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Google Backpedals On Goo.gl Shutdown To Preserve Active Links (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-8-2 Google

Source: GPT-5 improvements won't be comparable to the leaps in performance of earlier models, such as between GPT-3 in 2020 and GPT-4 in 2023 (www.theinformation.com)
2025-8-2

A US jury finds Tesla partially liable for Autopilot's role in a fatal 2019 crash in Florida, and orders the company to pay $200M in punitive damages (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-8-2 Tesla

Fundamental Research Labs, which is working on AI applications in different fields, including a general-purpose consumer assistant, raised a $30M Series A (techcrunch.com)
2025-8-2 AI

Verizon is Upping Its Fees Again (slashdot.org)
2025-8-2

The Industry's Rush To $80 Video Games Has Stalled - For Now (games.slashdot.org)
2025-8-2

Instagram now requires users to have a public account with 1,000+ followers to go live, aligning with TikTok; previously, the feature was open to all users (techcrunch.com)
2025-8-2 Instagram

SonicWall firewall devices hit in surge of Akira ransomware attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-8-2

Hoboken, NJ-based Saphyre, which makes software used in securities trading, raised $70M from FTV Capital (www.wsj.com)
2025-8-2

Pi-hole discloses data breach triggered by WordPress plugin flaw (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-8-2 WordPress

Reddit pauses plans to let users make subreddits with content behind a paywall, as it focuses on other priorities, including “accelerating international growth” (www.theverge.com)
2025-8-2 Reddit

Microsoft Research Identifies 40 Jobs Most Vulnerable To AI (slashdot.org)
2025-8-2 Microsoft AI

In the UK, X and Reddit are blocking wide-ranging content, including about parliamentary debates, Ukraine, and Gaza, to comply with the Online Safety Act (www.bbc.com)
2025-8-2 Ukraine Reddit

Sources: thousands of US export license applications, including for Nvidia's shipments of AI chips to China, are stalled due to US Commerce Department turmoil (www.reuters.com)
2025-8-2 China AI Nvidia

UK Supreme Court Gives Banks Partial Win on Car Finance Commissions (news.slashdot.org)
2025-8-2

TikTok launches a new version of its app called TikTok Pro in Germany, Portugal, and Spain, allowing users to earn “virtual sunshine” to support charities (techcrunch.com)
2025-8-2 Germany Spain Portugal

Nintendo plans to raise the price of original Switch “family of systems and products” and some Switch 2 accessories in the US; Switch 2 price won't change (www.theverge.com)
2025-8-2 Nintendo

IRS Chief Says Agency Plans To End Free Filing Program (news.slashdot.org)
2025-8-2

China accuses the US of exploiting an old Microsoft Exchange flaw to control a key Chinese defense company's servers for nearly a year and steal military data (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-8-2 China Microsoft

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority plans to allow retail investors to access crypto exchange-traded notes, dubbed cETNs, on FCA-approved, UK-based exchanges (www.theblock.co)
2025-8-2 Retail

Microsoft Is Killing Windows 11 SE, Its Chrome OS Rival (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-8-2 Microsoft Chrome

Australia's Spy Boss Asks Defense Workers To Stop Oversharing on LinkedIn (slashdot.org)
2025-8-2 Australia LinkedIn

Reddit wants to become “a go-to search engine” for users; its core search has 70M+ weekly active unique users and AI-powered Reddit Answers has 6M weekly users (www.theverge.com)
2025-8-2 AI Reddit

Public ChatGPT Queries Are Getting Indexed By Google and Other Search Engines (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-8-2 Google

Hong Kong's stablecoin licensing regime takes effect, requiring issuers to get approval from the Monetary Authority, comply with AML protocols, and more (decrypt.co)
2025-8-1 Hong Kong Monetary

AI-powered Cursor IDE vulnerable to prompt-injection attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-8-1 AI

Source: OpenAI raised $8.3B led by Dragoneer at a $300B valuation, months ahead of schedule and part of a $40B goal for 2025; 5M business users pay for ChatGPT (www.nytimes.com)
2025-8-1

Microsoft plans to end support for Windows 11 SE next year, five years after launching the OS on low-cost laptops designed to compete with Google Chromebooks (www.theverge.com)
2025-8-1 Google Microsoft

Pwn2Own hacking contest pays $1 million for WhatsApp exploit (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-8-1 WhatsApp

Save $175 on a refurbished all-in-one Lenovo desktop deal (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-8-1 Lenovo

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