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Palantir’s Alex Karp Talks About War, AI and America’s Future

In a rare in-depth interview, this billionaire man of mystery, the head of Palantir Technologies, talks about war, A.I. and America’s future. https://nyti.ms/3WOsRK7

OpenAI Disrupts Iranian Misinformation Campaign

The company said the Iranian effort, which used ChatGPT, did not gain much traction. https://nyti.ms/4dsioem

U.S. Awards $1.6 Billion to Texas Instruments to Build Semiconductor Plants

The funding stems from the bipartisan CHIPS Act, which aims to bolster the production of critical semiconductors in the United States. https://nyti.ms/4dCCMJA

In San Francisco, Local News Is Seeing a Resurgence

The city has become a hothouse for experimentation in local news. Could it serve as a model for the rest of the country? https://nyti.ms/3AvcWZS

California A.I. Bill Is Tweaked

Silicon Valley companies still worry that state lawmakers are jumping the gun on regulating a still-unproven technology. https://nyti.ms/3X2OO9E

Bowling, Selfies and the ‘Dougie’: Biden Woos Influencers at the White House

For its first conference on the creator economy, the Biden administration celebrated social media creators. The president lauded them as a “breakthrough in how we communicate.” https://nyti.ms/3X5q3JS

Cisco to Cut About 7% of Staff in Second Round of Job Layoffs

The cuts could amount to about 6,000 jobs for the San Jose, Calif., maker of computer networking technology. https://nyti.ms/3M8582K

The Global Race to Control A.I.

We explore who is winning — and what could come next. https://nyti.ms/3M6U460

California A.I. Bill Causes Alarm in Silicon Valley

California state senator Scott Wiener wants to stop the creation of dangerous A.I. But critics say he is jumping the gun. https://nyti.ms/3X07hDE

U.S. Considers Breaking Up Google to Address Search Monopoly

The Justice Department and state attorneys general are discussing various scenarios to remedy Google’s dominance in online search, including a breakup of the company. https://nyti.ms/3YF79Lf

Google Unveils Pixel 9 Phones to Beat Apple’s iPhone

The internet giant unveiled the next generation of Pixel phones, headphones and watches to stand out in a hardware market that has mostly ignored it. https://nyti.ms/3Aknpa9

Musk’s Trump Talk on X: After Glitchy Start, a Two-Hour Ramble

Problems in the livestream renewed questions about X’s ability to handle big events, but it also showed how the platform can still grab attention. https://nyti.ms/3M6FriZ

Fact-Checking Trump’s Talk With Elon Musk on X

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s claims about immigration, Vice President Kamala Harris, President Biden and more. https://nyti.ms/4dbXksx

X Spaces With Trump and Musk Is Off to a Glitchy Start

The audio livestream of a conversation between Elon Musk and the former president ran late as users scrambled to try to access the site. https://nyti.ms/4dGu4Kd

Trump Returns to X in Victory for Elon Musk

The former president posted a campaign video ahead of a scheduled interview on the platform with Mr. Musk, who reinstated Mr. Trump’s account shortly after buying the site in 2022. https://nyti.ms/3X0rkC5

Elections Officials Battle a Deluge of Disinformation

County clerks and secretaries of state are overwhelmed this year, as they stare down a “perpetual moving target” of new conspiracy theories, political pressure and threats. https://nyti.ms/3WKAsZZ

Susan Wojcicki, YouTube’s Former CEO, Dies at 56

The business executive helped turn Google into an internet juggernaut and became one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley. https://nyti.ms/4cvEYSk

Brands Love Influencers (Until Politics Get Involved)

Marketing firms are using artificial intelligence to help analyze influencers and predict whether they will opine about the election. https://nyti.ms/4dkEuiP

Uber, Facing Sexual-Assault Litigation, Pushes Plan That May Curb Suits

Uber has spent millions trying to get a proposal on the Nevada ballot that would restrict the legal fees that bankroll many lawsuits against companies. https://nyti.ms/3SO9qjw

Why Schools Are Racing to Ban Student Phones

As the new school year starts, a wave of new laws that aim to curb distracted learning is taking effect in Indiana, Louisiana and other states. https://nyti.ms/4dBjzrG

Elon Musk to Speak to West Point Cadets

The billionaire owner of the social media platform X and Tesla’s chief executive will deliver the keynote speech at an annual event. https://nyti.ms/4dcaSnQ

Former Twitter Board Member Sues Elon Musk’s X For $20 Million in Pay

After purchasing Twitter, Mr. Musk failed to cash out Omid Kordestani’s stock, according to allegations in a new lawsuit. https://nyti.ms/3LZn3bD

Cash App Users May Claim Up to $2,500 in Data Breach Settlement

A proposed $15 million settlement stipulates that account holders can file for losses related to breaches disclosed in 2022 and 2023. A deadline looms for those claims. https://nyti.ms/3Ag9sKl

Google’s Monopoly Money + Is the A.I. Bubble Popping? + The Hot-Mess Express

“Maybe this actually is a chance to press the reset button on the internet.” https://nyti.ms/3YCORu4

China Battery Tech Reflects Research Boom and Big Spending

Stressing science education, China is outpacing other countries in research fields like battery chemistry, crucial to its lead in electric vehicles. https://nyti.ms/4fAZqUq

Elon Musk’s X Sued an Advertising Coalition. Now It’s Shutting Down.

