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• Microsoft says it is testing a fix to an outage affecting Exchange Online and Outlook, lasting for 17+ hours from around 11:30AM ET on Monday (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
• Hong Kong-listed Z.ai reports H1 2026 revenue up 5x YoY to ~$142M, with "open platform and API revenue" up 28x to ~$122M, and net loss down 12% YoY to ~$308M (Juro Osawa/The Information)
• Study: ~33% of UK adults say they used illegal streaming services in the past three months, costing the sports, TV, and film industries ~£1.4B in annual revenue (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
• Filing: OpenAI denies Apple's allegations of trade secret theft, saying "this dispute is a mess of Apple's own making, and it is trying to blame everyone else" (Deepa Seetharaman/Reuters)
• As Gov. Josh Shapiro, once a data center champion, calls them "predatory" and imposes guardrails, some in struggling western Pennsylvania welcome the projects (New York Times)
• AI startup Mirage streamed a 24-hour "live" AI news show on X on August 11, which cost ~$50K in tokens, featuring realistic avatars that struggled to converse (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media)
• Anthropic details security efforts following Claude cyber evaluation incidents, including a weeks-long pause on higher-risk RL and work to curb reward hacking (Anthropic)
• Sources: Anthropic has signed a $35B cloud deal with Nvidia-backed Lambda; Nvidia will hold the lease on and supply chips to a Texas data center built by Hut 8 (Anissa Gardizy/Wall Street Journal)
• Florida says it is revoking permits for Flock cameras and similar license-plate readers on state roads and no longer intends to issue such permits (Ryan Gillespie/Orlando Sentinel)
• Filing: Apple claims a former iPhone engineer used a confidential Apple circuit schematic in his work at OpenAI, says evidence is being destroyed, and more (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
• Sources: AI sales and marketing startup Clay is raising a round led by Wellington at a $7B pre-money valuation, up from $5B via an employee tender in January (Lucinda Shen/Axios)
• The Pentagon launches ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government on its GenAI.mil platform, giving its 3M personnel access to AI tools "tailored to warfighter needs" (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)
• Amazon says the FTC's complaint over Sponsored Ads cites no evidence of consumer price increases or advertiser harm, and misunderstands how advertisers operate (About Amazon)
• Sources: Polymarket is set to raise $1B led by 1789 Capital at a $21B post-money valuation; Donald Trump Jr. is a partner at 1789 and adviser to Polymarket (Amanda L. Gordon/Bloomberg)
• The US FTC and 22 state AGs sue Amazon, alleging it overcharged advertisers by $20B+ since 2019 via hidden surcharges, with costs largely passed on to consumers (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

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• Dyson's CameraJet is a $500 three-in-one toothbrush that scans your maw
• Roland's new digital piano has built-in Wi-Fi that integrates with a teaching app
• The Google TV Streamer now costs $150 after a 50 percent price hike
• Samsung's new Galaxy Book 6 model is a budget-friendly $799 laptop
• JBL just introduced a trio of Wi-Fi speakers for whole-home audio
• How to make sure your Android phone is secure
• The Starlink Mini X kit comes with an extra router, but do you really need it?
• Apple adds more allegations to its trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI
• Here's how Nintendo missed the mark with the GameCube console
• The Slate Truck is affordable because you have to 'bring your own tech'
• Amazon is sued by the FTC and 22 states for 'secretly' overcharging advertisers since 2019
• How Enterprising Modders Installed Windows NT On Nintendo GameCubes
• Phil Schiller reportedly steps down as Apple's App Store and product event chief
• The downsides of switching from Windows to Mac
• What is the best direction to face your subwoofer?
• Sony is adding free TV channels to PS5
• How long can you expect your original Nintendo Switch to last?
• It's time you realized the usefulness of the smartwatch flashlight feature
• Kalshi dishes out its first-ever lifetime ban to George Santos
• How to add and remove cards from Apple Wallet

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