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Wall St. Wants Another Half-Trillion Dollars for the A.I. Boom

Mon, 08/10/2026 - 19:28
Six giant investment firms announced a $500 billion effort to raise money for customers of Nvidia to pay for computing power.

Waymo Is Growing Faster Than Ever. So Are Its ‘Edge Cases.’

Mon, 08/10/2026 - 09:56
As Waymo deploys more driverless cars to 15 U.S. cities and counting, its vehicles keep encountering new and unexpected situations that they have no script to handle.

Meta Unveils ‘Open Source’ Version of Its Most Powerful A.I. Model

Mon, 08/10/2026 - 06:00
The release of Muse Glimmer, a model that can be freely downloaded and modified, is likely to intensify a debate over whether A.I. should be restricted or not.

A.I.-Driven Chip Crunch Leads to New Rush of Lobbying in Washington

Mon, 08/10/2026 - 05:02
As data centers gobble up memory chips, other industries that need the components, including electronics companies like Apple and medical device makers, are asking for government help.

Can A.I. Get You Where You Want to Go for Less?

Mon, 08/10/2026 - 05:01
A wave of new services uses A.I. to monitor flights and hotel reservations to help you find lower prices. We look at how these tools work.

Why Are So Many People Upset About Flock Cameras?

Mon, 08/10/2026 - 05:01
Flock Safety’s automated license plate-reading cameras, used by thousands of law enforcement agencies in the U.S., have drawn intense criticism from civil liberties groups.

Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love Them. Citizens Don’t.

Mon, 08/10/2026 - 05:00
In Texas, there’s one thing liberals and conservatives agree on: They don’t want cameras trained on their cars.

The Surprising Truth About Instagram’s VHS Dates Videos

Mon, 08/10/2026 - 05:00
VHS Dates advertises itself as resurfacing lost dating service videotapes from the 1980s. The account’s followers have been genuinely touched.

New Amazon Data Center Is Set to Have the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S.

Sat, 08/08/2026 - 05:02
The tech giant is investing in the natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, even as it pledges to honor climate commitments.

The White House’s Secret A.I. Rules + The State of Model Alignment With METR’s Chris Painter + The Final Hot Mess Express

Fri, 08/07/2026 - 07:00
A few details from the White House’s A.I. plan have leaked to the news media, but the administration has officially communicated almost nothing.

Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million Fine by New Mexico Judge

Thu, 08/06/2026 - 21:56
The penalty, imposed by a state judge, is on top of a $375 million fine ordered by a jury that found Meta misled users about the safety of its platforms.

F.C.C. Removes Limit on Broadcast TV Ownership

Thu, 08/06/2026 - 16:56
The move lifts a rule that said a single television-station owner could not reach more than 39 percent of U.S. households.

French Streamers Convicted in Case Related to Kick Livestream Death

Thu, 08/06/2026 - 14:36
The two men, users of the platform Kick, received suspended sentences and fines.

China’s Unitree Prices IPO in Bet Investors Are Ready for Humanoid Robots

Thu, 08/06/2026 - 10:51
Unitree Robotics wants to raise about $900 million in an I.P.O. that tests market interest in humanoid robots, a technology that wows but has yet to prove its viability.

Follow the Markets and Track Stocks With These Free Apps

Thu, 08/06/2026 - 05:03
Google Finance and Apple’s Stocks app have added new features over the years to make them more useful for tracking the markets and your investments.

Follow the Markets and Track Stocks With These Free Apps

Thu, 08/06/2026 - 05:03
Google Finance and Apple’s Stocks app have added new features over the years to make them more useful for tracking the markets and your investments.

TikTok Is Laying Off 250 Employees in Its Nashville Office

Wed, 08/05/2026 - 20:24
The office was home to members of the app’s content moderation team.

Google Shakes Up A.I. Leadership

Wed, 08/05/2026 - 13:54
Minutes after four top researchers said they were leaving, Google said that Demis Hassabis, the Nobel-winning scientist who led the company’s A.I. lab, was stepping into a new job.

Four Top Google A.I. Researchers Form New Start-Up

Wed, 08/05/2026 - 12:00
Jeff Dean, who for years was one of Google’s most important executives, is leading the new artificial intelligence company with the backing of Google.

How China’s A.I. Is Surging Across Africa

Wed, 08/05/2026 - 10:12
In African tech hubs, developers are picking China’s cheap, freely available artificial intelligence models over more powerful U.S. ones.

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