähert, erscheint er besonders groß. Jetzt ist es wieder so weit, aber spielt das Wetter mit?
https://www.he…

Anthropic becomes the first major AI company to back SB 53, a California bill that requires large AI companies to disclose safety testing protocols (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/08/anthropic-endorses-californias-ai-safety-bill…

Anthropic endorses California's AI safety bill, SB 53 | TechCrunch
As Anthropic endorses SB 53, much of Silicon Valley and the federal government are pushing back on AI safety efforts.

“Humanitarian zone” my ass.
Israel has forfeited the right to claim any moral position related to humanity given they lack it entirely. Oops, it”s kinda what happens when you commit genocide. (You know Israel is committing genocide, right? Do you live under a rock? Are you a genocide apologist and thus complicit in genocide? No. OK, so you know that Israel is committing genocide.)

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,117,360 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/07/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

"But LLMs give me superpowers, I'm now a 10x researcher!"
No, you're now not doing any research anymore.

OK, das war ein wilder Tag im Bundestag heute, so für Tag 4.
#Chatkontrolle

Microsofts KI-Assistent Dragon Copilot in deutschen Kliniken verfügbar
Nach erfolgreicher Pilotphase in fünf deutschen Kliniken startet Dragon Copilot. Die KI soll das Personal entlasten und mehr Zeit für Patienten schaffen.

Predoc, which uses AI to automate medical records management, raised $30M seed and Series A led by Base10 Partners, with participation from Northzone and others (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/09/02/predoc-raises-30-million-t…

Predoc raises $30 million to stop document chasing in healthcare
Predoc—which uses AI to automate medical records management—has raised $30 million in funding, Fortune has exclusively learned.

❗️Russia strikes Ukraine again – critical infrastructure under attack! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/08/russia-strikes-ukraine-again-critical.html

If your government tells you that everyday citizens are terrorists, you might be living under fascism. https://mastodon.online/@Geri/115162976145463345

Totts (@Geri@mastodon.online)
Attached: 1 image Met Police are now, Sept 7th, reporting 890 were arrested at the #PalestineAction demo in London on the day before So with 717 arrested in previous days And with 3 people arrested in Edinburgh that makes a total of 1610 who have been arrested Astonishing!

So the LLM synthesizes a result from various sources (that may be made up or misquoted) and then you "double-check" the sources?
Sounds like the LLM is using you as research assistant.

Google: KI-Bug-Bounty-Programm zahlt bis zu 30.000 US-Dollar pro Fehler
Google führt ein Bug-Bounty-Programm für KI-Anwendungen ein. Entdecker schwerwiegender Fehler in Gemini oder der KI-Suche erhalten Belohnungen.

Shenzhen-based humanoid startup X Square Robot raised ~$100M led by Alibaba, bringing total funding to ~$280M, and released a foundation model for embodied AI (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/08/alibaba-leads-100-mil…

Alibaba leads $100 million investment in Chinese humanoid robot startup
Capital is rushing into humanoids — X Square Robot has completed eight fundraising rounds in less than two years since the startup was founded.

Talking points der Union
„Seither ist bei vielen Kritikern von "Massenüberwachung" die Rede. Die will auch das EU-Parlament ausschließen. Es hat sich schon vor knapp zwei Jahren mit breiter Mehrheit auf eine Position geeinigt, betont die CDU-Europaabgeordnete Lena Düpont. Danach soll ein Scannen der Nachricht nur als letztes Mittel bei konkretem Verdacht möglich sein.“
Der 'konkrete Verdacht' trifft dann eben sehr, sehr viele.
Debatte über “

Explosions heard as Russia launches hundreds of drones towards Ukrainian cities: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/07/explosions-heard-as-russia-launches.html

Just updated Gaza Verified to reflect that @… and I are running it together now :)
https://gaza-verified.org/
Thank you, Joy, for doing this with me in the middle of eve…

Gaza Verified
I’ve personally had video conversations on Signal with the people from Gaza whose Mastodon accounts on the fediverse are listed here and I verify that their accounts are genuine. – Aral Balkan

Like the reading of the sources isn't something optional--it's the actual process in which you load your brain to do the thinking.

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.

Wer noch Hilfe braucht beim Mails schreiben zur #Chatkontrolle, findet sie hier https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

Paypal-Störungen: Betroffene erhalten Gutschrift
Paypal schenkt Betroffenen der Transaktionsstörungen, die vor zwei Wochen begannen, eine Gutschrift in Höhe von 10 Euro.
https://www.heise.de/n…

Do people not understand that "LLMs can summarize research for me and then I'll double check* what it quotes" is likely biasing them to believe the LLM (which is designed to give the most bootlicking replies) and then misinterpret those "double checked" sources themselves?
Reading sources and synthesizing your own conclusions is literally what (a lot of) research is.
*because that ever actually happens

Ukraine, Denmark sign memorandum on joint drone manufacturing: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/07/ukraine-denmark-sign-memorandum-on.html

