Techmeme

Google Images launches a Pinterest-like redesign with a browsable, dynamic gallery of images, and adds a way for users to create AI images in Search (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
The European Commission proposes exempting wearable tech from rules requiring removable batteries, clearing a hurdle for Meta's smart glasses, after US pressure (Politico)
Anthropic announces a new Claude for Teachers initiative, as part of which it will provide K-12 teachers in the US free access to premium Claude features (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
Sources: data center operator Switch has hired investment banks for a US IPO that could raise up to $10B and value it at $80B, set for as soon as Q4 (Reuters)
Hachette, Elsevier, Cengage Learning, and author Scott Turow sue Google for allegedly using millions of copyrighted books and articles to build AI models (A.J. Katz/The Wrap)
A Trump administration official says a "trivial" number of Nvidia's H200 chips were shipped to China after winning a US license, without offering specifics (Bloomberg)
Chinese startup DFSX launches an AI chip that it claims uses a fully domestic supply chain and is built on a 14nm process, but says it can rival 4nm chips (Wall Street Journal)
Velocity, a stablecoin treasury and settlement platform, raised a $38M Series A led by Dragonfly and FirstMark, bringing its total funding to around $50M (Daniel Kuhn/The Block)
OpenAI strikes a partnership with Kalshi to show FIFA World Cup prediction market data in ChatGPT search results, its first deal with a prediction market (Mike Isaac/New York Times)
Spotify launches Talk to Spotify, letting users create playlists and more via voice, rolling out in beta to Premium users age 18+ in the US, Ireland, and Sweden (Steve Dent/Engadget)
Researcher: SpaceXAI's Grok Build CLI uploaded user repos to a Google Cloud Storage bucket; uploads have now stopped and Musk says prior uploads will be deleted (Connor Jones/The Register)
Filing: Chinese chipmaker CXMT is seeking to raise ~$9.8B in an IPO on Shanghai's chip-heavy STAR Board, pricing 6.69B shares at ~$1.28 each (David Morris/Bloomberg)
AI startup Reflection says it has signed a $1B+ deal to secure computing capacity from Nebius, including access to Nvidia chips, following a deal with SpaceX (Aditya Soni/Reuters)
Kalshi launches a forward curve tool for AI compute, using event contracts to track the future rental costs of GPUs, storage, and memory (Katherine Doherty/Bloomberg)
Seattle-based Brinc Drones, which makes 911 response drones, raised $125M led by Motorola Solutions, bringing its total funding to more than $280M (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

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Engadget

An Apple Arcade version of Madden NFL 27 will arrive on August 7
Google Images is getting a makeover for its 25th anniversary
Leaked Google Pixel Watch 5 images show four different color options
If you're still on a single monitor, this is the best workflow upgrade you can make
What's the difference between active noise canceling and passive?
'Talk to Spotify' lets you create playlists and learn about songs with voice commands
New York enacts first US ban on data center construction
X's algorithm will finally prioritize replies from people you already follow
Google bought all of a major solar farm's output to offset its dirty data center emissions
Hisense's E Ink phone has a full-color LCD you can snap on the back
Google brings Gemini in Chrome to UK users
Please let this hot pink Pixel 11 leak be real
Microsoft is making the Windows Search Box more streamlined and useful
Public betas for iOS 27, macOS 27 and more Apple platforms are now available
Los Angeles law enforcement will stop using Flock cameras
A ransomware negotiator who colluded with attackers to scam victims was sentenced to 70 months in prison
iCloud+ vs. Apple One: Which is worth it for you?
TV-logging app TV Time is functionally relaunching as parent company pivots to AI
State AGs sue to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger
Games Done Quick abruptly canceled SNK stream due to ties with Saudi Arabia

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