Hegseth warns prediction market bets warp military judgment, endanger troops
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo warning military personnel against using nonpublic information to make bets on prediction markets, saying the wagers could give
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Updated Google privacy policy says your Gmail might be used for advertising
Using Google’s products and services has always been fundamentally precarious—doing so gives the world’s largest advertising company a lot of juicy personal data. Google has
Hindsight puts up to $1M behind its AI content moderation as Google shuts down Perspective API
Starting January 1, any moderation pipeline calling Perspective will fail. Google’s Jigsaw unit shuts the service down on December 31, ending one of the most
Moonshot releases Kimi K3.1 Pro and says it cut its hacking skills
Moonshot has released Kimi K3.1 Pro, an upgraded version of its open-weight Kimi K3, with full weights due by 4 November. It says the model
Google will pay people to use less electricity so its data centers can use more
Google has an answer to some of the electricity supply problems that data center construction is causing: It has signed an agreement with energy supplier
Hyperscalers allow more scrutiny of controversial data center plans
Hyperscalers are getting decidedly twitchy about citizens’ reactions to their secretive data center construction plans, and are looking for ways to de-escalate some of the
Apple’s Foldable iPhone Duo Arrives in Stores: Smartphone Review
The first-generation Apple foldable may feel awkward, but it’s an intriguing step toward merging phones and tablets into one.
Why Anger About Data Centers and Energy Prices May Not Swing Votes
In Ohio, many voters say their frustration about the increase in electricity and fuel prices and the growth of data centers won’t influence whom they
Wayve, Stellantis and Nvidia team up with France on self-driving cars
Wayve, Stellantis and Nvidia announced a collaboration with the French government to deploy self-driving vehicles in France and across the EU. Stellantis supplies L4-ready platforms
Meta delays its website-crawling terms after a publisher backlash
Meta has pushed the start of its new business terms to 20 November from 30 October, Reuters reported. Publishers say the terms let Meta crawl
Review of iPhone Duo: A New Chapter That Redefines a Smartphone’s Purpose
The first-generation Apple foldable may feel awkward, but it’s an intriguing step toward merging phones and tablets into one.
Unitree is building AI that lets its humanoid robots improve themselves
Unitree Robotics is building a system that lets its humanoid robots improve themselves, founder Wang Xingxing said on Thursday. He calls it Unitree Rehearsal. He
OpenClaw creator puts last month’s token bill at $10M, The Register reports
Peter Steinberger created the open-source AI agent OpenClaw and now works at OpenAI. He estimates he spent about $10M on AI tokens last month. He
The reactor meant to showcase nuclear’s comeback keeps hitting problems
US regulators have issued a warning to a nuclear project critical to Tweety McTreason’s efforts to revive the industry, after a contractor fell into a