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Aug 30, 2026 3

Musk’s faster path to more gas turbines comes with pollution problem

Elon Musk says a secretive new SpaceX foundry will let him cast his own turbine blades and get gas power online 18 months faster than any...

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Aug 30, 2026 4

Texas Governor Abbott blocks funding for more Flock cameras

As backlash grows over Flock's AI surveillance cameras, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has frozen state spending on them. The move came just ...

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Aug 30, 2026 4

Caterpillar is bringing to AI deployment what it learned from automating mining

Caterpillar has spent decades putting autonomous machines to work at remote mining sites. It's now bringing that experience to AI deploym...

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Aug 29, 2026 9

Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a “brazen campaign” of intellectual property theft

This latest lawsuit is particularly broad and homes in on accusations of illegal piracy.

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Aug 29, 2026 8

Sony Music and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic

Sony Music and Warner Chappell have filed suit against Anthropic in the US District Court for the Northern District of California seeking...

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Aug 29, 2026 8

“We’re not doing 30 bets a year”: Vijay Pande on betting small after running $4 billion at a16z

Vijay Pande — who left a16z's roughly $4 billion biotech practice last year to start the much smaller, AI-native VZVC — talks about why b...

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Aug 29, 2026 16

Nvidia’s AI advantage is moving beyond the GPU

The new generation of data center systems is increasing efficiency with smarter traffic control instead of just more processor cycles.

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Aug 29, 2026 16

Musicians-turned-detectives are hunting for AI grifters

As audio-focused generative tools and platforms have gotten more sophisticated, the internet has become increasingly filled with AI-gener...

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Aug 28, 2026 17

Neocloud Lambda secures $1B in debt to buy more chips

Neocloud Lambda has raised $1B in private debt to buy Nvidia AI chips and lease them to Microsoft. It's the latest in a string of loans, ...

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Aug 28, 2026 19

An Anthropic researcher just gave us a peek at self-improving AI

Given 10 benchmarks for specific misaligned behaviors, the automated systems were able to improve performance on every single one without...

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Aug 28, 2026 21

Open-weight AI companies are the Valley’s hottest acquisition targets

There's a lot of capital pouring into the business of giving models away.

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Aug 28, 2026 16

Our 10 favorite scenes from T2: Judgment Day

James Cameron's 1991 sci-fi blockbuster returns to theaters this weekend for its 35th anniversary.