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OpenAI to expand data center project into Norway
OpenAI will expand its Stargate data center project into Norway. The artificial intelligence firm plans a 290-megawatt installation, powered by renewable energy. Europe is keen to catch up in the AI race, in which it is lagging behind the US…
Kremlin-backed hackers target foreign embassies in Moscow
Kremlin-backed hackers are targeting foreign embassies in Moscow, Microsoft warned. Russian internet service providers are obliged to work with the government, and attackers use them to plant malware on diplomats’ computers, apparently allowing them to see passwords and bank detailsand…
Apple didn’t need AI — but it did need China — to beat analysts’ doom and gloom
Apple has reported record revenues and done so with success in three key areas, none of which required Apple Intelligence, which analysts insisted the company needed to concentrate on. Here’s how the quarter compares. Tim Cook has previously said that…
Backpage scandal ends in largest US payout to trafficking victims
The US just launched its biggest effort yet to compensate victims of human trafficking, setting up a process to dole out $200 million from seizures related to shutting down the notorious online escorts ad service Backpage.com. In an announcement on…
Google backpedals on goo.gl shutdown to preserve active links
Google is changing its mind about killing off all goo.gl short links. The company had originally planned to shut them down entirely by August 25, 2025. That decision sparked concern among developers, educators, journalists, and everyday users who rely on…
Trump Just Released His Plan to Revoke Birthright Citizenship. It’s Worse Than Imagined.
Ever since Donald Trump vowed to end birthright citizenship for the children of many immigrants, one question has loomed: How could the executive branch possibly implement such a sweeping rollback of constitutional rights? The United States has granted birthright citizenship…
LinkedIn quietly removed references to deadnaming and misgendering from its hateful content policy
LinkedIn quietly changed the language of its hateful content policy this week. The update, the company’s first change in three years according to the site’s own changelog, removed a line that stated the company prohibits the misgendering and deadnaming of…
Anthropic unveils new rate limits to curb Claude Code power users | TechCrunch
Anthropic says its rolling out new weekly rate limits for Claude to curb usage among subscribers who are running its AI coding tool, Claude Code, “continuously in the background, 24/7.” Anthropic says the rate limits also aim to stop a…
Nintendo Was The Only One Making Steady Revenue On NES, Says Capcom Vet
Former Capcom and Street Fighter II producer Yoshiki Okamoto has been sharing insights into his time working on games for the NES / Famicom over on his YouTube channel, and it gives us an interesting glimpse at game development at…
Meta is offering big-dollar salaries to some Thinking Machines Lab workers
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is continuing his aggressive recruitment campaign for new AI venture Meta Superintelligence Labs. After luring in staff from OpenAI, he has now targeted Thinking Machines Lab — a startup led by Mira Murati, OpenAI’s former chief…
Journalist Discovers Google Vulnerability That Allowed People to Disappear Specific Pages From Search
By accident, journalist Jack Poulson discovered Google had completely de-listed two of his articles from its search results. “We only found it by complete coincidence,” Poulson told 404 Media. “I happened to be Googling for one of the articles, and…
Pro-Ukrainian hackers take credit for attack that snarls Russian flight travel
Russia’s biggest airline cancelled dozens of flights on Monday following a failure of the state-owned company’s IT systems and, according to a Russian lawmaker and pro-Ukrainian hackers, was the result of a cyberattack, it was widely reported. The airline, Aeroflot,…