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AI’s Five-Million-Ton Trash Problem—And Why Circular Economy Fixes Won’t Save It
Generative AI could generate up to 5 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030. Hardware turns over every 2-5 years, and recycling can't keep up with the pace.
Ten Minutes of AI Can Erode Critical Thinking—MIT Scans Show Brains Powering Down
MIT researchers found LLM users showed weakest brain connectivity after writing with ChatGPT, raising concerns about cognitive debt from casual AI…
Recursive Superintelligence Raised $500M—For an AI Nobody Can Explain
The four-month-old startup with no product and a 20-person team just raised $500M at a $4B valuation. GV and Nvidia led…
Claude’s Desktop Moat Is Under Siege—Google and OpenAI Both Want In
Anthropic's MCP-powered Desktop Extensions gave Claude a structural lead in desktop AI agents. OpenAI's Codex update and Google's Gemini push are…
Bitcoin Flirted With $76K—Now Polymarket Says $80K Is a 36% Bet Before April Ends
Polymarket's $31M Bitcoin price event shows $75K locked in but odds of $80K sitting at just 36.5% as April contracts near…
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AI’s Five-Million-Ton Trash Problem—And Why Circular Economy Fixes Won’t Save It
Generative AI could generate up to 5 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030. Hardware turns over every 2-5 years,…
Ten Minutes of AI Can Erode Critical Thinking—MIT Scans Show Brains Powering Down
MIT researchers found LLM users showed weakest brain connectivity after writing with ChatGPT, raising concerns about cognitive debt from casual AI…
Recursive Superintelligence Raised $500M—For an AI Nobody Can Explain
The four-month-old startup with no product and a 20-person team just raised $500M at a $4B valuation. GV and Nvidia led…
Claude’s Desktop Moat Is Under Siege—Google and OpenAI Both Want In
Anthropic's MCP-powered Desktop Extensions gave Claude a structural lead in desktop AI agents. OpenAI's Codex update and Google's Gemini push are…
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Bitcoin Flirted With $76K—Now Polymarket Says $80K Is a 36% Bet Before April Ends
Polymarket's $31M Bitcoin price event shows $75K locked in but odds of $80K sitting at just 36.5% as April contracts near…
How Prediction Markets Work—Polymarket, Congress, and the $1B Market
Prediction markets let people bet on real-world outcomes—elections, product launches, sports—and the odds they produce often beat polls and expert forecasts.…
Schwab Launches Direct Crypto Trading at 0.75% Fee—Undercutting Fidelity
Charles Schwab's $11T brokerage now lets clients buy bitcoin and ether directly at 0.75% per trade—cheaper than Fidelity's 1% but higher…
Kraken Drops $550M on Bitnomial—The Biggest U.S. Crypto Derivatives Play Yet
Payward, Kraken's parent, is buying Bitnomial for $550M—acquiring all three CFTC licenses needed to offer regulated crypto derivatives in the U.S.…
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UK Azure Users Hit a Capacity Wall—Microsoft Says Try Sweden
Microsoft's UK South Azure region is reportedly at full capacity, forcing customers toward Sweden—but regulated industries can't follow.…
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AI’s Five-Million-Ton Trash Problem—And Why Circular Economy Fixes Won’t Save It
Generative AI could generate up to 5 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030. Hardware turns over every 2-5 years, and recycling can't keep up with…
Ten Minutes of AI Can Erode Critical Thinking—MIT Scans Show Brains Powering Down
MIT researchers found LLM users showed weakest brain connectivity after writing with ChatGPT, raising concerns about cognitive debt from casual AI use.
Recursive Superintelligence Raised $500M—For an AI Nobody Can Explain
The four-month-old startup with no product and a 20-person team just raised $500M at a $4B valuation. GV and Nvidia led the oversubscribed round.
Claude’s Desktop Moat Is Under Siege—Google and OpenAI Both Want In
Anthropic's MCP-powered Desktop Extensions gave Claude a structural lead in desktop AI agents. OpenAI's Codex update and Google's Gemini push are closing the gap fast.
Bitcoin Flirted With $76K—Now Polymarket Says $80K Is a 36% Bet Before April Ends
Polymarket's $31M Bitcoin price event shows $75K locked in but odds of $80K sitting at just 36.5% as April contracts near expiry. $150K believers are paying…
Polymarket Iran Invasion Odds Hit 36%—And the Strait of Hormuz Just Closed
Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz and fired on ships as Polymarket odds for a U.S. invasion before 2027 hit 36%. $12.6M has traded—and $1B+ in…
Polymarket Says Anthropic Still Owns ‘Best AI Model’—But Google and OpenAI Are Quietly Closing In
Anthropic holds 52% odds in the $3.5M 'best AI model' Polymarket, but Google surged 2 points this week as OpenAI's GPT-Rosalind launch triggers a competitive reshuffle.
Anthropic CEO: AI Scaling Has No Limit—50% of Jobs Gone
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told the Financial Times there's no ceiling on AI scaling, even as he warned half of entry-level office jobs could vanish within…
How Prediction Markets Work—Polymarket, Congress, and the $1B Market
Prediction markets let people bet on real-world outcomes—elections, product launches, sports—and the odds they produce often beat polls and expert forecasts. Here's how they work.
Trump Says He Had “No Idea” of the Meeting Between Anthropic and the White House
Amodei met with White House officials to discuss AI regulation and Mythos deployment. Trump told reporters he wasn't briefed on the sit-down.
Anthropic CEO Walks Into the White House—After Pentagon Model Ban
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei met with Susie Wiles and Scott Bessent after a federal judge called the Pentagon ban an 'attempt to cripple' the company.
UK Azure Users Hit a Capacity Wall—Microsoft Says Try Sweden
Microsoft's UK South Azure region is reportedly at full capacity, forcing customers toward Sweden—but regulated industries can't follow. The AI demand crisis hits Britain.