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Tesla shares drop 6% in premarket trading after auto sales plunge again

Tesla is facing stiffer competition globally from electric vehicle players, especially low-cost competitors from China.

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No ‘woke AI’ in Washington, Trump says as he launches American AI action plan

Trump has vowed to push back against “woke” AI models and to turn the U.S. into an “AI export powerhouse,” signing three AI-focused executive orders Wednesday. 

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Estonia’s tech elite are getting behind a European challenger to Robinhood

A host of Estonia’s top tech entrepreneurs — including ride-hailing unicorn Bolt’s CEO Markus Villig — are investing in European trading app Lightyear.

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As porn sites apply new age checks, will users hand over personal ID?

All websites hosting pornography will have to check the age of their users from Friday.

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Google’s $85 billion capital spend spurred by cloud, AI demand

Executives said the spend will be on tech infrastructure needed to power cloud services.

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Nvidia supplier SK Hynix second-quarter profit and revenue hit record highs, topping estimates

Revenue rose about 35% in the June quarter compared with the same period a year earlier, while operating profit rose 68%, year on year.

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The Chatbot Culture Wars Are Here

Conservatives, including President Trump, are accusing A.I. companies of left-wing bias, following a playbook that worked well against social media platforms.

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Trump’s ‘anti-woke AI’ order could reshape how US tech companies train their models

When DeepSeek, Alibaba, and other Chinese firms released their AI models, Western researchers quickly noticed they sidestepped questions critical of the Chinese Communist Party. U.S. officials later confirmed that these tools are engineered to reflect Beijing’s talking points, raising concerns … Continue reading

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A new AI coding challenge just published its first results – and they aren’t pretty

A new AI coding challenge has revealed its first winner — and set a new bar for AI-powered software engineers.  On Wednesday at 5pm PST, the nonprofit Laude Institute announced the first winner of the K Prize, a multi-round AI … Continue reading

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A troubled SPAC plans to buy iRocket for $400M but it already returned most of its cash

iRocket is aiming to hit the public markets but the SPAC vehicle doesn’t have much cash left.

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