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Electronic Frontier Foundation to swap leaders as AI, ICE fights escalate

ASHLEY BELANGER

Public interest in government tech abuses is peaking. EFF's new leader plans to build on that.

Pentagon’s ‘Attempt to Cripple’ Anthropic Is Troublesome, Judge Says

PARESH DAVE

During a hearing Tuesday, a district court judge questioned the Department of Defense’s motivations for labeling the Claude AI developer a supply-chain risk.

Kentucky woman rejects $26 million offer to turn her farm into a data center

GRAHAM STARR

A "major artificial intelligence company" reportedly offered a Kentucky women $26 million to build a data center on their farm.

Mozilla dev's "Stack Overflow for agents" targets a key weakness in coding AI

SAMUEL AXON

There are major problems to be solved before it can be adopted, though.

Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features

SCHARON HARDING

Walmart wants to connect what people stream "directly with retail interaction."

Accel, Prosus pick six ‘off-the-map’ startups for inaugural India cohort

JAGMEET SINGH

The six startups were selected from over 2,000 applications and will receive $500,000 to $2 million each.

Final analysis of 2025 Iberian blackout: Policies left Spain at risk

JOHN TIMMER

Too much hardware was allowed to disconnect right at the edge of normal conditions.

OpenAI’s Sora was the creepiest app on your phone — now it’s shutting down

AMANDA SILBERLING

Though the underlying Sora 2 video- and audio-generation model is scarily impressive, there was not sustained interest in an AI-only social feed.

Lululemon bets Epoch Biodesign can eat its shorts, literally

TIM DE CHANT

Startup Epoch Biodesign uses enzymes to break plastic waste down into monomers, the chemical building blocks that can be used to make new plastic.

New Mexico just handed Meta its first courtroom defeat over child safety, and the rest of the country is watching

CONNIE LOIZOS

The dollar amount isn’t as important as the fact that this is the first jury verdict of its kind against Meta over harm to young people.

With $3.5B in fresh capital, Kleiner Perkins is going all in on AI

MARINA TEMKIN

The fundraise includes $1 billion for investing in early-stage startups, and $2.5 billion for late-stage growth businesses.

Amazon just bought a startup making kid-size humanoid robots

KIRSTEN KOROSEC

The acquisition of Fauna Robotics is the second robotics startup Amazon has purchased this month.

A former Thiel fellow’s startup just launched a drone it says can replace police helicopters

LUCAS ROPEK

Brinc launched its newest 911 response drone this week, as the company seeks to expand its prominence in the public safety industry.

"The last straw"—RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally angrily quits CDC panel after spat

BETH MOLE

Robert Malone quit a vaccine panel, blaming an HHS spokesperson for "trashing" him.

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JULIA FORBES

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