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Top stories today:
1. Microsoft's purchase of Activision wins battles in U.S. and UK
2. Anthropic launches Claude v2, closest to GPT-4, available at Claude.AI
3. Sam Altman takes nuclear energy startup Oklo public via his SPAC
4. CPI and core CPI are expected to drop to 3.1% and 5.0% YoY
5. PC shipments -13% YoY in Q2; Apple best performer in top 5
6. Mark Zuckerberg seen training with professional UFC athletes

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1. Microsoft's purchase of Activision wins battles in U.S. and UK

Microsoft's purchase of Activision wins battles in U.S. and UK

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1. Microsoft's purchase of Activision wins battles in U.S. and UK

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Microsoft's purchase of Activision wins battles in U.S. and UK

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Apple’s iPhone Duo debuts as its first foldable, with 7.6” inner display, A20 Pro chip

OpenAI says internal model solved Navier-Stokes problem amid data-use concerns

Anthropic said to walk away from ~$6B Decart acquisition after due diligence

OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra launches as its latest frontier model, touted as ushering in “AGI era”