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* Congressman Ro Khanna has introduced H. Res. 1471, a "Data Center Bill of Rights" * It calls for a 2,500-foot buffer around homes, schools, and hospitals * It also enshrines local veto power protected from state preemption, mandatory impact reports and water disclosure, and clawbacks on subsidies in a
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text &
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The streaming platform Twitch will now use creators’ content to help train generative AI models for its parent company, Amazon. This move has inspired swift and concentrated backlash from the Twitch community, especially because creators are opted in to having their content used for this AI training by default. For
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Gettyimages.com/NurPhoto / Contributor ByNick Wakeman, Editor-in-Chief, Washington Technology August 12, 2026 04:11 PM ET A new $244M Pentagon memo skips the Federal Acquisition Regulation's process for sole-source justifications and urges agencies to find ways to work with the company. * Contracts Palantir has secured another lucrative commitment
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Save $35: The Google Pixelsnap charger (with stand) just hit a new record-low price at Amazon. This $70 charger is now discounted by 50%, which drops its price to only $35. Preorders for the Pixel 11 series went live earlier this morning, so if you’re considering getting a new
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Fellow Android phone owners, our time has come! Google made a Bluetooth tracker that lets us locate our luggage, bike or whatever item we can attach it to. Ahead of its Made by Google event Wednesday, the search and AI giant released its Pixel 11 series, Pixel Watch 5 and
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* Watch Australia vs Bangladesh test series free on 7plus Sport (AUS) / DAZN (UK) * BLOCKED?Unblock cricket streams with NordVPN (try risk-free for 30 days) * First test: August 13-17 from 1:30am BST / 10am ACST daily The Aussies are preparing for their summer of cricket with two exciting (hopefully) Test matches
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The Government of Karnataka and the Consulate General of Israel in Bengaluru convened the Karnataka-Israel Cyber Dialogue 2026 to explore deeper collaboration in cybersecurity innovation, talent development, research, technology and digital resilience. Held under the theme “Stronger Together. Secure Tomorrow.”, the dialogue was organised as part of Karnataka’s Global
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Visa's president of technology, Rajat Taneja, walked the VB Transform 2026 audience through aiming Anthropic's Mythos at Visa's own payment network. The model stitched minor weaknesses into working exploit chains, and Visa open-sourced the harness that governed the hunt. That's what it
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text &
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Code in the latest Uber iOS app refers to adding a tween aged 10 to 12 to an Uber Family profile, with a trusted adult contact and the option to require a grown-up at pickup. Uber says it is not a live product and that its only teen offering remains
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It’s happening again. Two years after the last total solar eclipse, today’s event brought another spectacular sight, along with a rare bonus: For some observers, the eclipse coincided with sunset, creating an extraordinary view. (Sorry, North Americans, you were mostly left out.) The total eclipse was visible only