The Global Alliance for Responsible Media will dissolve after Mr. Musk accused the group of orchestrating a boycott. https://nyti.ms/3M2IRmA

Tech Investors Are the Latest to Zoom for Harris

Compared with the calls for cat ladies, white dudes and others, the group of venture capitalists was small at around 600. https://nyti.ms/4dBVj8G

Where Are the Trumpiest Ads? All Over Truth Social.

Donald J. Trump’s social network is increasingly relying on a niche of the ad market that caters to hard-core Trump fans and Christian conservatives for revenue. https://nyti.ms/4duSmqo

Elon Musk Clashes With Keir Starmer Over Riots in UK

Over the past few days, the billionaire has posted incendiary comments about violent protests on the social media platform he controls, drawing the ire of the prime minister. https://nyti.ms/3ykFCnF

How Are Conspiracy Theorists Responding After False Claims of President Biden’s Death?

An outlandish idea that President Biden was dead or nearly dead was quickly refuted. Few of the accounts that had spread it online recanted. https://nyti.ms/4deG069

‘The Blair Witch Project’ Brings Up a Riddle That Looms 25 Years Later

Twenty-five years ago, the indie horror blockbuster compelled audiences to ask, “Was that real?” The question now permeates our age of misinformation. https://nyti.ms/3yFsl97

X, Owned by Elon Musk, Brings Antitrust Suit Accusing Advertisers of a Boycott

The company claimed that members of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media coordinated to dissuade brands from advertising on X. https://nyti.ms/3YyjT64

Microsoft Says Delta Was Largely Responsible for Flight Cancellations Amid Tech Outage

The software company said in a letter that Delta Air Lines had falsely blamed Microsoft for its decision to cancel thousands of flights after a tech outage. https://nyti.ms/3LWsKHo

How the Google Antitrust Ruling May Influence Tech Competition

Nearly a quarter-century after Microsoft lost a similar case, a judge’s decision that Google abused a monopoly in internet search is likely to have major ripple effects. https://nyti.ms/3Yu8kwX

Google Violated Antitrust Laws in Online Search, Judge Rules

The landmark ruling by Judge Amit P. Mehta was the first antitrust decision of the modern internet era in a case against a technology giant. https://nyti.ms/3WUeF2r

Nvidia Shares Tumble After Reports of a Chip Delay

The A.I. chip maker’s shares fell in early trading, but the stock pared some of its losses. https://nyti.ms/3YxduZ6

CrowdStrike Hits Back in Heated Spat With Delta Over Global Tech Outage

The cybersecurity company said the airline should take the blame after it struggled to rebound from a software outage that caused disruptions worldwide. https://nyti.ms/3YvRLk2

Elon Musk Revives Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Sam Altman

The Tesla chief executive has renewed claims that the A.I. start-up put profits and commercial interests ahead of the public good. https://nyti.ms/3AaS2Pz

How 2024 Became the Zoom Election

Hastily assembled mega-rallies conducted over Zoom are raising millions to elect Kamala Harris, giving the videoconferencing app an unexpected role in this year’s campaign. https://nyti.ms/46B02Fi

Harris’s Brother-in-Law Tony West, an Uber Executive, is a Key Adviser

Tony West, the top lawyer for Uber, is weighing in on polling and running mates. His presence has made some liberals anxious. https://nyti.ms/4d6eVCb

With Smugglers and Front Companies, China Is Skirting American A.I. Bans

The U.S. is trying to stop China from getting Nvidia microchips to advance its military. The private sector is fighting back. https://nyti.ms/46AclSg

Meta in Talks to Use Voices of Judi Dench, Awkwafina and Others for A.I.

If deals are struck, Meta may incorporate the actors’ voices into a digital assistant product called MetaAI, people with knowledge of the effort said. https://nyti.ms/4d7PCQc

Tech Companies to Keep Spending on A.I. Despite Worries of Slow Payoff

Big technology companies show no signs of slowing their spending on artificial intelligence, even though a payoff still looks a long way away. https://nyti.ms/3YurKSr

Delaware Judge Questions Tesla About Vote on Elon Musk’s Tesla Pay

Lawyers for Tesla have asked a Delaware judge to reverse her decision to void a multibillion-dollar pay package for Mr. Musk after shareholders approved it a second time in June. https://nyti.ms/3SB4MFr

U.S. Sues TikTok Over Child Privacy Violations

The Justice Department said that TikTok illegally collected children’s data and knowingly allowed users under the age of 13 to create accounts. https://nyti.ms/3AbkgcU

Sales of Macs and iPads Lead Apple’s Quarterly Revenue Up 5%

While iPhone sales dropped 1 percent, consumer interest in Apple’s flagship product is expected to pick up later this year. https://nyti.ms/3AiA9ht

Amazon Cautions That When the News Gets Nutty, People Shop Less

The e-commerce giant reported a profitable second quarter, but warned that the third quarter will be harder to predict. https://nyti.ms/3Su7gW8

Intel Will Cut More Than 15,000 Jobs

The Silicon Valley chip maker also reported a net loss and declining revenue in the latest quarter. https://nyti.ms/3ye1hhg

How The Wall Street Journal Covered Evan Gershkovich’s Imprisonment in Russia

The Journal staged several events in his honor and set up a part of its website to call attention to the plight of the journalist during his lengthy detention in Russia. https://nyti.ms/4d2RGc4

Don Lemon Sues Elon Musk Over Canceled X Deal

The former CNN reporter said in a lawsuit that X had refused to pay him after a testy interview with its billionaire owner. https://nyti.ms/3LNiWzm