Mohammed has badly burned his leg with boiling water while making coffee.
(I’ve seen photos without the bandages and it is bad.)
Please help with his fundraiser as he will need additional funds as he recovers:
https://chuffed.org/project/mohshbairgaza
Thank you!
…

No shelter, no safety - Help Mohammed survive genocide in Gaza
My name is Thomas and I live in France and in the UK. I'm hosting Mohammed's campaign because Palestinians cannot host their own campaigns. If you've got any questions or if you'd like any proofs, I'm happy to provide you with these. Please support! Peace ✌️

An in-depth look at AWS' underperformance in the GenAI era, as Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud gain ground, and how Anthropic could spark an AWS AI resurgence (SemiAnalysis)
https://semianalysis.com/2025/09/03/amazons-ai-resurg…

Amazon’s AI Resurgence: AWS & Anthropic’s Multi-Gigawatt Trainium Expansion
Two-and-a-half years ago, we flagged a looming “cloud crisis” at AWS. Today, the evidence has mounted. AWS is the crown jewel of the Amazon empire, generating ~60% of group profits, and dominating …

Über Nacht von Null auf 13.000. Da geht noch was.
#Chatkontrolle

Interview: Warum die Krankenhaus-IT unter Druck ist
Fachkräftemangel und Co. prägen den Alltag der Krankenhaus-IT. Darüber haben wir mit Andreas Lockau vom Bundesverband der Krankenhaus-IT-Leiter gesprochen.
https…

Berlin must become a leader in the drone industry, support Ukraine, German Economy Minister says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/07/berlin-must-become-a-leader.html

Recall.ai, which offers an API and a desktop SDK for managing meeting recordings and transcripts, raised $38M in a Series B led by Bessemer at a $250M valuation (Paul Gillin/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/09/05/recall-ai-lands-38m-unlock-spoken-…

Recall.ai lands $38M to unlock spoken data at scale - SiliconANGLE
Recall.ai lands $38M to unlock spoken data at scale - SiliconANGLE

Hey everyone,
Today @… and I had video chats over Signal with four people from Gaza who, along with their families, are struggling to survive Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.
I’d like to welcome them all to Gaza Verified.
• @…

Gaza Verified
I’ve personally had video conversations on Signal with the people from Gaza whose Mastodon accounts on the fediverse are listed here and I verify that their accounts are genuine. – Aral Balkan

In Baden-Württembergs Ministerien wird weiterhin gefaxt
Über 1.400 Faxgeräte sind in Baden-Württembergs Ministerien noch im Einsatz. Das Innenministerium hält daran fest – und stößt auf Unverständnis bei der FDP.
h…

A profile of Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan, as the gaming hardware giant readies AI tools for game development and to help players sharpen their skills (John Kang/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkang/2025/09/…

This Singapore Gaming Billionaire Is Betting AI Will Upend The Entire Industry
Razer, founded and run by Min-Liang Tan for two decades, is prepping to release cutting-edge AI tools to help game developers produce games faster and cheaper and to coach players to sharpen their skills.

Nearly 60% of Ukrainian forces' weapons domestically produced, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/07/nearly-of-ukrainian-forces-weapons.html

Wolf admits sheep population is in ‘rapid decline’. https://flipboard.com/@thenewsdesk/business-nbfr4cs7z/-/a-1AhrCxHAS1i_bbcq3SK6Hw:a:43591897-/0

Google admits the open web is in ‘rapid decline’
The statement contradicts Google’s recent narrative about the health of the online ecosystem. For months, Google has maintained that the web is “thriving,” AI isn’t tanking traffic, and its search engine is sending people to a wider variety of websites than ever. But in a court filing from last …

Von-der-Leyen-Flug: Litauen warnt EU vor massiven GPS-Störungen
Signal-Jamming sei in den an Russland grenzenden Ländern an der Tagesordnung, erklärt Litauen. Vor Kurzem war das GPS des Fliegers von der Leyens betroffen.

Shift5, which develops cybersecurity tools for the military and critical infrastructure, raises a $75M Series C led by Hedosophia (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2025/09/03/defense-contract…

Exclusive: Defense contractor Shift5 closes $75 million Series C
Hedosophia led the round.

Ukraine: Russia preparing 'decisive breakthrough' near Pokrovsk in Donbas: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/07/ukraine-russia-preparing-decisive-breakthrough.html

Imagine for a moment being the news anchor who completes the segment by saying “of course, it’s not about the politics, it’s all about the film.”
Imagine what it must be like to be such a deplorable, spineless, genocide-denying corporate toady.
Then thank fuck you don’t have to stare at that person in the mirror every day for the rest of your life.

