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Pope Leo urges a ban on lethal autonomous weapons before Geneva talks
Pope Leo wants to disarm AI, saying ‘machines are tools, not persons’, and urges a ban on lethal autonomous weapons before Geneva talks.
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New York City Marathon 2026: How to watch live coverage, track runners, see the route map, and more
On Sunday, November 1, the Big Apple will be taken over by running enthusiasts. The TCS New York City Marathon is back for the 50th…
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Ex-Palantir founders raise $17M for Dream’s AI building design models
San Francisco startup Dream has raised $17M from a16z and others to build AI models that design and engineer buildings.
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Why you shouldn’t fall in love with AI
Below, Sherry Turkle shares five key insights from her new book, Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines. Sherry is…
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Meta shareholders sue Zuckerberg to block his non-voting share plan
‘Zuckerberg has always been fixated with his control,’ say Meta shareholders suing to block the non-voting shares he could sell to pay a…
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This map shows you which NYC restaurants are owned by private equity
For many consumers, “private equity” has become a four-letter word. Private equity firms have acquired the unpopular reputation of…
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Mozilla Festival returns to Barcelona with a focus on community-led tech
Mozilla Festival returns to Barcelona from 28 to 30 October, with more than 200 sessions on AI, digital rights and community-built…
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4 steps for running a panel people actually want to attend
Suppose you are called upon to organize a panel discussion. The task may look easy. But if you’re not careful, you might end up overseeing…
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Amazon settles with ex-AWS managers in kickback lawsuit, GeekWire reports
Amazon has settled with two former AWS real estate managers it accused of taking data centre kickbacks. A developer still faces trial on 2…
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Look up tonight: October’s full moon is for hunters
This evening, the night sky is helping to set a spooky mood for the upcoming Halloween festivities later this week. Just after midnight…
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Why leaders shouldn’t have to apologize for private remarks
If you’re in a public-facing role, you are likely to get caught up in some kind of “hot mic” event in which an offhand remark said in…
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Hindsight puts up to $1M behind its AI content moderation as Google shuts down Perspective API
With Google shutting Perspective API on December 31, Hindsight pitches a coded-hate-speech moderation model backed by a guarantee of up to…
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Electronic Arts lays off 400 in latest blow to beleaguered gaming industry
Electronic Arts (EA) is reducing its global workforce by 3%, or about 400 jobs, and shutting down BioWare, the 31-year-old studio behind…
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Seattle will let residents pick spots for 200 curbside EV chargers
Seattle plans up to 200 curbside Level 2 EV chargers by 2030 for apartment dwellers without home charging, and residents can now apply to…
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Curiosity is a competitive advantage
A big challenge for founders is persuading people that something should exist before there is enough evidence to feel entirely certain of…
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Supermicro expects up to $19.5bn in quarterly revenue, $4bn above guidance
“Increased demand for AI platforms” pushed Supermicro revenue for the September quarter to an estimated $18.5bn to $19.5bn.
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Modal says Nvidia’s Vera CPU doubles throughput for its AI sandboxes
Modal plans to run its AI agent sandboxes on Nvidia's Arm-based Vera CPU, its first move off x86, after its own tests showed up to twice…
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An emergency brake…or the architectural demotion of the AI model?
On June 14, Satya Nadella published an article on X about corporate AI that left me completely impressed: his main point, that the…
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My PIP worked. My job still didn’t
The day I got put on my performance improvement plan (or PIP) in my content marketing job, I drove back to an Appalachian folk magic store…
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Ericsson’s organic sales rise 7% as it merges its two Asian units
‘The RAN market is flat,’ Ericsson CEO Per Narvinger said, warning that component costs are a headwind to gross margin next year.
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RapidCanvas raises $29M to build and run AI apps for enterprises
Austin-based RapidCanvas raised a $29M Series B led by Vertex Ventures SEA & India to expand its AI engineering teams in the US, Brazil,…
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El Niño winter forecast: See a map that shows which U.S. regions will get the most snow and rain
This year’s Super El Niño “looms large” over the winter forecast for the United States, forecasters from the National Oceanic and…
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The 3 skills behind executive presence
If you’ve been told you lack “executive presence” when you’re delivering a presentation, you know that something about how you’re coming…
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OpenAI hands its data centre and compute operation to a former xAI executive
Uday Ruddarraju, who ran infrastructure at xAI, now leads OpenAI's compute and data centre units. Sachin Katti leaves the role and stays…