A profile of Nscale founder Josh Payne, a former coal miner from Australia who moved to London and started the data center company in 2024 amid the AI boom
After leaving high school in an industrial area of Australia, Josh Payne took an unlikely path to becoming the head …
UK data center developer Nscale raised a $2B Series C led by Aker and 8090 Industries at a $14.6B valuation and adds Sheryl Sandberg and Nick Clegg to its board
Nscale, a UK developer for artificial intelligence data centers, has raised $2 billion in funding and added a trio …
Lawsuit documents: two DOGE employees used ChatGPT to identify National Endowment for the Humanities grants, worth $100M+, to be cut for being related to DEI
Documents show how A.I. was used to cancel most previously approved grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities as the agency embraced President Trump's agenda.
How some candidates for the US midterms are using social media posts and niche buzzwords on their websites to signal for support from crypto and AI super PACs
The A.I. and crypto industries entered this year with nearly $250 million combined to spend on politics, and a battle plan to shape the regulatory landscape in their favor.
The US-led war in Iran is complicating plans by Gulf nations to spend $300B+ on AI investments, putting at risk a potential source of funding for tech companies
The war in Iran is complicating plans by Gulf nations to spend more than $300 billion on data centers, chips and other AI investments …
The US' February jobs report shows the tech sector's post-2022 job losses are now outpacing past downturns in 2008 and 2020
- Tech industries are losing their strength. — One economist said tech job losses outpaced the past two recessions. — Still, there is weakness in other areas of the job market.
Documents show two DOGE employees used ChatGPT to identify National Endowment for the Humanities grants, worth over $100M, to be cut for being related to DEI
Documents show how A.I. was used to cancel most previously approved grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities as the agency embraced President Trump's agenda.
A draft guidance from the US GSA tightens rules for civilian AI contracts to require AI companies to allow “any lawful” use by the government of their models
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A profile of Emil Michael, who made his name as an aggressive dealmaker for Uber, as he takes a leading role in the Pentagon's dispute with Anthropic
Emil Michael made his name in Silicon Valley a decade ago as an aggressive dealmaker for a startup — Uber Technologies Inc. …
Filing: the US SEC settles with Tron founder Justin Sun over a 2023 case that alleged securities fraud; Tron-affiliated company Rainberry will pay the $10M fine
President Trump signs an EO aimed at fighting cybercrime, directing officials to identify robust tools to combat transnational criminal organizations
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The Trump administration debuts its cyber strategy, outlining priorities including promoting offense operations, securing AI tech, and streamlining regulations
The administration also released an executive order on cybercrime and fraud. — Learn more.
Interview with Pentagon AI head Emil Michael on his view that Anthropic leaked negotiations to the press to win anti-Trump users, dealing with Amodei, and more
what if this software went down? Some guardrail kicked up? Some refusal happened for the next fight like this one and we left our people at risk?” “I went to @SecWar @PeteHegseth and told him what ...
Google and Amazon join Microsoft in saying they will keep working with Anthropic on non-defense projects after DOD designated Anthropic a supply chain risk
https://www.cnbc.com/...Sasha de Marigny:Thank you, Google, for your leadership, partnership and continued support. — https://lnkd.in/...
A draft guidance from the US GSA tightens rules for civilian AI contracts to require AI companies to allow “any lawful” use by the government of their models
The Trump administration has drawn up tight rules for civilian artificial intelligence contracts that would require AI companies …
A draft guidance from the US GSA tightens rules for civilian AI contracts to require AI companies to allow “any lawful” use by the government of their models
The Trump administration has drawn up tight rules for civilian artificial intelligence contracts that would require AI companies …
The US' February jobs report shows the tech sector's post-2022 job losses are now outpacing past downturns in 2008 and 2020
- Tech industries are losing their strength. — One economist said tech job losses outpaced the past two recessions. — Still, there is weakness in other areas of the job market.
Indonesia says it will ban “high-risk” platforms, including YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, and Roblox, for children under 16 from March 28
Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid said Friday.
Filing: the US SEC settles with Tron founder Justin Sun over a 2023 case that alleged securities fraud; Tron-affiliated company Rainberry will pay the $10M fine
Rainberry, a company affiliated with the Tron network, will pay a $10 million fine. Charges against Sun will be dismissed.
A look at Seattle-based Cloverleaf, which signs deals with utility companies and secures land for AI companies' data center needs; the startup has raised $300M
Brian Janous, a former Microsoft executive, and his firm Cloverleaf have become modern-day land men, packaging electricity and land for data centers.