The US EPA rules that xAI acted illegally by using dozens of methane gas turbines to power its Colossus 1 and Colossus 2 data centers in the Memphis area
Win for Memphis activists who say ‘Colossus’ facilities add extra pollution to already overburdened communities
Matthew McConaughey has secured eight USPTO trademarks of himself over the past several months to protect his likeness and voice from unauthorized AI use
Actor plans to use trademarks of himself saying ‘Alright, alright, alright’ and staring at a camera to combat AI fakes in court
Starlink says it is providing free broadband service to new and existing customers in Venezuela through February 3, 2026
Elon Musk's Starlink is offering free broadband internet service to users in Venezuela through Feb. 3, following U.S. airstrikes and the capture of ousted leader Nicolas Maduro.
Inside the discussions between OpenAI and talent agencies about the video app Sora; some agents say studios have been too reluctant to challenge tech giants
OpenAI's CEO brazenly regurgitated major studios' characters to allow video app Sora 2 to spit out clips tailor-made for users.
Microsoft and Anthropic appoint former UK prime minister Rishi Sunak as a senior adviser and pledge his role will not include lobbying with the UK government
The UK politician to Silicon Valleysdvisor pipeline is real. — https://www.theguardian.com/ ... Kevin Beaumont / @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social : This will go well. 🥴 — [image...
A big portion of EA's cash flow will go toward servicing the $20B debt from the $55B sale, which even the most bullish analysts expect will lead to big layoffs
This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... Io Sam / @iosam : The vast majority of big companies who go private through leveraged buyouts are ‘dead man walking’... Not a ...
A profile of EA CEO Andrew Wilson, who is expected to stay in the role, as Silver Lake's Egon Durban credits him for building EA's “crown jewel” sports business
He's a charming Aussie surfer who plays videogames and has a black belt in jiu-jitsu.
How Seattle, transformed into a tech hub by Amazon and Microsoft's explosive growth, is grappling with the companies' layoffs affecting local economy
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Yelp is creating videos about restaurants and other businesses using AI-generated scripts and voice-overs based on reviews, with user-posted pictures and videos
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People are using ChatGPT for unsparing assessments of their looks, with many also asking the chatbot to create plans to “glow up” their appearance
because it's brutally honest: ‘I guess I needed to hear it’ Amanda Caswell / Tom's Guide : I use ChatGPT every day — here are 5 features it desperately needs Bluesky: J. Offir, PhD...
Sources: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in Washington DC next week to build a “mega API” for accessing all IRS data, with Palantir as a possible partner
DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
Sources: DOGE aims to migrate all Social Security Administration's computer systems off COBOL in a matter of months, risking the integrity of the system
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language.
White House crypto czar David Sacks says NFTs and memecoins are neither securities nor commodities, but collectibles that people buy to “commemorate something”
Non-fungible tokens and memecoins are neither securities nor commodities, according to White House crypto czar David Sacks.
Trump signs an EO to develop AI systems “free from ideological bias or engineered social agendas”, revoking Biden policies that “act as barriers” to innovation
The next 60-180 days will show what the adjusted balance looks like. … Forums: r/EB2_NIW : Donald Trump signed a new presidential action titled “Removing Barriers to American Leade...
Trump signs an EO to create a crypto working group led by David Sacks to consider a national digital asset stockpile “potentially derived” from seized crypto
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to promote the advancement of cryptocurrencies in the U.S …
Meta saying it expects AI characters to populate its apps is its friendly rebrand of an effective but alienating overhaul meant to automate social interactions
nymag.com/intelligence... @hypervisible : “A lot of formerly social aspects of a platform like Facebook, in other words, have already been automated and replaced with machine learn...
Document: Trump's transition team seeks to repeal a crash-reporting rule opposed by Tesla and other car makers and “liberalize” autonomous vehicle regulation
#DOGE #musk — www.reuters.com/business/aut... @lorifontanes : just like pregnancy health outcomes & gun violence, data on #selfdriving #car crashes shouldn't be suppressed & is e...