Sergey Brin Contributions to California Tax Fight Reach $102 Million
State records cited by the Los Angeles Times show the Google co-founder financing a group backing two measures that could override a proposed billionaire tax.
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Anthropic CEO Calls for Slower Frontier AI Capability Growth
Dario Amodei says leading developers should pace model advances so safety research, external evaluation and public oversight have time to catch up.
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Report Says Tesla Has Ended New Solar Roof Installations
A technology report says Tesla stopped supplying its proprietary Solar Roof tiles in August, leaving installers and owners seeking clarity on support.
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Houthi advance reaches Perim Island at crucial Red Sea shipping route
The reported seizure of Perim Island puts Houthi forces beside the Bab al-Mandab Strait as fighting and displacement intensify across western Yemen.
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US diesel average passes $6 a gallon as supply squeeze deepens
AAA data put the national average at a record $6.05, raising the prospect of higher transport and consumer costs if elevated prices persist.
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T-Mobile sets $5 monthly price for Apple’s two-iPhone Handoff feature
The carrier says eligible US customers will be able to share one number between two compatible iPhones when Apple releases iOS 27.
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Google commits €13 billion to Finnish data centres and nuclear power
Google plans three new Finnish data centres, an expansion in Hamina and a 22-year agreement for as much as half of the Loviisa nuclear plant’s output.
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Sony asks court to arbitrate PlayStation digital ownership lawsuit
Four California customers say PlayStation’s purchase language obscures that digital games are licensed rather than sold; Sony is seeking arbitration or dismissal.
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Anthropic scenario tool maps how AI capability could reshape the 2030 economy
The model links automation, adoption and new task creation to sharply different outcomes for growth, wages and employment.
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Open-source TradingAgents framework assigns market research to teams of LLM agents
Tauric Research has opened a research framework that divides market analysis, debate, trading and risk-management tasks among specialized language-model agents.
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Mistral raises €3 billion in a record European tech funding round
The French AI company says Samsung led the Series D as it pushed its valuation above €21 billion and set a new benchmark for European fundraising.
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South African workers are being paid to teach AI the jobs they studied for years
A Rest of World essay says a newly graduated South African PhD holder was invited to train an AI system on tasks from assessment design to essay marking, showing how the AI labor market now depends on human judgment it may later replace.
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France sets out €1 billion farm rescue package after damaging summer heat
The government says compensation, faster subsidy payments and targeted tax relief will help farms absorb crop losses and restart production after drought and heatwaves.
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Strike 3’s piracy case now intersects with a Meta executive
A long-running copyright enforcement campaign has collided with Meta’s AI training litigation, after a filing linked a residential BitTorrent subscriber to a senior Reality Labs executive.
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Nepal rescues two workers alive from flood-hit hydropower tunnel
Nine days after devastating floods, rescuers pulled two men from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower site in Rasuwa, while officials said many others were still missing.
Read report »US diesel hits record $5.85 a gallon as war-linked fuel costs ripple through the economy
The American Automobile Association says average US diesel prices have reached a record $5.85 a gallon, intensifying pressure on farmers, hauliers and food supply chains already strained by the Iran war.
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Nvidia moves to buy Hugging Face in a $12.9 billion AI expansion
CNBC says Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for nearly $13 billion, a move meant to widen access to AI tools for developers and institutions.
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Vance says US is investigating reported strike on Iranian wedding
The vice president questioned Iranian reporting but said the military would examine allegations that civilians were killed during the latest escalation along Iran's southern coast.
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Global stocks edge higher as Middle East tensions keep markets on edge
Shares advanced after recent declines even as investors watched the U.S.-Iran conflict, while the Japanese yen strengthened sharply against the dollar.
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Dutch central bank moves 86 tonnes of gold to London as geopolitical worries grow
The Dutch central bank says it shifted 86 tonnes of gold from the United States and Canada to London, arguing the move improves crisis deployability and resilience.
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Iran says US strike hit wedding celebration in Kuhestak, killing five and wounding 63
Iranian officials accused the United States of bombing a house during a wedding in Kuhestak, saying five people were killed and 63 others were wounded.
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Iran says US strike hit wedding party in Kuhestak and killed five
Iranian officials accused the United States of bombing a house during a wedding celebration in southern Hormozgan province, saying at least five people were killed.
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John Ternus takes over as Apple CEO ahead of launch week
Apple has put John Ternus in charge as Tim Cook steps aside after 15 years, just as the company prepares for an iPhone event that could feature its first foldable model.
Read report »Japan eases overtime oversight for companies with special labor agreements
Labor inspectors will stop pressing eligible businesses to remain below 45 monthly overtime hours, while the legal ceiling and health safeguards remain in place.
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