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• Sources: AI coding startup Cognition is in early talks with investors to raise $1B+ at a $40B+ valuation, after raising $1B at a $26B valuation in May (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)
• Some health and fitness obsessives are using AI for hyperpersonalized training, building custom dashboards and tools to analyze their sleep, workouts, and diet (Wall Street Journal)
• Briter: Africa-focused startups raised $3.3B in H1 2026, up 73% YoY, driven by Zipline's $950M raise; US- and UAE-incorporated entities raised half the capital (Nduka Orjinmo/Bloomberg)
• Bengaluru-based Yulu, which gets ~95% of its revenue from renting e-bikes to gig workers, raised a $93M Series C, sources say at a ~$170M post-money valuation (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
• Sources: Singapore-based data center operator DayOne confidentially files for a US IPO, aims to list as soon as next quarter, and is considering raising ~$5B (Bloomberg)
• Researchers say suspected Chinese hackers used open-source AI agents to build an autonomous hacking tool that compromised Taiwanese government websites in July (Tom Wilson/Financial Times)
• OpenAI VP of Global Policy Ann O'Leary says AI policy in the US is anchored in the states and informed by California's AI transparency law passed in 2025 (Chase DiFeliciantonio/Politico)
• A look at Candy Crush's continued popularity 15 years after its launch, with an estimated 81.5M MAUs and in-app revenue of $876.5M in FY 2025 (Alanna Okun/Bloomberg)
• A profile of Suno, which has been used by more than 100M people since 2023 and has 2M+ paid subscribers, as it faces copyright lawsuits from UMG and Sony Music (Bloomberg)
• OpenAI launches a ChatGPT desktop app for Linux in preview, supporting ChatGPT Work, Codex, and more; Computer Use outside the in-app browser is not available (Frederic Lardinois/The New Stack)
• The US CFTC uses its "emergency authority" to order Kalshi to continue operating in New York after the state filed a lawsuit in July seeking to shutter Kalshi (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
• Source: Kalshi's annualized revenue topped $4B in July, up from $2B+ two months earlier, and its operating expenses totaled $300M in June (Yueqi Yang/The Information)
• Accel raised $3.5B in funds for early-stage investments, including a $1.35B global expansion fund for larger early-stage rounds and rapid follow-on investments (Natasha Mascarenhas/Bloomberg)
• Researchers find that feeding a frontier model's encrypted reasoning traces to a weaker model from the same provider can make it output the traces in plaintext (Will Knight/Wired)
• Sources: former OpenAI Chief Product Officer Kevin Weil is aiming to raise $150M for a new AI science startup, seeking a valuation of at least $750M (Business Insider)

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• Google is now sending out emails with discount codes for the Pixel 11
• Sonos Ace Ultra over-ear headphones show up in FCC filing
• Government workers can officially waste time scrolling TikTok again
• A flight tracking service is suing Kalshi for using its data without authorization
• Zoom screen-sharing bug let people fully take over other devices on a call
• Abbott partners with Google Health for AI-powered glucose monitoring
• Can a MacBook run multiple external monitors? It depends
• Authors face backlash for participation in 2022 Google AI study
• How the iPhone has changed in the last five years
• Disney+ will be the new global streaming home of Formula E racing
• How to fix stick drift on PS5 and Xbox controllers
• Supermassive Games will lay off up to 75 workers
• England and Wales ban Meta Glasses from courtrooms
• Can you wear your headphones while driving? It depends on the state
• How to connect Bluetooth headphones to your PS5
• Samsung says a hearing aid feature is coming to Galaxy Buds later this year
• Garmin Cirqa versus Fitbit Air: How these two fitness trackers compare
• Motorola Moto Watch (2026) review: Looks can be deceiving
• Bumble now lets either person send the first message after matching
• Spotify AI Persona labels will alert listeners if an artist isn't real

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