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On its face, the recent summit between Donald Trump and China’s president Xi Jinping didn’t change much in the world of AI regulation. Export controls were not discussed, with neither country seemingly interested in making concessions. An already tenuous trade truce was temporari

Silicon Valley Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna will introduce a bill to regulate artificial intelligence, which includes strict liability standards and a ban on "recursive" self-improving AI until the government creates safeguards. The bill comes amid a push for Washington to regulate

Silicon Valley Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna will introduce a bill to regulate artificial intelligence, which includes strict liability standards and a ban on "recursive" self-improving AI until the government creates safeguards. The bill comes amid a push for Washington to regulate

Orange Order parade dispute continues after main players hold talks - Published The main parties involved in a parading dispute in Northern Ireland are still in a stalemate, following a day of political talks and heated exchanges at Stormont. Members of the Orange Order are still

AMD announced today that it’s acquiring World Labs, an AI research lab co-founded by the prominent researcher Dr. Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock deal worth approximately $8.2 billion. World Labs launched in 2024 and was valued at $1 billion in a matter of months. The startup launche

Staff engineer is the beginning of the “second” ladder in big tech. The ladder where you actually become incredibly rich and successful. The first ladder goes junior (1-2 years) → mid level (1-2 years) → senior “terminal” The second ladder goes staff (5-15 years)→ senior staff (

AI inference infrastructure provider Modal Labs is nearing a $750 million funding round led by Accel at a $15.75 billion valuation that includes the investment, according to a source with knowledge of the funding. The size of the round has not been previously reported, though Axi

SpaceX’s Starship rocket thundered into the sky over South Texas early Monday. It was the 14th test flight of the world’s most powerful launch vehicle. This time, however, the rocket’s massive upper stage squeezed out some extra oomph from its Raptor engines and accelerated to or

(Bloomberg) -- European natural gas followed oil higher as traders awaited next steps in efforts to revive shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Benchmark futures rose in another choppy session amid signs that Iran and the US remained far apart on a new ceasefire deal or the reo

President Donald Trump on Monday announced a steel-making company's plan to invest about $15 billion to build what would be the largest plant of its kind in U.S. history. The Oval Office announcement with Mesabi Metallics came just weeks before the November midterm election, whic

AWS Compute Blog Improving Lambda function latency with scalable network bandwidth AWS Lambda now supports scalable network bandwidth for functions configured with 2,048 MB of memory or more, running outside of a virtual private cloud (VPC). Previously, sustained network throughp

House Democrats are looking confident. Their campaign arm is rolling out $11 million in ads across 35 districts, including some redrawn by Republicans in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas, according to an announcement by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee shar

The New York City Council issued a subpoena on Monday to Elon Musk, requiring that he or another representative of SpaceXAI testify in an investigation concerning artificial intelligence safety risks. The city's "investigation will assess whether fast-emerging risks to public saf

The New York City Council issued a subpoena on Monday to Elon Musk, requiring that he or another representative of SpaceXAI testify in an investigation concerning artificial intelligence safety risks. The city's "investigation will assess whether fast-emerging risks to public saf

AI - AMD bets $8.2B that worlds matter more than words in AIAI pioneer Fei-Fei Li just co-founded spatial AI research company World Labs in 2024. Now it's joining AMD - AWS

Insight and analysis on the data center space from industry thought leaders. The Next Generation of AI Infrastructure Design Starts with Efficiency AI infrastructure requires a systems-level design approach that integrates power, cooling, and compute to optimize efficiency, resil

The state of Florida is seeking a temporary injunction to stop OpenAI from continuing to develop what it calls a “reckless, unacceptably risky product” without the deployment of “third-party approved safety guardrails.” The new legal motion, filed Monday morning, is part of a civ

(Bloomberg) -- Traders are piling into options tied to fixed-income ETFs at a record pace, in a rush to position portfolios with yields on 10-year and 30-year Treasuries at the highest in two decades. Options trading volume on BlackRock Inc.’s iShares 20 Year Treasury Bond ETF (t

