EFF asks California governor to veto bill that would require online age verification — Electronic Frontier Foundation argues bill would result in privacy-invasive checks and step on First Amendment

Electronic Frontier Foundation asks California governor to veto bill that would require online age verification — EFF argues A.B. 1709 would result in privacy-invasive checks and step on First Amendment

AI data center investment projected to hit $32 trillion by 2050 — infrastructure spending estimated to exceed capital requirements for railways, electrification, or the internet
 AI data center investment projected to hit $32 trillion by 2050 — infrastructure spending estimated to exceed capital requirements for railways, electrification, or the internet

These investments aren’t massive one-time expenses — data center operators are expected to upgrade their expensive GPUs and related infrastructure every four to six years, as new semiconductor technologies arrive on the market.

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Startups want to rent your idle gaming PC for AI tasks — Startups pitch an ‘Airbnb for AI inference,’ but profitability remains unproven

If your gaming rig spends most of its life doing nothing, a pair of startups would be willing to pay you something close to minimum wage for its downtime

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Researchers easily trick Fortune-500 companies’ AI agents into running arbitrary code — supply-chain attack via llms.txt guidance file illustrates how data has become code
 Researchers easily trick Fortune-500 companies’ AI agents into running arbitrary code — supply-chain attack via llms.txt guidance file illustrates how data has become code

Researchers easily trick Fortune-500 companies’ AI agents into running arbitrary code. This supply-chain attack, done via using data in public llms.txt guidance files, illustrates the dangers of data becoming code.

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China’s EUV technology ‘at a similar stage to ASML in 2004,’ analyst claims — Beijing’s semiconductor industry remains well behind Western rivals
 China’s EUV technology ‘at a similar stage to ASML in 2004,’ analyst claims — Beijing’s semiconductor industry remains well behind Western rivals

Despite rumors, there is no evidence that Chinese makers of lithography tools can produce immersion lithography scanners in quantity.

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Russian Starlink rival flounders after entire batch of satellites fails to reach operational altitude — many of the 16 launched hit less than half their 870km target, and two are already falling back to Earth
 Russian Starlink rival flounders after entire batch of satellites fails to reach operational altitude — many of the 16 launched hit less than half their 870km target, and two are already falling back to Earth

The entire second batch of Russian Rassvet satellites have failed to reach their target operational altitudes, according to reports.

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Oklahoma city tries to charge farmer arrested at data center debate $17,000 for body cam footage of the incident — accused faces trespassing charge for going over allotted speaking time by 30 seconds at a public debate
 Oklahoma city tries to charge farmer arrested at data center debate $17,000 for body cam footage of the incident — accused faces trespassing charge for going over allotted speaking time by 30 seconds at a public debate

Claremore admits that one of its reasons for charging so much is because it fears that the documents will be “subject to wide distribution, including on social media.”

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Developer uses Claude Code to debloat Android smart TV for ‘unbelievable’ performance upgrade — TV now smoother than it was new as autonomous agent deactivates apps, shortens animations, all without root access

A developer revitalized his smart TV performance by using Claude Code to debloat it.

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Nvidia pours $3.5 billion into MediaTek — company will adopt NVLink Fusion for its custom AI accelerators
 Nvidia pours $3.5 billion into MediaTek — company will adopt NVLink Fusion for its custom AI accelerators

Nvidia invests $3.5 billion in MediaTek as the companies expand their partnership into custom AI infrastructure with NVLink Fusion, local AI computing, and automotive platforms.

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Chinese court freezes $318 million in Nexperia assets as Wingtech presses to regain control — Dutch chipmaker says seizures won’t affect day-to-day operations

The total value of the frozen assets exceeds Wingtech’s entire first-half revenue, with the company reporting 1.51 billion yuan in H1 2026 sales, down more than 90% year over year.