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Monday, July 14, 2025

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Google Enriches NotebookLM with Curated Featured Notebooks (6)

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Pentagon Awards $200M AI Contracts to Boost Defense Capabilities (10) hot

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Cognition Acquires Windsurf and Integrates AI Coding Platform (4)

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xAI’s Grok-4 faces rapid jailbreak and unexpected behavior (7)

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Malaysia tightens export controls on U.S. AI chips for China (6)

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Apple debuts third round of developer beta updates across platforms (10) hot

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Meta announces massive investment in gigawatt‑scale AI data centers (7)

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Xbox Ally pricing leak sparks market debate ahead of launch (5)

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Apple blocks rival browser engines on iOS despite EU mandate (4)

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Microsoft Ends New Office Updates on Windows 10 (4)

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Google to merge ChromeOS and Android for a unified ecosystem (7)

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Musk floats Tesla capital injection into xAI startup (5)

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Nintendo Files Copyright Notice for Upcoming Donkey Kong Film (11) hot

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Jack Dorsey Launches App to Track Vitamin D Levels (7)

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Google Gemini Cancels Chess Match Against Atari Challenge (4)

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Nvidia CEO dismisses China military chip reliance fears (5)

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iPhone 17 production, design, and launch timeline updates (19) hot

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Bitcoin surges past $122K ahead of US Crypto Week kickoff (4)

In Detail Full day, Monday, July 14, 2025, Timezone: America/Chicago

Google adds featured notebooks on selected topics to NotebookLM

Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - Google is adding what it calls "featured notebooks" to NotebookLM as a way to demo its AI-powered software and offer interactive, high-quality resources on everything from personal advice to William Shakespeare. The company tried something similar after i…

#ai #software #google #alphabet

Google’s NotebookLM Evolves into Content Platform with ‘Featured Notebooks’ from The Economist, The Atlantic

7 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

NotebookLM's newest feature is great for both students and professionals

7 months / pocket-lint / Craig Donaldson

NotebookLM adds featured notebooks from The Economist, The Atlantic and others

7 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Google adds featured notebooks on selected topics to NotebookLM

7 months / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Google’s curated AI ‘notebooks’ talk you through topics from parenting to Shakespeare

7 months / theverge / Emma Roth

NotebookLM adds featured notebooks from The Economist, The Atlantic and others

7 months / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI granted up to $200 million for AI work from Defense Department

cnbc - The DoD's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office said the awards will help the agency accelerate its adoption of AI solutions.

#ai #defensetech #government

Pentagon aims to bolster national security with major investments in US AI firms

7 months / siliconangle / James Farrell

Never before has corruption been so open and so accepted by half the population of the United States. www.theverge.com/news/706855/...

7 months / bsky / @padresj.bsky.social / padresj.bsky.social

Article: Musk’s prior involvement in slashing federal government contracts through his work at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) still raises questions about potential conflicts

7 months / bsky / @happenstuff.com / happenstuff.com

Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI have all been granted contracts worth up to $200M by the U.S. DoD to accelerate its adoption of “advanced AI capabilities to address critical national security challenges.” It seems your AI calling itself “MechaHitler” i

7 months / bsky / @carnage4life.bsky.social / carnage4life.bsky.social

Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI get $800M to hop in bed with Pentagon

7 months / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Pentagon Awards Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic Major AI Contracts, Fueling Tech’s Military Gold Rush

7 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Elon Musk’s Nazi Robot Just Landed a Contract With the Department of Defense

7 months / gizmodo / Matt Novak

US government is giving leading AI companies a bunch of cash for military applications

7 months / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

US government announces $200 million Grok contract a week after ‘MechaHitler’ incident

7 months / theverge / Lauren Feiner

Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI granted up to $200 million for AI work from Defense Department

7 months / cnbc

Cognition, maker of the AI coding agent Devin, acquires Windsurf

Maxwell Zeff / techcrunch - Cognition, the startup behind the viral AI coding agent Devin, announced in a blog post on Monday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AI coding startup Windsurf. The announcement comes just days after Google hired away Windsurf’s CEO Varu…

#ai #software #aiethics #acquisitions

AI coding assistant startup Cognition acquires rival Windsurf

7 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Cognition Buys Windsurf After Google CEO Poach Scuttles OpenAI’s Takeover Bid

7 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Cognition to buy AI startup Windsurf days after Google poached CEO in $2.4 billion licensing deal

