Journals

Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNET: Google launches Gemini Personal Intelligence, linking to Gmail, Google Photos, Search, and YouTube history to provide context-aware responses, for paid users  —  ZDNET’s key takeaways  — Personal Intelligence scans your apps to improve Gemini answers.  —… Read More »Google launches Gemini Personal Intelligence, linking to Gmail, Google Photos, Search, and YouTube history to provide context-aware responses, for paid users (Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET)

Adam Sella / New York Times: Sources: the Trump administration is weighing a substantial shift in its cyberstrategy, including by enlisting private companies to assist with cyberattacks  —  The proposal raises a host of questions about the legality and practicality… Read More »Sources: the Trump administration is weighing a substantial shift in its cyberstrategy, including by enlisting private companies to assist with cyberattacks (Adam Sella/New York Times)

Bloomberg: Dutch court hearing: Nexperia claims Chinese owner Wingtech pushed for tech transfers out of Europe and threatened execs; Wingtech criticizes Nexperia execs  —  Dutch chipmaker Nexperia BV claimed that Chinese owner Wingtech Technology Co. was pushing for technology transfers… Read More »Dutch court hearing: Nexperia claims Chinese owner Wingtech pushed for tech transfers out of Europe and threatened execs; Wingtech criticizes Nexperia execs (Bloomberg)

Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters: Belgian startup Aikido Security, which offers automated security guardrails for developers, raised $60M led by DST Global at a $1B valuation  —  Belgium’s Aikido Security has raised $60 million from investors led by tech-focused private equity… Read More »Belgian startup Aikido Security, which offers automated security guardrails for developers, raised $60M led by DST Global at a $1B valuation (Supantha Mukherjee/Reuters)

The Information: Source: Microsoft quietly becomes one of Anthropic’s top clients and was recently on pace to spend nearly $500M/year for Anthropic to power Microsoft products  —  OpenAI is Microsoft’s most important AI provider and its biggest cloud server customer. … Read More »Source: Microsoft quietly becomes one of Anthropic’s top clients and was recently on pace to spend nearly $500M/year for Anthropic to power Microsoft products (The Information)

Chris Metinko / Axios: Tel Aviv- and Boston-based IO River, which lets users manage multiple CDN and edge networks, raised a $20M Series A led by Venture Guides and New Era  —  IO River, a startup that lets customers use… Read More »Tel Aviv- and Boston-based IO River, which lets users manage multiple CDN and edge networks, raised a $20M Series A led by Venture Guides and New Era (Chris Metinko/Axios)

Tom Warren / The Verge: UK police say they banned Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a soccer match in 2025 after Copilot hallucinated a fake West Ham-Maccabi match in an intelligence report  —  Copilot invented a nonexistent football match that… Read More »UK police say they banned Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a soccer match in 2025 after Copilot hallucinated a fake West Ham-Maccabi match in an intelligence report (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg: Pittsburgh-based Skild AI, which makes robotics foundation models, raised a $1.4B Series C at a $14B valuation, up from $4.5B after raising $300M in June 2025  —  Skild AI Inc., a fast-rising startup that makes software… Read More »Pittsburgh-based Skild AI, which makes robotics foundation models, raised a $1.4B Series C at a $14B valuation, up from $4.5B after raising $300M in June 2025 (Samantha Kelly/Bloomberg)

Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: Airbnb hires Meta executive Ahmad Al-Dahle, who led generative AI and the Llama team after working at Apple, as its CTO, as it aims to integrate AI in its app  —  Airbnb Inc. has hired a… Read More »Airbnb hires Meta executive Ahmad Al-Dahle, who led generative AI and the Llama team after working at Apple, as its CTO, as it aims to integrate AI in its app (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

Denitsa Tsekova / Bloomberg: Polymarket is hosting a growing number of contracts related to military conflicts, including China invading Taiwan; possible US strikes in Iran has $18M+ volume  —  Even as prediction-market platforms have tested legal and regulatory norms like… Read More »Polymarket is hosting a growing number of contracts related to military conflicts, including China invading Taiwan; possible US strikes in Iran has $18M+ volume (Denitsa Tsekova/Bloomberg)