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AI company employees petition US government for regulation
More than 1,100 employees at leading artificial intelligence companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta, have signed a petition calling on the US government to help slow the pace of AI development. The letter, reported by Bloomberg, urges Washington to back an international effort to build the technical and governance tools needed to “deliberately pace”…
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EUAN McCOLM: I ask my ex-wife if I can buy her a drink and we find a place. It has taken a long time to get to this table…
In a personal column, journalist Euan McColm reflects on meeting his ex-wife for a drink, describing the long emotional journey required to reach a point where the two could sit down together amicably after their marriage ended. The piece is a reflective, first-person account rather than a hard news story, focusing on themes of reconciliation,…
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MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea
Runlayer, a startup providing a secure Model Context Protocol (MCP) gateway for AI systems, has filed a lawsuit accusing HR software firm Rippling of stealing its product idea and trade secrets after an extended sales trial. Runlayer alleges that during nearly a year of “intensive engineering collaboration,” it shared its product roadmap and source code…
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Boebert guest hosts on pro-MAGA network show
The article’s content is unavailable because the supplied page text only shows an access-denied notice. Based on the title alone, it appears to concern Lauren Boebert guest hosting a programme on a pro-MAGA television network, but this cannot be independently confirmed from the provided material. Without the article text, there are no reliable details about…
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Kristian Downs promoted to Executive Director, Platform Operations at Secretly Distribution
Secretly Distribution has promoted Kristian Downs to the newly created role of Executive Director, Platform Operations, reflecting the independent distributor’s growing investment in technology infrastructure. Downs will report to Chris Welz, the company’s Chief Operating Officer and Partner, and will retain oversight of the Digital Operations team while assuming broader strategic responsibility for the firm’s…
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eBay apologises and pays record settlement to harassed EcommerceBytes couple
EBay has publicly apologised and reached a final civil settlement with David and Ina Steiner, the couple who ran the ecommerce news site EcommerceBytes, ending a case over a 2019 harassment campaign carried out by former eBay employees and a contractor against them. The company’s statement offered its “deepest apologies”, condemned staff who pleaded guilty…
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AI’s finally expensive enough to make Wall Street nervous
Google has unsettled investors by raising its capital spending forecast to as much as $205 billion, up from a previous top estimate of $190 billion, sparking concern that the company cannot accurately predict its AI-related costs. This matters because Google is spending more than it earns while facing pricing pressure from competitors and cheaper Chinese…
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Ozlo’s Sleepbuds 2 build on Bose’s sleep earbud legacy
Ozlo, a sleep earbuds startup founded by former Bose engineers, has launched Sleepbuds 2, an updated version of its debut product with improvements to battery life, Bluetooth connectivity and sound quality. The launch is significant as Ozlo’s first major update since its original Sleepbuds, marking the company’s shift from continuing Bose’s legacy sleep-tech product into…
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Maripool – “Favourite”
Portuguese-British singer-songwriter Maripool has released a new single called “Favourite”, the second track from her forthcoming debut album Rotten Luck. The Lisbon-born, London-based artist follows up last month’s single “Crossing” with a darker, more cathartic song, continuing the rollout ahead of the album’s release next month. Maripool, the project of Natacha Simões, describes “Favourite” as…