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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger ordered the state government to take steps that could empower local communities to have a larger say in data center development and slow down approvals in a state that is already home to the data center capital of the world. Executive Order 22 bans executive branch officials from signing non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) for data center projects, requires expedited noise regulations, and a review of backup-generation operations used by data centers, among other re

You would think that a multimedia conglomerate as large as Disney would have a few chief technology officers by now, but the company has just appointed someone to the position for the very first time. Today, Disney announced that Karandeep Anand is joining the company as its new CTO. Anand will report directly to Disney's recently-appointed CEO Josh D'Amaro, and he will head up the company's infrastructure, product, engineering, and data / AI platforms teams. Anand comes to Disney from chatbot

Here's where the experts now see opportunities in the municipal market.

McDonald's announced this week that it is revising its U.S. value strategy after recording its slowest sales growth in more than a year.

FCC rejects concerns about repressive governments buying influence over CBS owner.

Rare cells with widespread connectivity seem to be able to trigger sleep.

SpaceX is getting an extension to an existing contract that will allow three additional crewed Dragon flights to the International Space Station.

Shocking to say, but Berkshire Hathaway’s stock has actually not outperformed the S&P 500 in about 30 years.

The Federal Register website briefly used an open source Chinese AI search tool.

An aircraft equipped with Joby Aviation's autonomy technology flew across the United States without a human pilot taking control at any point.

A week after an Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning rattled the AI world, the company’s CEO Dario Amodei has outlined his plan to “pace the frontier” of AI development. The proposal leans on independent safety evaluators and coordination between AI labs in democratic countries, and it’s already picked up some industry support, along with some pointed pushback from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang.  Watch […]

It's one of the most fascinating years in a while when it comes to iPhone camera upgrades. The big story of the iPhone 18 Pro is the variable aperture main lens, which lets you open the aperture up wider for better low light shots and make the aperture smaller for better depth of field in group photos. But all I can get anyone to talk about is the software upgrades: it turns out, they're a lot more useful day to day than the aperture on a camera this small. This week on The Vergecast, David Imel

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is positioning the state to take the lead on AI oversight, including the potential to mandate a "kill switch" for frontier models, with a new executive order issued Friday. Newsom's order directs the state to convene a group of experts that will deliver recommendations within two months on how to strengthen AI safety measures in state law. Newsom wants the group to consider how the state could require AI companies to embed independent verification groups onsite

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Even when rates are higher, stocks should still beat bonds

Manus, which earlier this year had to break off a merger with Meta, is in discussions to raise $500M at a $4B valuation.

As the tech sector sounds alarms about AI's potential to destroy humanity, entertainment labor groups are urging the public to stay focused on what's already happening. The Verge reached out to Disney, Netflix, Amazon, Lionsgate, and other studios who have started using AI, as well film startups focused on bringing generative AI into the mainstream to ask for their reaction to the recent warnings surrounding the technology. None have responded to our request for comment. The Screen Actors Guild

Neocloud companies CoreWeave and Nebius are signaling strong demand and rising prices for AI chips.

Leaders of six major auto trade groups joined to sign a letter to the president.