Monthly Archives: August 2025

Anthropic Settles High-Profile AI Copyright Lawsuit Brought by Book Authors

Anthropic faced the prospect of more than $1 trillion in damages, a sum that could have threatened the company’s survival if the case went to trial.

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Warning for Windows Users: Global UpCrypter Phishing Attack is Expanding

Hackers are using fake voicemails and purchase orders to spread UpCrypter malware, giving them remote control over Windows systems worldwide.

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A Radiohead song from 1997 is on the Hot 100 charts, thanks to TikTok

“Let Down” broke into the Billboard Hot 100 nearly 30 years after its release, marking just the fourth Radiohead song to enter the charts.

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Researchers Are Already Leaving Meta’s New Superintelligence Lab

CEO Mark Zuckerberg went on a recruiting blitz to lure top AI researchers to Meta. WIRED has confirmed that three recent hires have now resigned.

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Edit Your Drive Videos Instantly in Google Vids

Google Drive now lets you open videos directly in Google Vids to trim, caption, and add music without downloading files.

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Anthropic settles AI book-training lawsuit with authors

Called Bartz v. Anthropic, the case deals with Anthropic’s use of books as training material for its large language models.

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Why the US government is not the savior Intel needs

Intel doesn’t need cash. Instead, the struggling semiconductor giant needs to figure out how to drum up interest for its foundry business.

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Trump Threatens Sanctions on EU Officials Involved in Digital Services Act

The Digital Services Act is the latest bargaining chip in the Trump administration’s reshuffling of global trade arrangements.

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Meta to spend tens of millions on pro-AI super PAC

Meta’s new PAC, dubbed Mobilizing Economic Transformation Across California, signals an intent to influence statewide elections, including the next governor’s race in 2026.

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DOGE uploaded live copy of Social Security database to ‘vulnerable’ cloud server, says whistleblower

The Social Security Administration’s chief data officer has publicly blown the whistle, alleging DOGE put hundreds of millions of Social Security records at risk of compromise by uploading a critical government database of citizen’s data to Amazon’s cloud.

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