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Lava Network Puts Tokenization to Work on Germany's EUR 500M Battery Storage Problem

Lava Network Puts Tokenization to Work on Germany's EUR 500M Battery Storage Problem

Germany needs to roughly quintuple its battery storage by 2030, and the capital to build it has to come from somewhere. Lava Network is now testing whether tokenized financing can be part of the answer. The protocol's Tokenization Sandbox…

In DC, Lapid tells Democrats who voted to block arms sales to Israel that ‘they’re wrong’

Times of Israel

In DC, Lapid tells Democrats who voted to block arms sales to Israel that ‘they’re wrong’

Meeting several Democratic senators ahead of the Israeli election, opposition leader tells them 'not to give up on Israel,' says boycotts are 'not the way' The post In DC, Lapid tells Democrats who voted to block arms sales to Israel that…

Times of Israel

Runlayer showed Rippling its source code. A Rippling insider called the result ‘a 1 to 1 copy.’

Runlayer showed Rippling its source code. A Rippling insider called the result ‘a 1 to 1 copy.’

Runlayer spent nearly a year showing Rippling how its product worked, down to the source code. It now says Rippling used that access to build a near-copy. The New York AI-security startup sued Rippling on Tuesday in a Manhattan federal…

Nolan Wells' family seeks social media records amid missing phone data concerns

Times of India

Nolan Wells' family seeks social media records amid missing phone data concerns

Nolan Wells’ family has subpoenaed several social media companies as investigators continue examining the 18-year-old’s death. The requests focus on account records and digital data after the family raised concerns about missing Snapchat…

Times of India

$118K+ Is Still Up for Grabs, but the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon Deadline Is Closing In

$118K+ Is Still Up for Grabs, but the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon Deadline Is Closing In

One thing about building software that has always stood out to us is how easy it is to confuse technical sophistication with usefulness. A product can have beautiful code, an even prettier interface, and enough AI sprinkled across its…

TechCrunch

Google brings its age-assurance technology to Android developers worldwide

Google is expanding its Play Age Signals API, giving Android developers a privacy-preserving way to tailor experiences based on users’ age ranges.

TechCrunch

Israel army accuses Hezbollah of truce violation, launching drone in south Lebanon

The Hindu

Israel army accuses Hezbollah of truce violation, launching drone in south Lebanon

The army said the incident took place in a strip of territory where Israeli forces are operating that runs around 10 kilometres deep inside southern Lebanon along its border with Israel

The Hindu

Major labels call for AI slop songs to be banned from entering charts around the world

Engadget

Major labels call for AI slop songs to be banned from entering charts around the world

Tens of thousands of AI-generated songs are uploaded to music streaming platforms every day.

Engadget

Custom McLaren paint jobs, tapered damping tubes, and drivers that ‘hang in the air’

TechRadar

Custom McLaren paint jobs, tapered damping tubes, and drivers that ‘hang in the air’

The Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus is a speaker that requires no introduction. It’s a truly iconic model, and there really is nothing else on the market that looks quite like it. With its mollusk-like build, tapered damping tubes and…

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Anthropic is alone in every AI policy fight. It’s winning anyway.

Six months ago, Anthropic was the darling of America’s AI boom. It led on the models and was loudest on the ethics. This summer, it finds itself alone. The Claude maker is now the odd one out in nearly every big AI policy fight, Axios…

Trump Administration Is Repurposing Federal Land for A.I. Data Centers

The New York Times

Trump Administration Is Repurposing Federal Land for A.I. Data Centers

In the latest example, the Energy Department will convert a shuttered Cold War-era uranium enrichment facility into a data center campus and gas plants.

The New York Times

Onton's New AI Trust Model Beats Google and Amazon at Product Accuracy

Onton's New AI Trust Model Beats Google and Amazon at Product Accuracy

Ask an AI agent to find the best sofa under $2,000 and it will do exactly what it was built to do. It searches, ingests thousands of results, review aggregations, influencer posts, sponsored comparisons, and returns a confident…