DMs und Sprachnachrichten in Tiktok
Konkurrenz für WhatsApp: Tiktok ermöglicht nun auch das Versenden von privaten Nachrichten und sogar Sprachnachrichten.
https://www.heise.de/news/DMs-und-Sprachna…

AI audio startup ElevenLabs launches a tender offer to let staff sell up to $100M in stock at a $6.6B valuation, up from a $3.3B valuation in January 2025 (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-0…

Fico says Putin interested in meeting Zelensky outside Moscow, as Russian leader contradicts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/07/fico-says-putin-interested-in.html

I’ve started compiling a list on the Gaza Verified guide page of Mastodon instances that have publicly stated that they are sympathetic to the Palestinian plight and are a safe space for Palestinians:
https://gaza-verified.org/guide/
If you run a Mastodon server where Palestinians can feel safe cr…

Gaza Verified
I’ve personally had video conversations on Signal with the people from Gaza whose Mastodon accounts on the fediverse are listed here and I verify that their accounts are genuine. – Aral Balkan

"Albatross": Wie Militär-Drohnen möglichst lange in der Luft bleiben sollen
Militärische Drohnen sollen möglichst wenig Energie verbrauchen, um lange in der Luft bleiben zu können. Von Vögeln lassen sich dazu Flugstrategien übernehmen.

Ukrainian drones reportedly strike Russia's Ilsky Oil Refinery in Krasnodar Krai, media reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/07/ukrainian-drones-reportedly-strike-russias.html

YouTube says its first exclusive NFL broadcast on September 5 averaged more than 17.3M global viewers, including 1.1M average minute audiences outside of the US (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/youtube-nfl-game-17-million-vie…

YouTube's NFL Game Averages 17 Million Viewers
YouTube got into the game with its first exclusive NFL broadcast Sept. 5, which the platform says averaged more than 17.3 million global viewers.

Windows: Insider-Vorschauen verbauen Einrichtung mit lokalem Konto
Microsoft verbaut die Einrichtung mit lokalem Konto in den jüngsten Windows-Insider-Vorschauen. Es gibt aber auch neue Funktionen.
https:/…

🔴RUSSIA ATTACKED THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING OF UKRAINE! Footage from the place of the IMPACT#shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/07/russia-attacked-the-government-building.html

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.

Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Von-der-Leyen-Flug: Litauen warnt EU vor massiven GPS-Störungen

Drone with Cyrillic markings crashes in Poland near Belarus border: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/08/drone-with-cyrillic-markings-crashes.html

A look at Marc Benioff's pursuit of productivity gains through AI at Salesforce, which has undergone a series of layoffs over the past two years (Caroline O'Donovan/Washington Post)

Automation comes for tech jobs in the world capital of AI
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has made himself a cheerleader for AI’s potential to disrupt work while also laying off staff.

Crypto asset manager CoinShares agrees to go public via SPAC Vine Hill at a $1.2B pre-money valuation, set to close by the end of Q4; CoinShares has ~$10B AUM (Muyao Shen/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

OSINT: 33 Employees at Penal Colony No. 10 in Mordovia Responsible for Abuses Against Ukrainian Prisoners of War: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/07/osint-employees-at-penal-colony.html

Ticketing platform StubHub plans to sell ~34M shares at $22 to $25 in its IPO, valuing it at up to $9.2B and raising up to $851M, after delaying an IPO in April (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/t…

Sources: the US is proposing annual approvals for exports of chipmaking supplies to Samsung and SK Hynix factories in China as part of a "site license" idea (Mackenzie Hawkins/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Cognition raised $400M led by Founders Fund at a $10.2B valuation, up from $4B in March; its coding tool Devin's ARR grew from $1M in Sept. 2024 to $73M by June (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-08/co…

US House lawmakers release a report criticizing ASML, Tokyo Electron, and other equipment makers for helping build China's chip industry; ASML fell more than 7% (Dasha Afanasieva/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Filing: Shanghai-based, US-listed lidar maker Hesai aims to raise ~$497M in its Hong Kong IPO, offering 17M shares at up to $29.25 each, amid US delisting risks (Dave Sebastian/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025…

Sources: ASML is committing €1.3B for Mistral's €1.7B Series C funding round, becoming the top shareholder, and is expected to get a board seat (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/asml-becomes-mistral…

Google DeepMind and LIGO researchers detail Deep Loop Shaping, an AI tool that they say improves the observatory's ability to track gravitational waves (Alan Boyle/GeekWire)
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/ligo-google-ai-gravitational-waves/

Uber and Shanghai-based robotaxi company Momenta plan to test Level 4 fully driverless cars in Munich from 2026, as a precursor to launching a robotaxi service (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/772639/uber-momenta-l4-driverless-t…

Uber and Momenta will test fully driverless cars in Germany
Uber and Momenta will test fully driverless, level 4 vehicles in Munich, Germany, in 2026. The companies also plan on launching a robotaxi service.

Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement raises a drawbridge on its startup rivals, which could not afford to pay such fines, setting an AI copyright floor price (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass)
https://spyglass.org/cynical-read-on-anthropics-book-settlement/

A Cynical Read on Anthropic's Book Settlement
$1.5B. Damn. Who can afford to pay that?