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AI & Tech

School Districts Beat Big Tech on AI Accountability Docs

Big Tech’s era of unchecked innovation is ending as public confidence in AI providers plummets, evidenced by rising opposition to…

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EU Bans Social Media for Under-13s

The European Union is implementing the EU Kids Act to prohibit social media use for children under 13 and restrict…

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Spain Mandates 80% Renewable Data Centers for Grid Access

Spain’s new decree mandates that all new data centers match 80% of their hourly energy consumption with renewable sources, threatening…

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NYC’s Mamdani Tech Team Outshines DOGE

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani launched Public Interest Technology (PIT) Crews, deploying five small teams of engineers and designers…

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Artificial Intelligence

Amazon jumps as AWS growth eases AI spending worries

Amazon's stock surged over 12% after AWS reported 37% quarterly growth, its strongest in four years, adding ~$300 billion to…

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Light Phone co-founders on building for the anti-smartphone generation

Light Phone founders Kaiwei Tang and Joe Hollier have long promoted digital minimalism with stripped-down phones, and now with a…

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5th Circuit blocks Texas law mandating website speech filters

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a Texas law (SCOPE Act) that required websites to monitor and filter content…

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Fitch names AI correction a top global credit risk

Fitch Ratings warns that a potential AI market correction is a major credit risk, as massive capital flows into the…

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Artificial Intelligence

Stanford Students Walk Out on Sundar Pichai’s Commencement Speech

Gen Z anxiety about artificial intelligence is sharply rising, with only 22 percent expressing excitement and 42 percent reporting anxiety,…

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Startup builds public AI to rival Big Tech

Current AI is a nonprofit initiative launched at France's 2025 AI Action Summit, aiming to create a free, public alternative…

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Artificial Intelligence

Hollywood bows to OpenAI’s influence

Major studios including Netflix, A24, Focus Features, and Warner Bros. have passed on distributing "Artificial", Luca Guadagnino's biographical drama about…

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Data Center Work: A Sellout for Electricians?

Big Tech's massive data center construction has created a talent war for electricians, with the IBEW positioning union labor as…

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Meta AI overhaul lead departs after just two months

Emily Dalton Smith, the Meta executive leading the company’s internal AI agent reorganization, is leaving after just two months on…

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Nvidia targets $25B+ in first bond deal since 2021

Nvidia is selling at least $25 billion in investment-grade bonds, its first debt issuance in five years, with the deal…

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Big Tech’s final push to shape AI regulation

Big Tech has been lobbying for a single national AI law to override the patchwork of state regulations, but faces…

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How AI Is Transforming Your Laptop

Big Tech's developer conferences emphasize that AI will revolutionize daily life, but it raises the question of whether consumers actually…

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Amazon Workers Urge City Council to Curb Data Center Growth

Two Amazon employees publicly urged Seattle officials to impose stricter data center regulations, citing threats to the environment, economy, and…

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Artificial Intelligence

Illinois passes landmark law curbing Trump’s control over AI regulation

Illinois lawmakers passed SB 315, the strictest AI safety law in the country, requiring major AI companies to submit public…

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Vatican Enlists AI Firm Anthropic for Pope’s Encyclical Event

Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on AI featured Anthropic cofounder Christopher Olah, marking a historic partnership between the Catholic Church and…

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BigTech Companies

Iran demands tech giants pay fees for Strait of Hormuz cables

Iran has announced plans to impose fees on U.S. tech companies like Meta, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft for using undersea…

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