AI & Culture

Here’s Every Country Directly Impacted by the War on Iran

As the conflict in the Middle East continues to escalate, more than a dozen countries in the region have reportedly been...

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AI & Culture

‘Uncanny Valley’: Iran War in the AI Era, Prediction Market Ethics, and Paramount Beats Netflix

In this episode, our hosts unpack the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, particularly as the AI industry has been entr...

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AI & Culture

OpenAI Had Banned Military Use. The Pentagon Tested Its Models Through Microsoft Anyway

Sources allege the Defense Department experimented with Microsoft’s version of OpenAI technology before the ChatGPT-make...

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AI & Tech

AWS launches a new AI agent platform specifically for healthcare

AWS is launching Amazon Connect Health, an AI agent platform that will help with patient scheduling, documentation, and ...

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AI & Tech

FBI investigating hack on its wiretap and surveillance systems: report

Hackers allegedly broke into the FBI’s networks, according to a report by CNN....

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AI & Tech

US reportedly considering sweeping new chip export controls

In an alleged drafted proposal, the U.S. government would play a role in every chip export sale regardless of which coun...

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AI & Culture

ByteDance’s AI Ambitions Are Being Hampered by Compute Restraints and Copyright Concerns

ByteDance’s new Seedance 2.0 AI video model seemed unstoppable—until heavy demand strained the company’s compute capacit...

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AI & Culture

It’s Peak Season for Birdwatchers to Spot Migratory Hummingbirds, and Our Favorite Feeder Is on Sale

Early March is the best time to see rare migratory species in your own backyard, and a smart feeder can help you ID them...

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AI & Tech

Amazon is rolling out a redesigned Fire TV app

With the updated Fire TV app, users can browse and discover content directly from their phone, manage their watchlist on...

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AI & Tech

BYD rolls out EV batteries with 5-minute ‘flash charging’ — but there’s a catch

The Chinese automaker's new Blade Battery 2.0 is capable of charging at up to 1.5 megawatts, dramatically slashing the t...

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AI & Tech

Italian prosecutors confirm journalist was hacked with Paragon spyware

Italian authorities are making progress in their investigation into a wide-ranging spyware scandal in Italy involving Pa...

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AI & Tech

It’s official: The Pentagon has labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk

The Department of Defense has officially labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk, making the AI firm the first American co...

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AI & Tech

X revamps Creator Subscriptions with new features, like exclusive threads and shareable cards

X is rolling out a series of new features for creators, like the ability to offer paid threads and other marketing tools...

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AI & Culture

The 10 Best Shows to Stream Right Now (March 2026)

Daredevil: Born Again, The Dinosaurs, and For All Mankind are just a few of the TV shows we’re springing for this month....

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AI & Culture

The Controversies Finally Caught Up to Kristi Noem

Donald Trump said he would replace the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Noem’s tenure was marked by agg...

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AI & Culture

Why Fandom Discourse Feels Extra Cringe Right Now

Infighting and backlash among Heated Rivalry fans is most pronounced on X—fueled in part by censorship-driven migration ...

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AI & Tech

Hardware testing startup Nominal hits $1B valuation, raises $155M in 10 months

Nominal provides hardware testing equipment to defense tech companies. Founders Fund led the preemptive deal....

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AI & Tech

Roblox launches real-time AI chat rephrasing to filter out banned language

The new feature goes beyond Roblox’s current text filter, which simply replaces banned words and phrases with the “#” sy...

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AI & Tech

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei could still be trying to make a deal with Pentagon

Anthropic's $200 million contract with the Department of Defense broke down due to disagreements over giving the militar...

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AI & Tech

Oura acquires Doublepoint, a startup that specializes in gesture recognition technology

The company believes its next phase of wearable AI will be powered by a combination of voice and gesture....

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AI & Tech

Netflix buys Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking company InterPositive

Affleck says he wanted to "preserve what makes human storytelling human, which is judgement."...

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AI & Tech

Match Group COO out, as dating apps struggle to connect with Gen Z

Match Group eliminates the COO role as CEO Spencer Rascoff has been managing operations....

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AI & Tech

Zeno raises $25M to speed up production of its battery-swap motorbikes

The startup, co-founded by Tesla and Apple alumni, has sold nearly 1,000 of its motorbikes so far....

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AI Industry

Databricks built a RAG agent it says can handle every kind of enterprise search

Most enterprise RAG pipelines are optimized for one search behavior. They fail silently on the others. A model trained t...

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