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Bomb Chinese data centers to prevent development of AGI, says Former Obama Admin Official

Bomb Chinese data centers to prevent development of AGI, says Former Obama Admin Official

A US national security officer has suggested bombing Chinese data centers to prevent them from developing or using AGI Cyberattacks are also an option that wouldn't result in full-scale retaliation If China can't be trusted with AGI, why…

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Amazon Quick is now available on desktop, with a new mobile activity feed

Amazon has made its Quick desktop assistant generally available on macOS and Windows, pitching it to enterprise IT as the governed alternative to shadow AI. Quick runs in ordinary European AWS regions with inference kept inside Europe, but…

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TASS

Iran, Gulf countries to discuss navigation in Strait of Hormuz — Iranian Foreign Ministry

Spokesman Esmail Baghaei welcomed the upcoming ministerial meeting as an important event and expressed hope that it will pave the way for strengthening mutual understanding between the countries of the region

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Fandom is the Rollout: How Fandoms Redefine Music Marketing

Hacker Noon

Fandom is the Rollout: How Fandoms Redefine Music Marketing

I studied PR and Advertising for two years before I realized I had already watched one of the most sophisticated marketing operations in the industry from a fan account at 2am. I was just there because I loved music. Comeback season meant…

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Roblox will soon add offline and browser-based play modes

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Roblox will soon add offline and browser-based play modes

Roblox has revealed that players will be able to play in-browser and offline in the near future.

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Fool's Theory says the biggest 'challenge' developing Songs of the Past was making sure Dandelion's story didn't 'steal…

Fool's Theory says the biggest 'challenge' developing Songs of the Past was making sure Dandelion's story didn't 'steal…

CD Projekt Red and Fool's Theory say there were narrative challenges when developing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past The expansion is about Dandelion, but they didn't want him to "steal the show" from Geralt There was also…

Heavys H1E review: Born for One Thing

Heavys H1E: Two-minute review Few audio brands have made as much noise on social media as Heavys. In the best headphones arena, the company made heavy music (sound)waves with its Heavys H1H headphones, a couple of years ago, and now it has…

Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems

Wired

Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems

The proposed class action alleges Meta illegally harvested people’s Facebook and Instagram photos to train its AI image-generation models and to build its unreleased “NameTag” face recognition feature.

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Central Eurasia names its 2026 Road to Battlefield winners: Cerberus, WeGlobal AI, and LOOQ

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Central Eurasia names its 2026 Road to Battlefield winners: Cerberus, WeGlobal AI, and LOOQ

Cerberus, WeGlobal AI, and LOOQ took the top three spots at the regional final of Road to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 2026 and will represent Central Eurasia in the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco this…

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Switzerland takes a Swiss Army knife to Microsoft 365

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Switzerland takes a Swiss Army knife to Microsoft 365

Two divisions of Switzerland’s government are shifting from Microsoft 365 to open-source openDesk. Here’s why.

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Scientists unlock secrets of ancient Egyptian materials with proteomics

Ars Technica

Scientists unlock secrets of ancient Egyptian materials with proteomics

Credit: Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm Credit: Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm The precise composition of ancient Egyptian paints, binders, adhesives, and similar materials…

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