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YouTube loosens profanity rules for monetized videos

YouTube is tweaking its profanity-related rules to allow creators to monetize videos with swearing in them, provided the profanity is contained to the first seven seconds of the video.

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Gen AI apps doubled their revenue, grew to 1.7B downloads in first half of 2025

People are downloading and spending money on Gen AI apps more than ever.

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Observe continues to adapt to the changing world of software observability

Observe just raised a $156 million Series C round as the company looks to offer support for Apache Iceberg by the end of the year.

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Google says it will sign EU’s AI code of practice

Google confirmed it will sign the European Union’s general purpose AI code of practice. Meta has already said it will not sign the voluntary framework.

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Footnotes, TikTok’s crowdsourced fact-checks, launches in the US

All U.S. TikTok users are able to view the notes that have been rated as helpful and submit their own ratings in return.

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TikTok adds new parental controls, tools for creators

The social network is bringing new parental controls to Family Pairing, its feature that allows parents to link their accounts with their teen’s account to customize safety settings.

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Space Force bets on commercial entrants in $4B satcom contest

The Space Force is leveraging commercial competition for the next phase of its PTS program.

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Nvidia AI chip challenger Groq said to be nearing new fundraising at $6B valuation 

AI chip startup Groq is in talks to raise a fresh $600 million at a near $6 billion valuation, sources tell Bloomberg, although the deal isn’t yet final and terms could change. 

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Luma and Runway expect robotics to eventually be a big revenue driver for them

Both Luma and Runway have reportedly held conversations with self-driving car and robotics companies as they look toward the future.

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Google says UK government has not demanded an encryption backdoor for its users’ data

Google refused to tell a U.S. senator whether the company had received a secret U.K. surveillance order demanding access to encrypted data, similar to an order served on Apple earlier this year.

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