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Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas told Joe Rogan that the US remains the best place for startups due to its risk-seeking culture and encouragement of new ideas, despite debates over the fading American dream and immigratio…
Former MIT AI Lab researcher Richard Stallman convinced the author that open source software accelerates progress, a lesson now threatened as AI companies close their most advanced models. The author warns that locking A…
Smart Point, an Apple Store-style digital office for government services, opened in Astana, Kazakhstan. Deputy Prime Minister Zhaslan Madiyev visited the center, which features self-service computers, the eGovGPT AI plat…
The UK passed a generational tobacco sales ban aiming to eliminate smoking entirely, though its effectiveness remains uncertain. Meanwhile, an EU lawmaker investigating spyware was hacked by that same spyware, highlighti…
Alibaba banned Anthropic's Claude Code from internal environments starting July 10, 2026, citing the risk of embedded backdoors due to the tool's deep system access and communication with U.S.-hosted servers. The decisio…
Hundreds gathered in Tompkins Square Park for the Summer of Ludd festival, featuring a play about the Luddite movement and activities promoting offline community, as Gen Z channels rage against Big Tech into a week of ph…
A new case study on the Swiss watch industry's Quartz Crisis reveals that the mainstream narrative of technological disruption is incorrect, as the crisis was actually caused by dueling competitive advantages and broken …
Tesla capped employee AI spending at $200 per week starting July 6, according to an internal memo. The move follows an internal push to ramp up AI use, with Tesla launching a platform called Bottle Rocket that includes m…
Google's electricity demand surged 37% year-over-year and greenhouse gas emissions rose 18% in 2024, driven by its aggressive AI infrastructure buildout, according to the company's latest environmental impact report. The…
AI researcher Sasha Luccioni argues that data centers, often vilified as environmental villains, can be made sustainable through smarter design, local energy solutions, and regulatory mandates. She highlights strategies …
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Chatrie v. United States that the Fourth Amendment protects people's location data, affirming that even short-term surveillance of physical movements constitutes a search. The decision, co…
Beneficial State Bank, a certified B Corporation, is piloting AI-assisted credit decisioning tools to reduce bias in lending, despite ethical concerns about AI's environmental and social costs. The bank's use of Stratyfy…
A Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis study found that a general shortage of job openings, not AI, is the primary driver of rising unemployment among 18- to 24-year-olds, with unemployment up 2.9 percentage points due to j…
The UK passed a generational tobacco sales ban as part of the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026, prohibiting sales to anyone born after January 1, 2009. The policy aims to eliminate smoking entirely, but its effectiveness is un…
Alibaba will ban the use of Claude Code in its workplace due to alleged backdoor risks, according to a source. The decision highlights growing concerns over AI tool security in enterprise environments.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung announced that Hanwha, Hyundai Motor, Samsung, SK, Doosan, and LG will invest a combined 312 trillion won ($204 billion) to transform the country's southeast into a hub for artificial…
SpaceX is pursuing a deal with the U.S. Department of Defense to provide AI compute capabilities integrated into its satellite constellations and ground stations, enabling low-latency edge computing for real-time process…
Experts warned at the International Anti-Corruption Forum in Seoul that AI can both fight and conceal corruption, citing risks of algorithmic opacity and bias. UNDP advisor Anga Timilsina highlighted the digital divide l…
The Iran war exposed Japan's heavy reliance on the Strait of Hormuz, through which it received over 93% of its oil imports, but Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration responded by strengthening fossil fuel infras…
A new report from Writer reveals that 94% of executives face board pressure to do more with less, yet fewer than 1 in 4 report significant ROI from AI agents, as panic-driven AI adoption leads to 'AI theater' rather than…