Tech News

1. Apple Q3 2025 Earnings:

   • Apple reports Q3 revenue up 10% YoY to $94.04B, with iPhone sales driving growth. 👉 cnbc.com 👉 theverge.com
   • Apple's Mac business grew fastest, up nearly 15%. 👉 cnbc.com
   • Services revenue increased 13% to $27.42B. 👉 cnbc.com
   • Apple sold over 3 billion iPhones since 2007. 👉 9to5mac.com 👉 theverge.com
   • Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company is open to AI acquisitions to boost its AI roadmap. 👉 engadget.com
   • Apple expects $1.1B hit from tariffs in Q4 2025. 👉 appleinsider.com
   • iPhone exports from India are exempt from Trump's latest tariffs for now. 👉 bloomberg.com^$

2. Amazon Q2 2025 Earnings:

   • Amazon reports Q2 revenue up 13% YoY to $167.7B. 👉 cnbc.com
   • Amazon reports Q2 ad revenue up 23% YoY to $15.7B. 👉 cnbc.com
   • Amazon projects tariff costs will hit $1.1B next quarter. 👉 appleinsider.com
   • Amazon reports Q2 AWS revenue up 17.5% YoY to $30.9B. 👉 cnbc.com
   • Andy Jassy says Amazon has chosen to “embrace” AI and that it “will make all our teammates’ jobs more enjoyable”. 👉 fortune.com

3. Cloud Competition:

   • UK's CMA finds Microsoft and Amazon are hurting cloud competition. 👉 cnbc.com
   • Microsoft’s internal pay guidelines reveal salaries for distinguished engineers can reach $408,000, with stock awards up to $1.9 million. 👉 businessinsider.com^$
   • A report indicates that if the AWS growth rate stays at 17% and Microsoft Azure remains at 39%, Microsoft could become the largest cloud in ~4 years. 👉 cnbc.com

4. Figma IPO:

   • Figma's stock closes up 250% at $115.50 after its IPO. 👉 cnbc.com
   • Figma's CEO becomes a billionaire after IPO. 👉 forbes.com^$
   • Adobe's $20B Figma acquisition fell apart in 2023. 👉 cnbc.com

5. Data Security & Cybercrime:

   • US SEC debuts "Project Crypto" to modernize securities regulations for crypto-based trading. 👉 cnbc.com
   • The Cyberspace Administration of China questioned Nvidia over security issues with its H20 chip. 👉 reuters.com
   • Microsoft warns that a cyber-espionage group is targeting diplomatic missions in Moscow, using local internet service providers. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • SafePay ransomware threatens to leak 3.5TB of Ingram Micro data. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Microsoft to disable Excel workbook links to blocked file types. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Google loses app store antitrust appeal, must make sweeping changes to Play Store. 👉 arstechnica.com

6. CISA Releases Thorium:

   • CISA has publicly released Thorium, a platform developed with Sandia National Labs, to automate malware and forensic analysis. 👉 cisa.gov 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

7. De Minimis Exemption:

   • Trump signs an EO ending the de minimis exemption for packages worth $800 or less from all countries. 👉 cnbc.com 👉 arstechnica.com

8. Coinbase Q2 2025 Revenue:

   • Coinbase reports Q2 revenue up 3% YoY to $1.5B, new "everything exchange" will include tokenized assets, stocks, derivatives, and prediction markets, for US users in the coming months. 👉 cnbc.com

9. Nvidia Security Concerns:

   • China has summoned Nvidia to discuss alleged security issues with its chips. 👉 reuters.com

10. Trade and Tariffs:

    • Trade loophole for cheap online retailers globally after Trump ends de minimis exemption. 👉 arstechnica.com
    • Apple's Q3 sales boosted by consumers scrambling to beat tariff price hikes. 👉 macrumors.com

11. World's Oldest Baby:

    • The world's "oldest baby" was born in the US from an embryo frozen in 1994. 👉 theguardian.com

12. AI Influence:

    • Amazon CEO wants to put ads in your Alexa+ conversations. 👉 techcrunch.com
    • Microsoft says Russia's Secret Blizzard hacking group is using Russian ISPs to install spyware. 👉 wired.com
    • Security researchers found that spikes in malicious activity precede new security flaws in 80% of cases. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
    • Stablecoin issuer Tether announces $2.6 billion profit on Bitcoin and gold holdings. 👉 coingape.com

