Microsoft engineer resigns over cloud business from Israeli military

Scott Sutfin-Glowski, who joined Microsoft in 2012, is resigning over the company’s work with Israel’s military.

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Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we all be worried?

The debate is ramping up about what happens if – or when – computer intelligence overtakes humans

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While OpenAI races to build AI data centers, Nadella reminds us that Microsoft already has them

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella offered a glimpse of the “first of many” massive Nvidia AI systems it is rolling out, starting now.

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Andreessen Horowitz denies report of India office, calls it ‘fake news’

a16z’s Anish Acharya calls India office reports “entirely fake news!”

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Reflection raises $2B to be America’s open frontier AI lab, challenging DeepSeek

Reflection, once focused on autonomous coding agents, has raised $2B at an $8B valuation to expand into both an open-source alternative to closed frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic, and a Western equivalent to Chinese AI firms like DeepSeek.

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Discord data breach affects at least 70,000 users

The platform said in a press release that hackers breached a third-party vendor that Discord uses for age-related appeals.

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How China Is Hoping to Attract Tech Talent

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we uncover how America’s new $100,000 H-1B golden visa has thrown tech workers and their employers into chaos.

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New York City Sues Facebook, TikTok, and Google Over Teen Mental Health Crisis

New York City sues social media companies, including Facebook, Google, Snapchat and TikTok, alleging they have created a mental health crisis among children.
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Sora copycats flooded Apple’s App Store, and some still remain

Imposter Sora apps saw hundreds of thousands of downloads before Apple pulled them from the App Store.

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Tesla faces U.S. auto safety probe after reports FSD ran red lights, caused collisions

For years, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has promised investors that Tesla would someday be able to turn their existing electric vehicles into robotaxis.

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