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Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft plans to make changes to Windows that will help CrowdStrike, Broadcom, and other security vendors operate outside of the Windows kernel  —  Microsoft is announcing plans to make changes to Windows that will help CrowdStrike and other security vendors operate outside of the Windows kernel.

Vincent Manancourt / Politico: Nick Clegg says Elon Musk turned X into “a sort of one man, sort of hyper-partisan and ideological hobby horse”, contrasting Meta's content moderation with X's  —  The Meta exec and former British deputy PM launched a broadside at X owner Elon Musk.  —  LONDON — Watch out Elon, Sir Nick's out to get you.

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Sergey Brin says he works at Google “pretty much every day” and that recent AI algorithmic improvements are “outpacing the increased compute” put into models  —  Google co-founder and ex-Alphabet president Sergey Brin said he's back working at Google “pretty much every day” …

David Shepardson / Reuters: CTIA: Americans used over 100T MB of wireless data in 2023, up 36% YoY, the largest single-year increase; the number of wireless connections rose 6% YoY to 558M  —  Americans used just over 100 trillion megabytes of wireless data in 2023, up 36% over the prior year in the largest single-year increase …

Jiahui Huang / Wall Street Journal: In a memo to commemorate Alibaba's 25th anniversary, Jack Ma said the competition will make the company stronger, urging trust “in the power of market forces”  —  “Only with competition can we become stronger and allow the industry to remain healthy,” Ma said

Jake Evans / ABC: Facebook admits to scraping every Australian adult user's public data to train AI, with no opt-out option because it is not required to do so under privacy law  —  In short:  —  Facebook is scraping the public data of all Australian adults on the platform, it has acknowledged in an inquiry.

Wendy Davis / MediaPost: A federal judge blocks Utah from enforcing the Minor Protection in Social Media Act, set to take effect on October 1, saying the law likely violates the 1A  —  A federal judge has blocked Utah from enforcing a new law that would have restricted social media platforms' ability to serve content to minors under 18.

Taylor Swift / Taylor Swift on Instagram: Taylor Swift says she's voting for Kamala Harris, noting that Donald Trump sharing an AI-generated image of her “endorsing” him prompted her to reveal her plans  —  Like many of you, I watched the debate tonight.  If you haven't already, now is a great time to do your research …

Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: Matt Shumer, who was accused of fraud over HyperWrite's 70B-parameter AI model, says he “got ahead” of himself but doesn't explain why the model underperformed  —  Matt Shumer, co-founder and CEO of OthersideAI, also known as its signature AI assistant writing product HyperWrite …

Joe Mayes / Bloomberg: AWS plans to spend £8B in the UK to grow its cloud business, expecting to support up to 14,000 jobs and contribute £14B to the UK GDP between 2024 and 2028  —  - Move follows similar investments announced in Spain, Germany  — Chancellor Reeves says decision is ‘start of economic revival’

Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: Maryland-based Forterra, which develops autonomous driving tech for military and commercial vehicles, raised a $75M Series B  —  Forterra, a supplier of autonomous driving technology for military and commercial vehicles, today announced that it has closed a $75 million Series B investment.

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: MariaDB, which went public via SPAC in late 2022, says it's been acquired by PE firm K1 and names a new CEO, after filing to delist its shares from the NYSE  —  MariaDB's short-lived tenure as a public company is all but over, as the struggling database business is now fully under the auspices of K1 Investment Management.

Jan-Henrik Foerster / Bloomberg: NYC-based Versana, a two-year-old platform that allows lenders to access data about $2.7T worth of loans, raised $26M from Barclays, Bank of America, and others  —  - British bank participated in Versana's $26 million fundraising  — Versana now has data on $2.7 trillion worth of corporate loans

Justine Calma / The Verge: Google plans to buy carbon removal credits from direct air capture provider Holocene for $100 per ton, far below current prices, for delivery by the early 2030s  —  Google just landed a deal to capture planet-heating pollution at a huge bargain: $100 per ton of CO2, the price climate tech startups around …

Michael Roddan / The Information: Sources describe how Stripe was forced to scramble after its payments partnership with Wells Fargo ended and Goldman Sachs decided against taking up the role  —  Last year, staff inside Stripe got some alarming news: The payment giant's relationship with a key bank partner was about to change—for the worse.

Sara Fischer / Axios: The NYT tech guild of 600+ staff, the largest US union of tech workers with bargaining rights, authorizes a strike after two years of talks without a contract  —  - The Wirecutter union held a five-day walkout over the Black Friday holiday weekend in 2021 and struck a deal with management days later.

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Google starts rolling out a Google One “Lite” plan in India that offers 30GB storage for Rs. 59, or ~$0.70, per month  —  Google has started rolling out a “Lite” plan for Google One that has a small storage bump, and an even smaller cost.  —  A Google One subscription grants …

David Adams / SmartCompany: Australia-based SafetyCulture, which offers a suite of risk management tools, raised AU$165M led by Airtree at a AU$2.5B valuation, down from AU$2.7B in 2023  —  SafetyCulture has booked a fresh $165 million funding round, marking one of the year's largest single investments in an Australian scale …

Joyce Lee / Reuters: South Korea is hosting a summit in Seoul on September 9-10, seeking to establish a blueprint for the responsible military use of AI; 90+ countries are attending  —  South Korea convened an international summit on Monday seeking to establish a blueprint for the responsible use of artificial intelligence …

Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: Parents concerned about students' screen time in school are opting their children out of classroom tech, after working to ban smartphones in the classroom  —  After working to ban phones in the classroom, parents are now seeking a return to pencil and paper

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Bending Spoons plans to lay off 75% of WeTransfer staff after acquiring the file-sharing service in July 2024; WeTransfer reportedly has 350+ employees  —  Italy-based app company Bending Spoons, which owns Evernote and Meetup, is planning to lay off 75% of the staff of file transfer service WeTransfer, TechCrunch has learned.

Joshua Gabert-Doyon / Financial Times: London's e-bike boom is frustrating local councils over parking issues, as Lime and Forest expand; Lime trips during peak hours have grown 91% YoY in 2024  —  Badly parked and abandoned vehicles cause frustration for local authorities  —  London has seen a surge in rented e-bikes this summer …

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple will launch Image Playground and Genmoji in iOS 18.2; Sonos cuts its plans to build ~1M units of Ace headphones per year, to ~100K per year  —  Apple's AI features keep getting delayed — and that slow rollout likely means that the iPhone 16 won't see a “super cycle” of orders.

Zach Vallese / CNBC: Some creators move from unpredictable algorithm-driven platforms to subscription services; YouTube group The Try Guys launched 2nd Try, a $5/month streamer  —  The Try Guys, one of YouTube's most established creator groups, have successfully abandoned their reliance on Google's algorithms …