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Artificial Intelligence Sneaks Into the World Cup Thanks to Google Gemini
The Argentine national team will be Google’s test bench and technological showcase during the World Cup.
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The “steroid olympics” were a circus—and a window into our culture
Testosterone. Methenolone. Nandrolone. Human growth hormone and EPO. Meldonium, modafinil, and mixed amphetamine salts. Clomiphene, anastrozole, levothyroxine, and liothyronine. Patches and capsules, creams and pills. A whole galaxy of steroids, metabolic modulators, and synthetic hormones coursing through the blood of a few dozen swimmers, sprinters, and weightlifters. And millions of dollars up for grabs for athletes…
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Meta signs first AI data center deal in India with Reliance
The 168-megawatt facility will support Meta's global AI computing needs and can be expanded over time.
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How Justin Ernest invested nearly $500M into hot startups without a traditional VC fund
Instead of spending a year raising a formal venture fund, the Sabertooth VC founder used a captive network of LPs to invest in startups like Anthropic, Anduril, and SpaceX.
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Google just fired a warning shot in the AI subscription price wars
Google just made it significantly cheaper to enjoy its budget AI subscription tier.
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How Justin Ernest invested nearly $400M into hot startups without a traditional VC fund
Instead of spending a year raising a formal venture fund, the Sabertooth VC founder used a captive network of LPs to invest startups like Anthropic, Anduril, and SpaceX.
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Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 is a version of Mythos the public can access today
Anthropic is releasing Claude Fable 5, its first Mythos-class model available to the public. The model comes with guardrails that block responses in high-risk areas like cybersecurity and biology.
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Anthropic’s Fable 5 can make weirdly fun video games with the click of a button
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 is going to be a big hit with the web's vibe coders.
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Hey Siri, here’s what I actually want from AI
I'm desperate for a personal AI assistant, but do I really want to become the kind of person who can't function without the friendly robot voice in my phone?
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WWDC 2026: Everything announced on Siri AI, iOS 27, Apple Intelligence, and more
Apple primarily made the case for an improved experience with its long-standing Siri assistant, which like most other announcements had a hefty helping of AI.
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Can tech companies learn to love cheaper AI models?
If those same AI workloads can be handled by cheaper models without affecting quality, it would mean a massive shift in the economics of AI.
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Google announces Gemini 3.5 Live Translate for instant voice-to-voice translation
Voice translations preserve speaker's tone, pacing, pitch—with SynthID watermarks for security.
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Anthropic says these topics are too dangerous to let its Fable 5 model talk about
New frontier model refuses cybersecurity, biology, and chemistry queries.
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It’s not FAANG anymore. It’s MANGOS.
With SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI all eyeing massive public debuts, the tech industry may soon have a new class of corporate overlords — and a new acronym to match. Say goodbye to FAANG and hello to MANGOS.
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Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 is a version of Mythos the public can access today
Anthropic is releasing Claude Fable 5, its first Mythos-class model available to the public. The model comes with guardrails that block responses in high-risk areas like cybersecurity and biology.
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Anthropic Offers Mythos Upgrade for Cyber Partners and a ‘Safe’ Version for the Rest of You
Anthropic is releasing Claude Mythos 5 to trusted organizations and Claude Fable 5 to the public, a version it says can’t be used for cyberattacks.
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How an e-scooter founder raised $5 million to build space data centers
Orbital founder Euwyn Poon built 250,000 scooters at Spin. Now he wants to launch 10,000 space data centers.
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The Download: whole-body rejuvenation drugs and five things to know about AI
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. David Sinclair plans to test whole-body rejuvenation drugs in the XPrize competition The outspoken longevity scientist David Sinclair has predicted that, one day, you’ll go to the doctor and get a…
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Lovable says it has hit $500M in annualized revenue, with 1 million new projects a week
Lovable says it has now surpassed $500 million in annualized run-rate revenue and its users are building businesses and replacing internal software.
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Apple says its AI is still private, even when it's running on Google's servers
Some models run in Google's cloud, but without giving Google any kind of access.