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Similarweb: since the launch of Google's AI Overviews, the number of news searches that result in no click-throughs grew from 56% in May 2024 to 69% in May 2025 (techcrunch.com)
2025-7-3 Google AI

Sources: Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd says Bumble's “centre of gravity” will move to the US where the “talent pool is right now”; 70% of its staff are UK-based (on.ft.com)
2025-7-3

AI is making it easier to create VTubers and faceless voiceover channels, fueling a flood of virtual creators on YouTube and TikTok amid concerns over AI slop (www.cnbc.com)
2025-7-3 AI YouTube

White collar workers are increasingly using AI note-taking apps to assist them during Zoom meetings or fully represent them when they choose not to attend (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-7-3 AI

A New 'Interstellar Visitor' Has Entered the Solar System (science.slashdot.org)
2025-7-3 Solar

A whistleblower details Clothoff, an AI-powered nudify app that owns 10 similar services; Clothoff had 27M visitors in H1 2024 and produced 200K images daily (www.spiegel.de)
2025-7-3 AI

A look at the ~$377 TranscribeGlass smart glasses that use AI to subtitle conversations in nearly real time, built for the deaf or hard-of-hearing (www.wired.com)
2025-7-3 AI

Uber drivers in British Columbia joined a union, seeking to negotiate Canada's first bargaining agreement for rideshare drivers; Uber has agreed to meet (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-7-3 U.K. Uber Canada

Sources: CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd said Bumble's “centre of gravity” would move to the US where the “talent pool is right now”; 70% of Bumble's staff are UK-based (t.co)
2025-7-3

Baidu overhauls its search engine with AI features and a voice function in its most sweeping revamp in years, and rolls out its first image-to-video model (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-7-3 AI

Data Breach Reveals Catwatchful 'Stalkerware' Is Spying On Thousands of Phones (yro.slashdot.org)
2025-7-3

Some Chinese universities are using AI detection tools to screen papers, but false positives force students to “dumb down” content or pay for rewriting services (restofworld.org)
2025-7-3 China AI

Siemens says it has restored full access to its chip design software for its Chinese clients after the Trump admin lifted export curbs, initially imposed in May (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-7-3 Trump China Siemens

Proposed Budget Seeks To Close Mauna Loa Observatory's Climate CO2 Study (news.slashdot.org)
2025-7-3 Climate Budget

Foxconn Mysteriously Tells Chinese Workers To Quit India and Return To China (apple.slashdot.org)
2025-7-3 China India

Datadog is joining the S&P 500, replacing Juniper Networks after HPE acquired Juniper, before trading on July 9; DDOG jumps 10%+ after hours (www.cnbc.com)
2025-7-3

Hacker With 'Political Agenda' Stole Data From Columbia, University Says (news.slashdot.org)
2025-7-3 Hacker

xAI has been granted a permit to operate 15 gas turbines at its Memphis campus until 2027, despite protests and a potential NAACP lawsuit over air pollution (www.wired.com)
2025-7-3

Nintendo Locked Down the Switch 2's USB-C Port, Broke Third-Party Docking (hardware.slashdot.org)
2025-7-3 Nintendo

Grammarly Acquires AI Email Client Superhuman (slashdot.org)
2025-7-3 AI

NYT To Start Searching Deleted ChatGPT Logs After Beating OpenAI In Court (yro.slashdot.org)
2025-7-3

Google Ordered To Pay $315 Million for Taking Data From Idle Android Phones (yro.slashdot.org)
2025-7-3 Android Google

OpenAI says the tokenized OpenAI shares Robinhood has started offering are not equity: “We did not partner with Robinhood...and do not endorse it” (www.cnbc.com)
2025-7-3 Equity

Amazon To Shut Down Its Freevee App Next Month (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2025-7-3 Amazon

Ripple has applied for a national banking license, which would place Ripple's dollar-backed stablecoin, RLUSD, under the US OCC's regulatory remit (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-3

Microsoft cuts hundreds of Xbox jobs across studios, sources say including Halo Studios and King, and cancels games like Perfect Dark and Everwild (www.gamespot.com)
2025-7-3 Microsoft Xbox

Sources: Netflix has held talks with Spotify about partnering on projects such as a music awards show, as it adds content that was core to the cable bundle (www.wsj.com)
2025-7-3 Netflix Spotify

China's Giant New Gamble With Digital IDs (yro.slashdot.org)
2025-7-3 China

NimDoor crypto-theft macOS malware revives itself when killed (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-7-3

Sources: OpenAI will rent additional computing power from Oracle, totaling about 4.5 gigawatts of US data center power, as part of its Stargate initiative (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-7-3 Oracle

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