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Anthropic releases a survey of 80,508 Claude users' views, hopes, and fears about AI, calling it "the largest and most multilingual qualitative study" (Anthropic)

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LinkedIn signs The Trade Desk as its first DSP partner for connected TV ads, allowing ad buyers to layer in LinkedIn data to reach target audiences (Lara O'Reilly/Business Insider)

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Google DeepMind appoints Jasjeet Sekhon, Bridgewater's chief scientist and head of AI, as chief strategy officer; Sekhon helped build Bridgewater's AIA Labs (Anirban Sen/Reuters)

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Cloudflare says it has appealed the €14.2M fine issued by Italy for refusing to block pirate sites on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service, calling the amount "staggering" (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

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The Talk Show: ‘The Pogue Feature’

Daring Fireball

★ ‘Your Frustration Is the Product’

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Perplexity releases its Comet browser app for iOS and iPadOS with a built-in AI assistant, four months after launching on Android (Laurent Giret/Thurrott)

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Crimson Desert reviews say it's not the second coming of open-world games

Polygon - All

NYC-based BusRight, which provides an AI-powered platform to help school bus operators manage routes, communication, and more, raised $30M from Volition Capital (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

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Meta confirms a critical security incident after an internal rogue AI agent's actions led to the exposure of sensitive data to employees without authorization (Jyoti Mann/The Information)

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Crimson Desert reviews overlook PS5, Xbox version performance

Polygon - All

Crimson Desert review: 20 hours in, bigger open worlds aren't better

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The FBI is buying Americans’ location data

The Verge - All Posts

Democratic voters in Illinois rejected most candidates supported by the crypto and AI industries, marking an unexpected defeat after industry PACs spent $18M+ (Bloomberg)

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How to Identify Your Apple Keyboard Layout by Country or Region

Daring Fireball

Jony Ive on Redesigning the Christie’s Rostrum

Daring Fireball

Micron reports Q2 revenue up 196% YoY to $23.9B, vs. $19.7B est., expects 2026 capex to exceed $25B, vs. $22.4B est., and forecasts Q3 revenue above estimates (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

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Amazon doesn’t want the blame for the Post Office going under

The Verge - All Posts

Congress considers blowing up internet law

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day is for Animated Series fans who remember Man-Spider

Polygon - All