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@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-08-21 16:21:14

Walmart, which has long resisted contactless Tap to Pay payments, says it will soon start rolling out the tech, which supports Apple Pay, Google Pay, and more (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/walm

Walmart to finally start accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay | TechCrunch
Are pigs flying? Walmart has finally caved on its refusal to support Apple Pay and Google Pay.

@heiseonline@social.heise.de
2026-09-21 20:52:04

Warner-Übernahme ist durch: Paramount erzielt Vergleiche
Paramount Skydance einigt sich mit zwölf US-Staaten sowie einem Verband von Drehbuchautoren. Damit fallen gerichtliche Hürden weg und Warner Bros. an Paramount.

Warner-Übernahme ist durch: Paramount erzielt Vergleiche
Paramount Skydance einigt sich mit zwölf US-Staaten sowie einem Verband von Drehbuchautoren. Damit fallen gerichtliche Hürden weg und Warner Bros. an Paramount.

@ErikUden@mastodon.de
2026-07-21 12:21:37

Anfrage von AfD MdL in der er versucht Mastodon zu diffamieren und das Land Niedersachsen von der Plattform zu holen.
...wenige Monate später wird seine Verfassungstreue auf den Prüfstand gestellt wegen zu extremen Aussagen und Handlungen. Keine Pointe.

4 Fragen einer Anfrage des AfD MdLs Stephan Bothe (Drucksache 19/10468) mit folgenden Inhalt: 5. Hält die Landesregierung das Mikroblogging-Netzwerk Mastodon grundsätzlich für Auftritte von Landesbehörden für geeignet, und welche Landes- und diesen nachgeordnete Behörden verfügen gegebenenfalls über Konten bei Mastodon? 6. Aufgrund welcher Erwägungen verlassen Teile der Landesregierung das Netzwerk X wegen vermeintlich fehlender Kontrollen, aber treten einem Netzwerk wie Mastodon bei, das auf…
Ein NDR Artikel mit dem Inhalt: Verfassungstreue auf dem Prüfstand: AfD-Kandidaten geraten ins Visier Stand: 06.07.2026 19:37 Uhr Am 13. September 2026 sind Kommunalwahlen. Aktuell beraten Wahlausschüsse in Niedersachsen über die Verfassungstreue der Kandidatinnen und Kandidaten. Ein erster Prüffall ist Stephan Bothe (AfD).
@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-07-21 17:42:04

from my link log —
GitHub suddenly rejected my SSH key (the fix was a .pub file?!)
thorsell.io/2026/07/21/github-
saved 2026-07-21

GitHub suddenly rejected my SSH key (the fix was a .pub file?!)
Today, git pull stopped working on my main laptop. Permission denied (publickey), out of nowhere. I had changed nothing, the key was still registered on GitHub, and pulling the same repository from another laptop (with another key) worked fine.

@elduvelle@neuromatch.social
2026-08-21 19:25:24

"Marine Tondelier, la cheffe des Ecologistes, appelle de nouveau Š l’union de la gauche pour la présidentielle de 2027"
lemonde.fr/election-presidenti

Marine Tondelier, la cheffe des Ecologistes, appelle de nouveau à l’union de la gauche pour la présidentielle de 2027
La candidate met en garde contre la division de la gauche et appelle à dépasser les querelles internes pour bâtir une alternative crédible face à l’extrême droite en 2027.

@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
2026-08-21 21:23:02

🛌 Wissen fürs Kopfkissen: 📖
Wie lässt sich #Eigentum schützen, wenn #Extremwetter zur Normalität wird?
Immer häufiger scheitert der #Versicherungsschutz an der Realität der…

Elementarschäden nehmen zu - sind Klimarisiken noch versicherbar?
Sind Klimarisiken noch versicherbar? Der Klimawandel verändert die Spielregeln für Hausbesitzer, Unternehmen und Versicherer.

@der_raddler@dresden.network
2026-07-21 21:35:21

Oliver Neumann aka #bikolinux just arrived at CP1! 🥳 #tcrno12cap392 #tcrno12

@Schrank@phpc.social
2026-09-21 06:18:16

Shopware 6: A data protection officer asks for your deletion concept for abandoned guest accounts and old carts, and someone quotes "a day" to build it. Shopware already ships the command — but it has two sharp edges that can delete more than you meant to if you skip the fine print.

