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Data Centers Are 'AI Factories.' Google and Meta Are Spending Big Bucks to Build Them

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-29 20:19:20

Tech giants Google and Meta have a lot riding on the growth and success of AI, and to support those efforts, they're also committing significant sums of money to build the data centers they're going to need to run that power-hungry technology. On Tuesday, Google announced that it plans to invest $25 billion in data centers and other AI infrastructure tied to the PJM Interconnection, the biggest electric grid in the US. The PJM Interconnection reaches across 13 states in the eastern half of the

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Thinking Machines Lab Raises a Record $2 Billion, Announces Cofounders

wired.com Will Knight 2026-01-29 20:02:19

Thinking Machines Lab, an artificial intelligence company founded by top researchers who fled OpenAI, has raised a record $2 billion seed round that values the fledgling firm at $12 billion. The funding round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and included Nvidia, Accel, Cisco, and AMD—among others. The mammoth investment reflects the ultracompetitive race to build advanced AI systems, as well as the premium placed on top AI talent. It is the largest seed funding round in history. Thinking Machine

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Whoop says FDA is 'overstepping its authority' with warning about blood pressure feature

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot Brandon Gomez 2026-01-30 00:08:33

The logo for the Food and Drug Administration is seen ahead of a news conference on removing synthetic dyes from America's food supply, at the Health and Human Services Headquarters in Washington, DC on April 22, 2025. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday published a warning letter addressed to the wrist wearable company Whoop, alleging it is marketing a new blood pressure feature without proper approvals. The letter centers around Whoop's Blood Pressure Insights (BPI) feature, whi

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RCS chats not connecting? Google Messages may soon make it easier to diagnose (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-30 00:14:59

Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages may be about to add a “Details” button to help diagnose issues with RCS chats connections. The button was spotted within a recent beta version of the app, and includes a “Submit feedback” option. Google has previously advised users to provide this kind of technical info if they’re having problems with the feature. If you’ve ever found RCS chats registration stuck on “Connecting” or “Verifying” in Google Messages, you know how frustrati

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AirPods Pro 2 hearing features and Sleep Apnea alert now available in new countries

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-29 23:06:17

Today, Tim Cook took to X to announce that the Hearing Aid and Test features of the AirPods Pro 2, and the Apple Watch Sleep Apnea notifications are now available in select new countries and territories. See the full lists below. Hearing Aid and Hearing Test Both features were first introduced last year, but they require approval from local health regulators before being rolled out regionally. Once enabled, AirPods Pro 2 users can take advantage of these two capabilities: Hearing Test: A five

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US Government announces $200M Grok contract a week after 'MechaHitler'

news.ycombinator.com Lauren Feiner 2026-01-30 00:29:16

A week after Elon Musk’s Grok dubbed itself “MechaHitler” and spewed antisemitic stereotypes, the US government has announced a new contract granting the chatbot’s creator, xAI, up to $200 million to modernize the Defense Department. xAI is one of several leading AI companies to receive the award, alongside Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI. But the timing of the announcement is striking given Grok’s recent high-profile spiral, which drew congressional ire and public pushback. The use of technology

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‘Whatever She Thinks Is Credible’: Trump Says Pam Bondi Should Release Part of Epstein Files

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2026-01-30 00:10:55

President Donald Trump angered his own supporters recently when his U.S. Department of Justice said it wouldn’t be releasing any more information about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But after days of outrage, including from the Deputy Director of the FBI, Dan Bongino, Trump is now signaling that Attorney General Pam Bondi might release something. Still, don’t expect to see anything that would make Trump look bad. Trump spoke to reporters outside the White House on Tuesday and was asked

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Chinese firms rush for Nvidia chips as US prepares to lift ban

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-29 23:49:04

Chinese firms have begun rushing to order Nvidia's H20 AI chips as the company plans to resume sales to mainland China, Reuters reports. The chip giant expects to receive US government licenses soon so that it can restart shipments of the restricted processors just days after CEO Jensen Huang met with President Donald Trump, potentially generating $15 billion to $20 billion in additional revenue this year. Nvidia said in a statement that it is filing applications with the US government to resum

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Your Google Discover feed is about to get AI-ified

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2026-01-30 05:49:55

400tmax/Getty The next time you're browsing the Google app for a news story, you might not have to leave the search to find the information you're looking for. First spotted by 9to5Google, Google is testing AI-created news summaries on its Discover feed. The feature isn't available to everyone yet, but it's showing up on both Android and iOS. Also: I tried Perplexity's Comet AI browser, and I like where it's going (but it's not there yet) Under the old way, your Discover feed surfaces links

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Underwriting Superintelligence

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-30 04:13:42

Insurance Unlocks Secure AI Progress We’re navigating a tightrope as Superintelligence nears. If the West slows down unilaterally, China could dominate the 21st century. If we accelerate recklessly, accidents will halt progress, as with nuclear power. Insurance, standards, and audits together create skin in the game for quantifying, communicating, and reducing AI risks so we can balance this tightrope. We call this the “Incentive Flywheel.” Benjamin Franklin first discovered the Incentive Fly

