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Harris pledges to be a 'president for all Americans' in final ad

Vice President Harris released her last campaign ad ahead of the Nov. 5 election, making a case that Americans “deserve better” while pledging to bring about a “brighter future” if she wins. ...

Politics - The Hill - November 2

Harris’s and Trump’s Closing Messages, as Seen Through Their Ads

Kamala Harris and her allies have concentrated their spending on addressing the economy. For Donald Trump, one theme dominates: fear.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 4

AD injures foot as Lakers' road woes continue

Anthony Davis will have his foot evaluated after he aggravated an injury late in the fourth quarter of Monday's loss at Detroit.

Sports - ESPN - November 5

Trump flips Wisconsin, adding to battleground winning streak

Former President Trump was projected to defeat Vice President Harris in battleground Wisconsin, according to Decision Desk HQ. Trump is set to take the swing state’s 10 Electoral College votes, ...

Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago

Wait, Does Your Whole Body Need Deodorant?

No. But body odor is a hot topic on social media as companies try to provide what one dermatologist called, “the answer to a problem people didn’t even know they have.”

Lifestyle - The New York Times - 6 days ago

In Europe, Instagram Ads Are About to Get Less Personal

Meta Platforms, the Facebook and Instagram owner, faces pressure in Europe to ask before using data to target ads or train artificial intelligence.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - 5 hours ago

FirstFT: Partner pay at US law firms hits record levels

Also in today’s newsletter, US backs huge lithium mine and Canada cuts immigration programme

World - Financial Times - October 25

Why Georgia’s EU future is on the ballot in historic parliament vote

Also in this newsletter: Russian migrant-smuggling ring busted

World - Financial Times - October 25

Google signs deal with nuclear company as data center power demand surges

Google is the latest tech company to turn to nuclear energy as power demand from data centers surges.

Business - CNBC - October 15

Google orders small modular nuclear reactors for its data centres

Tech group signs deal with Kairos Power to build up to 7 small facilities to meet its energy needs

Business - Financial Times - October 14

Google becomes the latest tech giant to strike a nuclear-power deal for AI

Amazon, Microsoft and Oracle all have nuclear arrangements of their own as tech companies seek clean-energy solutions for AI’s massive power needs.

Business - MarketWatch - October 14

Google to buy nuclear power for AI datacentres in ‘world first’ deal

Tech company orders six or seven small nuclear reactors from California’s Kairos Power. Business live – latest updates Google has signed a “world first” deal to buy energy from a fleet of ...

World - The Guardian - October 15

Amazon and Google's plans for fueling data centers: Nuclear power

Amazon on Wednesday said it's investing in small nuclear reactors, two days after Google announced its own nuclear plans.

Google’s NotebookLM Now Lets You Customize Its AI Podcasts

The NotebookLM tool generates AI-hosted audio podcasts on any topic. Its latest update allows users to enter prompts to personalize the output. I tried it out.

Tech - Wired - October 17

Google launches NotebookLM Business to make enterprise AI audio, text

A paid version of the increasingly popular Google tool NotebookLM will target businesses.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 17

Alleged Bitcoin hacker searched 'signs the FBI is after you'

A man from Georgia is alleged to be part of a group which hacked the US regulator's X account.

Trump Signals Skepticism of Google Breakup, Citing Competition With China

The former president also said he would do “something” to make Google “more fair” if he regained the presidency.

Tech - The New York Times - October 15

If you let Google have your data, why not the NHS? | Phillip Inman

A government with access to personal information could deliver welfare and services much more easily – and could also be a bulwark against the tech giants’ business practices. The government will ...

World - The Guardian - October 19

Honeywell signs deal with Google to bring Gemini generative AI to industrial sector

Honeywell has signed a deal with Google to bring generative AI from its Gemini model and Vertex cloud platform together with industrial's massive data set.

Business - CNBC - October 21

Google DeepMind’s Hassabis on his Nobel: ‘It feels like a watershed moment for AI’

Founder of the artificial intelligence R&D lab says scientific understanding can prevent mis-steps in developing the technology

Business - Financial Times - October 21

Roberts sides with Google in subpoena fight stemming from antitrust case

The dispute stems from a federal lawsuit several states filed against Google alleging violations of federal and state antitrust laws.

Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity Are Promoting Scientific Racism in Search Results

The web’s biggest AI-powered search engines are featuring the widely debunked idea that white people are genetically superior to other races.

Tech - Wired - October 24

Sequence launches on Google Cloud Marketplace for Web3 gaming tech

Sequence, the all-in-one platform for building Web3 games, has partnered with Google Cloud Marketplace to widen its reach to game developers.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 24

"Mornings Memory": How a Google search led to an unlikely friendship

Have you ever heard of the term, "Googleganger?" It's when you and a person you search on Google share the same name. A CBS report from 2007 shows how it one time led to an unlikely friendship.

With This 1 Move, Google May Have Solved a Huge AI Content Problem

As AI tech gets smarter it’s getting harder to spot the difference between content made by a human and what’s been dreamed up by an algorithm. Google, pushing the AI envelope itself, is aware of ...

Business - Inc. - October 24

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