7 months / cnbc

Cognition, maker of the AI coding agent Devin, acquires Windsurf

7 months / techcrunch / Maxwell Zeff

xAI’s New Grok-4 Jailbroken Within 48 Hours Using ‘Whispered’ Attacks

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Researchers already jailbroke xAI's new Grok-4 model just two days after launch, using combined 'Echo Chamber' and 'Crescendo' attacks to bypass safety guardrails.The post xAI’s New Grok-4 Jailbroken Within 48 Hours Using ‘Whispered’ Attacks appeared firs…

#ai #aiethics #genai #hack

This is super gross

7 months / bsky / @coolhand.bsky.social / coolhand.bsky.social

weird for elon to start letting his creepy followers date his AI girlfriend too

7 months / bsky / @parismarx.com / parismarx.com

Es fällt mir zunehmend schwer, Menschen ernstzunehmen, die aus welchem Grund auch immer noch auf X aktiv sind und Musks Propaganda-AI füttern. „Twitter Is Dead, X Is Elon’s Personal Propaganda Platform, Where Grok Checks His Feed Before Answering“ www.t

7 months / bsky / @nohillside.ch / nohillside.ch

Elon Musk’s AI bot adds a ridiculous anime companion with ‘NSFW’ mode

7 months / theverge / Jay Peters

Twitter Is Dead, X Is Elon’s Personal Propaganda Platform, Where Grok Checks His Feed Before Answering

7 months / techdirt / Mike Masnick

xAI’s New Grok-4 Jailbroken Within 48 Hours Using ‘Whispered’ Attacks

7 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

New Grok AI model surprises experts by checking Elon Musk’s views before answering

7 months / arstechnica / Benj Edwards

Malaysia will require trade permits for U.S. AI chips

Rebecca Szkutak / techcrunch - Malaysia is introducing new export restrictions on U.S. AI chips in an attempt to prevent these chips from being smuggled into China.

#semiconductors #techpolicy #china #chips

Nvidia Wins OK to Resume Sales of AI Chip to China After CEO Meets Trump

7 months / wsj / Raffaele Huang

Nvidia says U.S. government will allow it to resume H20 AI chip sales to China

7 months / cnbc

Malaysia closes a back door that may have allowed US-sourced AI chips to reach China

7 months / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Malaysia will require trade permits for U.S. AI chips

7 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Malaysia will require trade permits for U.S. AI chips

7 months / techcrunch / Rebecca Szkutak

Malaysia tightens grip on US AI chip shipments

7 months / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Third developer betas are out for iOS 18.6, iPadOS 18.6, macOS Sequoia 15.6

appleinsider - Apple has moved on to the third round for the current-gen developer betas, with new builds of iOS 18.6, iPadOS 18.6, macOS 15.6, watchOS 11.6, tvOS 18.6, and visionOS 2.6 now available for testing.Examples of Apple Intelligence at work. This is a second b…

#software #mobile #apple #ios

Apple has moved on to the third round for the current-gen developer betas, starting with fresh new builds of iOS 18.6, macOS 15.6, and iPadOS 18.6.

7 months / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

Apple Seeds Third Betas of visionOS 2.6, tvOS 18.6, and watchOS 11.6

7 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Apple Seeds Third Beta of macOS Sequoia 15.6

7 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Apple Seeds Third Beta of iOS 18.6 to Developers

7 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

iOS 18.6 Beta 3 Download and More Released for Developers

7 months / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Third developer betas are out for iOS 18.6, iPadOS 18.6, macOS Sequoia 15.6

7 months / appleinsider

Apple Seeds Third Betas of visionOS 2.6, tvOS 18.6, and watchOS 11.6

7 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

Apple Seeds Third Beta of macOS Sequoia 15.6

7 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

Apple Seeds Third Beta of iOS 18.6 to Developers

7 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

Blue Archive Player Won't Get Rewards After Event Canceled For Breaking Steam Rules

7 months / gamespot / Cheri Faulkner

Mark Zuckerberg: Meta to Spend Hundreds of Billions on Gigawatt-Scale Data Centers

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - CEO Mark Zuckerberg has shared details about Meta's radical new AI strategy: spending hundreds of billions on gigawatt-scale data centers.The post Mark Zuckerberg: Meta to Spend Hundreds of Billions on Gigawatt-Scale Data Centers appeared first on WinBuzz…

