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Microsoft’s Buyout Offer Sets Its Workforce on Edge (Fri, 06 Nov 2026)
As Microsoft pours billions into artificial intelligence, the company has offered buyouts to about 60,000 employees. The work force was already on edge.
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House G.O.P. Leaders Ask Nvidia’s Huang to Speak in Closed-Door Briefing (Thu, 05 Nov 2026)
The New York Times reported last week that Mr. Huang had a close relationship with an executive that U.S. officials determined was funneling information to Chinese intelligence.
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What Shaped Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s Thinking on A.I. (Thu, 05 Nov 2026)
Some call him a doomer. Others see him as a responsible technologist. Here’s how the Anthropic chief executive’s thinking on artificial intelligence was shaped.
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Why the Tech Right Lost Big This Week (Fri, 06 Nov 2026)
“This felt like a decidedly anti-tech election.”
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Tired of Slow TikToks? This Content Creator Gives You the Ending (Fri, 06 Nov 2026)
Videos on social media often save key details for the end. One content creator, who goes by Heyitsyoon, skips the filler so viewers don’t have to wait.
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Google, Meta and TikTok Sue California Over Ban on Features for Kids (Thu, 05 Nov 2026)
Separate lawsuits were filed by Google, Meta and TikTok, which have been battling a flood of claims that their services are addictive.
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OpenAI Pledges to Give Locals More Say in Data Center Projects (Thu, 05 Nov 2026)
The artificial intelligence company pledged to be more collaborative with the communities where it is building its data centers.
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Parents Sue Google Over A.I. Safety Risks on School Chromebooks (Thu, 05 Nov 2026)
A student made plans to end her life after chatting with Google’s artificial intelligence, a new lawsuit claims, amid mounting concerns about online harms to children.
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Tech Billionaires Face Tricky Political Waters After Democratic Midterm Sweep (Thu, 05 Nov 2026)
Many donated money to President Trump’s favored causes and became his allies. Now that political alignment may be a liability.
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Amazon Kindle Colorsoft Review: The Single-Task Gadget of Our Times (Thu, 05 Nov 2026)
E-book reader sales are soaring as consumers seek technology offering respite from social media and artificial intelligence hype. It’s even better in color.
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Voters Rejected A.I. in the Midterms. Now Comes an Era of Scrutiny. (Wed, 04 Nov 2026)
After two years of little A.I. oversight, voters on Tuesday rejected data center projects and swept into office Democratic candidates who promised to regulate the technology.
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Sherrod Brown’s Win in Ohio Is a Rare Loss for Crypto Under Trump (Wed, 04 Nov 2026)
Fairshake, the major industry super PAC, spent $46 million on ads against the Democrat, Sherrod Brown, who won.
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Voting Problems Cause a Surge in Misleading Fraud Claims Online (Tue, 03 Nov 2026)
Mentions of “cheat,” “steal,” “rig” and similar terms spiked on X this morning as voting began.
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OpenAI and Anthropic Set Up ‘War Rooms’ to Fight Disinfo About Midterm Elections (Tue, 03 Nov 2026)
OpenAI, Anthropic and other tech companies have vowed to protect Tuesday’s elections from efforts to undermine democracy.
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Binance Says Hackers Plotted $6.3 Billion Crypto Heist for Months (Tue, 03 Nov 2026)
A report from the cryptocurrency exchange described a monthslong campaign involving fake job interviews that exploited an engineer’s work computer and an internal A.I. tool.
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Apple’s Profit Grows 12% Despite Component Price Worries (Mon, 02 Nov 2026)
The company said iPhone sales remained strong, but warned that the cost of memory chips for its devices was going up.
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Are Freezers Being Hacked? Europe and the U.S. Military Investigate. (Tue, 03 Nov 2026)
A wave of disruptions at grocery stores, which some officials blame on cyberattacks, highlights the vulnerability of supply chains. Shops across Europe were affected again on Monday.
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Driven by A.I. Boom, Marvell and Lumentum Announce $115 Billion Merger (Mon, 02 Nov 2026)
Marvell and Lumentum said they were combining, in a major bet on a technology, known as optical networking, that is increasingly being used in A.I. data centers.
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Inside Anthropic’s Hunt for A.I. Computing Power (Mon, 02 Nov 2026)
The company went on a deal spree with tech giants, former crypto miners and others to gain computing power to further its artificial intelligence ambitions.
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Deportees Turn to TikTok to Document Life Starting Over (Mon, 02 Nov 2026)
On TikTok, men and women sent back after living in the United States are documenting the reality of starting over — and finding an audience.
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Cyril Hilsum, Who Helped Invent Flat-Panel Displays in TVs and iPhones, Has Died at 101 (Sun, 01 Nov 2026)
The man who helped develop the technology for liquid crystal displays — the screens in flat-panel televisions and laptops — has died at 101.
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How Binance’s $6.3 Billion Hack Went Down (Sat, 31 Oct 2026)
A war room. A global conference call. A founder who live-posted about the largest crypto heist in history. Inside a frantic 24 hours at the world’s biggest crypto exchange.
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In San Francisco’s A.I. Boom, a First Date Has Become an Interview (Sat, 31 Oct 2026)
When there is A.I. to build, who has time for romance? Techies are going out less and expecting more on each date — including a family health history.
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AO3 Fan Fiction Site Is Hacked and Could Be Offline for Weeks (Sat, 31 Oct 2026)
Home to tales inspired by the likes of “Harry Potter” and “Heated Rivalry,” the archive was taken down after “an intrusion,” one of its founders said. It could be down for weeks.
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House Democrats Criticize Justice Dept. Support of OpenAI in Copyright Suit (Fri, 30 Oct 2026)
In a court filing, top Democrats on the Judiciary Committee indicated their support for publishers in a lawsuit led by The New York Times.
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‘You Can See Everything’: What Was Billy Evans Watching at 2x? (Fri, 30 Oct 2026)
What was Elizabeth Holmes’s partner watching in the new Nathan Fielder documentary? We found the videos (and the scientists in them).
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Binance’s $6.3 Billion Hack Is Just the Start of a Risky New Era (Fri, 30 Oct 2026)
The largest cyber heist in history came as attackers increasingly use artificial intelligence and other advanced techniques to steal crypto and quickly launder the funds.
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