Techmeme

Q&A with CuspAI's Max Welling on its AI Materials Foundry, partnerships with Nvidia and others, Geoff Hinton and Yann LeCun joining its advisory board, and more (John Thornhill/Financial Times)
Though Google's SynthID tech for watermarking AI images is hard to break, there will always be ways to create AI-generated content without any labeling (Ryan Whitwam/Ars Technica)
A look at ByteDance's efforts to become China's leading company across all aspects of AI, from frontier models and video generation to infrastructure and chips (Financial Times)
Airlines are using AI to adjust seat prices more quickly, capturing more revenue while narrowing the pricing gaps that once let travelers find bargain fares (K Oanh Ha/Bloomberg)
As the UK slips in Ookla's mobile download speed and Opensignal's network quality rankings, operators blame planning rules and low prices for underinvestment (Financial Times)
In Q4, Microsoft's Anthropic investment saw a $3.2B gain, while its OpenAI investment was marked down ~$600M but has generated a $5B gain on a full-year basis (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)
The FCC's ban on foreign "advanced robotic devices" includes any new ground-based, software-controlled wireless robot over 4.4 pounds, including robot vacuums (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
Onyx Security, whose platform enables enterprises to deploy AI agents securely, raised a $113M Series B led by Bessemer, taking its total funding to $153M (Meir Orbach/CTech)
Samsung reports Q2 revenue up 130% YoY to ~$118.1B, vs. ~$118.9B est., and operating profit up 1,814% to ~$61.46B, vs. ~$60.68B est., on robust AI demand (Jenny Lee/CNBC)
Microsoft reports Q4 capex up 70% YoY to $41B; an accounting change lowers its 2026 capex forecast to $175B from $190B, while spending plans remain unchanged (Reuters)
In an internal meeting, OpenAI finance chief Sarah Friar told employees that the company's annualized recurring revenue in July was higher than in Q2 as a whole (CNBC)
Source and docs: Intel has given access to its Atom processor tech to Rosaic, a new startup led by Amarjit Gill; Lip-Bu Tan and Gill are longtime co-investors (Reuters)
Source: the European Commission plans to designate OpenAI's ChatGPT and Roblox as "very large online platforms" under the DSA as soon as August (Bloomberg)
Robinhood reports Q2 revenue up 32% YoY to $1.31B, vs. $1.29B est., event contracts revenue up over 10x to $156M, and crypto revenue down 38% to $100M (Bill Peters/MarketWatch)
Microsoft reports Q4 Windows OEM and Devices revenue down 7% YoY, Xbox hardware revenue down 13%, and Xbox content and services revenue down 10% (Emma Roth/The Verge)

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Engadget

Samsung's mobile division posts first-ever loss due to soaring memory prices
Xbox says game discs should have worked during its outage
OpenAI will provide free AI models to select researchers
Google Play is expanding age confirmation tools for app developers
The US government's robot ban also includes vacuums
Waymos are starting to run on freeways again
Here's how to switch from ChatGPT to Claude without losing any information
Google teases the Pixel 11 Pro and hints at a new camera bar feature
Runna's new coaching feature will adjust your workout based on local heat and humidity
Major labels call for AI slop songs to be banned from entering charts around the world
You can stream local TV channels for free — here's how
X and an advertising trade group settle a legal dispute over an alleged 'boycott'
Pokémon Pokopia's first DLC comes to Switch 2 on August 5
Is there any benefit to restarting your phone regularly?
DoorDash unveils its own drone delivery service after FAA approval
Google will let Mac users talk to Gemini simply by pressing the 'fn' key
Netflix edges past the BBC in latest UK audience survey
Are remote car starters still worth it in 2026?
Framework Laptop 13 Pro review: A repairable notebook at the top of the class
Rare, fully-functional Nintendo Famicombox retro consoles were discovered in a Japanese love hotel

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