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Nvidia to resume China AI chip sales after Huang meets Trump

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-30 05:49:04

Chinese firms have begun rushing to order Nvidia's H20 AI chips as the company plans to resume sales to mainland China, Reuters reports. The chip giant expects to receive US government licenses soon so that it can restart shipments of the restricted processors just days after CEO Jensen Huang met with President Donald Trump, potentially generating $15 billion to $20 billion in additional revenue this year. Nvidia said in a statement that it is filing applications with the US government to resum

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Meta fixes bug that could leak users’ AI prompts and generated content

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2026-01-30 05:00:05

Meta has fixed a security bug that allowed Meta AI chatbot users to access and view the private prompts and AI-generated responses of other users. Sandeep Hodkasia, the founder of security testing firm AppSecure, exclusively told TechCrunch that Meta paid him $10,000 in a bug bounty reward for privately disclosing the bug he filed on December 26, 2024. Meta deployed a fix on January 24, 2025, said Hodkasia, and found no evidence that the bug was maliciously exploited. Hodkasia told TechCrunch

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A former OpenAI engineer describes what it’s really like to work there

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2026-01-30 05:58:31

Three weeks ago, an engineer named Calvin French-Owen, who worked on one of OpenAI’s most promising new products, resigned from the company. He just published a fascinating blog post on what it was like to work there for a year, including the sleepless sprint to build Codex. That’s OpenAI’s new coding agent that competes with tools like Cursor and Anthropic’s Claude Code. French-Owen said he didn’t leave because of any “drama,” but because he wants to get back to being a startup founder. He wa

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Uber and Baidu are teaming up to deploy thousands of autonomous vehicles globally

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-30 10:01:09

This will be happening in China and other "markets outside of the US." Uber and China-based Baidu are teaming up to deploy more autonomous vehicles throughout the world. The companies plan on bringing thousands of Baidu's Apollo Go vehicles to various regions that will be accessible via the Uber platform, including mainland China and other "global markets outside of the US." The first joint deployments are expected in Asia and the Middle East later this year. Once launched, Uber riders could b

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Why my p(doom) has risen, dramatically

news.ycombinator.com Gary Marcus 2026-01-30 08:43:45

The chance that humans will literally go extinct at the hands of AI, I told Liron Shapira, in his podcast Doom Debates in May, was low. Humans are genetically diverse, geographically diverse, and remarkably resourceful. Some humans might die, at the hands of AI, but all of them? Shapira argued that doom was likely; I pushed back. Catastrophe seemed likely; outright doom seemed to me, then, to be vanishingly unlikely. Part of my reasoning then was that actual malice on the part of AI was unlikel

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My Favorite Way to Make Cauliflower Takes Less than 15 Minutes

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-30 10:00:03

There are a few things I won't put in an air fryer. Soup? Definitely not. Casserole? Maybe. Cauliflower? Well, yes. In fact, it's become my preferred cooking method, and I'm always happy with the results of cooking up this healthy and delicious snack. I like cauliflower each and every way, but as with anything, I especially love this veggie doused in buffalo sauce. Now, I'm not here to convince you that buffalo cauliflower tastes identical to the buffalo chicken wings that I also whip up in my

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Bernie Sanders Issues Warning About How AI Is Really Being Used

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-30 12:37:38

Senator Bernie Sanders is, like most of us, worried about how AI is going to affect our future — but he's not convinced that the mainstream conversation is capturing the dynamics of how the tech is really affecting the labor market. In an interview with Gizmodo, the Vermont legislator revealed that in the wake of his call for AI to aid in the establishment of a four-day work week, he has taken to speaking with AI experts and CEOs about the technology. Though Sanders refused to name names, the

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Finally, a dev kit for designing on-device, mobile AI apps is here: Liquid AI’s LEAP

venturebeat.com Carl Franzen 2026-01-30 12:46:57

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Liquid AI, the startup formed by former Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers to develop novel AI model architectures beyond the widely-used “Transformers“, today announced the release of LEAP aka the “Liquid Edge AI Platform,” a cross-platform software development kit (SDK) designed to make it easier for developers to int

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9to5Mac Daily: July 15, 2025 – Apple leadership, Mac growth

9to5mac.com Seth Kurkowski 2026-01-30 15:51:55

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by 1Password: For a limited time, get $20 off the easiest way to stay secure online with 1Password—featuring a new passkey feature that lets you go passwordless on compatible apps and sites. New episodes of 9to5Mac Daily are recorded every weekday. Subscribe

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Laid off Candy Crush studio staff reportedly replaced by the AI tools they helped build

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-30 14:41:41

Microsoft’s extensive gaming portfolio was hit hard by sweeping layoffs earlier this month. The situation appears to have been particularly galling for staff at Candy Crush developer King who are reportedly set to be replaced by AI tools they worked on. Multiple anonymous sources have told MobileGamer.biz that a number of narrative, UX, level design and user research staffers at King have spent several years helping to build and train AI models that can do their jobs more quickly. Those same em

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10 tiny tools I carry with me everywhere - how they work

