Why Big Tech is turning to nuclear to power its energy-intensive AI ambitions

Large tech firms are turning to alternative power sources like nuclear as a way to fulfill growing energy demands from data centers.

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The UAE can guarantee the ‘safety and the security’ of U.S.-made chips, G42 CEO says

The comments come as Washington reportedly continues to weigh limits on advanced chip sales to the Middle East over national security concerns.

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Trump PAC has raised about $7.5 million in crypto donations since early June

A political action committee supporting Donald Trump’s presidential bid has raised about $7.5 million in cryptocurrencies.

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The woman who filmed Waymo’s honking robotaxis got an apology promo—then spent all day using it

Sophia Tung set up a livestream this past summer, showing self-driving Waymo cars honking from the San Francisco parking lot near her apartment at all hours of the night. As a kind of apology for the nuisance, Waymo threw an ice cream party in Tung’s building and gave Tung, a former Twitter engineer, some promo […]
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Storio is helping other businesses unlock more value from solar energy

Meet Storio, a French startup that’s focused on providing smart energy storage for commercial and industrial customers. Founded in 2023, the startup raised a €5 million seed round earlier this year (around $5.5 million at current exchange rates) and has signed its first client. Storio believes solar panels have a bright future. But the company […]
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Asian chip stocks fall on ASML’s disappointing forecast, possible U.S. export cap

Shares of Japanese semiconductor manufacturing firm Tokyo Electron logged the biggest loses, dropping nearly 10%.

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Former Palantir CISO Dane Stuckey joins OpenAI to lead security

Dane Stuckey, the former CISO of analytics firm Palantir, has joined OpenAI as its newest CISO, serving alongside OpenAI head of security Matt Knight. Stuckey announced the move in a post on X Tuesday evening. “Security is germane to OpenAI’s mission,” he said. “It is critical we meet the highest standards for compliance, trust, and […]
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Apple Engineers Show How Flimsy AI ‘Reasoning’ Can Be

The new frontier in large language models is the ability to “reason” their way through problems. New research from Apple says it’s not quite what it’s cracked up to be.

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Our favorite startups from Pear VC’s invitational demo day

Pear VC, a prominent seed-focused venture firm, invites about 20 startups per semi-annual sessions to its coveted PearX accelerator.
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How Tesla’s plans for ‘unsupervised FSD’ and robotaxis could run into red tape

During Tesla’s much-hyped robotaxi reveal event last week, CEO Elon Musk said he expects Tesla to release an “unsupervised” version of FSD, the automaker’s advanced driver assistance system, in Texas and California in 2025 on certain Model 3 and Model Y vehicles.  He also said Tesla would begin production on its robotaxis – which are […]
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