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India orders X to fix Grok to block the generation of obscene content, giving it 72 hours to submit an action-taken report or risk losing "safe harbor" immunity (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch : India orders X to fix Grok to block the generation of …
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Uber rewrote its UK driver contracts to act as an agent rather than a supplier of taxi services outside London, to avoid UK's new 20% "taxi tax" on total fares (Simon Goodley/The Guardian)
Simon Goodley / The Guardian : Uber rewrote its UK driver contracts to act as an ag…
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Brookfield is launching a cloud company called Radiant and a new $10B AI fund, and plans to acquire up to $100B in land, data centers, and power assets for AI (Miles Kruppa/The Information)
Miles Kruppa / The Information : Brookfield is launching a cloud company called Rad…
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How AI automation can fulfill Thomas Piketty's predictions on rising economic inequality, and why highly progressive taxes on capital can help slow the spiral (Philosopher Count)
Philosopher Count : How AI automation can fulfill Thomas Piketty's predictions …
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A look at US tech laws rolling out in 2026, including California's SB 53 AI transparency law and Virginia's new social media limits for minors, effective today (Adi Robertson/The Verge)
Adi Robertson / The Verge : A look at US tech laws rolling out in 2026, including C…
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Ukraine has become a live-fire test range for AI drones like the Bumblebee, provided by a secretive Eric Schmidt-led venture, raising alarms in Kremlin circles (C.J. Chivers/New York Times)
C.J. Chivers / New York Times : Ukraine has become a live-fire test range for AI dr…
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Internal docs reveal Meta's tactics to fend off pressure to crack down on scammers, including efforts to make scam ads "not findable" for regulators and others (Jeff Horwitz/Reuters)
Jeff Horwitz / Reuters : Internal docs reveal Meta's tactics to fend off pressu…
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Filing: Chinese AI chip startup Biren raises ~$717M in its Hong Kong IPO; institutional and retail tranches were oversubscribed ~26x and ~2,348x, respectively (Himanshi Akhand/Reuters)
Himanshi Akhand / Reuters : Filing: Chinese AI chip startup Biren raises ~$717M in i…
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Unsealed documents detail a US operation that stopped the alleged smuggling of $160M worth of Nvidia H100 and H200 GPUs to China between Oct. 2024 and May 2025 (CNBC)
CNBC : Unsealed documents detail a US operation that stopped the alleged smuggling …
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Sources: Uber is in talks to acquire the parking space reservation app SpotHero; the parking app was last valued at $290M (The Information)
The Information : Sources: Uber is in talks to acquire the parking space reservatio…
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IDC expects shipments of PCs could shrink by up to 9% YoY in 2026 due to global memory shortages, as demand from AI data centers continues to outstrip supply (Zak Killian/Tom's Hardware)
Zak Killian / Tom's Hardware : IDC expects shipments of PCs could shrink by up …
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Sources: Nvidia is in advanced talks to acquire Tel Aviv-based AI21, which is building its own LLMs, for $2B to $3B; the deal would resemble an acquihire (CTech)
CTech : Sources: Nvidia is in advanced talks to acquire Tel Aviv-based AI21, which …
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How diamonds are being converted to quantum sensors by inserting tiny imperfections, opening up potential uses in medicine, brain-computer interfaces, and more (Financial Times)
Financial Times : How diamonds are being converted to quantum sensors by inserting …
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A look at the rift in the Democratic party over AI and data centers, as pro-business Democrats oppose the fiery, anti-AI politics of the progressive wing (Calder McHugh/Politico)
Calder McHugh / Politico : A look at the rift in the Democratic party over AI and d…
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How Japan's viral horse racing game Umamusume, developed by Cygames, passed 30M downloads in Asia, spurring anime adaptations, concerts, and new racetrack fans (Katria Alampay/Bloomberg)
Katria Alampay / Bloomberg : How Japan's viral horse racing game Umamusume, dev…
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