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Three Wisconsin residents filed a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft on Wednesday, alleging that the company's Fairwater data center in Mount Pleasant generates excessive noise from diesel generators and HVAC systems…
A developer argues that AI governance must be embedded at the architectural level rather than applied externally. The post contends that current governance frameworks are performative because they cannot represent constr…
AI resume screening systems are disproportionately rejecting newcomer and nonnative-English applicants, with a 2023 Upwardly Global report finding that AI tools misidentified 98% of essays from new English speakers as AI…
Fanfiction communities are launching grassroots efforts to detect AI-generated works, but these detection methods often misclassify human authors and fuel social conflict within fandoms. The movement follows revelations …
OpenAI's Stargate UK data center project, announced with a £30 billion investment figure, has been paused after it emerged that OpenAI never visited a key planned site and that roughly £20 billion of the investment was s…
The New Stack argues that reducing AI model costs alone will not solve budget overruns, as infrastructure, data management, and operational expenses remain significant. The article urges organizations to adopt holistic c…
Seventy-six immigrants from 28 countries became U.S. citizens aboard the USS Hornet in Alameda during an annual Fourth of July naturalization ceremony ahead of America's 250th birthday. The new citizens, including a UC B…
Meta faces two core problems: an advertising-dependent business model and massive AI infrastructure costs without a direct monetization path. The company's failed acquisition of enterprise AI firm Manus highlights its ne…
A developer argues that 'Operational AI'—systems that act in the real world—is the most consequential and misinterpreted type of AI. Unlike functional or agentic AI, operational AI is an execution layer that carries real…
Goldman Sachs researchers warn that college graduates could be the first to feel AI's impact on the job market, as adoption accelerates in white-collar industries like finance and professional services where degree holde…
Midjourney is asking a federal court to overturn a magistrate judge's order that allowed Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, and Universal Studios to withhold most information about their AI use in a copyright infringement l…
Google has quietly installed a new app called 'Signatures' on Android devices via the June 2026 Play system update, allowing users to store legal signatures without public announcement. The app, spotted on Pixel, Samsung…
The sale of the publicly owned Oakland Coliseum complex missed a June 30 deadline, but officials say the date is no longer a serious checkpoint. The $240 million deal faces complications including a lawsuit and a plan to…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees that the company's AI reorganization over the past four months has not accelerated agent development as expected, admitting that the execution of job cuts and team restructuring wa…
The White House's official X account posted an AI-generated image trolling Taylor Swift's wedding announcement to Travis Kelce, featuring the phrase "Trump is your president" and an "America's Eras Tour" graphic. The mov…
Debates over whether digital platforms have created a new economic system called 'technofeudalism' are intensifying, with critics arguing that platform power, behavioral capture, and rent extraction from digital dependen…
US Air Force engineer Jeffrey Sovern, charged with destroying 13 Flock AI-powered surveillance cameras in Virginia, has received over $15,000 from more than 400 donors on GoFundMe for his legal defense. Sovern faces 13 c…
AT&T won early federal approval from the FCC to end landline service for 184,000 California households, overriding a state order to maintain service. The decision keeps AT&T's broader bid alive to have federal regulators…
Fifty years after the nation celebrated its Bicentennial with patriotism and unity under President Gerald Ford, the 250th anniversary in 2026 has been co-opted by President Donald Trump into a self-aggrandizing spectacle…
As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, a debate over American decline versus China's rise intensifies, but the U.S. retains strong technological, military, and economic foundations. Despite domestic challenges…