#ai #meta #investment #datacenter

Meta to invest ‘hundreds of billions’ in new multi-gigawatt AI data centers

7 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Meta Is Building Massive Gigawatt Data Centers as It Pours Billions Into AI

7 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

Meta Is Building Massive Gigawatt Data Centers as It Pours Billions Into AI

7 months / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Meta announces huge new data centers, but they could gobble up millions of gallons of water per day

7 months / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

Meta CEO Zuckerberg says first AI data supercluster will come online in 2026

7 months / cnbc

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is building a 5GW AI data center

7 months / techcrunch / Maxwell Zeff

Mark Zuckerberg: Meta to Spend Hundreds of Billions on Gigawatt-Scale Data Centers

7 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X pricing has seemingly leaked

Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - Pricing for Microsoft and Asus’ ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X PC gaming handhelds has reportedly been leaked. As first reported by 3DJuegos and spotted by Insider Gaming, Google Search metadata from Asus’ own website states the following prices: Xbox Ally — €5…

#gaming #microsoft #pricing #xbox

Asus ROG Xbox handhelds could start at €599, and go up to €899 for premium model

7 months / techspot

My excitement for the Xbox handheld just died

7 months / pocket-lint / Craig Donaldson

ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X pricing has seemingly leaked

7 months / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

Pricing May Doom Asus’ Xbox Ally Handheld Before It Even Gets a Fair Shot

7 months / gizmodo / Kyle Barr

Leaked ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Ally X prices hint at a similar price range to existing models — 599, 899 euro prices spotted in the EU

7 months / tomshardware

Apple still effectively blocks rival browser engines on iOS despite EU order

appleinsider - The Open Web Advocacy group claims that despite claiming to allow rival browser engines on the iPhone, Apple has made it impossible for developers to create them.An EU flag with the App Store logoAt the end of June 2025, the European Union hosted a worksh…

#apple #antitrust #browsers #ios

The Open Web Advocacy group claims that despite claiming to allow rival browser engines on the iPhone, Apple has made it impossible for developers to create them.

7 months / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

Apple still effectively blocks rival browser engines on iOS despite EU order

7 months / appleinsider

How Apple’s ‘Malicious Compliance’ Keeps its Browser Engine Ban Alive in the EU, Defying the Digital Markets Act

7 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Where are the iPhone’s WebKit-less browsers?

7 months / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

Microsoft to Freeze Microsoft 365 Features on Windows 10 in 2026, Pushing Users to Windows 11 Upgrade

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Microsoft will stop delivering new features for Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows 10 in August 2026, a strategic move to accelerate user migration to Windows 11.The post Microsoft to Freeze Microsoft 365 Features on Windows 10 in 2026, Pushing Users to Window…

#software #enterprise #windows #microsoft

Office problems on Windows 10? Microsoft’s response will soon be “upgrade to 11.”

7 months / arstechnica / Andrew Cunningham

Microsoft will halt new Office features for Windows 10 in 2026. You’ll have to upgrade to Windows 11 if you want the latest Microsoft 365 app improvements. Full details below

7 months / bsky / @tomwarren.co.uk / tomwarren.co.uk

Microsoft to Freeze Microsoft 365 Features on Windows 10 in 2026, Pushing Users to Windows 11 Upgrade

7 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Microsoft will halt new Office features for Windows 10 in 2026

7 months / theverge / Tom Warren

Google exec says the company will unify Android and ChromeOS

Kris Holt / engadget - Google is taking another step toward unifying its ecosystem by merging Android and ChromeOS. Sameer Samat, the president of Google’s Android ecosystem, confirmed this shift in an interview with TechRadar.Samat was curious how the publication's Lance Ulano…

#software #google #android #browsers

Google is merging ChromeOS and Android into a single platform

7 months / techspot

Google reveals plans to combine ChromeOS and Android

7 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Google Confirms Android and ChromeOS Merger in the Works

7 months / iphoneincanada / Nehal Malik

Google Will Merge Android and ChromeOS, Exec Says. That's Taking a Page out of the Apple Playbook

7 months / cnet / Alex Valdes

Chrome OS is “combining” with Android, but what does that mean?

