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Google unveils the $1,799+ Pixel 10 Pro Fold, with a Tensor G5 chip, a new hinge with a gear-less design, 6.4" outer and 8" inner screens, available October 9 (Allison Johnson/The Verge)
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Sources: NSA Director William Hartman unsuccessfully tried to protect Vinh Nguyen, an expert in AI and cryptology, from being fired on President Trump's orders (Julian E. Barnes/New York Times)
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Sony says it is raising PlayStation 5 prices by $50 for all models in the US due to a "challenging economic environment", starting on August 21 (Jay Peters/The Verge)
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FieldAI, which is developing "brains" for robots, raised $405M at a $2B post-money valuation from Nvidia and others; FieldAI raised an initial $91M in late 2024 (Dan Primack/Axios)
2025-08-20 15:19 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: China is considering allowing yuan-backed stablecoins to boost global yuan adoption; the State Council may approve a roadmap later in August (Reuters)
2025-08-20 13:16 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Document: Microsoft's 2025 System Security Plan submitted to the DOD, dated February 28, failed to disclose China-based engineers working on DoD cloud systems (ProPublica)
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Sources: Amazon plans a major revamp of its Fire tablets and is set to release a higher-end Android tablet as soon as 2026, a first after using forked Android (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)
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NYC-based Bluefish Labs, which analyzes prompt responses for large brands to understand how LLMs answer consumer questions, raised a $20M Series A led by NEA (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE)
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Microsoft says it curtailed Chinese companies' access to advance vulnerability notifications via MAPP starting in July, after probing the SharePoint breach (Ryan Gallagher/Bloomberg)
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Microsoft and Asus plan to launch the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X handhelds on October 16; leaks have suggested the Xbox Ally will cost €599 and Ally X €899 (Tom Warren/The Verge)
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Google hires NBA star Stephen Curry as a "performance advisor" for its Health, Pixel, and Cloud products, including testing Fitbit's new personal health coach (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
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South Korea's Upstage, which offers AI document intelligence tools, raised a $45M Series B bridge led by the KDB, Amazon, and AMD, after a $72M Series B in 2024 (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
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Deel scores a lawsuit win, but not against Rippling
2025-08-19 23:02 - https://techcrunch.com/feed/
 
Meta is shaking up its AI org, again
2025-08-19 18:58 - https://techcrunch.com/feed/
 
Made by Google 2025: How to watch Google debut the Pixel 10, Pixel Watch 4, and more
2025-08-19 20:02 - https://techcrunch.com/feed/
 
Databricks CEO says fresh $1B will help him attack a new AI database market
2025-08-19 17:58 - https://techcrunch.com/feed/
 
Meta rolls out AI-powered translations to creators globally, starting with English and Spanish
2025-08-19 17:58 - https://techcrunch.com/feed/
 
Appeals court says NLRB structure unconstitutional, in a win for SpaceX
2025-08-19 18:58 - https://techcrunch.com/feed/
 
India’s government to propose blanket ban on real-money gaming
2025-08-19 16:57 - https://techcrunch.com/feed/
 
Finally, Notion now works without an internet connection
2025-08-20 12:16 - https://techcrunch.com/feed/
 
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