Techmeme

Alphabet raises $25B in a bond sale; sources say the offering attracted roughly $115B of peak demand and that the company plans to issue US debt twice a year (Bloomberg)
Atlassian reports Q4 revenue up 28% YoY to $1.77B, vs. $1.66B est., cloud revenue up 31% to $1.2B, forecasts Q1 revenue above est.; TEAM jumps 31%+ after hours (Arunesh Sinha/Reuters)
Twilio reports Q2 revenue up 22% YoY to $1.5B, above $1.43B est., and forecasts Q3 revenue above estimates; TWLO jumps 16%+ after hours (Reinhardt Krause/Investor's Business ...)
Sources: Canva slashed revenue growth forecast as heavy use of new AI features drove up costs and slowed their rollout, while more Canva users turned to ChatGPT (The Information)
Cloudflare reports Q2 revenue up 36% YoY to $696.1M, above $665M est., and forecasts Q3 revenue above estimates; NET jumps 17%+ after hours (Angela Palumbo/Barron's Online)
Instacart reports Q2 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.04B, GTV up 14% to $10.35B, above est., forecasts Q3 GTV and core profit above est.; CART jumps 8%+ after hours (Koyena Das/Reuters)
Roku reports Q2 revenue up 22% YoY to $1.35B vs. $1.3B est., net income of $164.2M, ad revenue up 25% to $673M, and subscription revenue up 26% to $548M (Todd Spangler/Variety)
Lyft reports Q2 revenue up 16% YoY to $1.84B, vs. $1.81B est., rides up 12% to 262.4M, and expects Q3 gross bookings growth to slow to 15%-19% (Kelly Cloonan/Wall Street Journal)
Airbnb reports Q2 revenue up 17% YoY to $3.6B, Nights and Seats Booked up 10% to 148.3M, above est., lifts 2026 revenue forecast; ABNB jumps 10%+ after hours (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
AMD acquires Toronto-based Taalas, which integrates model weights directly into silicon to boost inference performance, for an undisclosed sum (Tobias Mann/The Register)
Sources: OpenAI's new device, slated for 2027, is a hockey puck-sized smart speaker with moving parts that help give it personality, likely costing $300+ (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Gravity, which places text-based ads within AI chatbots, raised a $30.5M Series A co-led by Lightspeed and Committed, taking its total funding to $38.5M (Lara O'Reilly/Business Insider)
Docs: US data labeling companies, like Surge AI and Mercor, that sell training datasets to US AI labs and the government are also selling them to Chinese labs (Anna Tong/Forbes)
Figma CEO Dylan Field forfeits ~$46M in stock awards to revive investor confidence amid AI disruption fears; FIG is down ~77% from its peak more than a year ago (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
Scientists trained AI on genetic sequences to design viruses not found in nature, yielding 16 viable viruses that can infect bacteria but don't threaten humans (Carl Zimmer/New York Times)

Wired

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DeepMind Says Its AI Can Predict Hurricanes Earlier Than Everyone Else
There’s No Good Way to Talk About Celebrities and Eating Disorders
5 Best AI Notetakers (2026), Tested and Reviewed
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Best Android Charger: Wireless, Portable, Cable (2026)
Samsung Odyssey G8 6K Review: Pixel Overdose
Microsoft’s Quantum Chief Doesn’t Care That Scientists Don’t Believe His Results
Shark PowerDetect Speed Review (2026): Light and Powerful
Two Fossil Fuel Companies Are Betting Big on Data Centers
12 Best Coffee Subscriptions (2026), Tested by Caffeine Hounds
Best Handheld Fans for a Breeze on Demand (2026)
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OpenAI Didn’t Notice Its AI Agents Using a Message Board to Plan Their Hacking Spree
A Security Pro Hacked North Korean Hackers. He Found They’d Breached Hundreds of Networks Worldwide
OpenAI’s Browser Could Be Hijacked to Spam Your WhatsApp Contacts
Welp, Nobody Saw SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Crash Into the Moon
The National Design Studio Became a DOGE Landing Pad. Now ‘Big Balls’ Is Recruiting
DHS Wants Protesters’ Signal Group Chats
The Most Dangerous AI Hacking Techniques Still Have Humans in the Loop
TikTok Says ‘Moderator Error’ Kept Perez Hilton Livestream Up
AI Hacks Are Bad. AI Worms and Viruses Will Be Worse
DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad
Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop
MAGA Is In Turmoil Over Tucker Carlson’s Possible 2028 Presidential Bid
13 Best Coolers for Sunshine and Nighttime (2026)
AI Influencers Are Heading Into Uncharted Territory
The Best MagSafe Accessories (for Android Too!): Chargers, Wallets, and More
BenQ GV50 Review: Highly Portable, but With Quality Trade-Offs
Gene-Edited Puppies Will Melt Your Heart—but Won’t Trigger Your Allergies
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No One Can Afford to Make ‘Myst’ Games Anymore

Engadget

Google open-sources an AI model it says can help with earlier hurricane warnings
Ro Khanna calls for the right to oppose data centers to be protected
OpenAI's ring-shaped smart speaker will reportedly cost between $300 and $400
Quake celebrates its 30th anniversary with a new free episode
AI is now making new viruses
PSA: Apple has released security updates for Mac
The FCC just shredded local TV station ownership rules, despite questionable legality
This tiny new charging pad is perfect for my nightstand
Suno is adding audio watermarks so AI-generated songs are more easily identifiable
OpenAI will no longer limit how many texts free accounts can send to ChatGPT
Why smartphone makers stopped using removable batteries, and why they're making a comeback
Google Wallet now lets parents send money securely to their kids
The California Teamsters union is suing the state over self-driving trucks
How to stop Roku from tracking everything you watch
The $28,350 Fathom is Ford's first midsize electric truck
How to watch Google's Pixel 11 event
What's the difference between the Apple Pencil USB-C Vs Pro?
Dolby Vision 2 is officially available on select Hisense TVs
Bose has refreshed its QuietComfort headphones with two-way USB-C audio and better noise cancellation
Adobe's new ChatGPT plugin brings 70 of its tools to OpenAI's chatbot

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