Shopware 6 Hidden Gems #21: database:clean-personal-data — GDPR housekeeping, built in - Winkelwagen GmbH - an ecommerce agency
At some point a data protection officer — or an auditor with a checklist — asks the question: "Guest checkout customers who never completed an order. Old

@Kingu@sakurajima.moe
2026-09-21 16:34:21

クロスノエシス / Gravity / 2023.5.20 "4th anniversary one man live「plant」" LIQUIDROOM

クロスノエシス / Gravity / 2023.5.20 "4th anniversary one man live「plant」" LIQUIDROOM by CROSSNOESIS
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@zachleat@zachleat.com
2026-07-21 21:28:35

@… that is clearly a hand, please advise

@selea@social.linux.pizza
2026-08-21 08:53:52

I am not a new user but I still prefer this
:debian:

Separate /home partition Separate /home, /var, and /tmp partitions Separate /var and /srv, swap < 1GB (for servers) Small-disk (< 10GB) partitioning scheme
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-09-21 19:40:36

President Trump was inaudible during a press conference on Monday after the TV pool suspended coverage, as the White House-provided video had no usable audio (Josephine Walker/Axios)
axios.com/2026/09/21/trump-whi

Trump inaudible during TV blackout: What the press pool does
The fallout from Trump's media ban was visible — and audible — Monday.

@nohillside@smnn.ch
2026-09-21 19:37:47

Eins muss man John Gruber lassen: wenn es um die Unterstützung von Apple geht, ist ihm kein Vergleich zu dämlich …
daringfireball.net/linked/2026

‘Measuring Nothing (With Great Accuracy)’
Link to: https://seths.blog/2014/01/measuring-nothing-with-great-accuracy/

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-08-21 15:30:51

A bizarre view from the usually sensible British newspaper Guardian regarding Harry and Megan retreating from Montecito California.
Most local's reactions here are
"Good Riddance"
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

We’ll never be royals: the California town where Prince Harry and Meghan lived says goodbye
As the couple plans their return to the UK, Montecito’s whirlwind stint on the global stage may be coming to an end

@markhburton@mstdn.social
2026-08-21 07:53:24

‘Very unusual’: UK Palestine activists could be sentenced as terrorists | Courts News | Al Jazeera
aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/21/v

‘Very unusual’: UK Palestine activists could be sentenced as terrorists
Court to rule on whether five activists accused of vandalising a Barclays bank will face terrorism sentencing.

@marcel@waldvogel.family
2026-08-21 05:59:51

Reto Vogt @… malt sich aus, was passiert, wenn KI-Firmen gleichzeitig Täter, Forensik und Richter werden.
#AI #Watermark

Vogt am Freitag: Wasserzeichen - Das Netz ist politisch
KI-Texte lassen sich dank Wasserzeichen künftig besser identifizieren. Kolumnist Reto Vogt findet: Das ist nur die halbe Wahrheit.

@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2026-09-21 13:34:57

New blog post by @… on education under siege in #Gaza.
jo…

Opening the book
I greeted the faces before me, offering a greeting accompanied by a sense of apology. It was not an apology for the absence of a greeting, but for the inadequacy of words in the face of the stories these faces carried. In their eyes were a million questions, and in their hearts were mountains of reproach and pain.

@macandi@social.heise.de
2026-07-21 19:40:03

Apple korrigiert Hide my Email im dritten Anlauf
Apples Dienst „E-Mail-Adresse verbergen” schaffte das nur schlecht. Die echten Adressen aufzudecken, war simpel.
heise.de/news/Appl…

Apple korrigiert Hide my Email im dritten Anlauf
Apples Dienst „E-Mail-Adresse verbergen” schaffte das nur schlecht. Die echten Adressen aufzudecken, war simpel.

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-09-21 15:25:17

NFL news roundup: Latest league updates from Monday, Sept. 21 nfl.com/news/nfl-news-roundup-

NFL news roundup: Latest league updates from Monday, Sept. 21
NFL.com keeps you up to date with all of the latest league news from around the NFL. Visit NFL.com's transaction hub for a daily breakdown.

@maxheadroom@hub.uckermark.social
2026-09-21 07:37:38

Another very detailed and good article about Storage management on macOS from The Eclectic Light Company: eclecticlight.co/2026/09/21/wh

When to use a new container, volume or folder
In APFS, containers, volumes and folders have different properties and features. Choosing the right one, and setting any size options, is an important step in good storage management.

