Trump Signs Executive Order Seeking Oversight of A.I. Models
The order, which signaled a shift from the hands-off approach the White House had previously taken toward A.I., followed debates over how to gain control
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Apple’s M1 MacBook Air refuses to die
Apple surprised everyone with the power and performance of the M1 MacBook Air when it launched the laptop in late 2020. And more than five years
The White House is at war with itself over who gets to regulate AI
The Trump administration is locked in an internal battle over artificial intelligence regulation that has paralysed federal AI policy at the moment it matters most.
Meta takes its 13+ teen content settings global across Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger
Meta is taking its “13+” content settings for Teen Accounts global. The company said today that the setting, which it likens to a movie rating
Trump’s DOE restarts energy rebate program with dumb conditions
Federal energy efficiency rebate programs will no longer cover a switch from fossil fuels to electricity for heating, according to long-awaited guidance from the Department
Meta Expands Safety Features for Teenagers
The changes, after Meta’s legal losses in two child safety cases, are aimed at limiting harmful content shown to teenagers on Instagram, Facebook and Messenger.
Impulse Space raises $500 million as orbital maneuvering race heats up
Getting around space, as it turns out, is kind of a big deal. On Tuesday, Impulse Space, a company dedicated to improving space mobility, announced
Amazon’s Ring is sued over its Familiar Faces facial-recognition feature
mazon was sued on Monday over the facial-recognition feature it recently added to its Ring doorbells, in a complaint that turns on a familiar asymmetry:
Taiwan shows off robot patrol dogs that could guard its South China Sea islands
A military research institute demonstrated three versions of a four-legged robot, one of them armed, for possible duty on remote outposts the coast guard struggles
Uber picks Munich for its next robotaxi push, with Autobrains and Nvidia
The ride-hailing company is betting that Germany’s automotive heartland, and a less sensor-heavy approach to autonomy, can finally make robotaxis scale in Europe. Munich is
Jensen Huang says pay workers ‘as much as possible’ days after Nvidia commits 50% of free cash to shareholders
Jensen Huang’s comments at Computex defend the Samsung bonus structure that delivers $400,000 to chip engineers, but land alongside an $80bn Nvidia buyback announced two
The AI pricing conundrum — it started as a nightmare, now it’s worse.
Enterprise IT leaders have always struggled with AI pricing, especially the need to pay for AI in a way that delivers ROI. But the typical
The space stock rally is cracking as investors prepare to swap proxies for SpaceX itself
A rally that carried space-related stocks to extraordinary gains this year is showing serious cracks. The Procure Space ETF, which trades under the ticker UFO, has
Anthropic’s IPO filing means Salesforce’s early AI bet is about to become its most profitable investment
Salesforce has a stake in Anthropic worth approximately $5 billion after investing repeatedly in the Claude developer since early 2023, Bloomberg reported on Monday. The software