20 Business and Tech News + Trending AI Tools Going Into August

Here are the top 20 latest business updates, technology news, AI developments, and trending tools going into August:

This Week’s Latest Tech News and Business Updates

1. Microsoft launched the new Power Apps, which have built-in generative AI agents that help users write code, build logic, and design apps faster in a secure, enterprise-grade environment.
   
   
2. Figma is launching its IPO roadshow. It aims to list on the NYSE under “FIG” with a valuation of up to $16.4 billion.
   
   
3. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is now stable and available to all developers and enterprise customers.
   
   
4. Quip – a new clipboard manager and text expander was just launched by BZGApps and Binyamin Goldman. It is available in the App Store.
   
   
5. Google announced that Chrome now allows iOS users to separate personal and work accounts.
   
   
6. Alphabet revealed in its second-quarter earnings report that YouTube hit an ad revenue of $9.8 billion.
   
   
7. Apple Retail arrived in Saudi Arabia for the first time, with the Apple Store app and Apple Store online.
   
   
8. OpenAI made a deal with Oracle for its data center services, worth $30 billion annually.
   
   
9. Microsoft launched its Surface Laptop 5G, which is tailored to business customers.
   
   
10. Meta introduced a wristband that uses muscle signals to control computers through hand gestures, offering a non-invasive, intuitive interface for future human-computer interactions.
    
    
11. Sonos, an audio tech company, appointed Tom Conrad as the CEO.
    
    
12. Grok got two updates: a “Quick Answer” feature and a “Think Harder” option that leverages Grok 4.20’s advanced logic.
    
    
13. Runway posted on X that its Act-Two is now available via the Runway API, allowing you to integrate its most advanced motion capture model into your apps, websites, and platforms.
    
    
14. Elon Musk announced that a Tesla diner is coming to Starbase and will be open to the public.
    
    
15. Amazon: According to Maria de Lourdes Zollo, co-founder of Bee, Amazon has acquired the AI wearables startup.
    
    
16. Telegram: According to CNBC, Telegram’s crypto wallet is live to all United States users.
    
    
17. Caleb Peffer announced on X that they’re open-sourcing Firecrawl Observer on July 23, 2025, which means the source code will be publicly available, allowing anyone to view, modify, and distribute it.
    
    
18. Apple’s iOS 26 beta 4 restores the Liquid Glass design by increasing translucency in navigation bars for apps like the App Store and Photos.
    
    
19. Apple launched AppleCare One, a way for customers to cover multiple Apple products under a straightforward plan.
    
    
20. Tesla: According to Muskonomy, Tesla drivers have logged 4.5 billion miles on FSD.
    
    

This Week’s Trending AI Tools

• Beacons – an AI-powered creator platform that provides customizable link-in-bio landing pages, tools for email marketing, and more to help creators monetize their audiences efficiently.
  
  
• Perchance – an online platform that lets you generate AI-driven content.
  
  
• Elevenlabs – a text-to-speech and voice generation platform that uses advanced deep learning to create human-like voices.
  
  
• Bee – a wearable personal AI device that listens and transcribes conversations.
  
  
• Neonlights AI – an AI-powered image generation platform that transforms text prompts into quality visuals.
  
  
• Poly AI – builds human-like conversational voice assistants for enterprise customer services.
  
  
• Outlier – connects freelancers worldwide to train and improve generative AI models.
  
  

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