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1. Z.ai shares surge 8% after releasing new AI model running only on Chinese chips

2. Meta settles social media addiction case with California, other states for $16.7 billion

3. Salesforce stock jumps 12% on AI growth and Anthropic investment gain

4. China industrial profits growth cools to slowest in seven months as economic slowdown deepens

5. Okta pops 20% after topping estimates as AI threat spikes demand for identity security

6. Fed Gov Lisa Cook’s lawyer fires back at Trump's renewed threat to oust her

7. Japanese startups, IPOs set for boost with platform to trade unlisted companies

8. Bank of Korea delivers back-to-back rate hikes as core inflation stays elevated

9. Amazon service Bezos once called 'artificial artificial intelligence' is shutting down

10. Salesforce, Anthropic expand partnership as Benioff responds to ‘SaaSpocalypse’ concerns

11. CrowdStrike jumps 11% on record second quarter as 'Mythos moment' drives AI cyber wave

12. Republicans are dismissing affordability. That could be a problem in November

13. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says the ‘SaaSpocalypse’ is nonsense. Here's why

14. U.S. still watching allies for alignment of interests even amid defense pullback, analyst says

15. CrowdStrike's quarter shows AI is a cybersecurity tailwind, not a threat

16. The toy industry's latest craze is cheap, colorful and very squishy

17. Inside India newsletter: U.S., Russia vie for a bigger slice of the world’s third-largest energy market

18. Federal judge lifts final block on Trump mail-in voting order, clearing way for midterm restrictions

19. OpenAI releases sweeping report on Hugging Face AI agent hack

20. Anthropic and Nscale strike $45 billion cloud deal, sources say