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%.
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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.
Elon Musk Denies Report on Tesla’s Potential Sale of China Business
The Wall Street Journal reported that Tesla was weighing a sale of its China business to pave the way for a merger with SpaceX.
Anthropic Says Its Models Also Hacked Outside Sites During Testing
Discovery follows OpenAI's announcement of a similar episode that has fueled AI security fears.
AI Cloud Provider Nscale to Buy Software Startup Anyscale for $1.6 billion
Nscale is preparing for an IPO as soon as this fall.
Apple Expects Supply Constraints to Hit Hard in Current Quarter
With the rise of AI, Apple is struggling with chip manufacturing constraints
Coinbase Revenue Fell 19%, Renews Circle Partnership
Shares of the crypto platform fell 5.6% post-market.
AWS Revenue Growth Accelerates Sharply to 37% in Q2
Amazon's overall business grew by 20%, though it said it would grow by 9% to 12% next quarter
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