Amazon, Google and Meta support tripling of nuclear capacity by 2050

Tech groups join call for new power stations to meet growing energy demands and combat climate change

Financial Times - 1d

Amazon, Google and Meta support tripling nuclear power by 2050

The pledge is nonbinding, but highlights the growing support for expanding nuclear power among leading industries, finance and governments.

CNBC - 1d

Big Tech's big bet on nuclear power

Faced with increasing demand for energy to fuel artificial intelligence, and the need to cut down on carbon emissions, companies like Microsoft, Google and Amazon have announced major investments ...

CBS News - 4d

Big Tech's big bet on nuclear power to fuel artificial intelligence

Faced with the need to cut carbon emissions, and an increasing energy demand to power AI, companies like Microsoft, Google and Amazon are investing in nuclear, from restarting Three Mile Island, to ...

CBS News - 4d

Google signals support for app store age verification law with changes

Google is pushing back against other major technology companies' efforts to put the responsibility of age verification on the app stores, arguing the onus is on both the stores and developers to ...

The Hill - 1h

US support to maintain UK’s nuclear arsenal is in doubt, experts say

Malcolm Rifkind joins diplomats and analysts urging focus on European cooperation to replace Trident. Britain’s ability to rely on the US to maintain the UK’s nuclear arsenal is now in doubt, ...

The Guardian - 5d

Alphabet aims to slash cost of new nuclear with small reactor deployments, CIO says

Alphabet's Google unit struck a deal last October to buy power from small modular reactors under development by Kairos Power.

CNBC - 3d

Trump Is Reshaping the Nuclear Landscape

In recent days, the perceived value among allies of acquiring nuclear weapons is up, and confidence in the U.S. nuclear umbrella is down.

The New York Times - 1d

Top Law Firms Defend Overhaul of America’s Business Court

After backlash from Elon Musk and companies like Meta, Big Law is publicly supporting a bill seeking to reform the Delaware Court of Chancery.

The New York Times - 2d

Ruling Stops Promotion of Meta Exposé Book

Meta’s former director of global public policy Sarah Wynn-Williams penned the tell-all.

Inc. - 20h

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking now has memory and Google apps integration

Google makes Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental more personal by connecting more Google apps and services.

VentureBeat - 5h

The DOJ Still Wants Google to Sell Off Chrome

In its final proposed remedy filing in the Google antitrust case, the Department of Justice reiterated that Google should stop paying partners for search placement—and divest its dominant Chrome ...

Wired - 5d

Meta's Community Notes will use tech from Elon Musk's X

Meta’s upcoming Community Notes feature for monitoring misinformation will use some technology developed by Musk’s X for its similar service.

NBC News - 8h

Google allows users to personalize their Gemini conversations with new features

Google is launching new features to let users personalize their AI assistants.

CNBC - 4h

Meta Takes Another Hit After Reports That it Blacklists Ex-Employees

Former Meta staff and current executives say the company’s formal no-rehire list sometimes blackballs capable veterans for arbitrary or petty reasons that are virtually impossible to overcome.

Inc. - 6d

Meta goes to arbitrator to prevent whistleblower from promoting tell-all book

An emergency arbitrator ruled that former Meta staffer Sarah Wynn-Williams is prohibited from promoting memoir of her tenure at the social media company.

CNBC - 5h

Amazon to begin streaming Trump's 'The Apprentice'

Amazon has announced it will begin streaming "The Apprentice" — the reality TV show famous for boosting Donald Trump's profile — on its Prime Video service on Monday.

NBC News - 3d

Marriage triples risk of obesity in men – but not women, study reveals

Polish research also finds increased risk of both sexes being overweight if married. Marriage triples the risk of obesity for men, but does not affect women, according to research.. Global obesity ...

The Guardian - 23h

North Korea unveils nuclear-powered submarine for the first time

North Korea has unveiled a nuclear-powered submarine under construction.

ABC News - 5d

Is Google Search Cooked? + We’re Getting a U.S. Crypto Reserve? + What You’re Vibecoding

“I think Google realizes that this is a once-in-a-generation chance to reinvent the search experience”

The New York Times - 6d

Google's DeepMind says it will use AI models to power physical robots

Google is taking its DeepMind artificial intelligence technology models into the physical world to power robots.

