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Vox - 16 hours 19 min agoElon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025. | Allison Robbert/AFP via Getty Images Historically, being ultra-wealthy meant that there was an obligation to share a chunk of it with the world. Gilded Age industrialists like John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie made lasting cultural and philanthropic contributions, many of which still bear their names. But increasingly, our modern billionaires don't seem inclined to follow suit. To show just how little they've given...
SCOTUS falls short of deeming geofence warrants unconstitutional, though.
Observer - 17 hours 30 min agoBacked by Jeff Bezos, Slate Auto is rethinking how cars are designed and built from the factory floor up to dramatically cut costs and revive domestic production.
Sony has been scaling down its digitial store for a few years.
The US government is trying to speed up the development of quantum computers so it can have one sooner...
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Air and Space - 20 hours 26 min agoTheir fascinating, intense pieces are being highlighted in new exhibitions this year and their story is chronicled in a recent book...
Observer - 21 hours 2 min agoWith Prometheus valued at $41 billion, Jeff Bezos is targeting physical A.I. as the next frontier, focusing on real-world engineering and factory systems.
New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman on Sunday said Vice President Vance's opposition to the war was unique among President Trump's advisers, and ultimately hurt his relationship with the commander-in-chief. "Vance was the only one who really vocally took issue with this with Trump. And it irritated Trump, it cost Vance with Trump,...
Special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are on their way to Qatar for Iran peace talks. "I just spoke with the president about it. Iran has requested a meeting this week, so, special envoy Witkoff and Jared Kushner will be flying to Doha for high-level meetings this week as we continue...
Value of some chip manufacturers have tripled, or more, driving Asia Pacific stock markets sharply higher Shares in chipmakers have surged in the first half of this year as investors piled into companies that make the hardware underpinning the AI boom, according to analysis. Investors have driven up the value of semiconductor and memory chip manufacturers, whose profits have soared during 2026, at the expense of some large software companies, which have fallen out of favour this year. Continue reading...
Observer - 23 hours 19 min agoFormer Majid Al Futtaim Group CEO Alain Bejjani argues that as the U.S. marks its 250th anniversary, the defining story is one of transformation. Bejjani examines how trade fragmentation, fiscal pressures and A.I. are reshaping American leadership, and why trust will determine its place in the next global order.
GeekSpin - 1 day 3 min agoSalamanca City Central School District is doing something most schools haven’t tried. Located on the Seneca Nation Reservation in New York, the district is bringing both an AI tutor and a full humanoid robot into classrooms for the upcoming school year. The technology comes from AI tech company Realbotix, which is deploying two complementary products […] Read the original article here: First humanoid robot begins teaching in US classroom...
Several tech company leaders are set to testify to Congress next month about harms to children on their platforms.
Today, you probably asked a question of a large language model, or accepted a connection suggestion on LinkedIn, or watched a recommended video on YouTube, or took a different route to work based on a traffic prediction from Google Maps. In other words, you probably used artificial intelligence. But what you might not know is how much energy that interaction consumed or why. AI requires processing massive amounts of data, which is usually done in large data centers populated by thousands of GPUs...
Last fall, Dan Howell and Phil Lester broke the internet. In a 46-minute video titled “Are Dan and Phil in a Relationship? The Truth,” the OG British YouTubers finally revealed after 16 years of speculation that they’re a couple, and have been since they started making videos together in 2009. The news made […]...
The car-maker found AI quality checks failed to match the skill of veteran technicians.
In 1839, J.M.W. Turner painted The Fighting Temeraire . The old warship, once a hero of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, glides like a ghost across the canvas, towed by a small steam tug belching smoke on its final voyage to the ship-breakers. The image shows a clear moment of change: sail giving way to steam, and with it, a major shift in power. The ship relied on timber, rope, canvas, and Britain's seafaring towns. The tug depended on coal mines and iron foundries that supplied machine shops...
NPR - 1 day 4 hours agoAn ambitious program to start up new nuclear reactors is bearing fruit. But some are worried about safety shortcuts.
NPR - 1 day 4 hours agoDespite Australia promising tougher penalties for a world-first social media ban for children, a new study indicates that six months in, the policy has barely affected youth access.
It comes as regional rivals like Taiwan, China and Japan are investing heavily in chip factories and other technology.
GeekSpin - 1 day 12 hours agoNetflix is tightening the screws on account sharing once again, and this time the change could affect millions of subscribers who rely on shared profiles with family and friends. A seemingly simple new requirement is raising fresh questions about who can keep using an account, how profiles will work going forward, and whether another major […] Read the original article here: Netflix's new profile rule is bad news for shared accounts...
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Traditional dating apps including Tinder, Grindr and Bumble and California startups are experimenting with how AI could reshape how people find love online.
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