Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin enters the space data center game
“Project Sunrise” would include more than 50,000 satellites performing high-energy compute on orbit.
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Scale AI launches Voice Showdown, the first real-world benchmark for voice AI — and the results are humbling for some top models
Voice AI is moving faster than the tools we use to measure it. Every major AI lab — OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, xAI — is racing to ship voice models capable of natural, real-time conversation. But the benchmarks used to…
Iran War Puts Global Energy Markets on the Brink of a Worst-Case Scenario
“This will be so, so, so, so, so bad,” one analyst says.
U.S. accuses Iran’s government of operating hacktivist group that hacked Stryker
The U.S. Justice Department said an Iranian security ministry operates the fake activist persona known as Handala, which claimed responsibility for the destructive hack targeting medical tech giant Stryker.
Trump’s AI framework targets state laws, shifts child safety burden to parents
Trump’s AI framework pushes federal preemption of state laws, emphasizes innovation, and shifts responsibility for child safety toward parents while laying out lighter-touch rules for tech companies.
AI startups are eating the venture industry and the returns, so far, are good
AI startups accounted for 41% of the $128 billion in venture dollars raised by companies on Carta last year — a record-high annual share.
Oregon School Cell Phone Ban: ‘Engaged Students, Joyful Teachers’
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Major SteamOS update adds support for Steam Machine, even more third-party hardware
Valve’s Steam Machine desktop is currently in a state of involuntary limbo, driven by historically awful pricing and availability for memory and storage chips. AI data centers are absorbing much of what memory manufacturers can produce, leaving much less for…
Google’s battery-powered Nest Doorbell is $40 off right now
The standard Nest Doorbell makes it easy to identify visitors and packages when you’re not at home. | Image: Google Buying a video doorbell is worth it for several reasons. They’re convenient if you get a lot of deliveries or…
Monte Verde site gets a new date, but the big picture doesn’t change
A landmark site in the peopling of the Americas is several thousand years younger than we thought. While that means very different things about the site itself, it doesn’t change the big picture as much as the researchers who generated…