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The former CEO of Everyday Robotics, Alphabet's AI robotics moonshot that was shut down in January 2023, reflects on its start and efforts to give AI a body (Hans Peter Brondmo/Wired)

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Sergey Brin says he works at Google "pretty much every day" and that recent AI algorithmic improvements are "outpacing the increased compute" put into models (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Sergey Brin says he works at Google "pretty much e...

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CTIA: Americans used over 100T MB of wireless data in 2023, up 36% YoY, the largest single-year increase; the number of wireless connections rose 6% YoY to 558M (David Shepardson/Reuters)

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In a memo to commemorate Alibaba's 25th anniversary, Jack Ma said the competition will make the company stronger, urging trust "in the power of market forces" (Jiahui Huang/Wall Street Journal)

In a memo to commemorate Alibaba's 25th anniversar...

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Facebook admits to scraping every Australian adult user's public data to train AI, with no opt-out option because it is not required to do so under privacy law (Jake Evans/ABC)

Facebook admits to scraping every Australian adult...

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A federal judge blocks Utah from enforcing the Minor Protection in Social Media Act, set to take effect on October 1, saying the law likely violates the 1A (Wendy Davis/MediaPost)

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Taylor Swift says she's voting for Kamala Harris, noting that Donald Trump sharing an AI-generated image of her "endorsing" him prompted her to reveal her plans (Taylor Swift/Taylor Swift on Instagram)

Taylor Swift says she's voting for Kamala Harris, ...

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Matt Shumer, who was accused of fraud over HyperWrite's 70B-parameter AI model, says he "got ahead" of himself but doesn't explain why the model underperformed (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

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AWS plans to spend £8B in the UK to grow its cloud business, expecting to support up to 14,000 jobs and contribute £14B to the UK GDP between 2024 and 2028 (Joe Mayes/Bloomberg)

AWS plans to spend £8B in the UK to grow its...

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Maryland-based Forterra, which develops autonomous driving tech for military and commercial vehicles, raised a $75M Series B (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)

Maryland-based Forterra, which develops autonomous...

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MariaDB, which went public via SPAC in late 2022, says it's been acquired by PE firm K1 and names a new CEO, after filing to delist its shares from the NYSE (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

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NYC-based Versana, a two-year-old platform that allows lenders to access data about $2.7T worth of loans, raised $26M from Barclays, Bank of America, and others (Jan-Henrik Foerster/Bloomberg)

NYC-based Versana, a two-year-old platform that al...

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Google plans to buy carbon removal credits from direct air capture provider Holocene for $100 per ton, far below current prices, for delivery by the early 2030s (Justine Calma/The Verge)

Google plans to buy carbon removal credits from di...

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Sources describe how Stripe was forced to scramble after its payments partnership with Wells Fargo ended and Goldman Sachs decided against taking up the role (Michael Roddan/The Information)

Sources describe how Stripe was forced to scramble...

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The NYT tech guild of 600+ staffers, the largest US union of tech workers with bargaining rights, authorizes a strike after two years of talks with no contract (Sara Fischer/Axios)

The NYT tech guild of 600+ staffers, the largest U...

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Google starts rolling out a Google One "Lite" plan in India that offers 30GB storage for Rs. 59, or ~$0.70, per month (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

Google starts rolling out a Google One "Lite" plan...

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Waymo: its cars in Phoenix and SF had 48% fewer crashes/mile than humans and 73% fewer injury-causing ones; humans rear-ended Waymos in 16 of the 23 worst ones (Timothy B Lee/Understanding AI)

Waymo: its cars in Phoenix and SF had 48% fewer cr...

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Paris-based Neat, which helps other companies sell insurance products to their own customers, raised a €50M Series A, with ~60% in equity and the rest in debt (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

Paris-based Neat, which helps other companies sell...

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