An Invisible Bottleneck: A Helium Shortage Threatens the Chip Industry
With a third of the global supply offline because of the war in Iran, gas companies are scrambling to assure critical A.I. chip makers there
Category: Tech
Elon Musk loses big in court; X boycott perfectly legal
On Thursday, Elon Musk lost his lawsuit alleging that advertisers violated antitrust law by colluding on an ad boycott after he took over Twitter, gutted
Spotify seeks $300M from Anna’s Archive, which ignores all court proceedings
Spotify and major record labels are seeking a $322 million default judgment from Anna’s Archive, which hasn’t responded to court proceedings over its scraping of
European Parliament delays implementation of parts of the EU AI Act
The European Parliament’s Thursday vote to delay parts of the EU AI Act adds more uncertainty to the already chaotic AI compliance universe. But analysts
Google: The quantum apocalypse is coming sooner than we thought
Google isn’t just responsible for the encryption of a big chunk of the communications on the internet. It is also building its own quantum computers
Judge Stays Pentagon’s Labeling of Anthropic as ‘Supply Chain Risk’
The decision is an early victory for the artificial intelligence company in a rancorous legal battle with the Department of Defense.
Why the Verdict Against Meta and YouTube Could Change Social Media
In a landmark case, a jury found Meta and YouTube guilty of creating products that were addictive. Ryan Mac explains the outcome and what it
Shield AI raises $2 billion to scale its autonomous combat pilot Hivemind
Shield AI, the San Diego defence technology company behind the autonomous pilot system Hivemind, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $2 billion in combined
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If you have ever spent weeks preparing for a compliance audit, manually collecting evidence across spreadsheets, chasing colleagues for policy sign-offs, and wondering whether your
OpenAI shelves erotic ChatGPT after staff, investors, & advisors revolt
OpenAI has shelved its plans to add an erotic “adult mode” to ChatGPT indefinitely, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, capping a five-month saga in
Blossom Health raises $20 million to put AI copilots alongside psychiatrists
Blossom Health, a New York-based telepsychiatry startup founded in 2024, has raised $20 million in combined seed and Series A funding to scale an AI-powered
The Clues Binance Missed That Led to Billions in Crypto Flowing to Iran
The world’s largest crypto exchange is under fire after investigators found accounts moving $1.7 billion to entities linked to Iran. Clues about those accounts were
Safety Experts Considered LaGuardia Challenging but Not an Outlier
Regulators, pilots and others in aviation have worried about the kind of runway accident that happened at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday.
FOSS Weekly #26.13: Age Verification Added in systemd, Systemd forked, Btrfs Subvolumes, New Backup Tool, Yazi Manager and More
Age verification has suddenly become the most heated topic in the Linux world and it’s not slowing down anytime soon. Distributions are already picking sides.