@hikingdude@mastodon.social
2026-08-21 20:40:53

oh #footpathFriday , I almost missed you. but it fits well with the blog post that I just published this evening!
franzgraf.de/blog/2026/blackbe

This image captures a rustic trail leading through a grassy hillside. The trail is constructed from weathered wooden planks and logs, creating a natural and uneven path. The surrounding grass is tall and lush, with a mix of green and golden hues. In the background, the hill rises gently, covered in dense evergreen trees. At the top of the hill, there is a small wooden cabin with a blue roof, adding a touch of human presence to the natural scene. The sky above is partly cloudy, with patches of b…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
2026-09-21 19:19:04

30 Jahre Krankenhaus-IT: Zwischen Digitalstrategie, Epic-Debatte und Faxgerät
Die Digitalisierung im Gesundheitswesen kämpft mit Komplexität, alten Systemen und Finanzierung. Ein Blick auf Charité, Gematik und Dänemark.

30 Jahre Krankenhaus-IT: Zwischen Digitalstrategie, Epic-Debatte und Faxgerät
Die Digitalisierung im Gesundheitswesen kämpft mit Komplexität, alten Systemen und Finanzierung. Ein Blick auf Charité, Gematik und Dänemark.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-08-21 19:41:12

The US DOJ and TikTok reach a $400M settlement to resolve allegations TikTok violated COPPA; the DOJ filed the lawsuit in 2024 (Ashley Gold/Axios)
axios.com/2026/08/21/doj-tikto

Scoop: DOJ, TikTok settle for $400 million in children's privacy suit
The settlement ends a lawsuit filed by the Biden administration.

@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
2026-08-21 21:01:05

Die #Kernfusionskollektoranlage hat heute 0,697 kWh Energie eingefangen.
Gesamtleistung: 480 Wp
Ausrichtung: West
Anstellwinkel: 58 Grad
Diese #Balkonsolaranlage wurde durch das Berliner SolarPLUS-Programm gefördert.
Einspeiseverlust: 5.49 %

Die Grafik zeigt ab 01.01.2026 die tägliche Stromerzeugung als Balkendiagramm.
@zachleat@zachleat.com
2026-07-21 21:28:11

@… here’s one, hope that helps

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-09-21 10:30:30

The Trump administration removes CNN from its TV pool duties on Monday ahead of President Trump's trip to New York, disrupting a longstanding rotation agreement (Ali Watkins/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/09/21/busines

White House Removes CNN From TV Pool Duties
The move was an escalation of President Trump’s clashes with the news media and left uncertain which network would cover his trip to New York.

@macandi@social.heise.de
2026-07-21 11:29:03

Neuer Wiederherstellungsmodus: So funktioniert er in iOS 27
Apple ermöglicht es künftig, bestimmte Probleme am iPhone direkt zu überprüfen. So arbeitet der neue Modus.
he…

Neuer Wiederherstellungsmodus: So funktioniert er in iOS 27
Apple ermöglicht es künftig, bestimmte Probleme am iPhone direkt zu überprüfen. So arbeitet der neue Modus.

@hikingdude@mastodon.social
2026-08-21 19:19:46

RE: franzgraf.de/blog/2026/blackbe
I wrote a bit about last sunday. You might have read the toots already about how we found quite a couple of be…

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-09-21 16:21:14

Field conditions a concern as Ravens-Cowboys prepare for matchup in Brazil nytimes.com/athletic/7617499/2

Field conditions a concern as Ravens-Cowboys prepare for matchup in Brazil
There is no indication the game set for Sunday will be moved. Both teams leave for Rio de Janeiro on Thursday.

@heiseonline@social.heise.de
2026-09-21 18:29:04

Bürgerrechte ade: Wie die EU-Kommission die Zügel für Europol lockern will
Ein Entwurf aus Brüssel soll den Datenschutz bei Europol drastisch beschneiden, um den polizeilichen Einsatz von Big Data und experimenteller KI voranzutreiben.

Bürgerrechte ade: Wie die EU-Kommission die Zügel für Europol lockern will
Ein Entwurf aus Brüssel soll den Datenschutz bei Europol drastisch beschneiden, um den polizeilichen Einsatz von Big Data und experimenteller KI voranzutreiben.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-09-21 17:25:42

Ahead of Sam Altman's UN address, OpenAI urges the US to lead an effort to develop global safety and security standards for building frontier systems (Maria Curi/Axios)
axios.com/2026/09/21/openai-ai

OpenAI proposes AI standards after U.S., China talks
Sam Altman readies a global AI safety pitch for the UN.

