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Department of Energy cancels $7.5B of clean energy projects in mostly blue states

The Trump administration canceled over 300 awards related to clean energy on October 1. The states most affected by the cuts voted for Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

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Anthropic hires new CTO with focus on AI infrastructure

As part of the change, Anthropic is updating the structure of its core technical group, bringing the company’s product-engineering team into closer contact with the infrastructure and inference teams.

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Amazon faces FAA, NTSB probe after two delivery drones crashed into crane in Arizona

The drones sustained “substantial” damage from the crash, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a preliminary incident report.

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UK Orders Apple to Hand Over British Users’ Data Amid Encryption Row

This could be seen as a compromise after it dropped its request for all iCloud users’ data. The post UK Orders Apple to Hand Over British Users’ Data Amid Encryption Row appeared first on TechRepublic.

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OpenAI’s Sora soars to No. 3 on the U.S. App Store

Sora becomes the No. 3 US app after 164K downloads in 2 days, making the AI video app an early hit.

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YouTubers aren’t relying on ad revenue anymore — here’s how some are diversifying

YouTubers are no longer just creators, and in some cases, their side businesses are growing faster than their channels.

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Intel stock is up 50% over the last month, putting U.S. stake at $16 billion

U.S. chipmaker Intel’s shares climbed 3% Thursday, putting the monthly gain over 50%.

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Perplexity AI rolls out Comet browser for free worldwide

Perplexity initially launched Comet in July to Perplexity Max subscribers for $200 a month

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Threads takes on X with new communities feature

Threads officially debuts communities, dedicated spaces to have casual chats around a topic.

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UK Creatives Should Back AI Training at Home for Fair Compensation, Says Law Professor

UK copyright law blocks AI training, but Dr Andres Guadamuz says reform could give creatives both compensation opportunities and control. The post UK Creatives Should Back AI Training at Home for Fair Compensation, Says Law Professor appeared first on TechRepublic.

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