TikTok’s US arm joins Lantern, a cross-platform child safety initiative
Eight months after establishing a U.S.-based joint venture, TikTok is getting on board fellow platforms to support industrywide child safety work.
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Singapore’s Nexstrom wants to bring 2D semiconductors to chip fabs
Singapore-based Nexstrom has raised new funding to develop equipment that could help chipmakers manufacture 2D semiconductor materials at scale.
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Everyone can find a reason to dislike data center construction
Inside two years of fraught AI data center debates in Pennsylvania.
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Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy bets these 21 startups will shape energy’s future
To the investors at Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy, the coming wave of electrification will make data center energy demands look quaint by comparison. Here's how they're preparing.
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Nscale’s IPO will test Wall Street’s appetite for concentrated AI bets once again
The British AI data center developer depends on tech giants Microsoft and Anthropic for most of its revenue.
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Meta deal will help plastics recycling startup MacroCycle build its first factory
Meta is giving plastic recycling a boost in a new deal with startup MacroCycle, which is building its first commercial plant.
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Can you forget how you feel about Meta?
In 2021, as a whistleblower emerged with dramatic allegations that Facebook was harming children, CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a rebuttal on Facebook. “We care deeply about issues like safety, well-being and mental health. It’s difficult to see coverage that misrepresents…
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A cut cable disrupted hundreds of flights across the US
Hundreds of flights were cancelled or delayed on Monday after construction crews in New Jersey accidentally cut a Verizon fiber cable used for air traffic control. FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said that a circuit failure led to the discovery of the severed fiber cable, ABC…
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Apple’s first live music venue is opening beneath its UK headquarters
Apple is preparing to open a new "state-of-the-art" live music venue in the UK, a 600-capacity space for hosting performances, recording sessions, and video broadcasts. The venue, called Apple Music Hall, is located underneath Apple's European headquarters in London's iconic…
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Morphotonics raises €40M to expand its display tech into data centers
Deep tech company Morphotonics raises €40M from investors including 3M Ventures, Innovation Industries, BOM, and Invest-NL.
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The man who built Apple’s stores doesn’t buy Silicon Valley’s bet on AI shopping
Apple Store architect Ron Johnson says Apple's secret sauce has always been its people.
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Amazon wants to help the Colorado River, but we still don’t know how much water the company uses
Amazon plans to spend $20 million on water conservation projects along the Colorado River, a crucial but dwindling water supply for 40 million people in the Western US. The initiative comes as Amazon and other tech companies face mounting scrutiny over how much water their data…
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California tightens rules on AI data center energy and water use
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed seven bills designed to prevent AI data centers from passing utility costs onto residents, as reported earlier by the Los Angeles Times. The package of laws requires the California Public Utilities Commission to introduce a new rate…
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OpenAI forms math advisory group as its AI resolves more than 100 open problems
The group won't be given leeway to slow down or redirect OpenAI's ongoing mathematical research.
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Meta’s Muse is outpacing ChatGPT’s early mobile launch
Meta’s new AI agent Muse has racked up more downloads and daily active users in the U.S. and Canada than ChatGPT did over the same period after its mobile debut, according to new estimates from Appfigures.
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Paramount settles lawsuit blocking $110 billion Warner Bros. merger
Paramount has reached a settlement with California and the 11 other states that sued to block its planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The settlement removes a major roadblock standing in the way of the massive media merger. According to the proposed…
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