Browsing: August

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Google says he will preserve "actively used" URL GOO.GL, after having announced earlier than all existing GOO.GL links would stop operating in August 2025 (Abner Li / 9TO5GOOGLE)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 1, 2025

Abner Li / 9TO5GOOGLE:: Google says that it will preserve the “actively used” goo.gl URL, after having announced earlier that…

Technology

OPENAI plans to launch GPT-5 in early August, with mini and nano versions which will also be available via its API (Tom Warren / The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 24, 2025

Featured podcasts Techmeme comes home: The American action plan Ai The news of the day, every day at 5 p.m.…

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North Korea could send more troops to Russia in August, says South Korea – Radio Free Asia

By Frank M. EverettJune 26, 2025

North Korea could deploy more troops in Russia in July or August to help its war against Ukraine, with recruitment…

Technology

Patreon plans to consolidate its professional and premium plans from August 5, taking a commission of 10%, rather than the current 8% for pro and 12% for premium users (Dominic Preston / The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 16, 2025

Dominic Preston / The penis:: Patreon plans to consolidate its pro and premium plans from August 5, taking a commission…

Technology

During closing arguments, a judge asked the two parties about ideas to limit the Google research monopoly and said he expected to make a decision in August (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 30, 2025

Featured podcasts Techmeme comes home: Big Meta / Andundil Deal is a big problem The news of the day, every…

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Microsoft plans to close the Bing research APIs on August 11; A source indicates that the largest customers will keep access and that DuckduckGo confirms that it will not be assigned (Paresh Dave / Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 14, 2025

Paresh Dave / Cable:: Microsoft plans to close the Bing research APIs on August 11; A source indicates that the…

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Source: Ramp crossed $ 700 million in annualized income in January 2025, against $ 300 million in August 2023; His CEO says that he is not profitable by choice because he reinvests (Mary Ann Azevedo / Techcrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 3, 2025

Mary Ann Azevedo / Techcrunch:: Source: Ramp crossed $ 700 million in annualized income in January 2025, against $ 300…

ASEAN, China unlikely to finalize South China Sea Code of Conduct at next summit – Radio Free Asia

Heat maps show North Korea’s largest greenhouse at less than half capacity – Radio Free Asia

Balikatan 2026 exercises will highlight Manila’s ‘more active defense posture’ – Radio Free Asia

North Korean agents use fake identities to apply for tech jobs – Radio Free Asia

Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

Generation X is driving beauty sales

The clock is ticking for Spirit Airlines as bondholders weigh in on Trump bailout

New York pied-à-terre tax sparks legal fight over values

Procter & Gamble (PG) Third Quarter 2026 Results

FDA Speeds Up Research on Psychedelic Drugs Following Trump Order

Trump brags about crowd size after someone tries to shoot up WHCD

The shooter did NOT enter the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

The approaching blue wave breaks Trump

Trump’s nightmare week gets worse as Democrats prepare impeachment plan from day one

Disaster for Trump as even Fox News poll finds he is mentally unfit

An interview with Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Executive Vice President Matt Booty on the “Return of Xbox” memo, making Xbox Series X and S a “first-class experience again,” and more (Stephen Totilo/Game File)

Google controls about 25% of global AI computing, with about 3.8 million TPUs and 1.3 million GPUs; Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian says demand and revenue justify spending (Stephen Morris/Financial Times)

About 60% said they retained access to social media accounts after the ban; two-thirds say platforms have taken no action to remove accounts (Sasha Rogelberg/Fortune)

Jensen Huang’s security cost dropped from $690,000 in 2023 to $3.5 million in 2025, Zuckerberg spent $22 million (Eli Rosenberg/The Information)

Trump hosted a gala lunch for major $TRUMP holders, where he talked about his pro-crypto policies, but avoided the drop in memecoin’s value (Wall Street Journal)

Browsing: August

Google says he will preserve "actively used" URL GOO.GL, after having announced earlier than all existing GOO.GL links would stop operating in August 2025 (Abner Li / 9TO5GOOGLE)

OPENAI plans to launch GPT-5 in early August, with mini and nano versions which will also be available via its API (Tom Warren / The Verge)

North Korea could send more troops to Russia in August, says South Korea – Radio Free Asia

Patreon plans to consolidate its professional and premium plans from August 5, taking a commission of 10%, rather than the current 8% for pro and 12% for premium users (Dominic Preston / The Verge)

During closing arguments, a judge asked the two parties about ideas to limit the Google research monopoly and said he expected to make a decision in August (Wall Street Journal)

Microsoft plans to close the Bing research APIs on August 11; A source indicates that the largest customers will keep access and that DuckduckGo confirms that it will not be assigned (Paresh Dave / Wired)

Source: Ramp crossed $ 700 million in annualized income in January 2025, against $ 300 million in August 2023; His CEO says that he is not profitable by choice because he reinvests (Mary Ann Azevedo / Techcrunch)