Social media companies paid a school district more than its annual budget to avoid trial
The financial terms of the Breathitt County social media settlement have been disclosed for the first time. Meta is paying $9 million. Snap and TikTok
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Anthropic named eight firms selling its shares illegally. After the backlash, it quietly removed four.
Anthropic updated its warning about unauthorized secondary market platforms selling its shares, cutting the list from eight firms to four. The revised version names only
A startup with Eric Trump as adviser is testing humanoid robots in Ukraine. It wants them on US front lines within 18 months.
Foundation Future Industries, a San Francisco startup founded in 2024, sent two of its Phantom MK-1 humanoid robots to Ukraine earlier this year. The company
Grifters, cynics, and true believers: The family tree of vaccine opponents
Stanley Plotkin, 93, was instrumental in developing a number of vaccines over the course of his career. He recently said that he’s “beginning to regret
Environmentalists turn out in force to oppose Trump coal ash rollbacks
At a virtual public comment hearing hosted by the US Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, a long line of environmental advocates voiced strong opposition to
Your power bank is probably overheating. But don’t worry, TORRAS fixed that.
Fast charging has a heat problem. You’ve felt it before: your phone gets hot while navigating in the car, your MagSafe battery pack turns into
Ex-DeepMind researchers raised $50M to build AI that figures out which scientific questions are worth asking
London-based AI lab Inherent emerged from stealth on Wednesday with a $50 million seed round co-led by Index Ventures and Radical Ventures. Nvidia’s venture arm
SpaceX just won a second Golden Dome contract. This one is $4.16 billion.
The US Space Force awarded SpaceX a $4.16 billion contract on Friday to build satellites that track foreign aircraft and missiles. The programme is called
Berlin’s Stark is raising €300M at a €2.5B valuation. The kamikaze drone maker was founded 18 months ago.
Stark, a Berlin-based strike drone startup founded in 2024, is in discussions to raise at least €300 million at a valuation of approximately €2.5 billion
Powerful A.I. Super PACs Duel Over the Midterms: ‘This Is a War’
One is allied with Anthropic. The other is tied to OpenAI. They’re both spending millions to influence the midterms, and they’re leaving a trail of
Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time
Last August, the Trump administration issued an executive order intended to fundamentally alter how grant funding is handled by the US government. Under the system
Analysis of Texas measles outbreak shows just how dangerous virus is
For years, anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his zealous followers have downplayed measles as “just a rash” and falsely claimed that “Measles
AI hiring monoculture is delivering racial bias at scale
A research project examining AI-driven recruitment hires across the US has revealed a systemic racial bias. Researchers from Stanford University found a startling pattern of
WWDC, Apple, and AI: Waiting for the gift
I will sit right down (waiting for the gift of sound and vision)And I will sing (waiting for the gift of sound and vision) —