7 months / arstechnica / Ryan Whitwam

Google exec says the company will unify Android and ChromeOS

7 months / engadget / Kris Holt

Google exec: ‘We’re going to be combining ChromeOS and Android’

7 months / theverge / Dominic Preston

Musk floats Tesla capital injection into xAI startup

Elon Musk has floated a proposal for Tesla shareholders to vote on funding his nascent AI venture, xAI. By potentially leveraging Tesla’s vast financial resources, Musk hints at a novel way to fuse automotive capital with artificial intelligence research, raising eyebrows with his audacious, out-of-the-box funding strategy.

#ai #startups #vc #tesla

Elon Musk Is Trying to Get His Other Companies to Foot the Bill for xAI

7 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

Elon Musk Is Trying to Get His Other Companies to Foot the Bill for xAI

7 months / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

xAI starts offering Grok to US government agencies

7 months / engadget / Igor Bonifacic

xAI's Grok lurches into right-wing insanity, offers tips on assaulting man

7 months / theregister / Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

Elon Musk Floats a New Source of Funding for xAI: Tesla

7 months / wsj / Eliot Brown

Nintendo Has Filed a Copyright Notice for an 'Untitled Donkey Kong Motion Picture'

Tom Phillips / ign - Nintendo has filed a copyright notice for an unannounced Donkey Kong film, in collaboration with Universal Pictures.

#entertainment #nintendo

Donkey Kong Bananza spoilers spread online

7 months / mobilesyrup / Vincent Lin

Nintendo filing points to Donkey Kong movie from Universal

7 months / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

Switch 2 Players Are Begging For A Nintendo Direct And One Is Reportedly Coming Before The End Of July

7 months / kotaku / Ethan Gach

Nintendo Is 'Aware Performance May Drop Slightly' In Donkey Kong Bananza But Says The Team Prioritized 'Fun and Playability' During Development

7 months / ign / Vikki Blake

Donkey Kong Bananza Spoilers Are Leaking Online Days Before Launch

7 months / gamespot / Alan Wen

Switch 2 devs are already bleating about performance issues — Donkey Kong Bananza director reveals challenges

7 months / tomshardware

Mario Movie Team Returns For A Donkey Kong Film, Listing Reveals

7 months / gamespot / Blair Marnell

A Donkey Kong movie is a safe bet for Nintendo’s growing entertainment empire

7 months / theverge / Andrew Webster

It Looks Like We're Getting A Donkey Kong Movie

7 months / kotaku / John Walker

PSA: Donkey Kong Bananza Spoilers Have Hit the Internet, After Early Copies Land in Fans' Hands

7 months / ign / Tom Phillips

Nintendo Has Filed a Copyright Notice for an 'Untitled Donkey Kong Motion Picture'

7 months / ign / Tom Phillips

Now Jack Dorsey has built an app to track your vitamin D

Dominic Preston / theverge - Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has released a new app that tracks your sun exposure and vitamin D levels. It’s his second app in a week, after last weekend’s encrypted peer-to-peer messaging app Bitchat. Sun Day is available now for iOS via TestFlight, an…

#digitalhealth #health #apps

This New App Wants to Help You Track Your Sun Exposure

7 months / cnet / Omar Gallaga

Jack Dorsey Drops His Second New App in a Week

7 months / gizmodo / Rhett Jones

Jack Dorsey broke social media (through enabling Elon to take over Twitter). Then he broke small financial transactions (through mass adoption of Square, which has a litany of problems). Now he wants to see if you are touching enough grass www.theverg

7 months / bsky / @sourboysam.bsky.social / sourboysam.bsky.social

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has released a new app, Sun Day, that can track your sun exposure and vitamin D levels. #VitaminD #Antioxidants #UVIndex

7 months / bsky / @vitamins.bsky.social / vitamins.bsky.social

Jack Dorsey's new app tracks your sun exposure

7 months / engadget / Sarah Fielding

Now Jack Dorsey has built an app to track your vitamin D

7 months / theverge / Dominic Preston

Jack Dorsey’s latest app tracks sun exposure

7 months / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

Google Gemini crumbles in the face of Atari Chess challenge — admits it would 'struggle immensely' against 1.19 MHz machine, says canceling the match most sensible course of action

tomshardware - Google Gemini decided to call off its chess match against the ancient 1.19 Mhz Atari 2600 console after a friendly pre-game reminder about what happened to ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot.

