AI leaders sign statement asking the government to do something about automated AI

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Employees of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as Google, Meta, Thinking Machines, Microsoft, Mistral, and other leading AI labs, have written a statement to the US government supporting a potential slowdown of sorts for frontier AI development - or at least a speed-up of global coordinated governance efforts.

"Al could help create a dramatically better future, but that outcome is not

Is it illegal to trick the US government into wiping your phone during a questionably legal search?

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A Georgia man was charged with a felony for allegedly wiping his phone while being questioned by Customs and Border Protection. Samuel Tunick had something in common with others who have had their devices searched at airports: He was an activist.

Unlike others who have had their phones seized with no explanation, Tunick was told that CBP needed to search his device to determine whether it

Politics

Read the pitch decks of 18 startups looking to disrupt dating apps and social networking that have raised millions

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  • New social, professional networking, and dating startups are coming onto the scene.
  • VCs and angel investors are funding some of these promising startups.
  • Here are the pitch decks 18 startups used while raising rounds or getting acquired.

A new generation of consumer social startups is emerging.

From platforms focused on getting people to meet IRL to dating apps taking on

Business, Economy

AI’s finally expensive enough to make Wall Street nervous

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Working hard, or bear-ly working? | Cath Virginia
Working hard, or bear-ly working? | Cath Virginia

It's earnings season, and investors got an unpleasant surprise from Google: an increase on its spending estimate, to as much as $205 billion - from the last quarter's projection of up to $190 billion. Even the lower end of Google's new projected range - $195 billion - is much more than the company had previously forecast as its top end spen

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This comfy gaming headset that can play audio from two sources is $25

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The Hybrid adds Bluetooth functionality to the wired H3, seen here. | Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge
The Hybrid adds Bluetooth functionality to the wired H3, seen here. | Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge

While most gaming headsets have moved towards low-latency wireless connections, there’s something to be said for a budget-friendly, capable wired headset. The EPOS H3 Hybrid is on sale for just $24.99 at Woot, a whopping 75 percent off its original price of $99.99. It has an

Logitech will pull a Nintendo — only European mice will come with replaceable batteries

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A Logitech G502 Lightspeed mouse, black, rakish angles of its buttons towards the camera, surrounded by screws, an adjustable wrench, a precision screwdriver, and several hex keys.

In June, Nintendo announced a new version of the Switch 2 that should let you easily replace its battery pack - but only for Europe. Logitech will do much the same. User-replaceable batteries will be the law in Europe in February 2027, but instead of bringing them to the rest of the world, Logitech plans to ship one version of its wireless mice to Europe and a different version everywhere

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