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Sources: Mark Zuckerberg mulls more shake-ups to Meta's AI strategy; he lost faith in Meta's AI team during the controversy over allegations it gamed benchmarks (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
2025-07-29 16:41 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Microsoft is in advanced talks to land a deal that could give it ongoing access to critical OpenAI tech even if OpenAI reaches its goal of building AGI (Bloomberg)
2025-07-29 16:41 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
A survey of US adults: only ~40% report using AI for work and 60% say they use AI to find information at least some of the time, rising to 74% of under-30s (Associated Press)
2025-07-29 16:41 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Figma's IPO, which could raise as much as $1.2B after Figma raised its range to $30 to $32 per share on July 28, is approaching 40 times oversubscribed (Anthony Hughes/Bloomberg)
2025-07-29 15:41 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: JPMorgan Chase is in advanced talks to take over Apple's credit-card program from Goldman Sachs, with Apple telling JPMorgan it is its preferred choice (AnnaMaria Andriotis/Wall Street Journal)
2025-07-29 15:41 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Block-owned Cash App unveils Pools, a new peer-to-peer feature for group payments, and says users can accept contributions via Apple Pay or Google Pay, a first (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
2025-07-29 14:40 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Internal memo: Meta is piloting AI-enabled coding interviews, letting candidates use AI during the process, and asks for "mock AI-enabled interview" volunteers (Jason Koebler/404 Media)
2025-07-29 13:40 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Filing: Bit Digital-owned AI infrastructure company Whitefiber seeks to raise $132.8M in an IPO, selling 7.8M shares for $15 to $17 for an up to $593M valuation (Bloomberg)
2025-07-29 14:40 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Ambience Healthcare, which uses AI to automate administrative tasks for medical professionals, raised $243M led by a16z and Oak HC/FT at a $1B+ valuation (Brunella Tipismana Urbano/Bloomberg)
2025-07-29 13:40 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Tea, which claims to make dating safer for women, is the #2 app in the US App Store, despite multiple security flaws exposing private chats, photo IDs, and more (Ben Lovejoy/9to5Mac)
2025-07-29 15:41 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
PayPal reports Q2 net revenue up 5% YoY to $8.3B, vs. $8.08B est., TPV up 6% YoY to $443.5B, transactions down 5% YoY to 6.2B, active accounts up 2% YoY to 438M (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
2025-07-29 11:38 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Apple plans to open the Apple Manufacturing Academy in Detroit in August, run by Michigan State University, as Trump ramps up pressure to invest in the US (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
2025-07-29 13:40 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Adobe rolls out new generative AI features for Photoshop to let users more easily add or remove people and objects, including "Harmonize" compositing, in beta (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
2025-07-29 13:40 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Quince, a DTC luxury brand that is viral on Instagram and TikTok, raised ~$200M led by Iconiq at a $4.5B valuation, after raising $120M in January 2025 (Bloomberg)
2025-07-29 10:38 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Chinese crypto mining hardware maker Bitmain plans to open a new HQ and assembly line in either Texas or Florida by the end of Q3 and start production in 2026 (Ryan Weeks/Bloomberg)
2025-07-29 11:38 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: the US DOJ fired two of its most senior antitrust enforcers after disagreements related to defusing its lawsuit against HPE over its $14B Juniper deal (Dave Michaels/Wall Street Journal)
2025-07-29 10:38 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
China used its World AI Conference to assert its AI ambitions to an international audience, presenting an alternative to President Trump's "America First" plans (Financial Times)
2025-07-29 10:38 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Spotify reports Q2 revenue up 10% YoY to €4.2B, MAUs up 11% YoY to 696M, subscribers up 12% YoY to 276M, and an €86M net loss; SPOT falls 5%+ pre-market (Katherine Sayre/Wall Street Journal)
2025-07-29 10:38 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Waymo plans to launch its robotaxi service in Dallas in 2026 with Avis as the fleet partner, a first after exclusively working with Uber in Austin and Atlanta (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
2025-07-29 09:37 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Athens-based defense tech startup Delian Alliance Industries, which makes its own hardware, software, and sensor fusion systems, raised a $14M Series A (Financial Times)
2025-07-29 05:36 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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