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We're 'an intelligence organization now': Inside USA Today's Palantir deal

Posted by johnshades on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @01:48PM
from the fastcompany.com dept.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91608398/usa-today-palantir

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Sizing Up SMRs: Assessing U.S.-China Tech Competition in Small Modular Reactors

Posted by johnshades on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @01:45PM
from the scsp222.substack.com dept.

https://scsp222.substack.com/p/introducing-sizing-up-smrs-assessing

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The $170B lesson data center developers keep learning the hard way

Posted by johnshades on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @05:12PM
from the fastcompany.com dept.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91612143/ai-data-centers-local-communities

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16-year-old found Microsoft bug, got admin access to 17.3T-row databases

Posted by johnshades on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @05:10PM
from the theregister.com dept.

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/30/16-year-old-researcher-found-a-microsoft-bug-got-admin-access-to-databases-with-173-trillion-rows/5300240

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Internal emails show Facebook split over fake news plea from Sacha Baron Cohen

Posted by johnshades on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @04:01PM
from the fastcompany.com dept.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91613679/fake-news-sacha-baron-cohen-sheryl-sandberg-facebook

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The CIA Killed Him. The Navy Blamed My Friend

Posted by johnshades on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @03:40PM
from the theiceman.substack.com dept.

https://theiceman.substack.com/p/the-cia-killed-him-the-navy-blamed

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Nvidia and Palantir want to speed up the AI buildout. Nvidia is first in line

Posted by johnshades on Thursday September 10, 2026 @06:27AM
from the fastcompany.com dept.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91604370/nvidia-palantir-sovereign-ai-supply-chains

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Solid state batteries have reached a make-or-break moment

Posted by johnshades on Friday August 28, 2026 @03:01PM
from the scientificamerican.com dept.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-quantumscape-and-factorial-energy-mass-produce-solid-state-batteries/

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ICE Plans to Spend Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots

Posted by johnshades on Friday August 28, 2026 @02:56PM
from the 404media.co dept.

https://www.404media.co/ice-plans-to-spends-millions-on-boston-dynamics-dog-robots/

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Seas have hit hottest temperature on record for July

Posted by johnshades on Monday August 10, 2026 @01:36AM
from the theguardian.com dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/10/global-seas-hottest-temperature-july-scientists

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The math crisis isn't the test scores. It's the test

Posted by johnshades on Thursday July 23, 2026 @11:22AM
from the fastcompany.com dept.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91577187/the-real-math-crisis-isnt-the-test-scores-its-the-test

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Getting Off with the Luddites

Posted by johnshades on Thursday July 23, 2026 @11:17AM
from the nplusonemag.com dept.

https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/getting-off-with-the-luddites/

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The UN has an AI strategy for everyone except the labs that build it

Posted by johnshades on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @12:37PM
from the fastcompany.com dept.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91570286/a-small-fix-could-give-the-united-nations-a-seat-at-the-ai-frontier

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In Meta's Reality Lab: Your body's data was only valuable once

Posted by johnshades on Thursday June 25, 2026 @11:51AM
from the nplusonemag.com dept.

https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/in-the-reality-lab/

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Democracy has a listening problem. These AI tools might help

Posted by johnshades on Thursday June 25, 2026 @11:20AM
from the fastcompany.com dept.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91563889/democracy-has-a-listening-problem-these-ai-tools-could-actually-help

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A Chinese startup's dilemma exposes cracks in Beijing's tech funding machine

Posted by johnshades on Sunday June 14, 2026 @02:11PM
from the cnbc.com dept.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/12/a-chinese-start-ups-dilemma-exposes-cracks-in-beijings-tech-funding.html

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Helion Energy is building a fusion power plant. Can its technology deliver?

Posted by johnshades on Sunday June 14, 2026 @02:08PM
from the scientificamerican.com dept.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/helion-energy-is-building-a-fusion-power-plant-can-its-technology-deliver/

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Alpha School Costs $65,000 a Year–But Isn't Actually a School

Posted by johnshades on Friday June 05, 2026 @03:31PM
from the wired.com dept.

https://www.wired.com/story/alpha-schools-new-york-city-campus-isnt-actually-a-school/

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Jeff Bezos says bottom half of U.S. earners should pay no federal income tax

Posted by johnshades on Thursday May 21, 2026 @12:11PM
from the cbsnews.com dept.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-bezos-zero-federal-income-tax-lower-earners/

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The hype literacy toolkit for journalists

Posted by johnshades on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @08:10PM
from the akademie.dw.de dept.

https://akademie.dw.de/hype-literacy/

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A US satellite imagery blackout over the Gulf is blinding journalists

Posted by johnshades on Monday May 11, 2026 @12:50PM
from the cjr.org dept.

https://www.cjr.org/feature/blind-spots-satellite-osint-open-source-middle-east-iran-blackout-planet-labs-vantor-maxar.php

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Unknowable Math Can Help Hide Secrets

Posted by johnshades on Monday May 11, 2026 @12:41PM
from the quantamagazine.org dept.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-unknowable-math-can-help-hide-secrets-20260511/

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Google Staff Urge Pichai to Refuse Classified Military AI Work

Posted by johnshades on Monday April 27, 2026 @08:06PM
from the bloomberg.com dept.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-27/google-staff-urge-pichai-to-refuse-classified-military-ai

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The Coming Drone-War Inflection in Ukraine

Posted by johnshades on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @02:13PM
from the spectrum.ieee.org dept.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/autonomous-drone-warfare

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Golf club firm owned by Trump's sons merges with drone manufacturer

Posted by johnshades on Monday March 09, 2026 @03:00PM
from the theguardian.com dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/09/trump-family-business-drones-merger

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IDF Officials Admit Military Struggling to Intercept Hezbollah Drones

Posted by johnshades on Monday March 09, 2026 @02:22PM
from the haaretz.com dept.

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/2026-03-08/ty-article/.premium/idf-officials-admit-military-struggling-to-intercept-hezbollah-drones/0000019c-ced2-d8f8-a9de-ffd358680000

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AI agents are coming for government. How one big city is letting them in

Posted by johnshades on Monday March 09, 2026 @01:53PM
from the fastcompany.com dept.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91504876/boston-cio-santi-garces-on-ai-agents-mcp-open-data

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AI agents now help attackers, including North Korea, manage their drudge work

Posted by johnshades on Monday March 09, 2026 @01:22PM
from the theregister.com dept.

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/08/deploy_and_manage_attack_infrastructure/

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The Pentagon-Anthropic feud is quietly obscuring the real fight over military AI

Posted by johnshades on Thursday March 05, 2026 @11:00AM
from the fastcompany.com dept.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91502340/the-pentagon-anthropic-feud-is-quietly-obscuring-the-real-fight-over-military-ai

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