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China’s Unitree Prices IPO in Bet Investors Are Ready for Humanoid Robots

Unitree Robotics wants to raise about $900 million in an I.P.O. that tests market interest in humanoid robots, a technology that wows but has yet to prove its viability.
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Google Names Demis Hassabis to New AI Role in a Leadership Shake-up

Minutes after four top researchers said they were leaving, Google said that Demis Hassabis, the Nobel-winning scientist who led the company’s A.I. lab, was stepping into a new job.
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How China’s A.I. Is Surging Across Africa

In African tech hubs, developers are picking China’s cheap, freely available artificial intelligence models over more powerful U.S. ones.
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Follow the Markets and Track Stocks With These Free Apps

Google Finance and Apple’s Stocks app have added new features over the years to make them more useful for tracking the markets and your investments.
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Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million Fine by New Mexico Judge

The penalty, imposed by a state judge, is on top of a $375 million fine ordered by a jury that found Meta misled users about the safety of its platforms.
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F.C.C. Removes Limit on Broadcast TV Ownership

The move lifts a rule that said a single television-station owner could not reach more than 39 percent of U.S. households.
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French Streamers Convicted in Case Related to Kick Livestream Death

The two men, users of the platform Kick, received suspended sentences and fines.
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TikTok Lays Off 250 Employees in Office That Includes Content Moderation

TikTok did not give a detailed reason for the layoffs, which will shutter its Nashville office.
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Four Top Google A.I. Researchers Form New Start-Up

Jeff Dean, who for years was one of Google’s most important executives, is leading the new artificial intelligence company with the backing of Google.
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Trump White House Readies AI Framework to Review Security Risks

The voluntary review process will cover closed-source artificial intelligence models, but exclude those that publish the underlying code.
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SpaceX, in First Earnings After IPO, Reports Soaring AI Spending

Elon Musk’s rocket company said its capital expenditures jumped nearly seven times from a year ago. Revenue also rose.
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In Lawsuit, NJ Accuses Amazon of Suppressing Pay for Delivery Drivers

The state attorney general said in an antitrust lawsuit filed on Tuesday that the company was abusing its market power to keep its delivery costs low.
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Man’s Claim That Brakes Failed on Jaguar Was Scam to Avoid Car Payments, Court Rules

Nathan Owen called the police, saying he was trapped in a runaway car. A judge determined it was a lie and sentenced him to more than four years in prison.
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A SpaceX Rocket Will Soon Crash Into the Moon

The second stage of a Falcon 9 rocket, which sent two private landers to the moon last year, will collide with the moon early Wednesday morning.
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White House Whipsaws Silicon Valley (and Itself) Over A.I. Rules

The Trump administration has struggled with how to approach “open source” models, which are freely available to download and favored by Chinese companies.
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SpaceX’s Stock Lockup Is Expiring. Prepare for a Bumpy Ride.

On Thursday, employees and other insiders at Elon Musk’s rocket company will be released from their first stock “lockup” and can start selling some of their shares.
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If You Can’t Beat A.I., Outdress It, Tech Firms and Their Swag Say

Over the years, tech workers have proudly worn nerdy company-branded gear. But this generation of hot companies is getting fancy with its merch.
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Google Earth Disables A.I. Tool After One Day Over Disinformation Concerns

A new Google Earth tool allowed the creation of A.I. deepfake maps. The company quickly pulled it back after users noted there were no safeguards to prevent content that could be harmful.
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Open Model Wars + Claire Stapleton’s Dishy Google Memoir + Substack’s Slop Fight

“It just seems like the temperature is rising on Silicon Valley.”
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Five Takeaways From the Times Investigation Into Larry Ellison’s A.I. Gamble

The billionaire’s company took on ominous loads of debt to build data centers around the world. The implications go far beyond Oracle.
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