Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Counterpoint Research: iPhone sales in China grew 8% YoY in Q2 2025, boosted by discounts, the first time Apple has recorded growth in China since Q2 2023  —  Apple iPhone sales in China rose in the second quarter of the year for the first time in two years, Counterpoint Research said …

Bloomberg:
Daniel Gross leaves Safe Superintelligence, the AI startup he co-founded with Ilya Sutskever, to join Meta's new superintelligence lab and work on AI products  —  Daniel Gross, the former chief executive officer and co-founder of artificial intelligence startup Safe Superintelligence Inc. …

Yuliya Chernova / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta offers to buy up to 49% of Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross' VC firm NFDG, which has invested about half of its first fund of ~$1.1B, raised in 2023  —  Meta Platforms is offering to buy a minority stake in funds of the venture firm founded by two of its key artificial intelligence recruits …

Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE:
London-based Hived, which offers an AI-based logistics and parcel delivery service purpose-built for ecommerce, raised a $42M Series B led by NordicNinja  —  London-based parcel delivery startup Hived Ltd.today said it has raised $42 million in early-stage funding aimed at supporting …

Jordan Blum / Fortune:
How Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, which Congress approved on July 3, could cost the US the AI race by handicapping efforts to meet data center power demands  —  America is facing an energy imperative: Grow power from all sources or face potential failure.