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More than 100 AI experts, including Geoffrey Hinton and Stuart Russell, have backed rules for independent evaluators working inside frontier AI companies. The watchdogs would receive employee-level access while retaining…
Apple’s AirPods 5 are now available from $129 in the US, with Active Noise Cancellation included on both models. A $149 version adds wireless charging, swipe volume controls and longer…
Four subscribers have sued Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and SpaceXAI, alleging that their executives’ support for slowing frontier-AI development amounted to an illegal antitrust agreement. The September 18 complaint argues that…
The Wall Street Journal reports that European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde intervened against Binance’s attempt to obtain a MiCA license through Greece, despite the ECB having no formal licensing…
Vatican AI adviser Paolo Benanti has warned that emotionally responsive AI could manipulate children in ways he considers potentially worse than addictions such as nicotine or cocaine. The comparison is…
The US House passed the Ratepayer Protection Act 417–3, directing state utility regulators to consider making data centers above 100 MW cover the incremental grid infrastructure required to serve them.…
Apple could launch Apple Pay in India as soon as October, initially supporting Axis Bank credit cards, according to Reuters. Axis had 16.26 million active cards in July, while Apple…
The AI boom is increasing demand for PFAS “forever chemicals” used in semiconductors, cables and some advanced data-center cooling systems. ChemSec says most leading PFAS producers are expanding capacity partly…
The Philippines plans to expand AI-oriented data-center capacity from about 50 MW to 1.5 GW by 2033 under a $34.4 billion national infrastructure roadmap. Around $21 billion is expected from…
The iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1,199 in the US, but buyers elsewhere can pay substantially more for the same device. Counterpoint Research says Turkey is nearly twice as expensive,…