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Religious exemptions from AI work requirements may soon become common

David Durman, a University of Kentucky administrator, recently earned a religious exemption from using AI in the workplace.

TECHNOLOGY

Religious exemptions from AI work requirements may soon become common

David Durman, a University of Kentucky administrator, recently earned a religious exemption from using AI in the workplace.

TechCrunch·7h ago

TECHNOLOGY

Pentagon’s disclosure of China’s spaceplane signals new space competition strategy

This week, the Pentagon released a full-resolution image of the vehicle, the capabilities of which remain rather mysterious.

Wired·12h ago

TECHNOLOGY

Polymarket’s hack exposes the centralized weak link in decentralized trading

The company says an unnamed third-party provider was compromised. Trading has resumed, and Polymarket says affected traders will be made whole.

Wired·13h ago

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Upwind’s $3.8B valuation shows cloud security startups now see independence as the better bet

The cloud security startup raised a Series C at a $3.8B valuation, instead of selling itself for the same price.

TechCrunch·1d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Apple’s $14,549 MacBook Pro reveals luxury pricing strategy beyond the headline figure

Prepare to cough up around $14,549 if you want the new touchscreen MacBook Pro to have every upgrade.

TechCrunch·1d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft ends Azure revenue secrecy as cloud gap with AWS narrows

Microsoft has never disclosed Azure's quarterly revenue in dollars. But for the first time, we can see just how close it is getting to besting the biggest competitor in the market, AWS.

TechCrunch·1d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Anthropic’s IPO prospectus exposes AI safety’s market test

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. After weeks of frenzied speculation, Anthropic has filed its IPO prospectus. The 335-page document (100 pages or so are focused on risks) lays out the company’s u

MIT Technology Review·3d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Regulatory focus on AI catastrophes risks sidelining harms already hitting people

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. Opinion: The focus on AI safety disasters ignores everyday harms —Sam Hiner, cofounder of the Young People’s Alliance, and Emma Leiken, executive director of the

MIT Technology Review·3d ago

TECHNOLOGY

AI safety debate neglects documented everyday harms from today’s systems

Consider what passes for success in technology policy. An AI company promises that its chatbot will not encourage suicide. A social media platform makes it more difficult for children to buy fentanyl. These are important protections, and they should have existed all along. But companies can clear th

MIT Technology Review·4d ago

TECHNOLOGY

Mars’s giant cloud may reveal atmospheric physics Earth’s air never allows

A 1,000-mile cloud on Mars may reveal physics never seen in nature

Ars Technica·5d ago

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Mars thousand-mile cloud challenges atmospheric models scientists relied on

A 1,000-mile cloud on Mars may reveal physics never seen in nature

Ars Technica·5d ago

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Human emissions overrode a natural cooling trend that began 2,000 years ago

Ice sheet expansion may have started 2,000 years ago, but we canceled that

Ars Technica·5d ago

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Religious exemptions from AI work requirements may soon become common

David Durman, a University of Kentucky administrator, recently earned a religious exemption from using AI in the workplace.

TechCrunch·7h ago

TECHNOLOGY

Pentagon’s disclosure of China’s spaceplane signals new space competition strategy

This week, the Pentagon released a full-resolution image of the vehicle, the capabilities of which remain rather mysterious.

Wired·12h ago

TECHNOLOGY

Polymarket’s hack exposes the centralized weak link in decentralized trading

The company says an unnamed third-party provider was compromised. Trading has resumed, and Polymarket says affected traders will be made whole.

Wired·13h ago

TECHNOLOGY

Upwind’s $3.8B valuation shows cloud security startups now see independence as the better bet

The cloud security startup raised a Series C at a $3.8B valuation, instead of selling itself for the same price.

TechCrunch·1d ago

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Roman Space Telescope reaches L2 after decades of budget battles and delays

After funding struggles and a name change, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been successfully launched. It will now make a three-month, one-million-mile journey to its orbit at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2) beyond the Moon. From this vantage point, Roman will conduct an unprecede

The Verge·August 30, 2026

SCIENCE

Google embeds student tools into Gemini to recapture homework search

As we're gearing up for back-to-school season, Google is rolling out a new dedicated student hub in Gemini. It's a one-stop repository for collecting research in a study notebook, creating flashcards, taking practice quizzes, and more. Google is also enhancing its study notebooks with support for gr

The Verge·August 19, 2026

SCIENCE

Coyote vs. Acme is even funnier because Warner Bros. Discovery tried to kill it

There's an argument to be made that people wouldn't be all that interested in Coyote vs. Acme if it weren't for the way David Zaslav tried to kill it. By trying to shelve the project, Warner Bros. Discovery only drew attention to its habit of disappearing nearly completed movies in order to cash in

The Verge·August 18, 2026

SCIENCE

CMF’s budget clip earbuds challenge the audio trade-offs of open-ear design

Clip earbuds are an exercise in compromise. It's an inherent aspect of their design - and physics. They can be more comfortable for people that don't like something jammed in their ear, but sound response suffers. Ambient awareness is great because you can easily hear the sound around you, which mea

The Verge·August 14, 2026

Religious exemptions from AI work requirements may soon become common

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Religious exemptions from AI work requirements may soon become common

Pentagon’s disclosure of China’s spaceplane signals new space competition strategy

Polymarket’s hack exposes the centralized weak link in decentralized trading

Upwind’s $3.8B valuation shows cloud security startups now see independence as the better bet

Apple’s $14,549 MacBook Pro reveals luxury pricing strategy beyond the headline figure

Microsoft ends Azure revenue secrecy as cloud gap with AWS narrows

Anthropic’s IPO prospectus exposes AI safety’s market test

Regulatory focus on AI catastrophes risks sidelining harms already hitting people

AI safety debate neglects documented everyday harms from today’s systems

Mars’s giant cloud may reveal atmospheric physics Earth’s air never allows

Mars thousand-mile cloud challenges atmospheric models scientists relied on

Human emissions overrode a natural cooling trend that began 2,000 years ago

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Religious exemptions from AI work requirements may soon become common

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Roman Space Telescope reaches L2 after decades of budget battles and delays

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