Google releases VaultGemma, its first privacy-preserving LLM
The companies seeking to build larger AI models have been increasingly stymied by a lack of high-quality training data. As tech firms scour the web
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Internet Archive’s big battle with music publishers ends in settlement
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit where music publishers sued the Internet Archive over the Great 78 Project, an effort to preserve early
Northrop Grumman’s new spacecraft is a real chonker
What happens when you use a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus supply ship? A record-setting resupply mission to the International Space
RFK Jr. adds more anti-vaccine members to CDC vaccine advisory panel
Health secretary and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has appointed five more people to the federal advisory committee that sets national vaccination recommendations. Like
New Crypto Super PAC Garners $100 Million to Help Push Industry Agenda
The effort, called the Fellowship PAC, is the crypto industry’s latest move to help elect legislators that will force through its interests in Washington.
U.S.-China Deal to Avert TikTok Ban May be Close, Trump Official Says
Trump administration officials say they have the framework of a deal to save the popular video app. It had until Sept. 17 to be sold
Nvidia Broke Antitrust Law, China Says, as Tensions With U.S. Mount
Chinese regulators, on a day of U.S. trade talks, said that an acquisition by Nvidia had violated antimonopoly regulations.
Get into the cockpit as new crop of “Top Gun” pilots get their wings
The blockbuster success of the 1986 film Top Gun —chronicling the paths of young naval aviators as they go through the grueling US Navy’s Fighter
Will TikTok go dark Wednesday? Trump claims deal with China avoids shutdown.
Once again, the Trump administration is hyping a deal that could see TikTok finally sold to US owners to avoid a nationwide ban that Congress
iPadOS 26 ushers in a new age of productivity
With a Liquid Glass user interface design across all its products, Apple is shipping its new operating systems today, and while there are plenty of improvements across all
Half of workers are ‘job hugging’ — too scared to quit
Nearly half of full-time US workers (45%) are staying in their current roles because switching jobs right now feels too risky, according to a new
In Giant Deals, U.A.E. Got Chips, and Trump Team Got Crypto Riches
A lucrative transaction involving the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm and an agreement giving the Emiratis access to A.I. chips were connected in ways that have
Elon Musk Buys $1 Billion in Tesla Stock as Board Defends His Pay
Tesla’s chief executive bought the stock after the company’s board proposed paying him nearly $1 trillion if he achieves certain performance goals.
Founders’ takes: Why we need European AI employees
Founders’ takes is a new series featuring expert insights from tech leaders transforming industries with artificial intelligence. In this edition, Lucas Spreiter, founder of German startup