@zachleat@zachleat.com
2026-07-21 13:21:53

@… @… my kids think Lamine Yamal is old at 19

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-07-21 16:55:49

A US judge grants The Guardian's motion to dismiss UnitedHealthcare's defamation suit, filed in June 2025, for an article on secret payments to nursing homes (Anna Betts/The Guardian)
theguardian.com/media/2026/jul

Delaware judge dismisses UnitedHealth Group lawsuit against the Guardian
Healthcare conglomerate pursued a defamation lawsuit against the Guardian over 2025 investigative reporting

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-07-21 13:55:47

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the Trump administration is looking into Chinese AI models over distillation claims and it could "sanction them" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
cnbc.com/2026/07/21/bessent-ch

Bessent says U.S. could sanction China over AI model 'theft'
Chinese open-weight models are gaining steam against leading offerings from American companies like OpenAI and Anthropic.

@hikingdude@mastodon.social
2026-08-21 18:05:33

I really dislike the wordpress editor .. .it repeatedly scrolls the page up so that the cursor is at the lower end of the screen. That's SOOO annoying!

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-09-21 09:21:09

Jayden Daniels' injury sends Commanders back to frustrating square one, yet again nytimes.com/athletic/7614060/2

Jayden Daniels’ injury sends Commanders back to frustrating square one, yet again
Everything Washington did this offseason was in service of Daniels' return to action in 2026. His elbow injury now muddies those plans.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-09-21 13:04:37

Google unveils Googlebook hardware, with flagship devices built by Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, and Lenovo, offering deep Android and AI integration, starting at $899 (Abner Li/9to5Google)
9to5google.com/2026/09/21/goog

Google fully details Googlebooks: $899+, October launch, & more
Following the May preview, Google today fully announced Googlebooks ahead of the consumer launch in October. Googlebook OS hands-on: It’s...

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-07-21 15:01:27

In a memo, ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro announces layoffs, mostly due to the NFL Network acquisition; sources: analysts Karl Ravech and Ryan Clark are affected (Andrew Marchand/The Athletic)
nytimes.com/athletic/7460561/2

Karl Ravech, Tom Pelissero among ESPN layoffs in latest round of cuts: Sources
Among other expected ESPN cuts Tuesday are on-air NFL talent Cam Newton, Charles Davis and Bart Scott.

@hikingdude@mastodon.social
2026-08-21 06:12:49

#goodmorning from our #morningwalk
It has rained a bit during the night, it's nice and chill - until the sun shines on a dark tshirt, then it's nice and warm

This image captures a wide, open meadow with vibrant green grass stretching toward a line of houses and trees in the background. The sky above is a brilliant blue, dotted with scattered white clouds. The sun is visible near the center of the image, partially obscured by a lens flare effect, casting a bright and warm light over the scene. Beyond the houses, rolling hills or mountains rise, adding depth and a sense of natural beauty to the landscape. description generated with Mistral.ai and rev…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
2026-09-21 06:16:03

„Weltumrundung“ elektrisch: Volkswagen ID. Buzz fährt Guinness-Rekord ein
Langstreckenfahrer Rainer Zietlow bereist mit einem vollelektrischen VW ID. 92 Länder auf einer Fahrt, traf jedoch auf Probleme mit der Ladeinfrastruktur.

„Weltumrundung“ elektrisch: Volkswagen ID. Buzz fährt Guinness-Rekord ein
Langstreckenfahrer Rainer Zietlow bereist mit einem vollelektrischen VW ID. 92 Länder auf einer Fahrt, traf jedoch auf Probleme mit der Ladeinfrastruktur.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-09-21 13:19:47

Googlebook OS hands-on: core services like Gmail run as Trusted Web Activities via the Play Store, on-device AI via Gemini Nano, and Pixel-aligned UX elements (Abner Li/9to5Google)
9to5google.com/2026/09/21/goog

Googlebook OS hands-on: It’s Android, stupid
An overwhelming sense of familiarity struck me the first time I used a Googlebook. That was immediately followed by a...

