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Stanford violated its AI policy by turning a Hispanic student into a fake Black woman in ad Article 469 words 27 votes
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Google will buy up to half the electricity produced by one of Finland's nuclear power plants as part of a record €13bn investment in the country's AI infrastructure google Article 12 votes
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg put on 'leave of absence' internet social media Article 487 words 50 votes
California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt linux Link 72 votes
Meta agrees to heavy restrictions on teen users in major US lawsuit settlement social media Article 153 words 36 votes
Young adults in the US are increasingly wary of AI, concerned it will take jobs Article 1209 words 47 votes
Japan tried to build an operating system for the entire world, then the US government intervened Article 3389 words 50 votes
US Federal Communications Commission abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to slower technologies internet Article 401 words 42 votes
AI data center developers begin suing local jurisdictions behind bans and moratoriums — claims range from officials exceeding authority to violations of due process and equal protection laws Link 20 votes
US tax law is funding the AI infrastructure boom, not creating it microsoft Article 1009 words 18 votes
Adults have struggled to set rules for AI in US schools. These teens figured it out. Article 1635 words 20 votes
A hacker's arrest reveals Microsoft can track users via a Windows device ID microsoft privacy Article 677 words, published Jul 6 2026 61 votes
Amazon data center in Bahrain struck and destroyed by Iranian cruise missiles, state media claims amazon Link 25 votes
Protect your privacy with California's DROP tool (Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, for California residents) privacy Article 1193 words 43 votes
Gigafactory in Sacramento will produce sodium-ion batteries for grid storage Article 1103 words, published Jul 10 2026 24 votes
Mark Zuckerberg's increasingly bizarre war on whistleblowers social media facebook Article 3047 words, published Jun 27 2026 55 votes
Alleged Scattered Spider hacker arrested in Finland – Peter Stokes was apprehended in April and extradited to the US following an Interpol Red Notice Article 34 words 17 votes
US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitutional privacy protections privacy google apple Article 505 words 44 votes
OpenAI says the US government will vet users of its latest AI model security.national Article 13 votes
The Swedish-based “W” platform is the latest in a series of new social media sites vying to replace US Big Tech companies social media Article 372 words 17 votes
The founder of Craigslist has given away half a billion dollars. He fears for an America where generosity is trolled. Article 1656 words 67 votes