13. Stack Overflow Survey:

    • Stack Overflow survey reveals that 84% of developers use or plan to use AI tools in their workflow, but only 33% trust AI accuracy, down from 43% in 2024. 👉 venturebeat.com 👉 arstechnica.com
    • Svelte is the most ‘admired’ JavaScript framework. 👉 venturebeat.com
    • Stack Overflow's tech stack, is that they built a full-on cross-platform rendering engine in C++ and how web devs still wrote C++ at Figma 👉 ft.com^$

14. AI Models:

    • Google DeepMind unveils AlphaEarth Foundations, which helps scientists create detailed maps on demand. 👉 deepmind.google
    • The world's first Medicare-reimbursed AI tools for cardiology diagnostics. 👉 tech.eu
    • The US SEC debuts Project Crypto, an initiative to “modernize” securities regulations to allow for crypto-based trading, amid investor interest in tokenization. 👉 cnbc.com

15. Noma Security Funding:

    • Israel-based Noma Security raised a $100M Series B for its platform securing enterprise data and AI models against AI agents. 👉 reuters.com

16. Tether's Profit:

    • Tether reports a record $4.9B net profit in Q2. 👉 theblock.co

17. Figma IPO:

    • Bill Gurley calls this action gross inefficiency in the modern IPO process. 👉 cnbc.com
    • The massive “POP” highlighting the gross inefficiency in the modern IPO process where they REFUSE to match supply/demand The outcome is expected & fully intentional. 👉 cnbc.com

18. Good Job Games Funding:

    • Turkey-based Good Job Games raised a $60M Series A to build the future of Match-3 gaming. 👉 tech.eu

19. OpenAI's Stargate Norway:

    • OpenAI launches Stargate Norway, its first European AI data center. 👉 bloomberg.com^$

20. Roku Q2 2025 Results:

    • Roku reports Q2 revenue up 15% YoY to $1.11B. 👉 variety.com

21. Roblox Q2 Results:

    • Roblox reports Q2 revenue up 21% YoY to ~$1B and DAUs up 41% to 111.8M. 👉 cnbc.com

22. Motive funding:

    • Fleet management software provider Motive raised $150M led by Kleiner Perkins. 👉 bloomberg.com^$

23. AI and Job Automation:

    • Uber Eats adds AI tools to generate menu item descriptions. 👉 theverge.com

24. LVMH & others Data Theft:

    • Wave of data breaches impacting companies has been linked to the ShinyHunters extortion group using voice phishing attacks to steal data from Salesforce CRM instances. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

25. Stable Seed Funding:

    • Building a new Layer 1 blockchain for stablecoins, raised a $28M seed co-led by Bitfinex and Hack VC. 👉 theblock.co

26. AI Code Trust Decreasing:

    • Developers are using AI tools, but they like it less and trust it less this year. 👉 venturebeat.com

27. Data leak:

    • The ghost of FTX Japan is still online, exposing 35,000 users. 👉 cybernews.com

28. Noma Security:

    • Noma Security Raises $100M to Drive Adoption of AI Agent Security . 👉 noma.security

29. Hacking:

    • Hackers target Python devs in phishing attacks using fake PyPI site. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

30. Google:

    • Google ready to let real money games play if self declared. 👉 economictimes.indiatimes.com
    • Google must open Android to rival app stores: US court. 👉 dailymail.co.uk
    • Google ready to let real money games play if self declared. 👉 economictimes.indiatimes.com

31. Deceptive Tactics:

    • Amazon reports revenue jump. 👉 thurrott.com
    • Amazon Revenues Jump 13 Percent to $167.7 Billion. 👉 thurrott.com
    • SEC Chair launches Project Crypto. Says most cryptos are not securities. 👉 ledgerinsights.com

32. Microsoft ending naming competitors:

    • Microsoft Revenues Up 9.6 Percent to $94 Billion. 👉 thurrott.com
    • Apple announces June quarter records for total company revenue, iPhone revenue and earnings-per-share. 👉 mactech.com

33. Hacking and Trade Practices:

    • China claims Nvidia built backdoor into H20 chip designed for Chinese market. 👉 slashdot.org
    • After IPO, Figma stock pops more than 200% in Wall Street debut. 👉 bizjournals.com