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-08-21 11:15:49

CBRE: NYC becomes the top tech talent market for the first time with ~394K jobs, beating the Bay Area's ~375K, amid SF job cuts and finance sector tech hiring (Diana Olick/CNBC)
cnbc.com/2026/08/21/new-york-s

New York unseats San Francisco as the top market for tech talent, CBRE reports
AI-related roles now account for nearly one-third of all tech-talent job listings in the U.S., per the new CBRE report.

@hikingdude@mastodon.social
2026-08-21 04:51:46

RE: #powrss and it's unfortunately really true. Favour websites over apps. A…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-08-21 22:45:54

Gurman: as part of Vision Pro cuts, Apple is largely shutting down a team focused on gaming and reducing the size of a unit producing immersive video content (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
9to5mac.com/2026/08/21/apple-l

Apple lays off 200+ across Vision Pro and Siri teams - 9to5Mac
Apple has cut more than 200 jobs across Vision Pro, Siri, and software teams, including shuttering a Vision Pro gaming group, per Bloomberg.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-08-21 10:40:47

Samsung unveils a $65.1B-$79.5B shareholder return package for 2026, combining dividends and share buybacks, calling it "the largest ever by a Korean company" (Jenny Lee/CNBC)
cnbc.com/2026/08/21/samsung-sh

Samsung plans up to $80 billion in shareholder returns after SK Hynix buyback
Samsung Electronics plans shareholder returns totaling 90 trillion won to 110 trillion won, including about 30 trillion won in third-quarter cash dividends.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-08-21 15:01:32

Space data center startup Starcloud raised a $250M extension, at a $2.3B valuation, to its March $170M Series A; source: Nvidia invested $25M (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch)
techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/star

Starcloud raises $250 million for orbital data centers as launch options dry up | TechCrunch
There's about to be a big fight to secure access to space.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-09-21 11:30:48

Investigation: AI hacker house AGI House had 37 incidents logged by police since 2022, many for party-related complaints, as Bay Area tech houses proliferate (Kirsten Grind/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/09/21/technol

This A.I. House Can Provide You With Connections. It Also Has a Dark Side.
Group tech houses have proliferated across the San Francisco Bay Area in the artificial intelligence boom. One of the most prominent has also racked up an extensive police record.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-08-21 16:56:14

Sources: US Department of Energy is investigating whether Chinese lidar sensors might pose a security risk if they become widely used on vehicles in the US (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)
techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/us-g

Exclusive: US government lab is probing Chinese-made lidar for security vulnerabilities | TechCrunch
The security review is being performed by the Idaho National Laboratory, and the research is being funded by a company -- or a group of companies -- in the electric and autonomous vehicle industries.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-07-21 13:01:41

Databricks co-founder Ion Stoica's GPU orchestration startup SkyPilot, which aims to be neutral across hardware and cloud vendors, raised a $20M seed led by Lux (Lily Mae Lazarus/Fortune)
fortune.com/2026/07/21/skypilo

SkyPilot, from Databricks’ cofounder, raises $20M to be the Switzerland of AI compute
Backed by Lux Capital, SkyPilot helps customers use GPUs wherever they're available.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-07-21 12:40:47

Iran's IRGC claims it targeted and "destroyed" Amazon's central data infrastructure in Bahrain using several cruise missiles; Amazon has not acknowledged it (Babak Kamiar/Euronews)
euronews.com/2026/07/21/irans-

Iran's IRGC claims attack on Amazon's main data hub in Bahrain
The IRGC claimed its cruise missiles destroyed Amazon's central data infrastructure in Bahrain and hit US air defence systems. Bahraini, US and Amazon officials have not responded.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-07-21 11:40:48

Gritt, which is developing an AI system that helps build infrastructure like solar panels, emerges from stealth with a $26M Series A and $34M in total funding (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch)
techcrunch.com/2026/07/21/grit

Gritt exits stealth with $34 million for robots to build solar plants—then, everything else | TechCrunch
Gritt is coming out of stealth with $34 million and plan to automate the hardest tasks on construction sites.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-09-21 15:36:03

NYC-based Corridor, which uses AI to offer health benefits for small businesses, raised a $16M seed led by Bain Capital Ventures, following a $9M pre-seed (Brock E.W. Turner/Axios)
axios.com/pro/health-tech-deal

Exclusive: Corridor launches with $25M from Bain Capital Ventures
Investors are pouring money into the tech-powered benefits market.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-07-21 21:06:04

