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Wikipedia’s operator says a bad AI copyright ruling could threaten the open web

The Wikimedia Foundation is staking out a middle ground in a group of landmark AI copyright cases, pushing courts to legally protect large language models (LLMs) training on copyrighted work - but not chatbots regurgitating that work to users. An overly black-and-white ruling, it says, could either deprive Wikipedians of useful AI-based tools or endanger […]
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Maine’s data center revolt will decide who controls the Senate

Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, was midway through defending her record during the final debate of the midterms when an audience member cut her short. "I'm terrified," a man shouted. "AI data centers are destroying our climate. They are poisoning our water." Collins brushed off the outburst, tying the man to her Democratic challenger, […]
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Binance hackers stole $6.3 billion in record-breaking crypto heist

Binance has disclosed that $6.3 billion worth of crypto funds have been stolen from the platform, in what's believed to be the biggest cryptocurrency hack on record. In a series of updates posted to X, the crypto exchange said that user funds are safe, and that around $3 billion of the impacted assets have been […]
How AI-Powered Search Works: A Guide for Devs on AI Visibility
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How AI-Powered Search Works: A Guide for Devs on AI Visibility

Searched worked in a familiar way for decades: you'd type in your query, get back a list of pages, and choose one to click on. Behind the scenes, Google would find the pages it thought you might want,
Build with Gemini 4 Argon – Fast-Track API Crash Course
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Build with Gemini 4 Argon – Fast-Track API Crash Course

Google just released Gemini 4 Argon which is its most capable model designed specifically for complex reasoning, advanced coding, math, and science. To help you get building right away, we just publis
Poetry vs uv: Choosing a Python Package Manager
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Poetry vs uv: Choosing a Python Package Manager

Poetry vs uv compared: speed benchmarks, lockfiles, cache commands and why uv sync --locked matters in CI, plus a step-by-step Poetry to uv migration guide.
Beyond Price, What Gives Bitcoin Its Value?
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Beyond Price, What Gives Bitcoin Its Value?

What gives Bitcoin its value, which key historical events have shaped its price, why BTC is called “digital gold,” and whether the comparison really holds up.
Your Billing Migration is Really a State Machine
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Your Billing Migration is Really a State Machine

Records moved fine. State broke everything. An architect’s guide to modeling subscription state across billing, provisioning, and ERP before you migrate.
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Rivian’s R2 is officially its best-selling vehicle

Rivian reported its third quarter earnings of 2026, providing us a closer look at the company's financial health as it ramps up production of its all-important R2 electric vehicle - which is now, for the first time, outselling all of Rivian's other EVs. Rivian said it brought in $2.155 billion in revenue, a 38 percent […]
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Reddit will force everyone to log in

Reddit is announcing a huge shift: It's going to start requiring users to log in. Right now, you can browse Reddit without having an account, and the site is generally a great resource for crowdsourced information on a whole range of topics. I know I'm not the only person who appends "reddit" to a lot […]
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Patrick Stewart has died at age 86

Patrick Stewart, best known for his roles in Star Trek and X-Men, has died at age 86. A message posted to Stewart's Instagram account says the actor died in his Los Angeles home on Wednesday "following a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia." Born in 1940 in Mirfield, Yorkshire, England, […]
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Reddit’s CEO says Google’s AI Mode ‘does not drive traffic’

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said in an earnings call today that Google's AI-powered search modes do not help with traffic to the platform, echoing problems facing other websites and publishers. As part of its Q3 2026 earnings, Reddit revealed that search traffic in October has "dropped by more than 1 million referrals on average per […]
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Intel says it’s selling every affordable laptop chip it can make

During Intel's latest earnings call, CEO Lip-Bu Tan said that demand for its budget-focused Wildcat Lake chips "is outstripping supply." According to CFO David Zinsner, the chips are now sold out. Zinsner said Intel has "seen significant growth in Wildcat Lake. It's coming exactly at the right time because it's cost-optimized and we're seeing a […]
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The director of Obsession put a new horror short on YouTube

Curry Barker, the director behind the hit horror film Obsession, just published a new horror short on YouTube. The short, titled "Mama Bear," is nearly five minutes long. The video is pretty unnerving, and fair warning that it gets a little graphic, but it's a fun one to watch if you're looking for something scary […]