Nintendo is pulling a console from Europe over battery rules. Meta’s glasses just got exempted from them.
xAI is running 59 unpermitted gas turbines, twice what it has admitted
New York freezes new data centres for a year, the first US state to pull the brake
OpenAI wants its legal fees from xAI, while Apple comes for OpenAI
Paramount says it will take the Warner Bros merger to the Supreme Court if states block the deal
Meta sued by 26 employees who say its AI systems targeted workers on medical leave for layoffs
IBM shares plunge after preliminary Q2 revenue falls short of estimates despite surging AI bookings
Upwind links compromise of multiple AsyncAPI npm packages to coordinated attack on software release process
Kalshi builds a forward curve for computing power as exchanges race to turn GPUs into a tradable commodity
Dimon says AI already eliminated 30 to 40 percent of jobs in some JPMorgan divisions
India’s Udaan secures $160 million in new funding as it races to fix its balance sheet before an IPO
Demis Hassabis wants a Wall Street-style referee for AI, with the power to hit pause
Britain’s flagship AI data centre can’t get the power to switch on
Medical AI was meant to help. This week it replaced nurses and dodged its own checks
Microsoft promised to be carbon negative. Its emissions just jumped 25%
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