Cisco releases Antares-350M and Antares-1B, two open-weight AI models to find known vulnerabilities within a codebase, and plans to release Antares-3B soon (Sam Sabin/Axios)
axios.com/2026/07/21/cisco-ope
…

Cisco open-sources AI models for bug hunting
The company is open-sourcing two small-language models designed just to hunt for software bugs.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-07-21 21:50:55

OpenAI renews its investment in the American Journalism Project by committing an additional $5M in funding and $3M in tech credits over the next two years (Sara Fischer/Axios)
axios.com/2026/07/21/openai-lo…

Exclusive: OpenAI renews $5M bet on local news
OpenAI is committing an additional $5 million in funding and $3 million in tech credits to AJP over the next two years.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-09-21 09:21:32

IFR: ~7,000 autonomous humanoids were sold globally in 2025 for industrial and professional use, with many bought for research instead of doing productive work (Toby Sterling/Reuters)
reuters.com/technology/humanoi

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-07-21 18:21:05

Some Instagram and Facebook users say Meta's AI moderation deleted their accounts; Meta says AI makes 13% fewer errors and finds 10% more violations than humans (New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/07/21/technol

What Happened When Meta Used A.I. to Ban Accounts on Facebook and Instagram
Users said the technology mistakenly deleted their accounts. To resolve the issue, they still had to rely on A.I.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-09-21 19:51:14

Sources: SoftBank's SB Energy has delayed its IPO, originally planned for this month, as investors question the company's sought-after valuation of $50B (Maureen Farrell/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/09/21…

Wall Street Is Growing Skeptical of the Data Center Boom
Several companies tied to the data center industry have delayed their initial public offerings amid the increasing public backlash to these energy guzzling facilities.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-09-21 12:10:48

Crypto super PAC Fairshake plans to launch a $30M ad blitz against former Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown in the Ohio Senate race, after the Clarity Act failed (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)
nytime…

The Crypto Industry Targets Sherrod Brown of Ohio, a Top Democratic Senate Candidate
Angry after the defeat of a major crypto bill last week, the industry is planning to spend $30 million against Sherrod Brown in Ohio.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-08-21 21:35:52

Sources: Devoted Health, which uses AI to help coordinate medical care for those enrolled in Medicare Advantage, is raising new funding at a $25B valuation (Katie Roof/Business Insider)
businessinsider.com/healthcare

Healthcare startup Devoted Health could be valued at $25 billion
Devoted Health, co-founded by Ed and Todd Park, is raising a round that might value it at $25B, spotlighting the booming Medicare Advantage sector.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-09-21 03:45:54

Sources: SoftBank is looking to issue $10B and €1B in debt for its OpenAI investment, in what would be one of the biggest junk bond sales ever (Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-08-21 20:25:54

Anthropic hires Amir Salek, who ran Google's TPU business until 2022, to join its compute team as part of a push to develop its own chips (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-08-21 13:01:45

DeepSeek unveils an experimental version of its V4 Flash model that can understand visual prompts, saying it nears the performance of Anthropic's Opus 4.8 (Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-09-21 19:05:55

Sensor Tower: Muse was downloaded 902K times in the six days after its launch on Sept. 8, vs. Meta AI's 773K in the same post-launch period; META jumps 12% (Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-09-21 11:45:39

Filing: Oura is seeking to raise up to $2.2B in its US IPO, marketing 50M shares at $40 to $44 each, giving it a $14.1B valuation at the top of its range (Subrat Patnaik/Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

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2026-09-21 05:21:23

A detailed recap of the White House's 19-day standoff with Anthropic, where a jailbreak dispute led officials to bluntly order Dario Amodei to take Fable down (Politico)
politico.com/news/magazine/202

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2026-09-21 08:21:51

Amazon says it blocked Meta's Muse AI assistant from accessing Amazon.com to shop on users' behalf, citing ToS violations, security risks, and merchant consent (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
geekwire.com/2026/amazon-block

Amazon blocks Meta’s Muse AI assistant in new standoff over agentic shopping
Amazon says it has cut off Meta's new Muse personal AI agent from shopping on Amazon.com on behalf of customers, citing user data security concerns. It's part of a larger industry fight over who controls the shopping experience and customer relationship in agentic commerce.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-09-21 11:21:37

Pacing the frontier may be sincere, but it would also be strategically useful for frontier AI labs to have time to reduce overhangs caused by model advancement (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
stratechery.com/2026/frontier-

Frontier Overhangs
Pacing the frontier may be sincere, but it would also be strategically useful for the frontier labs to have time to reduce overhangs caused by model advancement.

