Lauren Feiner / The Verge: A look at Loudoun County, Virginia, dubbed “Data Center Alley”, which hosts ~250 data centers and offers a glimpse into data centers’ impact on communities — Massive AI infrastructure is being built out across the US. But if you want to know what the data center occupation looks like …
Stephen Nakrosis / Wall Street Journal: Microsoft shifts from three reporting segments to two: Agents and Infra, including Microsoft 365 and Azure, and Devices and Consumer, with Windows and Xbox — Microsoft is changing its reporting structure from three segments to two—Agents and Infra, and Devices and Consumer Source link
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Uber launches London’s first commercial robotaxi service; the vehicles use Wayve’s autonomous driving tech and will initially have human safety drivers — The cars have no lidar and no geofence, but still will have human safety drivers for the initial launch. Source link
Ryan Gould / Bloomberg: Sources: Thoma Bravo-backed Proofpoint is in talks to acquire cybersecurity company Varonis; Varonis rose 10.4% on Wednesday, giving it a market value of ~$5.4B — Thoma Bravo-backed Proofpoint Inc. is in talks to acquire cybersecurity company Varonis Systems Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. Source link
@artificialanlys: Muse Spark 1.3 with max reasoning, in limited preview for partners, scores 62 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, behind only Fable 5.1 and Opus 5 — Meta has released Muse Spark 1.3, their fourth Muse Spark model release in five months. Muse Spark 1.3 (max), which is in limited preview for Meta’s partners,
Courtney Rozen / Reuters: Letter: OpenAI told two House Democrats that its engineers are developing “automated shutdown capabilities” for AI systems — OpenAI told two House Democrats that its engineers are developing “automated shutdown capabilities” for AI systems, according to a company letter reviewed by Reuters … Source link
Bloomberg: Uber is shutting down services in Nigeria and Uganda from September 2 after a global review of its operations; it launched in Nigeria in 2014 and Uganda in 2016 — US ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc. is shutting down its services in Nigeria and Uganda from September 2, following a global review of its
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: X says US payouts for its Original Content Rewards and Subscriptions will now be handled through X Money — Elon Musk’s social network X on Wednesday said that starting today, all of its U.S. creator payouts will be handled through X Money, the app’s payments service. Source link
Ian Thomas / CNBC: Thyme Care, which focuses on filling gaps in cancer treatment through a virtual navigation platform, raised a $125M Series E at a $2B+ valuation — Despite recent advancements in oncology, the branch of medicine focused on the study, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer … Source link
Ram Iyer / TechCrunch: Austin-based HiddenLayer, which makes security tools to protect AI models, agents, and workflows, raised a $100M Series B led by Delta-v Capital — When AI security startup HiddenLayer raised its $50 million Series A three years ago, one of the big questions in the space was whether … Source link