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Google’s Gemini app hits 1 billion monthly users, CEO Sundar Pichai announces

Google’s Gemini app has crossed the 1 billion monthly active users mark, CEO Sundar Pichai announced on X on August 11, 2026,...

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Zuckerberg lays out vision to put superintelligent AI in everyone’s hands

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a 14-page letter on Monday titled “The Future is for Everyone: The Path to a...

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Anthropic makes Claude Code auto mode the default, citing safety gains over human review

Anthropic announced Friday that it will make Claude Code’s auto mode the default for Pro, Max, and Team accounts starting August 14,...

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Discovered Materials raises $9M to use AI agents in hunt for cooler chips

As data centers strain under the heat generated by AI workloads, a new wave of startups is turning to artificial intelligence to...

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Jill Lepore warns Silicon Valley’s ‘artificial state’ is replacing democracy: ‘A return to tyranny and mystification’

Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore has a stark warning for the era of AI and big tech: Silicon...

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From red-light district to AI powerhouse: How King’s Cross became London’s answer to Silicon Valley

Twenty years ago, King’s Cross was one of London’s most notorious red-light districts, plagued by drugs and crime. Today, it’s the beating...

Nasdaq Economic Institute research on AI and software value metrics

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Nasdaq Economic Institute: How AI Is Rewriting the Value Equation for Software

The Nasdaq Economic Institute (NEI) released new research this week tracing how software value metrics have evolved across three generations of technology,...

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OpenAI acquires presentation startup NextSlide, team moves to ChatGPT

OpenAI has acquired NextSlide, a startup whose product turned prompts, notes, and documents into polished, editable presentations. The acquisition, announced on August...

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OpenAI Pauses Astra Development After Internal Tests Show It Can Execute Cyberattacks

OpenAI said Friday that it has suspended work on some aspects of its upcoming model Astra after an internal review found it...

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Wispr Flow launches Granola-style meeting notetaker for Mac

Wispr Flow, the AI-powered dictation app, has officially launched its meeting notetaker for Mac, entering a crowded field of AI transcription tools....

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