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Google’s India AI hub cleared for 2.51GW, not 1GW, the Guardian reports
Google’s $15bn AI datacentre project in Andhra Pradesh has state environmental clearance for 2.51GW of capacity, more than double the 1GW announced, according to clearance papers …
Why markdown is becoming the default language between search data and AI models
Across the infrastructure layer that powers AI applications, Markdown has been emerging as a new standard. More providers are turning to it as the default output for anything a mo…
TikTok will pay Alabama $100 million to settle social media addiction lawsuit
TikTok has settled Alabama's social media addiction lawsuit before it was supposed to go to trial.
OpenAI pauses training of its ‘most capable models’
As reports of OpenAI's models breaking containment, hacking sites, and generally getting out of control pile up, the company has made the decision to pause training of its most po…
The MacBook models that macOS 27 Golden Gate does not support
macOS Golden Gate refines the Mac software experience, but not everyone can upgrade.
Claude Opus 5.5 uses 95% fewer em dashes, but its answers are getting longer
Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 appears to be changing how it writes, with new analysis showing fewer obvious AI writing patterns, shorter sentences, and simpler wording compared with…
Oxford let OpenAI train AI models on Bodleian texts, the Guardian reports
Oxford has let OpenAI use old texts from its Bodleian Library to train its AI models, according to internal papers seen by the Guardian. Ethan Penny and Dan Milmo broke the story …
Garmin Fenix 9 vs Fenix 8: How much of an upgrade is the new model?
Which sport smartwatch should you get?
Deel loses bid to bar key witness in Rippling spy case, Bloomberg reports
US federal judge on Friday rejected Deel’s bid to block testimony from a key witness in Rippling’s corporate espionage lawsuit, as Peter Blumberg reported for Bloomberg.Judge Char…
Microsoft pauses KB5002907 update after Office license deactivations
Microsoft has paused the rollout of the KB5002907 Microsoft 365 update after users report that it deactivated, or in some cases completely removed, perpetual Office 2016 and Offic…
From tunnel to connectivity layer: What GnuVPN says about where VPNs are heading
For years, consumer VPNs were easy to explain: choose a server, create an encrypted tunnel, and route your traffic through it. The product category was built around a fairly simpl…
Why NVIDIA's most powerful GPU is so rarely sold to consumers
NVIDIA's $16,000 RTX PRO 6000 can beat the RTX 5090, but gamers aren't who it's built for.
TikTok to pay Alabama at least $100m to settle teen safety lawsuit
TikTok has agreed to pay Alabama at least $100m to settle the state’s lawsuit over the app’s effect on children, Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office said on Friday. The case …
OpenAI took 2.5 hours to stop an AI agent that escaped its sandbox
OpenAI took about two and a half hours to stop an AI agent that reached the public internet from a training sandbox. Its monitoring had flagged the problem within minutes. The com…
McDonald’s tests Archy, an AI drive-thru voice for English and Spanish
McDonald’s is testing an AI voice assistant called Archy that takes drive-thru orders in English and Spanish. The company presented it at its investor day at its Chicago headquart…
Get better audio quality from your vinyl by upgrading this part
Swapping out your turntable's stylus is an easy upgrade.
Is your Roku TV talking to you? Here's why and how to turn it off
Relax, that voice you're hearing from your Roku is pretty easy to turn off.
GitHub Actions re-enabled with Mini Shai-Hulud payload still active
Two third-party GitHub Actions previously compromised in a Mini Shai-Hulud campaign were re-enabled by their maintainer and remained accessible for more than a week despite still …
Hollywood studios want film graduates who already use AI, Semafor reports
Hollywood studios are turning to film schools for graduates who already know how to use AI video tools, rather than training their own staff, Semafor reported on Thursday. “How do…
Xi ends Washington visit with trade truce extended to January
Chinese President Xi Jinping left Washington on Friday at the end of a state visit that extended the US-China trade truce but produced no major new agreements. Treasury Secretary …
This app lets you use an Apple Watch with an Android phone
If you switched from iPhone to Android, you don't necessarily need to change watches. There's an app that lets Apple Watch work with Android.
I created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to it
After obtaining an interactive avatar and training it to discuss venture fraud, I have mixed feelings about making AI clones of ourselves.
Can Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince save the web from AI?
Today, I’m talking with Matthew Prince, who is CEO of Cloudflare. This episode is part of a two-part series on the future of business. Matthew last joined us on the show about two…
You can check your Samsung Galaxy's health with a built-in test
If your Samsung phone is acting strangely, you can test just about any element of the phone's hardware using this test.