Internet/e-commerce

eBay reports Q2 revenue up 15% YoY to $3.13B, vs. $3.02B est., GMV up 15% to $22.4B, and forecasts Q3 revenue above estimates (www.reuters.com)
2026-8-6 eBay

Filing: Microsoft recorded $24.1B in revenue from OpenAI during the year ended in June, suggesting OpenAI accounted for more than half of Microsoft's AI sales (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-6 Microsoft AI

Google Overhauls AI Leadership As DeepMind CEO Steps Aside (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-8-6 Google AI

Reddit expands its test of Rules Hub, a suite of tools that rely on LLMs to help moderators manage their communities, and plans a full launch later this year (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-6 Reddit

Google says Chief AI Architect and Google DeepMind CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu will be taking over most of Demis Hassabis's responsibilities (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-6 Google AI

Discovery Loop, co-founded by Jeff Dean, is backed by seed funding from Radical Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and others; Google also has a stake in the company (www.nytimes.com)
2026-8-6 Google

Demis Hassabis is leaving his role as CEO of Google DeepMind to be the unit's chairman and chief scientist for Alphabet (www.axios.com)
2026-8-6 Google Alphabet

Jeff Dean and three other Google execs are leaving to launch Discovery Loop, which will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in drug discovery, chip design, and more (www.wired.com)
2026-8-6 Google AI

Amazon's Zoox will start charging for rides in Las Vegas starting August 10, launching its commercial operations after offering free rides since last year (techcrunch.com)
2026-8-6 Amazon Vegas

Google Blogger locks hundreds of blogs in malware false positive (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-6 Google

The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal rejects Google's bid to block a class action alleging it overcharged businesses for search ads and abused its dominance (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-5 Google

Sources: Google is in talks with AI coding agent startup Mechanize on a possible deal, potentially worth $1.5B+, to hire some of its talent and license its tech (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-8-5 Google Startup AI

Google says it will begin removing Google Assistant from Android and Wear OS devices on September 4, replaced by Gemini; Assistant remains on connected cars (9to5google.com)
2026-8-5 Android Google

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says the company plans to spend $10B+ “over the coming years” to deploy 120K driverless vehicles, aiming to hit 15+ cities in 2026 (www.ft.com)
2026-8-5 Uber

Uber reports Q2 revenue up 12% YoY to $14.2B, below $14.24B est., Gross Bookings up 24% to $58B, above $57B est., and forecasts Q3 adjusted EPS below est. (www.cnbc.com)
2026-8-5 Uber

Shopify reports Q2 revenue up 34% YoY to $3.6B, above $3.45B est., GMV up 32% YoY to $115.6B, and forecasts Q3 revenue above est.; SHOP jumps 30%+ pre-market (www.reuters.com)
2026-8-5 Shopify

Uber and Wayve say Wayve received London private hire vehicle licenses for supervised robotaxis ahead of a full rollout; Waymo plans to offer robotaxis in 2026 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-5 Uber London

How Reddit moderators are battling AI-powered astroturfing ad campaigns that exploit the platform's trusted reputation to promote skincare and other products (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-5 AI Reddit

Phishing service spoofs RingCentral to steal Microsoft 365 accounts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-5 Microsoft

A US appeals court overturns a ruling that had temporarily barred Perplexity from using its agentic shopping tools on Amazon's platform (www.reuters.com)
2026-8-5 Amazon

Microsoft Tells Engineers 'Tokenmaxxing Is Not What We Are Optimizing For' (slashdot.org)
2026-8-5 Microsoft

Internal email: Microsoft introduces token budget limits for employees' AI use, saying “tokenmaxxing is not what we are optimizing for” (www.404media.co)
2026-8-5 Microsoft AI Budget

New Jersey files an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, alleging it uses its dominance to impose low pay and poor conditions on independent delivery drivers (www.reuters.com)
2026-8-5 Amazon

Uber is defending 4,000+ rider sexual-violence lawsuits by aggressively examining plaintiffs' drinking, clothing, and more, after promising to protect survivors (www.nytimes.com)
2026-8-4 Uber

Spotify reports Q2 revenue up 14% YoY to €4.8B, Premium Subscribers up 9% YoY to 300M, MAUs up 12% YoY to 777M, below 778M guidance, and a €545M net income (variety.com)
2026-8-4 Spotify

Sources and filings: Google assembled a ~$200B financing program for Anthropic, with $150B+ tied to TPUs and involving Broadcom, Blackstone, Apollo, and others (www.ft.com)
2026-8-4 Google

New Pass-ta-key attacks let malware hijack Google-synced passkeys (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-4 Google

Hotel Wi-Fi attacks use custom malware to breach Microsoft 365 accounts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-8-4 Microsoft

Amazon becomes the fifth company to reach a $3T market cap, joining Nvidia, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Apple; its stock closed up 4.58% on Monday (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-4 Amazon Microsoft Apple Nvidia Alphabet

Microsoft Is Bringing Xbox 360 Games to PC (games.slashdot.org)
2026-8-4 Microsoft Xbox

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