Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry

The AI-focused hedge fund is still making some big bets.

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Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default

Programming with Claude Code will soon require even less human oversight.

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'We Actually Like Each Other': El-Sayed Whacks Trump After Lame Attack On His Wife

Michigan nominee for the US Senate, Abdul El-Sayed, hit back at Trump after he posted a nasty Islamophobic dog-whistle on Truth Social this weekend:

President Donald Trump’s latest attack on a Democratic Senate nominee and his wife spurred a wave of rebuke on Sunday by critics who called him a racist and a convicted felon.

Trump took to Truth Social the night before to share an image comparing himself and First Lady Melania Trump to Abdul El-Sayed and his wife, Sarah Jukaku.

The image includes the caption complete with misspelling, "Two VERY DIFFERENT America's," and shows Trump and his wife in formal attire alongside El-Sayed and Jukaku, who wears a traditional Islamic headscarf.

The image also uses El-Sayed’s full name – Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed – similar to how Trump often refers to former President Barack Obama as Barack Hussein Obama.

AES was asked about Trump's post during an appearance on this Sunday's State of the Union on CNN, and hit Trump and his loveless marriage, along with the fact that both of them could care less about the working class in America in response.

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Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S.

As part of a planned Texas data center, Amazon is investing in an on-site power plant that could reportedly become the largest source of climate pollution in the United States.

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OpenAI acquires presentation startup NextSlide

NextSlide says its team members are now working on ChatGPT.

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GOP Senator Promotes Crypto Bill Which Possibly Benefits Human Traffickers

Republican South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott took to Fox News on Thursday to push a cryptocurrency bill opposed by a host of organizations opposed to human trafficking. Scott argued that the legislation should be passed by the Senate because it would help mothers.

The Senate, where Scott currently chairs the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, is currently considering the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, which is meant to accelerate the use of cryptocurrency like bitcoin. Concerns have been raised that the Clarity Act would allow crypto companies and those who use cryptocurrencies to evade traditional government oversight, including people involved in human trafficking and illicit arms sales.

The law is backed by the crypto industry, who have been lavishing the Trump administration and other elected officials, from both parties, with campaign donations and support.

Appearing on Fox Business, Scott positioned the bill as a boon to mothers instead of big business and illegal industries.

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Security researchers scanned the Polish web and found courts, hospitals, and airports at risk of hacks

Researchers found common points of failure, like software used to organize and display web content, could have allowed hackers to run riot through government websites.

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