Activists spent years preparing for a communications blackout in Iran, smuggling in Starlink satellite internet systems and making digital shutdowns harder for the authorities to enforce.
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State and Federal Lawmakers Want Data Centers to Pay More for Energy
Despite many proposals, there is little consensus among governors, lawmakers and tech executives about exactly how much the companies behind data centers should pay for electricity.
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Elon Musk’s X Restricts Ability to Create Explicit Images With Grok
Bowing to pressure, the company said it would restrict X users from generating explicit images of real people in jurisdictions where such content is illegal.
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Wikipedia signs AI training deals with Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon
On Thursday, the Wikimedia Foundation announced licensing deals with Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral AI, expanding its effort to charge major tech companies for using Wikipedia content to train the AI models that power AI assistants like Microsoft Copilot and OpenAI’s ChatGPT. While these same companies previously scraped Wikipedia without permission, the deals mean...
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A.I. Has Arrived in Gmail. Here’s What to Know.
Google’s A.I. assistant, Gemini, can create a to-do list based on recent emails, among other new tricks. There are implications for your privacy.
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Coinbase, the Biggest U.S. Crypto Company, Asserts Its Power in Washington
The top executive of the crypto exchange Coinbase scuttled a planned Senate committee vote on a major cryptocurrency bill after voicing his concerns, a sign of the company’s clout.
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Atlanta Hawks forward Jalen Johnson is up for challenge of being a franchise star
Trae Young offered farewell words and best wishes to his former Atlanta Hawks teammates in the locker room after they beat the New Orleans Pelicans without him on Jan. 7. This speech came after the news that the four-time NBA All-Star was to be traded to the Washington Wizards. The reality of that news also...
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Marcus Spears Jr: Family-Backed Confidence
Dynamic Prep (Dallas) junior Marcus Spears Jr., the son of professional athletes, tells the nation why he’s the top player in the class of 2027 and is here to stay. RELATED: Marcus Spears Sr. Cover Story – Louisiana Thunder For ESPN’s and 247Sports’ No. 1 player in the class of 2027, it has been a...
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Bandcamp bans purely AI-generated music from its platform
On Tuesday, Bandcamp announced on Reddit that it will no longer permit AI-generated music on its platform. “Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp,” the company wrote in a post to the r/bandcamp subreddit. The new policy also prohibits “any use of AI tools...