Monthly Archives: July 2025

OpenAI launches a general purpose agent in ChatGPT

OpenAI announced the launch of ChatGPT agent, which the company claims to be its most capable AI agent product yet.

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Amazon cuts some jobs in cloud computing unit as layoffs continue

Amazon has continued to lay off groups of employees this year eliminating more than 27,000 roles since 2022.

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Meta investors settle $8bn lawsuit with Zuckerberg over Facebook privacy

Shareholders accused Meta leaders of damaging the company by allowing repeat violations of Facebook users’ privacy.

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Twitch starts testing vertical video streams

Twitch’s tests are not widespread at this point, as Appsensa’s research only found a handful of references in the app’s code that mentioned the tests would focus on just “a few streamers” for the time being.

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Meta appoints generative AI VP to run Threads

Meta appointed Connor Hayes, Meta’s VP of product for generative AI, to become the head of Threads.

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Taiwan Semi is speeding up U.S. chip production due to demand, CEO says

TSMC still faces looming uncertainty after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on Taiwan.

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Elon Musk gets more time to respond to SEC suit over Twitter disclosure

Musk now has until Aug. 29, an additional six weeks, to answer the SEC’s complaint.

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Hackers are trying to steal passwords and sensitive data from users of Signal clone

The bug in the modified messaging app can expose users’ “plaintext usernames, passwords, and other sensitive data,” per GreyNoise.

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Boulevard raises $80M to power self-care boom driven by Botox and GLP-1 surge

The nine-year-old salon and spa software provider has hit a valuation of nearly $800 million.

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How Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Persuaded Trump to Sell A.I. Chips to China

With help from a longtime Silicon Valley investor turned White House insider, Mr. Huang got the administration to reverse course on restrictions.

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