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2026-07-21 06:21:04

GitHub says individuals and orgs have invested $100M in open source maintainers and projects via GitHub Sponsors since 2019, with $10M in the past five months (Stephanie Lincoln/The GitHub Blog)
github.blog/open-source/mainta

$100 million for open source: A milestone built by the community
Celebrating $100 million contributed by the community to the people who build and sustain open source every day.

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2026-08-21 23:11:21

OpenAI says California should amend SB 53 to expand safeguards, including requiring monitoring of frontier models under training, following AI agent hacks (Chase DiFeliciantonio/Politico)
politico.com/news/2026/08/21/o

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2026-07-21 09:01:30

A profile of Sarah Guo, Greylock's youngest GP before founding Conviction in 2022, which has since backed six of the 21 AI-native companies now worth over $10B (Dom Cooke/Colossus)
colossus.com/article/sarah-guo

Sarah's Wager
Sarah Guo built Conviction into the venture firm closest to the AI frontier. Now she's betting against its biggest companies.

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2026-09-21 13:45:41

Nscale's S-1: Microsoft and Anthropic account for 85% of its $103B in total contract value, only $2.6B of contract value was active as of late August, and more (Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

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2026-09-21 20:45:56

Some startups, like Harvey, Abridge, Ramp, and Rogo, are embracing open-weight models or training their own models to reduce expensive reliance on frontier labs (Bloomberg)

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2026-09-21 13:55:42

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says OpenAI's Hugging Face hacking incident is "the responsibility of the OpenAI management, not a bunch of agents" (Yash Roy/Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

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2026-08-21 17:25:49

Sources: London-based AI infrastructure startup Nscale is seeking to raise as much as $3B in its US IPO, which could take place as soon as September (Bailey Lipschultz/Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

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2026-08-21 10:25:48

Sources: Nvidia is in early talks with South Korean AI chip maker Rebellions for a potential deal, including a partnership, an investment, or an acquisition (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

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2026-07-21 13:10:50

OpenAI says it now has 10M people using Codex and ChatGPT Work, nearly doubling usage from earlier this month when the company announced ChatGPT Work (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

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2026-08-21 19:07:38

Sources: Apple is cutting 200 jobs, including ~100 positions from the Vision Pro unit and another 100 from the Siri team, as it focuses on new devices and AI (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

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2026-07-21 12:45:47

Samsung plans to launch its AI-powered Samsung Health Assistant and new heart metrics tools like Vitals for overnight metric tracking in beta in August (Samantha Kelly/Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

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2026-09-21 11:06:23

Data Center Watch: 45 US data center projects valued at $68B were blocked or delayed by local opposition between April and June, or 50% of large developments (Newley Purnell/Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

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2026-09-21 10:15:39

Ireland's DPC fines Google €403M over how it processed location data after complaints from European consumer rights groups, and gives it six months to comply (Olivia Fletcher/Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

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2026-07-21 00:50:43

South Korea reports that, for the first 20 days of July, chip exports climbed 180.6% from the same period in 2025; computer-related product shipments grew ~232% (Heesu Lee/Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

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2026-07-21 13:20:51

Garmin launches the Cirqa Smart Band, a $200 screenless fitness tracker that monitors 80 activities with an up to 10 day battery life, to compete with Whoop (Dana Wollman/Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

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2026-07-21 10:55:47

Sources: the US and China plan to hold AI talks in September when President Xi visits the US, realizing a significant outcome of the Trump-Xi summit in May (Laurie Chen/Reuters)
reuters.com/world/china/us-chi

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2026-08-21 22:15:54

OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 Sol's API and credit prices by over 20% for the next three months, to $4/1M input tokens and $20/1M output tokens (Anzar Mehraj/Reuters)
reuters.com/technology/openai-

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2026-07-21 04:40:48

Singapore-based Ant International, a payments company which spun out of Ant Group in 2024, raised $1.2B from investors including Ant Group and Alibaba (Reuters)
reuters.com/world/asia-pacific

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2026-08-21 22:36:09

Nvidia makes a minority investment in Cloverleaf, which works with utilities and energy providers to secure infrastructure for data center sites (Rashika Singh/Reuters)
reuters.com/technology/nvidia-

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2026-07-21 15:11:12

Google launches Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber, and says it has started its "most ambitious pre-training run yet" for Gemini 4 (Abner Li/9to5Google)
9to5google.com/2026/07/21/gemi

Google launches Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite, teases Gemini 4 
As we wait for 3.5 Pro, Google today announced Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite, while providing updates on what comes next.