Anthropic has released Claude Sonnet 5.5, which scores 70.6% on the Terminal-Bench 4.0 agentic coding test against 10.3% for Sonnet 5 and 66.4% for the more expensive Opus 5.5. It is the first Sonnet to ship with frontier-style cyber safeguards and with classifiers that block rea

Michael Burry is moving up the timeline for his bearish thesis on the fate of the artificial intelligence boom. The investor, famous for his big short on the U.S. housing market prior to the global financial crisis of 2007 – 2009, is switching to put options from short positions

AMD is acquiring World Labs, one of the leading developers of deep learning models intended to understand physical reality, in a $8.2 billion deal, the two companies said today. World Labs justified the deal in a statement saying that AI development required “close collaboration

UK tries to stop Trump's diesel export ban - Published The UK is in talks with US authorities over a potential stoppage of diesel exports and has started preparing for a ban, Chancellor John Healey has told BBC News. Diesel prices in the UK reached a new high on Monday due to sup

Before Nvidia agreed to pay roughly $13 billion to buy open-source platform Hugging Face this month, OpenAI tried to invest $100 million into the startup, according to sources with knowledge of the matter. Deal discussions between OpenAI began after a high-profile hack of Hugging

Before Nvidia agreed to pay roughly $13 billion to buy open-source platform Hugging Face this month, OpenAI tried to invest $100 million into the startup, according to sources with knowledge of the matter. Deal discussions between OpenAI began after a high-profile hack of Hugging

Equipment to capture carbon dioxide from ambient air or smokestacks generally works through a sort of reversible filter. Air is passed through granules or a liquid that absorbs the CO2, then that CO2-loaded substance undergoes a process (usually heating) that causes it to let go

(Bloomberg) -- A surge of corporate bond supply in the US high-yield market is starting to overwhelm debt investors, pushing risk premiums to the highest level in five months, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s head of credit strategy. “The market’s bracing for the same sort

Dutch authorities arrest suspected ShinyHunters member in Odido hack probe A 23-year-old has been arrested by Dutch authorities in connection with the investigation into the Odido hack. Police are investigating Pepijn van der S. over suspected involvement with ShinyHunters, the h

AI - AMD bets $8.2B that worlds matter more than words in AIAI pioneer Fei-Fei Li just co-founded spatial AI research company World Labs in 2024. Now it's joining AMD - AWS

MongoDB CEO CJ Desai is joining Meta Platforms as its chief enterprise platform officer and will report directly to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Desai, who was in his role at MongoDB for less than a year, will be leading the social media giant's new Meta Enterprise Platform for busi

MongoDB CEO CJ Desai is joining Meta Platforms as its chief enterprise platform officer and will report directly to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Desai, who was in his role at MongoDB for less than a year, will be leading the social media giant's new Meta Enterprise Platform for busi

The News Talks over a deal that would see the US help develop Kenya’s critical minerals processing industry are at a “very advanced” stage, the African country’s mining minister told Semafor, as the nation looks to increase mining’s contribution to its economy. The talks come aga

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said a software problem will delay its certification of the Boeing 737 Max 10 as the agency assesses whether it poses a safety issue, a potential setback for the manufacturer as it seeks to complete government approval of its best-s

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, in a surprising reversal, has recused himself from participating in a major climate-change case the Supreme Court is set to hear next week, which involves the oil companies Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy. Environmental groups had called on Alito

Crude prices had jumped after US President Donald Trump rejected a peace deal from Iran but pared gains on expectations that Qatari mediators would hold talks with the two countries to find a possible deal. After retreating from highs at the start of the month, oil prices have ac

The Senate on Monday is slated to vote to create a national framework for name, image and likeness deals in college sports as one of its last acts before the chamber gears up to leave town later this week ahead of the 2026 midterm election. The legislation, which would codify ath