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Google adds Expert Intelligence to Gemini Notebook, letting users import eligible titles they own in Google Play Books to ask questions, generate podcasts, more (Emma Roth/The Verge)

https://www.theverge.com/tech/985567/google-gemini-notebook-expert-sources-books
Sources: Anthropic discussed buying AI chip startup MatX for ~$7B, but talks are no longer active; MatX is now seeking to raise new capital at a ~$4B valuation (Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/anthropic-planned-then-abandoned-7-billion-purchase-matx-sources-say-2026-08-27/
Uber says weekly AI agent requests have grown 9.4x since February, but total AI spending has stayed stable since April, after using up its 2026 AI budget in Q1 (Madison Mills/Axios)

https://www.axios.com/2026/08/27/ai-uber-spending
A US judge blocks the Pentagon from blacklisting Anthropic, ruling that its designation as a supply-chain risk was "illegal and baseless" (Jack Queen/Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judge-blocks-pentagons-anthropic-blacklisting-2026-08-28/
The UK Treasury gives the Bank of England a new legal objective to support payment systems and digital money innovation, seeking to keep London competitive (Financial Times)

https://www.ft.com/content/7650d84f-4750-48c4-9a9e-ca899e608931?accessToken=zwAAAaBAB12Okc92UNhPR1BIxNOansqJnmCJMQ.MEUCIGS0q03APBAfmYzZx_JqqJzU_crroEmPDNYIIhVeQN6TAiEAooweiJKB-7yyiBqUZmymwYtV5RcCcykzQg3YxV0mphs
Sources: Shein pivoted to a Hong Kong IPO and sought to build Chinese government ties, after its New York and London bids failed to secure Beijing's approval (Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/how-shein-had-make-peace-with-china-finally-go-public-2026-08-28/