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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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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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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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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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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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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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Polymarket and Kalshi Face a Major Accuracy Test: The Midterms (Fri, 30 Oct 2026)
Studies have shown that the betting sites can predict races correctly, but their ability to forecast U.S. midterm elections is an important proving ground.
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Are We in an A.I. Bubble? We’re About to Find Out. (Fri, 30 Oct 2026)
“This is the first pure-play L.L.M. company to go public, to open its books so we can actually look at the underlying business of this A.I. boom.”
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This Device Uses A.I. and Lasers to Kill Mosquitoes (Fri, 30 Oct 2026)
A Chinese start-up has developed a device that uses artificial intelligence and lasers to kill mosquitoes. But there are safety concerns for people and other creatures nearby when the device is in action.
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Binance Suspends Withdrawals After Crypto Hackers Steal $6.3 Billion (Fri, 30 Oct 2026)
The crypto exchange said it was compromised in what could be the biggest crypto heist ever. One research lab attributed the theft to “North Korea’s elite hacking unit.”
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Intel’s Shares Plunge 20% as A.I. Hinders Some Parts of Its Business (Thu, 29 Oct 2026)
The chipmaker, whose largest investor is the U.S. government, reported that the A.I. boom’s domino effect had hurt sales to personal computer makers.
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Big Tech’s Data Center Blitz Is Burning Through Cash and Scaring Wall St. (Fri, 30 Oct 2026)
Amazon became the latest tech company to announce swelling investments in A.I. amid stumbling share prices.
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Polymarket and Kalshi Turn Midterm Elections Into a Multimillion Dollar Market (Thu, 29 Oct 2026)
Betting markets like Polymarket and Kalshi have transformed America’s democracy into a new kind of casino.
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DoorDash to Buy Instacart for $17 Billion, Uniting 2 Delivery Giants (Thu, 29 Oct 2026)
The deal combines the country’s largest restaurant delivery service with its biggest online grocery platform.
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