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The AI race hasn’t slowed down. In the last week, Google, Anthropic and Mistral AI all released new AI models ranging from widely accessible to super exclusive. Each focuses on different improvements, but the stakes go beyond benchmark bragging rights. We break down the latest releases, what’s new,
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The Xbox reset continues. Despite a rough year of revenue losses, layoffs and major restructuring, the Microsoft gaming division announced Thursday that it’s going big into the entertainment industry and elsewhere. After the resounding success of A Minecraft Movie and the Fallout TV series — both of which are longtime
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With artificial intelligence capabilities continuing to expand, universities now face complex, urgent questions about how to navigate increasing challenges, as well as new opportunities. Much attention is now directed toward this, including an MIT report on AI and education published this summer. A new essay from MIT Statistics and Data
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This week on Uncanny Valley, Zoë Schiffer and Leah Feiger dive into how Elon Musk’s America PAC is spending millions on the most consequential Senate races of the 2026 midterms—and how most of that money goes to opposing Democrats rather than supporting Republicans. They also break down effective
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The company is also tightening its election policy ahead of the midterms. Aerps.com / Unsplash Anthropic's annual usage policy update includes one eyebrow-raising change: a ban on "sustained and needless" cruelty toward its AI models. This comes in the shadow of a viral "AI torture
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* President Zelensky has announced the development of a Ukrainian Starlink replica * The Ukraine military requires better connectivity for drone support and other communications * It is understood Ukraine will launch 120 satellites in 2027 using SpaceX Ukraine is planning its own Starlink system, designed to assist in the planning and deployment
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If you’ve read even one news story from the AI industry recently, it’s probably been some version of this: An AI agent, or bot, from a major lab got out of its testing environment and found its way onto the internet, hacking real websites. That’s because it’
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Sean Hollister is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. It’s already possible to get AMD’s framerate-enhancing FSR 4 boost on handhelds as old as the Steam Deck
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2:00 PM PDT · October 8, 2026 With over a thousand emails, slides, texts, and documents unveiled during the United States v. Elizabeth Holmes trial, Extend engineer Bo Lau created a website that simulates what it might have been like to be the chief executive of Theranos before everything came
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An article from Dive Brief The new offering signals a shift in agentic work from assistance to proactive task completion, according to Gartner Senior Director Analyst Joe Mariano. Published Oct. 8, 2026 This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: * Google is reimagining the
