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Apple is holding its iPhone launch event on September 9

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Apple will host its "Surprise and Shine" event on September 9 at Apple Park in Cupertino. This will be the first event led by new CEO John Ternus. Expected announcements include the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, a rumored foldable iPhone, Apple Watch Series 12, and Apple Watch Ultra. The company may also unveil smart home devices and launch dates for iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS Golden Gate.

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Meta agrees to sweeping changes to restrict kids’ access to its apps as part of settlement with states

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Meta has agreed to an $18 billion settlement with 29 U.S. states to enhance children's safety on Instagram and Facebook. New protections for users under 18 include a cumulative two-hour daily time limit, a midnight-to-6 a.m. "Night Mode" block, and muted school-hour notifications. Meta is also introducing non-algorithmic feeds and hidden like counts, while urging TikTok and YouTube to adopt similar industry-wide standards for teen protection.

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What’s driving Sweden’s startup boom, from Lovable to Legora

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"Stockholm-based startup Lovable recently raised $400 million, reaching a $13.3 billion valuation. Other Nordic firms like Legora and Neko Health are also seeing significant growth. In a recent TechCrunch Equity podcast episode, Cherry Ventures partner Sophia Bendz discusses the factors fueling this regional surge, highlighting the influence of Sweden's social safety net and an influx of U.S. capital on the thriving Nordic startup ecosystem.".

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Radar makes podcasts searchable — and usable by AI agents

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Particle, an AI startup founded by former Twitter engineers, has launched Radar, a podcast search engine and API. Radar transcribes over 130,000 podcasts, enabling AI agents and users to discover key quotes and track specific entities. The tool attracts high-volume customers like hedge funds and AI search platforms. By indexing audio intelligence, Particle aims to fill a gap in text-focused web crawling, with plans to expand into YouTube.

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Ex-Meta scientists want to bring visual AI to the factory floor

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Perceptron, a startup founded by former Meta researchers, has launched Isaac 0.5, an open-weight vision model designed for industrial automation. The software enables robots to perceive, reason, and act flexibly in complex environments like warehouses. Trained on petabyte-scale video datasets, the general-purpose model aims to replace narrow, task-specific AI. The company recently raised $21 million to expand its technology across manufacturing, logistics, and security sectors.

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Ring introduces a new encryption standard, makes it the default for cloud features

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"Amazon’s Ring is introducing a new default encryption standard called TAKE (Throw Away the Key Encryption) starting in September. This system uses rotating keys to enable cloud-based features like Smart Alerts while protecting privacy by deleting keys within 24 hours. Based on Messaging Layer Security, TAKE offers a balance between functionality and security, though users may still opt for end-to-end encryption amid ongoing privacy concerns and lawsuits.".

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Bill Gates wants to see a robot tax and ‘Human Reserved’ jobs to mitigate harms from AI

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Bill Gates recently shared his views on AI's social impacts, emphasizing the need for responsible development. While optimistic about healthcare and science, he expressed concern over labor displacement. Gates proposed a "robot tax" to fund worker retraining and the creation of "Human Reserved" roles to protect specific jobs for ethical or economic reasons. These measures aim to slow automation and preserve human-centric services despite potential profit losses.

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CISA confirms hackers targeted over 100 US water systems during July

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CISA reports cyberattacks targeting over 100 internet-exposed systems within the U.S. water and wastewater sector, specifically focusing on programmable logic controllers. While water supplies remain largely unaffected, the intrusions caused disruptions and potentially unsafe conditions by disabling alarms. U.S. intelligence suspects Iran is behind these opportunistic attacks, highlighting broader vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure amid ongoing threats from other nations like China and Russia.

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Surprise: Z.ai is the AI lab behind the mysterious Ox Alpha model

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Z.ai confirms it is behind Ox Alpha, the mysterious open AI model topping benchmarks and leaderboards, and its weights are set to be released soon.

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Meta settles for $18 billion in lawsuit brought by 29 states over social media harms to children

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"Meta has agreed to pay up to $18 billion to settle lawsuits from 29 U.S. states regarding children's safety on Instagram and Facebook. The states alleged that Meta designed addictive platforms and illegally collected data from minors. While not admitting guilt, Meta is using the settlement to urge competitors like TikTok and YouTube to adopt similar teen protections and parental controls to establish a new industry standard.".

