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- YouTube Shorts are getting even shorter with an update that lets you double the playback speedYouTube is updating Shorts with features to shorten video playback, remove dislike buttons, and introduce a clean screen mode for better user experience.
- Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that stress-test AI agentsPatronus AI secured $50 million to build simulated environments that test AI agents' performance across different scenarios, with applications in software engineering and finance.
- Polymarket says hackers stole users’ fundsPrediction market Polymarket confirmed a third-party breach allowed hackers to steal user funds, with $3 million in cryptocurrency stolen, and the company is refunding victims.
- Xbox follows Apple with price increasesXbox consoles are getting more expensive worldwide due to rising memory and storage costs, with price increases starting August 1 and potential further hikes by 2027. Microsoft is offering financing options and lower-cost hardware programs to mitigate the impact.
- Notion Mail shuts down amid agent takeoverNotion is discontinuing its email product Notion Mail on September 22, shifting focus to AI agents. Users must export data before the shutdown, and the service was launched in 2025 after acquiring Skiff.
- a16z-backed Base Power is offering cheaper electricity to the power grid that needs it mostBase Power, an energy storage startup, is offering cheaper electricity through home batteries in Illinois, targeting the PJM grid which faces high demand and price increases.
- Anthropic’s Claude is winning over paid consumers, a market owned by ChatGPTAnthropic's Claude is gaining traction among paid AI consumers, showing significant growth in revenue and user interest compared to competitors.
- General Intuition’s $2.3B bet that video games can train AI agents for the real worldGeneral Intuition raised $320 million to develop AI agents trained through video game data, aiming to transfer virtual learning to real-world robotics and automation.
- Databricks’ former AI chief thinks he can cut AI’s power bill by 1,000xUnconventional AI, led by former Databricks AI chief Naveen Rao, developed an image-generation model called Un0 using a new oscillator-based architecture that could reduce AI power consumption by 1000 times. The company is building a new computing infrastructure with plans to release chip schematics and eventually provide AI compute capacity.
- Hacked Klue says criminals are deleting stolen customer data, but now other hackers are making threatsKlue reported a data breach, with hackers stealing customer data. The group Icarus claims to be deleting the data, but another group is now threatening customers directly.
- Google Finance gets a dedicated app for Android
- Rippling now wants to be your entire data stack
- General Intuition’s $2.3B bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world
- Netris raises $15M Series A from a16z to help AI neoclouds go live fasterNetris, a network automation startup, raised $15 million in Series A funding from a16z to help AI neoclouds deploy faster by automating data center setup and configuration. The company's software runs on network switches and enables multi-tenancy, working with various hardware vendors. It has partnerships with multiple GPU cluster operators globally.
- Trump administration bars Polestar from selling its new EVs in the USThe Trump administration blocked Polestar from selling new EVs in the US under the Connected Vehicle Rule, forcing the company to focus on Europe while continuing to sell existing inventory in the US.