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The AI “startups” worth billions of dollars are raising alarm bells about Chinese AI. The smaller players have a totally different take.

In Pasadena, California, there's a cute red brick courtyard where one storefront isn't like the rest. The glass doors open onto a sparse industrial hallway, which leads to a sunlit foyer with a large spiral staircase. Go up, and you'll see a typical coworking space: open tables, healthy snacks, a collection of meeting rooms with […]

TikTok has attracted the ire of the European Union over its protection of children who use the video sharing platform. The European Commission announced preliminary findings today under the Digital Services Act (DSA) that offer specific issues to address. The Commission suggests that TikTok should adjust the default settings of minors' "public" accounts so the […]

After Trump publicly backed pillow salesman turned election denier Mike Lindell for governor of Minnesota, the local GOP pushed back strongly.

EU law gives researchers unprecedented rights to scrutinize Big Tech. Researchers say Tik Tok, X, and Meta are still deciding who gets to look inside.

Lawmakers are preparing to introduce an "AI Kill Switch Act" that would require AI companies to shut down or throttle their systems on orders from the Department of Homeland Security, according to a report from Politico. Reps. Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Nathaniel Moran (R-TX) are expected to introduce the legislation on Thursday. The news of […]

On a gray, humid Saturday morning in central Florida, a little under a dozen people gathered outside the Spring Hill Branch Library to protest the construction of a hyperscale data center in their community. There was no immediate threat - the Hernando County commission had unanimously approved a one-year moratorium on such developments in June […]

The European Union has fined Google's parent company Alphabet €890 million (about $1 billion) for two separate violations of the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA). One penalty is for giving its own products preferential treatment in search results, while the other is for blocking Android developers from sending users to alternate payment options. A €460 […]

There’s a debate going on in the Trump administration over how to handle increasingly powerful Chinese AI models.

As access to Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s frontier models becomes more restricted, Chinese labs are pitching their open-source alternatives as stable, accessible, and increasingly capable.

Michigan has been at the epicenter of the wildfire smoke and explosive diarrhea outbreaks. The progressive Democrat talks to WIRED about how he would tackle the forces behind them if he’s elected.

Everyone is talking about the reading crisis. But inside the “Mississippi Miracle,” it’s all about comprehension.

Members of the Army received an email informing them that they were rapidly depleting their AI tokens, and needed to limit use.

Publicado originalmente en Justicia Liberal . El hecho y su lectura económica La reconfiguración de lealtades internas en el bloque peronista del Congreso que reporta LA17 podría leerse como un episodio más del folletín peronista: disputas de conducción, alineamientos con gobernadores, señales cruzadas hacia 2027. Pero desde una perspectiva económica aplicada, el fenómeno tiene consecuencias concretas sobre variables que le importan a cualquier empresa, ahorrista o asalariado argentino. La inestabilidad legislativa no es un dato político neutro. Es un factor de riesgo que los mercados descuentan en tiempo real. Incertidumbre legislativa y su precio en variables macro Cuando un bloque opositor mayoritario se fragmenta, el resultado inmediato no es la debilidad del peronismo: es la imprevisibilidad del Congreso. Y la imprevisibilidad tiene precio. El riesgo país argentino, que según datos del BCRA y operadores de mercado secundario rondó los 600-700 puntos básicos durante buena parte de 2025, es en parte una prima por incertidumbre institucional. Cada vez que el Poder Legislativo se convierte en un tablero de negociaciones opacas —donde un artículo fiscal puede ser bloqueado, modificado o aprobado según quién necesite qué favor de quién— la tasa de descuento que aplican los inversores sobre activos argentinos sube. Eso se traduce en mayor costo de financiamiento para el Tesoro y, por efecto derrame, para el crédito privado. El mecanismo es simple: si no sabés qué va a salir del Congreso la semana próxima, no invertís a largo plazo. Y si no invertís, no generás empleo formal ni capacidad productiva. El déficit como rehén de la interna El equilibrio fiscal que el gobierno de Javier Milei logró sostener durante 2024 —el primer superávit financiero en más de una década, según datos del Ministerio de Economía— depende en parte de que el Congreso no apruebe gastos que el Ejecutivo no puede financiar sin emisión. Ahí es donde la fragmentación peronista se vuelve peligrosa de

Today, I’m talking with Harvard professor and New Yorker staff writer Dr. Jill Lepore about her new book, The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State, which comes out on August 25. Jill is one of the best writers there is at identifying institutional patterns in history, and Decoder is a show about systems, so […]

AliExpress has been hit with a €550 million (about $629 million) fine for violating Europe's Digital Services Act (DSA) rules by failing to prevent illegal, unsafe, or counterfeit products from being sold on the e-commerce platform. The European Commission ruled that AliExpress didn't take effective measures to reduce the dissemination of illegal products, noting the […]

According to the New York Times, federal agents have been told that the FBI will no longer be investigating confrontations involving ICE agents. The DHS and DOJ denied the change in policy to The Times. The reported change in guidance follows renewed scrutiny of violence by ICE agents who have killed two people in the […]

Food producer Taylor Farms released a statement on the Cyclospora outbreak Friday, confirming that it's "voluntarily removing all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico from the US market." Reuters reports that, according to a source, Taylor Farms told customers like Yum Brands owner Taco Bell and the food distributor Sysco on Thursday to pull shredded […]

A newly renewed, $25 million-per-year contract with a subsidiary of Thompson Reuters further expands the power of ICE under the Trump administration.

Election deniers have spent years promoting the idea that the 2020 election was stolen. They believe Donald Trump’s speech finally proves them right.