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The Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Danish government plan to invest €80M to buy and run a Microsoft-powered quantum computer, due to take on work by early 2027 (Sanne Wass/Bloomberg)

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Sources: some Trump administration officials are holding up finalizing a deal for the UAE to buy Nvidia AI chips over concerns that China could access the chips (Wall Street Journal)

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Amazon's 2024 sustainability report says Amazon emitted 68.25M metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, up 6% from 2023 and the first increase in three years (Matt Day/Bloomberg)

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Samsung Electronics Chair Jay Y. Lee wins a full reprieve from South Korea's Supreme Court in a protracted fight over fraud and stock manipulation allegations (Wall Street Journal)

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The US FCC aims to introduce a ban on companies that use certain Chinese tech and equipment from building submarine communication cables connecting to the US (Demetri Sevastopulo/Financial Times)

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Jack Dorsey invests $10M in "and Other Stuff", a nonprofit focused on funding open-source projects and tools built on open protocols like Nostr and ActivityPub (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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Chinese game Revenge on Gold Diggers, one of the most popular and contentious video games in the country, sparks a debate over misogyny and male resentment (Li Yuan/New York Times)

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How AI and automation are transforming agriculture, enabling autonomous tractors and fruit-picking robots, and improving crop management via data and analytics (William Boston/Wall Street Journal)

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TSMC CEO C.C. Wei says the company is speeding up construction of its second and third plants in Arizona "by several quarters" to meet robust US chip demand (Nikkei Asia)

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TSMC reports Q2 net profit up ~60% YoY to ~$13.53B, beating estimates, and forecasts ~30% sales growth in USD terms in 2025, up from mid-20% previously (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)

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TikTok is putting the spotlight on songwriters

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AI is already transforming Hollywood, as studios and production companies experiment with AI tools and labor groups warn of job losses and other consequences (Steven Zeitchik/The Hollywood Reporter)

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Location sharing apps like Find My, Snap Map, and Life360 remain popular among Gen Z users, despite concerns about their impact on real-world relationships (Summer Maxwell/SFGATE)

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A look at Chinese company Hailanyun's $223M undersea data center, about six miles offshore from Shanghai and using tech pioneered by Microsoft's Project Natick (You Xiaoying/Scientific American)

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Elliptic estimates cross-chain criminal and high-risk activity has topped $21.8B in 2025, up from $7B in 2023; North Korea is responsible for ~12% of the total (Yohan Yun/Cointelegraph)

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A look at Neon Coat, an app that offers models and influencers free restaurant meals, fitness classes, and other experiences in exchange for social media posts (Lane Florsheim/Wall Street Journal)

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Perplexity is offering a free one-year Perplexity Pro subscription, normally $20/month, to 360M users of Bharti Airtel, India's second-largest telecom operator (Moneycontrol)

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Sources: the European Commission has stalled one of its X investigations for breaking its digital transparency rules, as it negotiates a trade deal with the US (Financial Times)

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Google says threat actors are stealing sensitive data from organizations by targeting fully patched, end-of-life appliances from cybersecurity company SonicWall (Jonathan Greig/The Record)

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Apple’s new daily puzzle game is basically Emoji Wordle

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