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Analysis: tech employers filed layoff notices for 14,500+ Bay Area workers in the 12 months to June; Bay Area software engineer demand is down 42% since 2022 (Francesca Maglione/Bloomberg)
Sources: SpaceX has discussed buying customer and operational information from troubled or defunct startups as a more affordable data source for AI training (Carmen Arroyo/Bloomberg)
Dutch chipmaker Nexperia announces a deal with Tata to manufacture and package chips in India, further sealing its split from Chinese parent Wingtech (Toby Sterling/Reuters)
Sources: the White House's Office of the National Cyber Director is drafting an EO to establish a government-led incubator aimed at cybersecurity research (Bloomberg)
The UK FCA, alongside tax authorities and police, raids three illegal peer-to-peer crypto businesses, signaling an end to "light-touch" crypto regulation (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)
Source: OpenAI staff expect the Hodge Conjecture, a Millennium Prize Problem, to be solved relatively soon, after solving the Navier-Stokes equations (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)
King Charles hosts tech leaders, such as Jensen Huang, Demis Hassabis, and OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, in Scotland to discuss AI risks; Huang calls for safety tests (Bloomberg)
Lucid and Bolt sign an initial agreement to deploy a fleet of 25K+ robotaxis in Europe built on Lucid's affordable EV platform, set to launch as soon as 2028 (Financial Times)
Comp AI, which uses AI agents to draft security policies, collect audit evidence, conduct continuous compliance monitoring, and more, raised a $34M Series A (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)
The US SEC unveils a five-year Innovation Exemption where many stock exchange rules don't apply to platforms facilitating blockchain and tokenized stock trading (Hannah Lang/Reuters)
A former US State Department envoy says the US-China AI safety talks will not yield a breakthrough treaty as Beijing is prioritizing its strategic advantage (New York Times)
Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 review: new colors and materials are fantastic, the Health Sensing System is a big upgrade, but many features are coming later (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
DoorDash says Costco members can order same-day delivery from every US Costco warehouse, after Uber expanded its delivery partnership from 17 to 47 US states (Bloomberg)
Huawei Chair Eric Xu says Chinese AI researchers need to "increase the speed of development" to "see the dangers" of AI, contrasting with the US' slowdown calls (Eleanor Olcott/Financial Times)
How Dario Amodei's AI safety essays help explain some AI fears; his regulatory stance has shifted from wariness in January to calling for third-party evaluators (David Streitfeld/New York Times)

Wired

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Engadget

Lofi Girl returns with a new house music station and vinyl compilation
Scammers have been inserting fake songs onto real artist's pages on Spotify and other platforms
Lucid and Bolt plan to deploy at least 25,000 robotaxis across Europe
Razer refreshes the one-handed Tartarus Pro keyboard with improved switches
Europe's EU Kids Act would ban social media access for children under 13
Roku is giving users access to experimental apps with Roku Labs
Bose refreshes its Ultra Open Earbuds and adds a new sport model to the lineup
Apple Watch Series 12 review: Catching up and catching heat
Expensive flash drives: When and why it's worth paying more
DJI's new SDR Transmission II beams 4K 60 fps HDR video up to 2.5 miles
NVIDIA and Google's new coalition wants to speed up AI data center power grid connections
OpenAI reveals more instances of concerning AI model behaviors during testing
Oversight Board says Meta's rules for AI deepfakes are 'consistently and fundamentally inadequate'
An iOS 27 bug can temporarily freeze your iPhone
Snap Specs hands on: Standalone AR glasses are here
Snap introduces a standalone AI assistant, Specs Intelligence
Japanese company develops a humanoid robot 'ambulance' for on-the-spot repairs
Apple's redesigned Health app is available now in the iOS 27.2 developer beta
Hyper Light Drifter dev at risk of closing after laying off 'nearly everyone'
MindsEye developer Build A Rocket Boy is reportedly shutting down

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