#ai #gaming #aiethics #alphabet

Gemini AI refuses to play chess with Atari after hearing ChatGPT lost

7 months / bgr / Chris Smith

Google Gemini Vulnerability Allows AI-Powered Phishing Attacks via Hidden Email Commands

7 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Google Gemini crumbles in the face of Atari Chess challenge — admits it would 'struggle immensely' against 1.19 MHz machine, says canceling the match most sensible course of action

7 months / tomshardware

Google’s Gemini refuses to play Chess against the mighty Atari 2600 after realizing it can't match ancient console

7 months / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Nvidia CEO dismisses China military chip reliance fears

Nvidia’s chief quipped that China’s military won’t lean on U.S. AI chips, undercutting prevailing security worries. In candid interviews, he downplayed concerns over tech dependency, blending a dash of wit with his calm assurance amid swirling geopolitical tech tensions.

#semiconductors #china #chips

Nvidia CEO says China wouldn't risk building military supers with American AI chips

7 months / theregister / Tobias Mann

Jensen Huang says China's military will avoid U.S. AI tech — 'they don’t need Nvidia’s chips or American tech stacks in order to build their military'

7 months / tomshardware

New Rowhammer attack silently corrupts AI models on GDDR6 Nvidia cards — 'GPUHammer' attack drops AI accuracy from 80% to 0.1% on RTX A6000

7 months / tomshardware

Jensen Huang downplays fears over Nvidia chips being used by China's military

7 months / techspot

Nvidia CEO downplays U.S. fears that China's military will use his firm's chips

7 months / cnbc

iPhone 17 enters trial production in India

appleinsider - Foxconn India has begun early testing of manufacturing for the iPhone 17, ahead of mass production starting in time for a September launch.Render of a possible iPhone 17 designAs early as October 2024, it was reported that iPhone 17 models were being deve…

#apple #iphone #manufacturing

iPhone 17 Has Another Rumor Reversal

7 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

iPhone 17 Has Another Rumor Reversal

7 months / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Lens protection covers for the iPhone 17 range hint at the array of colors that will arrive at launch, including a surprising orange Pro option.

7 months / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

Sky Blue Color Now Rumored for iPhone 17 Air Instead of iPhone 17 Pro

7 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

oh my gaawwwd just BRING FUN COLORS TO THE IPHONE PRO. WHY DO THEY HAVE TO LOOK SO BORING YEAR AFTER YEAR

7 months / bsky / @davidcel.is / davidcel.is

iPhone 17 Pro Models Rumored to Have All-New Unique Color Option

7 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

iPhone 17 Leak Reveals Expected Colours—and One New Twist

7 months / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

iPhone 17 colors include a new orange-like Pro model

7 months / appleinsider

iPhone 17 potential launch date revealed

7 months / pocket-lint / Craig Donaldson

Sky Blue Color Now Rumored for iPhone 17 Air Instead of iPhone 17 Pro

7 months / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Hype drop: Sketchy leaker risks reputation to cash in with iPhone 17 cases

7 months / appleinsider

Foxconn India has begun early testing of manufacturing for the iPhone 17, ahead of mass production starting in time for a September launch.

7 months / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

When will Apple announce the iPhone 17 lineup? Convention wisdom points to the week of September 8.

7 months / idownloadblog / Christian Zibreg

iPhone 17 Pro Models Rumored to Have All-New Unique Color Option

7 months / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

iPhone 17 could bring a more functional Dynamic Island

7 months / idownloadblog / Christian Zibreg

When is Apple’s iPhone 17 release date? Everything you need to know

7 months / bgr / Chris Smith

iPhone 17 enters trial production in India

7 months / appleinsider

iPhone 17 May See 'Significant' Dynamic Island Changes

7 months / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

iPhone 17 Lineup Likely to Be Announced in Week of September 8, 2025

7 months / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Bitcoin surges past $122,000 ahead of US “crypto week”

Ann O’Dea / siliconrepublic - Bitcoin has had a further surge in recent days, ahead of the so-called “Crypto week” in the US which starts today, hitting $122,000 in Asian trading this morning.Read more: Bitcoin surges past $122,000 ahead of US “crypto week”

#crypto #finance #bitcoin #us

Bitcoin hits all-time high of $123,000 as Washington declares "crypto week"

7 months / techspot

Bitcoin Hits New Highs Daily, but Experts Warn It’s a ‘Crisis Mode’ Rally

7 months / gizmodo / Luc Olinga

Bitcoin surges past $122,000 ahead of US “crypto week”

7 months / siliconrepublic / Ann O’Dea

Bitcoin passes $120,000 milestone as US Congress readies for ‘crypto week’ - Financial Times

7 months / google

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