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Stripe Buys A.I. Start-Up OpenRouter for $7.5 Billion (Wed, 19 Aug 2026)
The deal is significant for the artificial intelligence industry, uniting Stripe’s payments business with OpenRouter’s helping businesses direct their spending on A.I. models.
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Google’s Pixel 11 Comes With Plenty of A.I. Does Anyone Want That? (Wed, 19 Aug 2026)
The phone’s artificial intelligence can order groceries, book tables and take photos on a user’s behalf. But is it something people really want?
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A County Got Rich From Data Centers. Some Question ‘At What Cost?’ (Wed, 19 Aug 2026)
Loudoun County, Va., hosts more than 250 data centers that bring in huge tax revenues. But some officials and residents worry the county has become too dependent on that cash.
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Voters Aren’t Waiting for November to Try Ousting Officials Over Data Centers (Wed, 19 Aug 2026)
As a backlash grows over data centers, more local officials are facing recall elections for their support of the computing sites.
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Two Binance Employees Detained in the U.A.E. Amid Police Inquiries (Thu, 20 Aug 2026)
The detentions of the workers, who have been released, are a sign of legal pressure that the world’s largest crypto exchange faces in the Emirates, which is home to its main regulator.
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Chinese Start-Up Lands Reusable Rocket for the First Time (Wed, 19 Aug 2026)
The milestone by the private company, LandSpace, could put China closer to challenging SpaceX’s rule in lower-cost spaceflight.
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The Funny Way That Stand-Up Comics Are Posting on Social Media (Thu, 20 Aug 2026)
Comedians used to post footage of their performances to build a following. Now, some are finding that comic strip-style panels with captions pack a bigger punch.
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Apple Removes Some Fees for App Developers in European Union (Wed, 19 Aug 2026)
The move followed a long battle with regulators over the company’s tight controls of its App Store.
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ICE Bars Its Workers From Wearing Meta’s Smart Glasses on the Job (Tue, 18 Aug 2026)
The agency joins a growing number of workplaces and groups to ban Meta’s devices, which have spurred privacy concerns.
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OpenAI Introduces ‘ChatGPT for Teens’ as Safety Concerns Grow (Tue, 18 Aug 2026)
The artificial intelligence start-up announced a chatbot mode that will automatically limit some conversations to better protect young users.
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Meta to Stand Trial Over Claims It Addicted Children to Social Media (Wed, 19 Aug 2026)
California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey have taken the social media giant to trial in the first bellwether federal case over child harm.
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Silicon Valley Executives Are Tech Fans. Just Not For Their Own Kids. (Tue, 18 Aug 2026)
At home, moderation and restraint are the rule for tech parents. Boredom is exalted. Maybe they’re onto something.
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The Blackout That Could Devastate America (Tue, 18 Aug 2026)
The power grid relies on thousands of aging, hand-built transformers. If enough fail, the blackout could last years.
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Nvidia to Back Ohio Data Center With as Much as $105 Billion (Mon, 17 Aug 2026)
The data center, one of the world’s largest, could cost as much as $500 billion and will be leased by OpenAI.
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AI Slop Is Everywhere. Spotify, LinkedIn and Others Have Had Enough. (Mon, 17 Aug 2026)
Spotify, LinkedIn and others are trying to dig out of a digital sewage heap full of low-quality content made with artificial intelligence.
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The Iranian YouTube Show Posing Questions Few Dare Ask (Sat, 15 Aug 2026)
Azad, a popular online debate program, has tackled topics that push the limits of Iran’s authoritarian system. Some question how it has remained on air.
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Zuckerberg’s Anti-Doom Fantasy + Finally an A.I. Detector That Works + A.I. Math (Fri, 14 Aug 2026)
“The first rule of Mark Zuckerberg is never count out Mark Zuckerberg.”
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Chatbots Are Pushing Us Toward a Post-Human Internet (Fri, 14 Aug 2026)
In matters of work, school and even romance, we turn to A.I. chatbots. But what happens when the bots begin talking to one another?
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Judge Affirms Settlement Allowing HPE’s Deal for Juniper (Thu, 13 Aug 2026)
States had opposed an agreement allowing a Hewlett Packard Enterprise acquisition, calling the settlement ineffective and corrupt.
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Another OpenAI Executive, Denise Dresser, Departs the A.I. Start-Up (Thu, 13 Aug 2026)
Denise Dresser, who was previously the C.E.O. of Slack, is the latest in a string of executives to leave the artificial intelligence start-up.
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