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Sometimes people just want to post to their followers, Bluesky says.
Ars Technica
GOP campaign committees want quick ruling before election ads ramp up next week.
TechCrunch
Meta’s settlement with 29 states allows it to retain certain data from children under 13 to train and test age-detection models, highlighting a privacy tradeoff built into the deal.
Ars Technica
Nvidia is nabbing critical infrastructure for open models as interest grows.
TechCrunch
The update turns product recommendations into a more direct revenue stream for creators, and for Amazon, the move puts its massive online marketplace inside one of the most popular video platforms.
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Zoph, who co-founded Thinking Machines Lab alongside Mira Murati and also served as the startup's CTO, led a brief stint at OpenAI and is now at Google.
Wired
Michele Spagnuolo was arrested for alleged insider trading on Polymarket, but the Switzerland-based engineer says he was simply gambling, activity that is beyond the reach of US law.
Ars Technica
Tech industry is perplexed by Trump’s plan to win AI race by taxing data centers.
NY Times Tech
Our reporter Cecilia Kang explains Meta’s settlement of a lawsuit claiming that the company’s social media platforms had harmed teenage users.
Wired
I combed through the Labor Day sales to find the power tools and other essentials that cover nearly every household repair.
Wired
After an affair with a fellow police officer ended, a Georgia cop used Flock to track her movements—and those of a man whose vehicle often showed up near hers, internal investigation records show.
Wired
The potential for AI to automate scientific research and manufacturing must be balanced with new risks, Anthropic says.
TechCrunch
The ATF is the latest federal government agency in recent years to notify Congress of a "major incident" involving its cybersecurity.
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Some of the world's largest tech companies and AI startups have come together to decry the current state of cybersecurity and to advertise a new solution that they say can ward off a new generation of cyber threats.
Ars Technica
"Everyone wants to take that aircraft up now..."
Wired
Netflix has walked back plans to put AAA games on its streaming platform. Instead, it's pivoting to marketing highly anticipated titles like Grand Theft Auto VI.
NY Times Tech
In an open letter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others said a wave of A.I.-enabled cyberattacks was coming and organizations and governments needed to prepare themselves.
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Google teamed up with the Pokemon Company to introduce a special-edition Fitbit Air that works with the Pokémon Sleep app.
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Fashion startup Atoire announced Thursday a $9.5 million seed round.
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Fashion startup Atorie announced Thursday a $9.5 million seed round.