34. Figma Shares:

    • Figma Shares Jump Over 200% in Stock-Market Debut. 👉 wsj.com^$
    • Figma IPO raises its market share to $19.3B. 👉 upi.com

35. SEC's Project Crypto:

    • SEC Debuts ‘Project Crypto’ To Bring US Financial Markets ‘On Chain’. 👉 slashdot.org
    • President Donald J. Trump is Protecting the United States' National Security and Economy by Suspending the De Minimis Exemption for Commercial Shipments Globally. 👉 whitehouse.gov

36. Online Retail:

    • Apple to expand production in India: Apple's most in demand products are coming from India due to Trump tarriffs. 👉 theapplepost.com
    • Apple says the pull-forward of demand related to tariffs was likely 1 point of the 10 points of revenue growth and that cook says vast majority of iPhones sold in the US are coming from India. 👉 x.com

37. More numbers:

    • Amazon CEO says has no signs of tariff-driven demand decline or pricing impact yet. 👉 x.com
    • Apple provides first disclosure regarding Apple TV+ viewership: Up “strong double digits” year over year. 👉 x.com

38. Cloud Services:

    • Amazon stock knocked as AI spending weighs on profits growth. 👉 ft.com^$
    • Amazon shrugs off retail pressures to beat analysts on sales. 👉 thetimes.com^$

39. CMA is probing:

    • CMA UK panel urges probe into Microsoft and AWS over potential cloud market misuse. 👉 neowin.net
    • UK CMA cloud ruling Microsoft and Amazon are hurting cloud competition and market. 👉 cnbc.com

40. AI news 1 day ago:

    • China Summons Nvidia Over ‘Backdoor Security’ Risks of A.I. Chips. 👉 nytimes.com^$
    • The world’s ‘oldest baby’ was born from an embryo frozen in 1994. 👉 appleosophy.com

41. Security News 1 day ago:

    • U.S. tariffs could knock $1.1 billion off Apple quarterly profits. 👉 cultofmac.com
    • Amazon CEO Jassy says AI 'will make all our teammates' jobs more enjoyable'. 👉 fortune.com

42. Apple:

    • Apple confirms iPhone rebound in China, says upgraders hit record high. 👉 9to5mac.com
    • Apple is ‘open to’ acquisitions to boost its AI roadmap. 👉 engadget.com

43. Google Play:

    • The Epic Games Store is coming to Google Play, following Epic's latest court victory. 👉 liliputing.com
    • US securities regulator lays out sweeping crypto-friendly agenda. 👉 reuters.com

44. CISA Releases:

    • AWS Q2 sales growth 17.5%, nears $124 billion annual revenue run rate. 👉 constellationr.com
    • Apple's stock is rising after a huge revenue beat. Did tariffs help?. 👉 marketwatch.com

45. Analyst price Targets:

    • Analysts revise Amazon stock-price targets ahead of Q2 earnings report. 👉 thestreet.com
    • Universal Music Posts Q2 2025 Streaming Growth and Physical Slide, Confirms Talks Involving ‘So Many, If Not All’ Key AI Companies. 👉 digitalmusicnews.com

46. Trump Administration:

    • Bipartisan senators push for Trump to keep portions of Biden-era AI rule. 👉 thehill.com
    • Apple Posts Better-Than-Expected Earnings as Services Revenue Hits Record High. 👉 investopedia.com

47. Apple sales:

    • Trump's tariffs are increasingly costing Apple more per quarter. 👉 theapplepost.com
    • "Apple CEO Tim Cook said that Apple would "significantly grow" its AI investments, adding that the company is "open to M&A that accelerates our roadmap.". 👉 x.com

48. Figma share numbers: - Figma raises $1.2 billion, creating new playbook for summer IPO. 👉 axios.com - Figma IPO raises its market share to $19.3B. 👉 upi.com - Figma shares shoot up 200+% after IPO. 👉 axios.com

49. New York Stock Exchange:

    • Figma CEO Dylan Field on IPO debut: Design is going public today. 👉 cnbc.com
    • Basically, the buy ahead of tariff play, is going to heart Q4 iPhone sales. 👉 bsky.app

50. Figma comments:

    • Adobe seeing Figma valued at $60B+ on its IPO after trying to acquire the company for $20B but having the deal blocked and forced to pay a $1B breakup fee to Figma. 👉 x.com
    • At this rate, Figma will be able to acquire Adobe by the end of next week. 👉 x.com

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