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Robot brain builders are pushing out of their GPT-2 era

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Physical AI is attracting billions in investment, but companies like Unitree face valuation drops as robots struggle to perform value-creating work. The sector currently faces a critical shortage of high-quality training data, placing it in a "GPT-2 era." While autonomous vehicle firms leverage existing data infrastructure for humanoid development, developers remain divided between pursuing general-purpose models and focusing on specific, revenue-generating vertical applications.

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Bluesky now lets you upload 10-minute long videos

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"Bluesky has increased its video upload limit to 10 minutes and raised the maximum file size to 300MB, while improving upload speeds. This update, which also benefits other AT Protocol apps, aims to compete with platforms like TikTok, Threads, and X. The move comes as Bluesky seeks to recover its active user base, which has declined by over 25% year-over-year according to data from Similarweb.".

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QueryStory wants you to believe what AI is telling you

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Former Google engineer Shapor Naghibzadeh has launched QueryStory, an AI-driven data analysis platform for large enterprises. The startup, which raised $6 million in seed funding at a $60 million valuation, aims to provide transparent and verifiable narratives from complex proprietary databases. By automating data review and offering confidence indicators, QueryStory helps decision-makers obtain reliable insights without needing dedicated data science teams or expensive general-purpose AI agents.

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Arga is building a better way to train enterprise AI agents

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Arga, a startup that raised $10 million in seed funding led by General Catalyst, is developing training environments for AI agents. By creating digital twins of enterprise software like Salesforce and Workday, Arga provides repeatable sandbox environments for reinforcement learning. This approach allows companies to test agents on complex, multi-system interactions, overcoming the limitations of traditional software environments and accelerating the deployment of effective agentic systems.

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5 Books that reveal the forgotten women who changed history

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Many women have significantly influenced history, science, and social norms, yet their achievements often remained unrecognized. Books like Hidden Figures, The Radium Girls, Code Girls, The Women of the Copper Country, and Pandora's Daughters highlight these forgotten figures. From NASA mathematicians and WWII codebreakers to labor activists and Victorian pioneers, these women challenged societal limitations, driving critical advancements and reforms that shaped the modern world.

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AI agent startup Runable raises $21M in Series A

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Bengaluru-based AI agent platform Runable has raised $21 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Susquehanna Venture Capital and Nexus Venture Partners. Founded in 2025, the startup provides autonomous AI agents to help small businesses manage operations, marketing, and growth. Runable reported $2 million in annual recurring revenue and 1.5 million users within three weeks of launch, targeting markets in the US, UK, Japan, and Brazil.

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Hearing tech startup Legato emerges from stealth with $12M and a peek at its AI hearing glasses

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"Legato, a new hearing tech startup founded by former Bose executives, has emerged from stealth with $12 million in funding. The company is launching Legato Frames this fall, AI-powered glasses designed for those with mild to moderate hearing loss. These discreet frames use a proprietary acoustic system to amplify voices while filtering background noise, offering a more affordable and accessible alternative to traditional hearing aids.".

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Wipro Consumer Care enters pet food market with launch of Snuggles

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Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting has entered India's pet food market, valued at over Rs 5,500 crore, by launching its nutrition brand, Snuggles. The initial product line features dry dog food with human-grade ingredients, offering three variants for different life stages and breeds. Developed with veterinarians, Snuggles will be available through specialty retail stores, veterinary clinics, and various e-commerce platforms to provide accessible, high-quality nutrition.

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Runable hits $21M to bet AI agents can go from building businesses to growing them

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"Indian startup Runable has raised $21 million in Series A funding, valuing the company at $65 million. Based in Bengaluru, the startup provides an AI agent designed to help non-technical small business owners not only build websites and apps but also grow their businesses. By automating ad campaigns, SEO, and customer acquisition, Runable aims to deliver tangible business outcomes rather than just software creation tools.".

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6 Books that explain the hidden economics of everyday life

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Economics extends beyond finance, influencing daily choices through incentives, behavioral patterns, and market structures. Six influential books explore these hidden forces: *Freakonomics* examines incentives, *The Undercover Economist* analyzes ordinary markets, *Misbehaving* and *Nudge* focus on behavioral psychology, *The Wisdom of Finance* links finance to human experience, and *Doughnut Economics* emphasizes sustainability. Together, these works demonstrate how economic principles shape human behavior and societal outcomes.

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