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Mark Zuckerberg has begun his quest to kill the smartphone: "The promise of glasses is to preserve this sense of presence that you have with other people," Mark Zuckerberg said. Read More

Google brings Gemini in Chrome to US users, unveils agentic browsing capabilities, and more: Google says the AI assistant will be able to complete tedious tasks for users, like booking a haircut or ordering weekly groceries. Read More

Numeral raises $35M to automate sales tax with AI: The two-year-old sales tax startup Numeral is now valued at $350 million. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

Atlassian acquires DX, a developer productivity platform, for $1B: Atlassian is making its largest acquisition yet by buying DX so it can offer a developer productivity tool. Read More

Google and PayPal team up on agentic commerce: PayPal announced on Wednesday a new multi-year partnership with Google that will see the payments giant using Google's AI technology to create new AI-powered shopping experiences. Read More

Building the future of Open AI with Thomas Wolf at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Hugging Face co-founder Thomas Wolf joins Disrupt 2025 to share how open science and moonshot projects are shaping the future of AI. Read More

Nvidia buys $5B stake in Intel, planning AI chip collaboration: Nvidia has agreed to invest $5 billion in Intel as part of a broader deal to together develop "multiple generations" of data center and PC products. Nvidia will buy Intel stock. Read More

Tim Cook, Sam Altman, and more attend Trump's UK state banquet: Top tech names were on the guest list for the banquet thrown for President Trump during his second state visit to the UK on Wednesday. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Notion launches agents for data analysis and task automation: Notion is launching its AI agent to let you automate tasks across hundreds of pages. Read More