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As Trump targets Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, a look at his VC firm Walden International, which has invested $5B+ in 600+ companies, with 100+ in China including SMIC (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-8-8 Trump China Intel

Analysis: 12 Chinese tech companies have applied to list in Hong Kong so far this year, the most since 2023, after rules allowed lossmaking companies to float (t.co)
2025-8-8 China Hong Kong

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan tells employees the company is engaging with the Trump administration to address concerns about him and “ensure they have the facts” (newsroom.intel.com)
2025-8-8 Trump Intel

Bit Digital-owned AI infrastructure company WhiteFiber closed down 4.59% in its Nasdaq debut, after raising $159.4M in an IPO, valuing the company at $619M (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-8-8 IPO AI

Decart, which offers real-time generative video and GPU optimization tech to cloud providers and AI companies, raised a $100M Series B at a $3.1B valuation (siliconangle.com)
2025-8-8 AI

During the GPT-5 livestream, OpenAI showed two charts whose scales were all over the place, with Sam Altman later calling one “a mega chart screwup from us” (www.theverge.com)
2025-8-8

First Ever Reviews of Mario and Zelda (hardware.slashdot.org)
2025-8-8

An analysis of 96K public ChatGPT transcripts finds 100+ lengthy chats, of which dozens exhibited delusional traits where ChatGPT reinforced users' fringe ideas (www.wsj.com)
2025-8-8

Sources: TBD Lab, a team under Meta Superintelligence Labs that houses many researchers poached from rival labs, is spearheading work on Llama's newest version (www.wsj.com)
2025-8-8

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 (seekingalpha.com)
2025-8-8

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 (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-8-8 Equity

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 (techcrunch.com)
2025-8-8 AI Browser

The Backlash Against Duolingo Going 'AI-First' Didn't Even Matter (news.slashdot.org)
2025-8-8 AI

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 (www.forbes.com)
2025-8-8 New York

Source: Windsurf's gross margins are “very negative”; many believe the same margin pressure is impacting Cursor, Lovable, Replit, and other vibe coding tools (techcrunch.com)
2025-8-8

Google says it's working on a fix for Gemini's self-loathing comments, which have included “I am a failure. I am a disgrace to my profession.” (www.businessinsider.com)
2025-8-8 Google

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 (9to5google.com)
2025-8-8

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 (www.wsj.com)
2025-8-8 Intel AI Nvidia

Sony Says Its Xperia Smartphones Are Still 'Very Important' (mobile.slashdot.org)
2025-8-8 Sony

Amazon's Cloud Business Giving Federal Agencies Up To $1 Billion In Discounts (yro.slashdot.org)
2025-8-8 Amazon

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 (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-8-8 Germany Startup AI

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 (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-8-8 Startup Tesla

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 (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-8-8 Texas

Encryption Made For Police and Military Radios May Be Easily Cracked (it.slashdot.org)
2025-8-8

Fake WhatsApp developer libraries hide destructive data-wiping code (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-8-8 WhatsApp

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 (www.theinformation.com)
2025-8-8 AI

HBO Max Password Sharing Crackdown Will Get 'Aggressive' Next Month (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2025-8-8

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 (www.theverge.com)
2025-8-8 Google

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 (variety.com)
2025-8-8

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 (www.cnbc.com)
2025-8-8

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