Tech
AI Summary
- The tech industry is grappling with significant copyright and intellectual property disputes, with major music labels like Sony Music and Warner suing AI firm Anthropic for alleged IP theft, while Hollywood celebrities are exploring new avenues like microdrama apps.
- AI development continues to accelerate, raising questions about control and ethics, as evidenced by conversations at TechBBQ and a peek into self-improving AI by an Anthropic researcher, alongside concerns about the environmental impact of AI hardware like Nvidia's GPUs and the potential for AI agents to hack systems, possibly fostering US-China cooperation.
- Automotive tech is a major focus, with companies like Liux and Chinese automakers investing heavily in electric and autonomous vehicles, aiming for sustainability and profit through robotics, while robotaxi development raises concerns about its human cost.
- The proliferation of AI in various sectors, from mining automation by Caterpillar to potential job displacement for human doctors, highlights a shift towards AI-driven efficiency, but also brings challenges like pollution issues associated with faster gas turbine deployment.
- Open-source and niche tech innovations are gaining traction, including new GPU drivers, core memory modules from space missions, and advancements in areas like NFC energy harvesting and specific programming languages like Zig, alongside early-stage hardware like Haiku R1 and experimental approaches to AI development.
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TechCrunch
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Liux’s Big microcar bets on sustainability to take on Chinese rivals
4 hours ago
by Anna Heim
Startups, Transportation, electric mobility, sustainabilityThe Liux Big microcar is made in Spain. The startup thinks it can compete in a crowded market with its tiny electric car built around sustainability.
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Musk’s faster path to more gas turbines comes with pollution problem
6 hours ago
by Connie Loizos
AI, TCElon Musk says a secretive new SpaceX foundry will let him cast his own turbine blades and get gas power online 18 months faster than anyone else — but it's a bet on a fuel source that's already triggering lawsuits and health studies everywhere his (and others') turbines have gone in.
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TechCrunch Mobility: The hidden human cost of robotaxis
7 hours ago
by Kirsten Korosec
Transportation, Waymo, robotaxis, techcrunch mobilityWelcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
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Caterpillar is bringing to AI deployment what it learned from automating mining
8 hours ago
by Kate Park
Enterprise, AI, caterpillar, miningCaterpillar has spent decades putting autonomous machines to work at remote mining sites. It's now bringing that experience to AI deployment.
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Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a “brazen campaign” of intellectual property theft
a day ago
by Kirsten Korosec
AI, AnthropicThis latest lawsuit is particularly broad and homes in on accusations of illegal piracy.
Hacker News
- Creepy Crawlies a day ago
- Cores in space: The core memory module from a 1980 Spacelab computer 3 hours ago
- Haiku R1/beta6 has been released 7 hours ago
- NFC Energy-Harvesting PCB Business Card with an MCU 2 days ago
- Why open source rocks – a new SM750 (Silicon Motion GPU) HDMI Driver 4 hours ago
The Verge
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Professor Murder Rides the Subway is a forgotten slice of dance punk perfection
an hour ago
by Terrence O’Brien
Column, Entertainment, Music, Music ReviewI recently dug out my CDs and started reripping them all . I've found a few forgotten gems in there, but few hit harder for me than the beautifully concise Professor Murder Rides the Subway EP. There was a period of time in the mid-aughts in NYC where it seemed like every indie band wanted you to let loose, dance like no one was watching, and just have some damn fun. Few embodied that as much as New York dance punk band Professor Murder. LCD Soundsystem and The Rapture were the biggest names of the dance punk revival. But there
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Enormous 12TB Steam leak includes abandoned Half-Life 2: Episode 3 assets
3 hours ago
by Terrence O’Brien
Gaming, News, PC GamingOver 12 terabytes of data, containing builds of every game uploaded to Steam between 2003 and 2013, has been leaked . We don't know everything in the archives yet because of its massive size. But people have already dug up assets related to the canceled Half-Life 2: Episode 3 , content cut from Portal 2 , and a build of a game called F-Stop that's set in the Portal universe but is built around a camera mechanic. The leak also includes titles from third-party developers. Early versions of Call of Duty and Resident Evil installments have been dug up, as
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The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches to study dark matter and dark energy
6 hours ago
by Terrence O’Brien
NASA, News, Science, SpaceNASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope blasts off. | Photo: NASA / John Kraus After funding struggles and a name change, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been successfully launched . It will now make a three-month, one-million-mile journey to its orbit at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2) beyond the Moon. From this vantage point, Roman will conduct an unprecedented survey of the universe . Its field of view is 100 times larger than Hubble's and, according to NASA, it can survey the sky 1,000 times faster using its 300-megapixel infrared camera. Roman also has a Coronagraph system that
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Texas Governor Abbott blocks funding for more Flock cameras
7 hours ago
by Terrence O’Brien
AI, News, Policy, PoliticsAs backlash grows over Flock's AI surveillance cameras, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has frozen state spending on them. The move came just ahead of the publication of a Texas Tribune investigation that revealed the state spent over $30 million on Flock cameras. That money was primarily raised by tacking a $1 fee onto insurance policies, allegedly to help fight catalytic converter theft. Flock cameras have increasingly drawn ire from across the political spectrum as they've become the subject of privacy concerns. There have been multiple incidents of officers being placed on leave or criminally charged for misusing Flock systems, including
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Chess.com launched a poker site and is planning even more classic games
10 hours ago
by Stevie Bonifield
Entertainment, Gaming, News, Tech, WebChess.com has done one thing, and one thing very well, for almost 20 years, but now it's going beyond its domain name. The biggest name in online chess quietly launched its first companion site in beta back in May: Gambit , a free online poker website where players can learn the game without risking any real money. Now Gambit's ready to really get the ball rolling with its first livestreamed event and collaborations with content creators, and Chess.com is planning to branch out into even more games from here. Chess.com's chief growth officer, Albert Cheng, told The Verge the company
Wired
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Google Maps Now Shows ‘Lake America’ Instead of Lake Ontario
6 hours ago
by Paresh Dave
Business, Lake, EffectsAfter Donald Trump’s executive order demanding the name change, Google is the first major online maps provider to flip the switch.
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Best Mesh Wi-Fi Systems (2026): I Tested Them All
12 hours ago
by Simon Hill
Gear, Gear / Buying Guides, Gear / Products / Computers, Gear / Products / Smart Home, Buying, GuideForget about patchy internet connections and dead spots in the house. These WIRED-tested, multi-room mesh Wi-Fi systems will keep your whole house online.
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Why the Hottest New Wearables Want to Be Ignored
12 hours ago
by Andrew Williams
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, Gear / Products / Watches, Gear / Products / Health and Fitness, Band, WidthBurnt out on wrist buzzes and notification overload? A new crop of minimalist wearables promises to collect your health data without demanding your attention.
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The Best Label Makers (2026): Brother, Niimbot, Dymo
13 hours ago
by Alexis Berger
Gear, Gear / Buying Guides, Gear / Products / Home, Sticky, SituationExperience the oddly satisfying joy of labeling bins, drawers, and more with the best Bluetooth and traditional label makers.
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How to Escape Group Chat Hell
13 hours ago
by Reece Rogers
Gear, Gear / How To and Advice, Gear / Products / Apps, Silence, Is, GoldenYoung adults are in more group chats than ever—sometimes more than 20 at a time. Here’s how to tame the chat madness.