Disney’s Streaming Revenues Grow 11% Despite Ad Weakness
Disney's results showed that streaming growth is coming almost entirely from the subscription side, rather than advertising.
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Uber Plans to Invest $10 Billion Over Time in Autonomous Vehicle Fleet Expansion
Uber has partnered with a very wide range of autonomous vehicle developers, making their cars available on its platform, as it endeavors to keep ahead of the technological transition.
AMD Shares Fall After Hours Despite 50% Revenue Growth
Even with the stock slump, it’s still been a banner year for the chip designer.
OpenAI Calls Apple Lawsuit Careless and ‘Oddly Personal’
OpenAI claims a former employee ended up with sensitive material because of Apple’s own security errors
SpaceX First Earnings Report Since IPO Shows Heavy AI Spending
SpaceX reported $7.8 billion in revenue, up 92% from the previous year.
Polymarket Seeks to Raise at Over $20 Billion Valuation
The prediction market is in early talks to raise about $1 billion, Bloomberg reports.
Spotify Reports 14% Higher Revenue
Spotify said ad revenue rose just 1% in the quarter, which is an improvement on the past three quarters where ad revenue fell as much as 6%.
Bending Spoons to Acquire Airtable for Around $1.3 Billion, Steep Drop from Pandemic Peak
The sale price is a big markdown from its 2021 high.
Major PC Makers Start Using Memory Chips From China’s CXMT
The move comes amid a severe shortage of memory chips due to rapidly growing AI infrastructure demand.
Trump Administration Mulls Ban on Chinese Data Center Devices
The move will affect critical components that ensure data centers can run efficeintly.
Microsoft Closes Up for 2026, Finally
Amazon's market capitalization closed above $3 trillion for the first time ever.
Snap Revenue Shows Improvement in Q2 But User Count Stays Flat in U.S.
Despite the improvement, Snap's user base is still not growing where it matters most—the U.S. and Europe.
Palantir Stock Surges as U.S. Enterprise Sales Jump
The software firm said that U.S. commercial revenue climbed 149% to $764 million in the June quarter.
Alibaba Offers New Flagship Model at Lower Prices Than Kimi K3
Alibaba’s largest-ever model, Qwen3.8 Max, highlights the growing competition among increasingly powerful Chinese open-source models.
DeepSeek Makes a Splash with Small, Affordable V4-Flash Model
The model could have a big impact because of its improved performance, affordable pricing and low memory requirements.
Exclusive: OpenAI Previews ‘Astra’ AI Model in DC
OpenAI touted its abilities to have multiple agents work together over a long period of time to solve hard problems.
Exclusive: SemiAnalysis’ Dylan Patel Targets $400 Million Venture Capital Fund
Patel joins a swelling coterie of tech personalities who have parlayed fandom into fundraising.
Amazon Completes Additional $35 Billion Investment in OpenAI
Amazon had said initially it would make the additional investment when OpenAI went public or achieved "specified milestones."
Elon Musk dismisses report Tesla considered selling Chinese business
The report said Tesla executives have been told to prepare for a separation of the company’s business in China ahead of a potential merger with SpaceX.
China’s MiniMax Launches New Open-Source AI Video Model
MiniMax is open-sourcing its flagship video model in a challenge to ByteDance, Google and Kuaishou’s Kling.
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