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2026-01-30 14:58:00

My keychain essentials. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET I've collected my fair share of multitools and gadgets, but I've lost track of how often I've needed one -- only to realize it's sitting at home or in the car. Carrying a full toolbox everywhere just isn't practical. What I do have with me almost all the time, though, is my keychain -- and it turns out, it's the perfect way to keep essential tools within reach. Also: Are Amazon Basics tools worth it? My verdict after testing the top-sellers

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Meta announces new data centers, gobble up millions of gallons of water per day

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-30 15:31:56

CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company plans on investing "hundreds of billions of dollars" to power AI. Meta is building several gigawatt-sized data centers to power AI, as reported by Bloomberg . CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company will spend "hundreds of billions of dollars" to accomplish this feat, with an aim of creating "superintelligence." The term typically refers to artificial general intelligence (AGI), which describes AI systems that boast human-level intelligence across multiple dom

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Show HN: Beyond Z²+C, Plot Any Fractal

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-30 15:24:51

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AI coding may not be helping as much as you think

news.ycombinator.com Gary Marcus 2026-01-30 15:46:56

A significant fraction of the money that people have paid for Generative AI has been for coding assistance. When I point to the positive uses of Generative AI, I invariably point to how GenAI serves as kind of valuable autocomplete for coding. In that context, a new study from METR, an AI benchmarking nonprofit, is shocking. METR ran a randomized control trial in the first half of this year “to see whether AI tool usage at the February–June 2025 frontier (primarily Cursor Pro) sped-up experien

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Hackers Can Tamper With Train Brakes Using Just a Radio, Feds Warn

gizmodo.com Rhett Jones 2026-01-30 15:10:56

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an advisory last week warning that a key train system could be hacked using nothing but a radio and a little know-how. The flaw has to do with the protocol used in a train system known as the End-of-Train and Head-of-Train. A Flashing Rear End Device (FRED), also known as an End-of-Train (EOT) device, is attached to the back of a train and sends data via radio signals to a corresponding device in the locomotive called the Head-o

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Your OnePlus 13 Will Get a Dedicated AI 'Mind Space' in Update Rolling Out Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-30 15:21:53

It's a non-negotiable right now that every phone-maker out there must have a plan for integrating AI into its devices. OnePlus is a little late to the party, but it's arrived nonetheless. Back in May, the company announced plans for bringing its own vision of personalized AI to OnePlus phones, and from this week, it's rolling out to the OnePlus 13 and 13R. At a launch event in London earlier this year I not only got to see the first AI features to land on OnePlus phones in action, but also lear

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Analogue’s 4K N64 has been delayed again, but only by a month

theverge.com Andrew Webster 2026-01-30 15:00:39

The Analogue 3D has been hit with another delay, but should still be launching this summer. In an update on its preorder website, Analogue explained that it’s modern take on the Nintendo 64 “is now shipping in late August 2025,” after previously aiming for July. The company said in a separate statement that the decision was made due to the ever-changing situation around US tariffs. “Following last week’s sudden tariff changes, Analogue 3D will now begin shipping next month,” the company explain

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AV startup Pronto.ai acquires off-road autonomous vehicle rival SafeAI

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2026-01-30 15:00:57

The Venn diagram of engineers that know a little bit about AI, self driving, and mining has a small intersection. Pronto.ai CEO Anthony Levandowski wants as many of those people as possible. And an acquisition is helping him achieve that goal. The San Francisco-based startup, which has developed a self-driving system designed for haulage trucks and other off-road vehicles used at construction and mining sites, has acquired competitor Safe AI, TechCrunch has learned. Terms of the deal have not

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Crypto super PAC Fairshake reports $141 million war chest

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos 2026-01-30 20:00:52

Fairshake, the cryptocurrency industry's most powerful political action committee, announced Tuesday that it now holds more than $141 million in cash on hand, underscoring the sector's growing influence as Congress takes up landmark legislation this week. The total, which includes liquid assets like crypto, stock, and cash, reflects a surge of donations from digital asset executives and firms, including a fresh $25 million from Coinbase . Fairshake and its two affiliated PACs — Defend American

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Commerce Secretary Lutnick says China is only getting Nvidia’s ‘4th best’ AI chip

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2026-01-30 20:32:41

Howard Lutnick, U.S. Secretary of Commerce speaks during the Pennsylvania Energy And Innovation Summit 2025 at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh on July 15, 2025. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday said the Trump administration reversed course on allowing Nvidia to sell its AI chips to China because the U.S. company will not be giving over its best technology. Lutnick made the remark speaking with CNBC's Brian Sullivan, saying that Nvidia wants to sell China its "4th best" chi

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Data Centers Are 'AI Factories.' Google and Meta Are Spending Big Bucks to Build Them

Thinking Machines Lab Raises a Record $2 Billion, Announces Cofounders

Whoop says FDA is 'overstepping its authority' with warning about blood pressure feature

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AirPods Pro 2 hearing features and Sleep Apnea alert now available in new countries

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My Favorite Way to Make Cauliflower Takes Less than 15 Minutes

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