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Inside Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao’s Life After Prison (Sun, 04 Oct 2026)
Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates.
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Who’s to Blame When A.I. Goes Rogue? (Sat, 03 Oct 2026)
Many think artificial intelligence companies should be held liable for their runaway technology. But legal scholars say applying existing law could be messy.
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OpenAI’s Greg Brockman Backs Out of Second $25 Million Donation to A.I. Super PAC (Wed, 30 Sep 2026)
Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, said internally that the super PAC, Leading the Future, had become a “distraction” for the A.I. company.
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Wed, 30 Sep 2026)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Energy Firms Try to Squeeze More Power Out of Old Nuclear Plants (Tue, 06 Oct 2026)
It takes a long time to build new nuclear plants. So, some U.S. companies are looking to get more electricity out of reactors that already exist.
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In Race With U.S., China Struggles to Recruit Foreign A.I. Researchers (Tue, 06 Oct 2026)
China’s booming artificial intelligence sector has given local researchers good reason to remain in the country, but it has yet to lure overseas scientists despite a government push.
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Gears of War: E-Day Is Nostalgic With Rich Visuals (Tue, 06 Oct 2026)
In Gears of War: E-Day, it’s fun to see the origins of beloved characters in grand scale, even if its play feels conservative.
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South Korea Investigates Possible Use of A.I. in Hackings on Its Banks (Tue, 06 Oct 2026)
The president said there were signs that such models were used in recent attacks on several banks involving customer data. Police are investigating.
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Mixed Human Feelings After a Day at a Park Full of Robots (Tue, 06 Oct 2026)
I went to Galaxy Robot Park in Seoul to see how we might one day live with robots. It was part cutting-edge technology, part theatrics.
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US Solar Panel Makers Try to Catch China With a Big Leap in Technology (Mon, 05 Oct 2026)
Manufacturers say they are close to perfecting a new, more efficient solar panel that could help the United States reclaim ground it lost.
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Are Babies Conscious? (Mon, 05 Oct 2026)
By pinpointing when it begins in young humans, scientists hope to better understand what consciousness is, and how it arises, in all of us.
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Court Tosses ​​Sentence After A.I. Video of Victim ‘Forgiving’ His Killer Is Played (Mon, 05 Oct 2026)
An appellate court in Arizona threw out the prison sentence of a man convicted of manslaughter after an A.I.-generated video of his victim was played at a trial.
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An A.I. Songwriting Experiment: Humans Against the Machine (Sat, 03 Oct 2026)
Five humans convened for a weekend to create new music from scratch. Could they do better than A.I.? Could you even tell the difference?
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Sales of Hulking Pickups and S.U.V.s Sag as Fuel Prices Soar (Fri, 02 Oct 2026)
Sales of big pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles have dipped as more Americans buy hybrids and smaller cars.
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A.I. Agents: Cute, Cuddly and Maybe Catastrophically Dangerous? (Fri, 02 Oct 2026)
“It’s going to be gnarly for a little while.”
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Amazon Promises More Local Funding and Less Secrecy Around Data Centers (Fri, 02 Oct 2026)
The internet giant is the latest technology company trying to address increasingly hostile local sentiment toward data center projects.
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Russia’s Latest Propaganda? A.I.-Generated War Songs. (Fri, 02 Oct 2026)
Russians are creating and spreading music glorifying the invasion of Ukraine, using platforms built in the United States.
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Amazon Settles Lawsuit Over Claims of Slow Deliveries to Low-Income Areas (Thu, 01 Oct 2026)
The tech giant will refund $7.25 million in Prime membership fees to affected customers and pay an additional $1 million to settle the suit brought by the District of Columbia.
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Swedish Company Uses A.I. Likeness of Greta Garbo in Ad (Fri, 02 Oct 2026)
The Swedish American actress, who died in 1990, was brought back in a A.I.-generated ad for a manufacturing company.
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What’s Next for ‘Hard Fork’? (Thu, 01 Oct 2026)
The podcast’s next chapter begins this week.
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When Data Centers Cluster Together, How Dirty Are They? One County Wants Answers. (Thu, 01 Oct 2026)
An unusual study aims to estimate the pollution and health costs from a cluster of proposed data centers, instead of considering each one separately.
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Google Releases New Gemini Model With Guardrails Amid A.I. Safety Debate (Wed, 30 Sep 2026)
For safety reasons, Gemini 4 Argon will initially be available only to some companies and organizations focused on cybersecurity defense before it is more widely released, Google said.
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F.T.C. Investigates OpenAI and Anthropic Over Potential Consumer Harms (Wed, 30 Sep 2026)
The agency will examine whether A.I. labs have broken federal laws prohibiting companies from unfair and deceptive practices.
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How to Listen to Your Favorite Music, Online or Off the Grid (Wed, 30 Sep 2026)
Streaming services can introduce you to a wonderland of nearly unlimited audio, but downloading your digital collection has advantages.
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He Was a Tech Investor Before There Was a Silicon Valley (Wed, 30 Sep 2026)
Bill Draper began funding start-ups in the early 1960s, when the Santa Clara Valley was better known for apricot orchards than microchips. He has died at 98.
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At A.I. Event, Trump Asks Meta, OpenAI and Microsoft to Make Safety Decisions Themselves (Tue, 29 Sep 2026)
President Trump’s meetings with tech leaders produced some voluntary safeguards and a commitment to rebrand artificial intelligence as “super intelligence,” the term that Mr. Trump prefers.
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