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2026-08-21 13:50:44

Kakao plans to spin off its chat app-based platform business into a new company tentatively named KakaoAI, which it expects to relist in Korea in 2027 (Reuters)
reuters.com/world/asia-pacific

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2026-08-21 01:01:32

A NJ teenager drops her lawsuit against Meta, Google, and Snap over alleged social media addiction, without any payment; TikTok previously settled her claims (Diana Novak Jones/Reuters)
reuters.com/business/us-teen-d

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2026-07-21 19:55:56

OpenAI says the Hugging Face breach was driven by a combination of its models, including GPT-5.6 Sol and "an even more capable pre-release model" (Ina Fried/Axios)
axios.com/2026/07/21/openai-sa

OpenAI says Hugging Face breach caused by one of its models
OpenAI says its agents acted autonomously to exploit vulnerabilities.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-09-21 16:10:42

The EU proposes rules requiring data centers with a capacity of 500 kW to disclose their energy and water efficiency using an EU-designed labelling system (Kate Abnett/Reuters)
reuters.com/business/environme

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-08-21 13:10:48

Filings: China-based chipmaker YMTC's application to list its shares on Shanghai's STAR Market has been accepted, setting the stage for a $4.9B share sale (Reuters)
reuters.com/world/asia-pacific

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-09-21 15:15:43

Z.AI open sources its coding harness ZCode and disables certain features after users said ZCode was uploading codebases onto overseas servers without consent (Laurie Chen/Reuters)
reuters.com/legal/litigation/c

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2026-09-21 19:20:52

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs seven bills aimed at regulating data centers, imposing new requirements on electricity costs, water use, and local oversight (Nichola Groom/Reuters)
reuters.com/legal/litigation/c

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2026-07-21 15:40:56

Google says Gemini 3.6 Flash delivers better coding, knowledge work, and multimodal performance while reducing output token usage by up to 17% vs. 3.5 Flash (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
cnbc.com/2026/07/21/google-gem

Google expands Gemini lineup with cheaper models and new Mythos rival
Google is expanding Gemini with cheaper, more efficient models and a new cybersecurity offering as it tries to close product gaps and compete on cost.

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2026-07-21 17:11:01

Federal lobbying disclosures: Anthropic spent $1.97M in Q2, up 26% QoQ, and OpenAI spent $1.2M, up 18%; Meta remained the largest spender at $5.99M, down 15% (Luke Fountain/CNBC)
cnbc.com/2026/07/21/openai-ant

OpenAI, Anthropic boost lobbying as legacy tech and defense spending slips
The two AI developers spent a combined $3.17 million in the second quarter, up 23% from the first three months of 2026.

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2026-07-21 16:16:12

Meta quietly releases StoryKit, a new mobile app that uses AI to create personalized children's stories, including illustrations and original music, in Mexico (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
9to5mac.com/2026/07/21/meta-te

Meta testing StoryKit, an AI iPhone app that creates 'personalized children's stories' - 9to5Mac
Meta has quietly released a new iPhone app that uses AI to create personalized children’s stories, complete with illustrations, narration,...

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-07-21 17:16:00

NJ Governor says a software error at DMV led to the improper voter registration of ~6,600 noncitizens between June 2023 and June 2024; 400 of those cast ballots (Tracey Tully/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/07/21/nyregio

D.M.V. Error Led to 400 Noncitizens Voting in New Jersey, Governor Says
A software glitch in 2023 at the New Jersey Department of Motor Vehicles led to roughly 6,600 noncitizens being registered to vote, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced on Tuesday.

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2026-07-21 20:40:53

France becomes the first European country to pass a law banning social media access for users under 15, potentially going into effect as soon as September 1 (Mark Landler/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/07/21/world/e…

France Joins a Global Move Toward Restricting Social Media for Children
Its new law, the first of its kind enacted by a European country, will ban access to some accounts for anyone under 15.