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* GoPro has been acquired by private company Starman Optical, an optical photonics specialist * Though describing the deal as a "merger", Starman has paid $285 million cash * The merged company plans to leverage its IP across "defense, government, robotics and aerospace markets" It's been no
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NASA has told Axiom Space to develop a simpler Sortie Suit for the first lunar landings, cutting mass and complexity to support a 2028 target. The same acceleration cancelled the Lunar Gateway, and ESA’s three guaranteed European astronaut flights were secured against Gateway hardware. NASA is simplifying the spacesuit
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The Justice Department filed a statement of interest backing OpenAI’s fair use defence in the consolidated publisher copyright cases, arguing that licensing costs would threaten national security. EU law has no fair use doctrine, and the AI Act applies its copyright obligations to any provider placing a model on
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TL;DR Schools are treating AI primarily as a cheating risk while the skills gap widens. Gallup found teachers using AI weekly save 5.9 hours/week. The WEF estimates 39% of current skills may be outdated by 2030. Kirk Drake argues schools should give teachers approved tools, paid training,
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Electrek has matched two fatal US freeway crashes to redacted Tesla reports showing a driver assistance system verified as engaged with the car stopped at 0mph in a live lane. The Netherlands approved FSD Supervised in April under UN Regulation 171, sealed the reasoning as commercial secrets, and an EU-wide
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TL;DR Social media did not create anger or dishonesty, but it gave those instincts an extraordinarily efficient distribution system. With global news trust at 37% and AI making fakes harder to spot, Booker Loud argues the question is no longer whether platforms influence us but what we choose to
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Microsoft will report Azure revenue in dollars each quarter for the first time, having grown it 42% to $29.42B in the June quarter under a new two-segment structure. The European Commission reached a preliminary position in June that Azure should be designated a gatekeeper, with a final decision expected
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New York City is imposing a one-year moratorium on generative AI for pupils from 2-K through eighth grade, removing student-facing AI software and companion chatbots for around 600,000 children. Norway banned generative AI in its primary schools in June, and the EU AI Act regulates AI used on pupils
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Meta has released Muse Spark 1.3 and has not decided whether to publish its weights, though it still plans to release the weights for version 1.2. The AI Act exempts genuinely open-source general-purpose models from part of Article 53, but that exemption does not apply to models classified
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Featured Podcasts Big Technology Podcast: Cloudflare CEO: We're Ready To Block Millions of Websites From AI — With Matthew Prince The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators. Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast. Channels with Peter
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London’s first public robotaxi service is now live. Starting today, UK riders can hail a self-driving vehicle via the Uber app, through a partnership with autonomous driving company Wayve – though a safety operator will initially remain in the driver’s seat. At launch, the rides will take place aboard
