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AI Summary

  • Intel is making a significant comeback, reportedly striking a preliminary chip-making deal with Apple, signaling a potential shift in the semiconductor landscape.
  • Cloudflare has announced substantial job cuts, impacting around 1,100 positions due to AI advancements, even as the company achieved record revenue.
  • The US defense contractor involved in selling hacking tools to a Russian broker has been ordered to pay $10 million to former employers, highlighting the severe consequences of such actions.
  • The biggest US power grid is experiencing strain due to the escalating demands of AI infrastructure, causing widespread concern among stakeholders.
  • The Pentagon has launched a new website to release declassified UFO files, offering the public a glimpse into previously undisclosed UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) information.

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  • Amazon is adding a vertical video feed to Prime Video 26 minutes ago by Emma Roth
    Amazon, Entertainment, News, Streaming, Tech

    Amazon Prime Video is joining Netflix and Disney Plus in adding a vertical feed of videos to its streaming app. The new "Clips" feed will offer a stream of short-form videos from shows and movies, with options to jump into the full title, rent, or buy it. Prime Video previously offered a TikTok-style feed with NBA game highlights, but now you can see snippets from titles offered on the platform by scrolling down to the Clips carousel on the app's homepage. "Every time you visit the experience, you'll see something new based on your viewing history," Prime Video says. You can also

  • Here is Yarbo’s promise to fix the robot mower that ran me over 2 hours ago by Sean Hollister
    News, Tech

    Yesterday, I told you how a hacker ran me over with a robot lawn mower. We explained how thousands of these bladed Chinese robots, made by Yarbo, could be hijacked with ease - exposing people's GPS coordinates, Wi-Fi passwords, email addresses, and more to any casual hacker who comes along. Today, Yarbo has issued a thorough 1,200-word response that you can read in full below. The company is confirming the security researcher's findings, apologizing, and providing a detailed plan to tackle many of its self-created security issues head-on. Yarbo writes that it's already temporarily cut off remote access and is addressing

  • All the latest updates on AI data centers 2 hours ago
    AI, Energy, Environment, News, Science

    Massive new data centers are the physical foundation for tech companies’ hopes and dreams for AI. But the rush to expand warehouses full of energy-hungry servers has also kicked up fights across the world over their impact on power grids, utility bills, nearby communities, and the environment.  From audacious plans to launch data centers into space to the latest legal battles over pollution, The Verge has the biggest news and reporting surrounding data centers. * 43 percent of Americans blame data centers as a major reason for rising power bills. * A 40,000-acre data center project was just approved in Utah,

  • DOGE used ChatGPT in a way that was both dumb and illegal, judge rules 3 hours ago by Emma Roth
    Law, News, Policy, Politics, Speech

    The Department of Government Efficiency's cancellation of over $100 million in grants was unconstitutional, according to a ruling on Thursday. In the 143-page decision, US District Judge Colleen McMahon cites DOGE's process for eliminating grants, which involved using ChatGPT to determine if something is related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The ruling, which stems from a 2025 lawsuit filed by humanities groups, says "it could not be more obvious that DOGE used the mere presence of particular, protected characteristics to disqualify grants from continued funding" from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Judge McMah … Read the full story at

  • ABC and Disney accuse Trump admin of violating First Amendment rights 3 hours ago by Lauren Feiner
    Disney, Entertainment, Policy, Politics, Regulation, Speech, Streaming

    ABC is accusing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of violating its First Amendment rights by making "major shifts in policy and practice" that the network claims will chill free speech. The network is asking the FCC to "affirm its long-standing approach to the bona fide news interview exemption" for daytime talk show The View, and the agency's support of "public interest services provided by broadcast stations." ABC says that a series of actions from the FCC "suggests that the Commission is implementing major shifts in policy and practice," and that "requires the action of the full Commission and the oversight of


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