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TikTok Agrees to $400 Million Children’s Privacy Settlement
TikTok and ByteDance will pay $400 million to resolve a federal COPPA case, with $300 million due immediately and no admission of wrongdoing.
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Alibaba’s AI Cloud Revenue Jumps 45% as Profit Falls 75%
Alibaba’s June-quarter results show AI cloud and compute revenue climbing 45% as nearly $10 billion in capital spending and other factors pressure cash flow and profit.
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Stripe Agrees to Acquire OpenRouter, Deepening Its AI Infrastructure Push
The payments company is buying a platform that routes developer requests across hundreds of AI models, extending Stripe from billing into AI usage control.
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Twitch Defaults Creator Content Into Amazon AI Training
Twitch added an account setting that allows streamers to opt out of Amazon’s generative AI training, leaving creator content eligible by default.
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Google Raises Pixel 11 Prices as AI Moves Deeper On-Device
Google’s Pixel 11 lineup raises U.S. starting prices by $100 while using new camera, translation and notification tools to put Gemini deeper into everyday phone use.
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Anthropic Starts Watermarking Text From New Claude Models
New Claude models will add invisible marks to text and signed C2PA metadata to supported files as EU transparency rules take effect.
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OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6-Cyber for Vetted Defenders
OpenAI is giving vetted defenders a purpose-trained model with fewer refusals for advanced security work while restricting access through its Daybreak program.
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Walnut Fire Closes Burbank Canyons, Cancels Starlight Bowl Concert
A vegetation fire in Wildwood Canyon forced hillside evacuations and canceled a sold-out Starlight Bowl concert; no major studio impact was confirmed.
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Iran’s Hormuz Demands Raise New Shipping Cost Risks
Tehran’s six conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz tie commercial passage to wider military, sanctions and financial negotiations.