CNBC - 1d

Google levels up Android graphics with Vulkan API in time for GDC 2025

Google announced it is leveling up its multiplatform game offering in time for GDC with graphics improvements leading the way.

VentureBeat - 6h

How Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses fit into Mark Zuckerberg's vision of a smartphone successor

Smart glasses have the potential to become a "very important computing platform in the future," according to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

CNBC - 5d

Meta's Community Notes will use open-source technology from Elon Musk's X

Meta revealed more details of Community Notes, and said that it incorporates the same open-source algorithm that powers X's crowdsourced feature.

CNBC - 4h

Arbitrator sides with Meta in bid to halt sales of ex-employee's memoir

An arbitrator has sided with Meta in its case against a former employee who made a series of misconduct allegations about the Facebook and Instagram parent company in a memoir published this week. ...

The Hill - 2h

Google unveils open source Gemma 3 model with 128k context window

Google's Gemma 3 is multimodal, comes in four sizes and can now handle more information and instructions thanks to a larger context window.

VentureBeat - 1d

Google’s Gemini Robotics AI Model Reaches Into the Physical World

Google has developed an AI model that gives humanoids and other robots more intelligence—and a tool designed to give them a moral compass too.

Wired - 1d

French publishers and authors sue Meta over copyright works used in AI training

French publishers and authors are taking Meta to court, accusing the social media company of using their works without permission to train its artificial intelligence model

ABC News - 1d

Amazon is now testing AI-aided dubbing for some movies and series on Prime

Amazon is testing artificial intelligence-aided dubbing for select movies and shows offered on its Prime streaming service

ABC News - Mar. 6

Amazon testing AI-aided dubbing for some movies and series on Prime

Amazon is testing artificial intelligence-aided dubbing for select movies and shows offered on its Prime streaming service

ABC News - Mar. 6

Amazon to begin streaming Trump reality show ‘The Apprentice’

Amazon announced on Monday that it will begin streaming President Trump’s reality TV show “The Apprentice.” In a release, Prime Video said seasons one through seven of Trump’s Emmy Award-nominated ...

The Hill - 3d

Iran criticises 'bullying countries' after Trump letter for nuclear talks

Trump says he offered Iran a chance to negotiate on their nuclear programme or face military action.

BBC News - 4d

President Duda calls on US to place nuclear weapons in Poland

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has again called on the United States to deploy nuclear weapons to Poland as a deterrent to Russia

ABC News - 11h

Poland's president calls for U.S. to deploy nuclear weapons in his nation

Poland's President Duda called on the U.S. to deploy nuclear weapons to his nation as a deterrent to any possible attack by Russia.

CBS News - 9h

Iranian leader rejects Trump’s push for nuclear talks

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected President Trump’s push for nuclear deal talks between the two nations, arguing the initiative is only a gateway for Washington to impose new ...

The Hill - 4d

Iran Signals Openness to Limited Nuclear Talks With U.S.

Iran’s U.N. mission said it would be willing to discuss its nuclear program if talks were restricted to military concerns, after its supreme leader appeared to reject President Trump’s offer to ...

The New York Times - 3d

Do these 3 things before a job interview to stand out, says ex-Google exec: They ‘keep you top of mind’

Ex-Google executive Jenny Wood recommends jobseekers write a LinkedIn post about their prospective company within days of their interview.

CNBC - 3d

Inside Google’s Investment in Anthropic

The internet giant owns 14% of the high-profile artificial intelligence company, according to legal filings obtained by The New York Times.

The New York Times - 2d

Google’s native multimodal AI image generation in Gemini 2.0 Flash impresses with fast edits, style transfers

Google Gemini 2.0 Flash enables developers to create illustrations, refine images through conversation, and generate detailed visuals

VentureBeat - 23h

Julia McNeil's family reflects on her historic role in WWII's Six Triple Eight

Julia McNeil was part of the Six Triple Eight, the first all-Black women's unit stationed in Europe during WWII. Decades later, her family reflects on her service, her legacy, and how the unit's ...

CBS News - 3d

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