
The Guardian - 1 day 6 hours ago
Two of the world's richest people faced an airing of their dirty laundry amid their messy, bitter feud over OpenAI A nine-person jury is set to decide whether Elon Musk 's allegations of "stealing a charity" against Sam Altman and OpenAI are legitimate, with deliberations to begin in earnest on Monday. Whatever its outcome, the case has been an illuminating, at times exhausting, look behind the scenes at the history of OpenAI and how some of the most powerful figures in the tech...

Newser - 1 day 8 hours ago
Hackers have been poking at America's gas stations again, and US officials think they know where the keystrokes are coming from. Multiple sources told CNN that Iran-linked hackers are suspected in recent breaches of systems that track fuel levels in underground storage tanks at stations across several states. The attackers...

Vox - 1 day 10 hours ago
A data center under construction in Vineland, New Jersey. | Kevin Huang Make no mistake: Americans hate data centers. A recent poll from Gallup shows 70 percent of Americans oppose a data center in their local area, including 48 percent who are strongly opposed. That 70 percent number is tied to several concerns, environmental questions and quality of life chief among them, and it's up 18 percent (!) in just two months, when Gallup asked the same question in March. Nonetheless, data centers...

The Atlantic - 1 day 10 hours ago
Education games are taking over American classrooms.

Ars Technica - 1 day 10 hours ago
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission wants us to know it's taking this very seriously.

NY Post - 1 day 12 hours ago
"It's a new category of creators and their ability to monetize in unique ways," ex celebrity manager Clarissa Mansbridge told The Post.

NBC News - 1 day 19 hours ago
One influencer says her race was changed on social media by A.I. and she's not alone. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz explains.

BBC - 1 day 20 hours ago
Adrienne Murray explores how new 3D imaging is supporting heart procedures.

New York Times - 1 day 21 hours ago
The San Francisco offices of OpenAI, which backed away from earlier efforts to clone voices with artificial intelligence.

Robb Report - 1 day 21 hours ago
Wrensilva's newest device has a turntable, speakers, and storage for 40 records.

NBC News - 1 day 22 hours ago
Residents say they saw roughly 50 driverless Waymo cars come through the neighborhood with no passengers and no apparent reason for being there. Video captures the chaos when a common traffic street sign was put out to try to keep the cars away. NBC News' Tom Costello reports.

Ars Technica - 1 day 23 hours ago
Universities promise no frontline duty and perks if students enlist in military.

Ars Technica - 1 day 23 hours ago
Lawyers accused of rushing historic settlement to seize $320 million in fees.

Observer - 2 days 1 hour ago
Both about two years into their jobs, Anthropic CFO Krishna Rao and OpenAI's Sarah Friar are locked in a high-stakes race to secure compute power. Compute power has become the biggest constraint in the A.I. arms race, driving huge fundraising rounds and strategic chip deals.

Observer - 2 days 2 hours ago
The A.I. chip startup's public offering delivered huge gains for founders, venture firms and angel investors while setting the stage for future OpenAI and Anthropic listings.

Vox - 2 days 2 hours ago
Closing arguments for Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI wrapped up on Thursday. | Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images Friendship breakups are never easy , but few are as messy and expensive as the collapse of Elon Musk and Sam Altman's once thriving tech bromance . On Thursday, closing arguments wrapped up in Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI , leaving a jury to deliberate next week whether Altman and other executives "stole a charity" (as one of Musk's lawyers put it) by turning much...

ABC News - 2 days 2 hours ago
Social media CEOs have been called to testify before Congress amid growing pressure to protect young users...

Sky News - 2 days 5 hours ago
The family of a teenager who died after contracting meningitis said they are "absolutely devastated".

ABC News - 2 days 5 hours ago
Elon Musk's social media platform X is pledging to crack down on hate and terrorist content in Britain...

Sky News - 2 days 6 hours ago
A new Ebola outbreak has been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 65 deaths recorded so far, according to Africa's top public health body.

BBC - 2 days 8 hours ago
Ofcom said the commitments were of particular importance after recent crimes targeting Jewish communities in the UK.

The Guardian - 2 days 10 hours ago
Tech workers say AI-driven restructurings are eroding mentorship, support and paths to promotion across Silicon Valley As tech companies pour billions into artificial intelligence bets and slash their workforces , middle managers are squarely in the crosshairs. A trend is emerging: when tech CEOs announce that AI is making it possible to do more with fewer workers, they promise to flatten their structures by cutting away what they call unnecessary management layers and bureaucracy. Just last week...

New York Times - 2 days 14 hours ago
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during the welcoming ceremony for President Trump in Beijing, on Thursday.

New York Times - 2 days 19 hours ago
Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI made their closing arguments on Thursday in federal court in Oakland, Calif.