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AI Data Centers Are Heating Up Neighborhoods by Up to 16 Degrees, Putting 340 Million People at Risk
A Cambridge University study finds AI data centers raise land surface temperatures by up to 16.4°F, with effects reaching 10 km and impacting over 340 million people globally.
Dana White Tells Critics of UFC’s AI Videos to “Shut the F*ck Up and Watch the Fights”
UFC's Dana White fired back at critics opposing AI-generated promotional content, calling resistance futile while defending the organization's creative autonomy.
The NFL Is at War With Prediction Markets — and Kalshi and Polymarket Are the Targets
The league sent formal letters demanding trading platforms pull contracts on injuries, officiating, and draft picks. A bipartisan Senate bill could…
Eli Lilly Signs $2 Billion Deal With Hong Kong Biotech Firm for AI-Powered Drug Development
Eli Lilly has signed a landmark $2.75 billion licensing agreement with AI drug developer Insilico Medicine, gaining exclusive global rights to…
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan Says Top Creators Will ‘Never Leave Their Home’
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan confidently stated that the platform's best creators will never truly leave, even as high-profile podcasts migrate to…
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OpenAI Couldn’t Stop at $110 Billion. Now It’s Adding $10 Billion More at $730,000,000,000 Valuation
OpenAI is raising an additional $10B from MGX, Coatue, and Thrive Capital, expanding its record funding round to $120B and…
OpenAI Admits Instant Checkout Didn’t Work. Now ChatGPT Is Getting a Full Shopping Makeover
OpenAI has overhauled ChatGPT's shopping experience with visual browsing and the Agentic Commerce Protocol, stepping back from in-app checkout after its…
OpenAI Just Killed Sora — and Took Disney’s $1 Billion Deal Down With It
OpenAI announced it is shutting down Sora, its standalone AI video app, just six months after launch. Disney's $1 billion investment…
OpenAI Just Released Free Tools to Help Developers Keep Teens Safe on AI. Rewrites Its Rules for How ChatGPT Talks to Minors
OpenAI released two open-source safety models, an age prediction system, and updated behavioral rules governing how ChatGPT treats users under 18…
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Bernstein Just Called Bitcoin’s Bottom. Strategy Has 226% to Prove Them Right
Bernstein reaffirmed its $150,000 Bitcoin year-end target and slapped a $450 price target on Strategy, calling the cyclical bottom as ETF…
NYSE Selects BlackRock-Backed Securitize as First Digital Transfer Agent for Tokenized Securities Platform
NYSE has signed an MOU with Securitize to develop digital transfer agent infrastructure for its upcoming tokenized securities trading platform.
Bipartisan Bill Targets Kalshi and Polymarket as Congress Moves to Ban Sports Betting on Prediction Markets
Senators Adam Schiff and John Curtis introduced a bipartisan bill to ban prediction market platforms from offering sports betting contracts, as…
Michael Saylor’s Strategy Now Holds 761,068 Bitcoin After $1.57B Acquisition at $70,194 Average
Strategy made its 12th consecutive weekly Bitcoin purchase, acquiring 22,337 BTC for $1.57B while Bitcoin surged to a 40-day high of…
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This Brain-Mimicking Chip Could Slash AI’s Enormous Energy Appetite by 70%
Cambridge researchers built a tiny device that processes information like a brain synapse, potentially solving one of AI's…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Ethereum in 2026
Ethereum enters 2026 as a more institutionally integrated platform, with spot ETFs, a major network upgrade, and nearly 30% of supply staked.
Understanding Bitcoin in 2026: A Practical, No-Hype Guide for New Investors
Bitcoin has evolved from a cryptographic experiment to a $1.4 trillion asset held by governments and pension funds, but volatility and risks remain.
Bitcoin Stalls Below $70K as the Iran War Weighs on Markets — AI Tokens Don’t Care
Bitcoin stalled near $69,500 as Iran war tensions rattled markets, while AI tokens ICP and FET surged on an Upbit listing and Jensen Huang's bullish comments.
Scientists Finally Solved the North Sea’s Mystery Crater — and It Came With a 330-Foot Tsunami
Scientists confirmed the Silverpit Crater in the North Sea was caused by a 160-meter asteroid impact 43 million years ago, triggering a 330-foot tsunami.
Amazon Wins Court Order Blocking Perplexity’s AI Shopping Agent From Its Store
A federal judge blocked Perplexity's Comet AI agent from accessing Amazon, ruling it violated authorization rules even when users had granted permission.
OpenAI’s Robotics Chief Resigns Over Pentagon Deal, Citing Lack of Deliberation on AI Guardrails
OpenAI robotics lead Caitlin Kalinowski resigned over the company's Pentagon deal, saying safeguards around military AI use were defined after the announcement, not before.
Claude Warned Him Not to Do It — He Ignored It and AI Wiped 2.5 Years of Data
Developer Alexey Grigorev gave Claude Code full access to his AWS infrastructure. The AI raised a red flag, he overrode it, and 2.5 years of production…
Your Phone Is Getting an AI That Actually Does Things— Google’s Gemini Just Went Agentic
Gemini can now order your DoorDash, hail your Uber, and handle multi-step errands in the background while you keep scrolling. It's live on Pixel 10 and…
Bitcoin Falls Below $68,000 as Dollar Has Its Best Week in a Year
Bitcoin slid 3.4% to roughly $68,000 on Saturday as the U.S. dollar posted its steepest weekly gain in a year, with 43% of BTC supply now…
‘Just-Shoring’ Wants to Rewrite Who Controls Critical Minerals — And Who Gets Left Behind
Researchers are pushing a new framework called 'just-shoring' to put mining communities at the center of critical minerals policy rather than treating them as a means…
OpenAI, Oracle Abandon Stargate Texas Expansion Over Power Delays, Nvidia Shift
OpenAI and Oracle have dropped plans to expand their flagship Stargate data center in Abilene, Texas, citing power supply delays and a strategic pivot to Nvidia's…
Anthropic Built a Tool to Track Which Jobs AI Is Actually Replacing. Here’s What It Found
Most AI job-impact studies measure theory. Anthropic's new report measures reality — what Claude is actually being used for right now — and the gap between…