Nvidia to provide up to $105B backstop for OpenAI data center in Ohio
Nvidia is backing up to $105 billion in financing for a massive OpenAI data center campus in Pike County, Ohio, one of the largest planned data center projects
Tech · +14 outlets
Anthropic annualized revenue surges to $65B
Anthropic's annualized revenue run rate climbed to $65 billion in July, up about sevenfold from a year earlier, adding $18 billion in two months.
TechCrunch · +14 outlets
Meta heads to trial in landmark consumer protection case over social media harms to youth
Opening statements begin in Oakland in the biggest consumer protection case in US history, with 29 state attorneys general suing Meta over youth mental health r
The Next Web · +8 outlets
OpenAI disbands preparedness team that assessed catastrophic model risks
OpenAI shut down its preparedness team at the end of July, which was responsible for evaluating catastrophic risks from the company's AI models.
The Next Web · +14 outlets
Higgsfield raises $400M at $5.4B valuation, quadrupling in 8 months
The AI image and video generation startup, founded by a former Snap exec, raised a Series B led by DST Global at a valuation four times its January figure.
TechCrunch · +2 outlets
AI agent built working exploit for macOS screen sharing flaw in four hours
Security firm Calif used an AI agent to build working exploits for two pre-authentication root bugs in macOS, including CVE-2026-65400.
The Next Web · +12 outlets
Wispr raises $280M at $2B valuation for dictation app
Wispr raised $280 million in Series B funding led by Menlo Ventures, valuing the dictation app company at $2 billion.
The Next Web · +9 outlets
Wispr raises $280M at $2B valuation for dictation app
Wispr Flow, a dictation app that turns speech into cleaned-up text, raised a $280 million Series B led by Menlo Ventures.
The Next Web · +9 outlets
Unprecedented number of Apple users receive spyware threat alerts
Cybersecurity experts report an unusually high number of Apple users received push notifications warning of spyware attacks.
TechCrunch · +1 outlets
Apple releases iOS 26.6.1 and macOS 26.6.2 with nearly 30 security fixes
Apple's third security release in three weeks patches nearly 30 vulnerabilities across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
MacRumors · +9 outlets
GitHub outage disrupts developers worldwide
A major GitHub outage affected developers globally in the latest setback for Microsoft's coding platform.
GeekWire · +14 outlets
Apple releases iOS 27, macOS 27, iPadOS 27, and tvOS 27 public beta 4
Apple seeded the fourth public betas of its next-generation operating systems alongside developer beta 6, bringing new features and wallpapers closer to launch.
9to5Mac · +14 outlets
Amazon reinstates binding arbitration, bars class-action lawsuits
Amazon updated its terms of service to require individual arbitration for customer disputes, barring class-action lawsuits.
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Stripe to spend over $7B to become gateway for AI token sales
Payments giant Stripe is investing over $7 billion to facilitate AI token sales and model orchestration.
www.theregister.com · +2 outlets
Amazon reportedly buying and destroying books to train AI
Amazon is purchasing older books, scanning them, and destroying them as part of AI training data collection, with orders going back to 2024.
NJ.com · +14 outlets
Reddit testing AI-powered audio and video versions of text posts
Reddit is experimenting with turning text posts into audio/video content using AI voices, similar to TikTok-style short videos.
Engadget · +14 outlets
Apple to change app data consent rules after German regulator order
A German competition authority forced Apple to stop favoring its own apps in data collection consent prompts.
Engadget · +13 outlets
French tax agency breaches data on 678,000 people via stolen login
The French tax agency suffered a breach affecting 678,000 individuals and businesses after an attacker used a stolen login.
The Next Web · +14 outlets