OpenAI says ChatGPT will now ditch em dashes if users tell it to; em dashes have become telltale signs that supposedly signals text written by AI
OpenAI says ChatGPT will now ditch the em dashes if you tell it to. The telltale sign that supposedly signals text written by AI has popped …
Sources: Apple is intensifying CEO succession planning as Tim Cook, now 65, may step down as early as next year, with John Ternus seen as the likely successor
iPhone maker's board is preparing for its longtime leader to step down as early as next year — Apple is stepping …
A California federal jury says Apple must pay Masimo $634M for infringing a blood-oxygen patent used in Watch workout and heart-rate alerts; Apple will appeal
A federal jury in California said on Friday that Apple (AAPL.O) owes medical-monitoring technology company Masimo (MASI.O) …
Data Center Watch: local opposition blocked or delayed 17 US data center projects worth $98B in Q2 2025, vs. 16 projects worth $64B from May 2024 to March 2025
A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year.
A profile of Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun, reportedly leaving after being sidelined, who says LLMs are a dead end for AGI and backs world models instead
Yann LeCun invented many fundamental components of modern AI. Now he's convinced most in his field have been led astray by the siren song of large language models.
X replaces DMs with Chat, a new messaging system that it says is E2EE, supports file sharing, video calling, and more, rolling out first to iOS and the web
It also adds disappearing messages and file sharing features. — X has finally revealed its long-promised chat platform …
Filing: Berkshire Hathaway discloses a $4.3B stake in Alphabet in Q3, a surprising move given Warren Buffett's reluctance toward high-growth, tech-driven stocks
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway revealed a new position in internet and AI giant Alphabet in a filing …
Digital asset treasuries increasingly rely on in-kind contributions, with sponsors using their own crypto instead of cash, shifting risk to retail investors
Executives are turning to a novel structure to fund crypto accumulation vehicles as investor appetite thins.
Political fixer Bradley Tusk's nonprofit releases VoteSecure, an open-source cryptographic protocol for mobile voting, amid skepticism from cryptographers
Political consultant Bradley Tusk has spent a fortune on mobile voting efforts. Now, he's launching a protocol to try to mainstream the technology.
A look at the global AI data center buildout, its limits, and ROI concerns; in 2025, US capacity that is built, underway, planned, or stalled has topped 80 GW
Record capital expenditures and data-center planning run up against the ground truths of physical infrastructure
JPMorgan Chase secures deals with fintech middlemen, like Plaid, covering 95%+ of third-party data pulls, and will receive payment for access to customer data
JPMorgan Chase has secured deals ensuring it will get paid by the fintech firms responsible for nearly all the data requests …
Google says it plans to invest $40B through 2027 in three new data centers in Texas, including one co-located with a new solar and battery energy storage plant
The State's Latest AI Infrastructure Seth Bodine / Houston Business Journal : Google to invest $40 billion in Texas data centers Newsmax : Google to Invest $40B in Data Centers in Texas Lana Ferguson ...
Opera says in the 12 months ending with October, it saw a 88% surge in daily active iOS users across Europe, partly due to the changes mandated by the DMA
Norway-based Opera announced today that its iOS user base in Europe has grown by as much as five times since the Digital Markets Act (DMA) took effect in 2024.
Meta, TikTok, Google, and YouTube sue California over a new law that prohibits personalized feeds for minors without parental consent, claiming it violates 1A
But it (the First Amendment) kind of does. Free association and all that. [embedded post]
Germany approves legislation granting Interior Ministry new powers to ban Chinese tech suppliers from critical infrastructure sectors like energy and transport
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Meta plans to launch WhatsApp third-party app integration in Europe “over the coming months”, which is required by the DMA, starting with BirdyChat and Haiket
here's how Meta plans to pull it off X: Jose Montes de Oca / @josemontesdeoca : @WhatsApp is about to feel a lot less like a walled garden for EU users. @Meta is rolling out third party chat integrati...
Elon Musk says Grok 5 would be released “in Q1 sometime”, later than a deadline he previously set of releasing the model by the end of 2025
Says Musk Is ‘Like Da Vinci’ X: @scaling01 : Huge Leaks on Grok-5 and its predecessors from recent Elon Musk interview: - “Grok-5 is a 6 trillion parameter model, whereas Grok 3 and 4 are based on a 3...
Sources: Apptronik, a humanoid robot maker backed by Google, is in the process of raising at least $400M led by B Capital at a $5B pre-money valuation
Apptronik, a humanoid robot maker backed by Google, is in the process of raising at least $400 million at a $5 billion valuation not including …
Internal memo: Meta plans to assess employees on their “AI-driven impact”, which will be a “core expectation” of their performance from 2026
- Meta will assess employee performance by AI-driven impact starting in 2026. — The company is shifting toward …
Sources: Tether is in talks to lead a €1B funding round in Neura Robotics, valuing the startup at €8B-€10B, as Tether seeks to expand its investment portfolio
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Microsoft signs a deal with a legal advocacy group to resolve claims it denied discounts to conservative religious nonprofits; OpenAI and Asana also made deals
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Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
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