The trial in Oakland, expected to last seven weeks, will test Colorado, Kentucky, California, and New Jersey’s allegations that Meta designed its platforms to keep young users hooked and misled consumers about their safety. It will also address claims by 29 states that the company illegally collected and used children’s data in violation of federal law.

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Source: https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-29-states-head-court-biggest-test-yet-youth-social-media-litigation-2026-08-12/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTqwU5wZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR4aWeT-zZK5gAhKsnmuEjQH_xnK_omgiCKCZrfwPKXYm0F4ryi_QieMt3xeQg_aem_ral5n_fniljZT1K4NSOxcQ

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Whether people like it or not, it’s clear there is no stopping the artificial intelligence freight train now barrelling towards some kind of final destination.

The data centers are being built, automation is already nibbling away at jobs and governments around the world are in a Manhattan Project-style race to reach the holy grail of AGI, or artificial general intelligence.

Big change is coming.

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Source: https://nypost.com/2026/07/26/tech/elon-musk-drops-wild-5-year-prediction-about-ai-and-humanity/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTXVKFwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6nPk5KOLYW4ik8owG4yXpROb05r0X7i5M6p5RQa3qyrpGln7AEP2Fxu_kHkw_aem_cyhGR2qEDSp2JHOH4h7eiQ

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The release comes more than a year after the Hangzhou-based company introduced its R1 reasoning model, which rocked global tech markets due to its surprising performance and cost efficiency.

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“Because we get asked a lot. The Technological Republic, in brief,” the company wrote on X.

The ideas reflect Karp’s long-held worldviews, including the view that the tech industry has been insufficiently supportive of US national security. Karp, who holds a Ph.D. in neoclassical social theory from Goethe University in Germany, has delighted in his view that AI will devalue humanities degrees and place greater emphasis on traditional trades work.

The summary points range widely in subject matter, from proclamations about the tech scene (“Silicon Valley must play a role in addressing violent crime”) to the relationship between the tech sector and the military (“If a U.S. Marine asks for a better rifle, we should build it; and the same goes for software”), and even religion (“The pervasive intolerance of religious belief in certain circles must be resisted”).

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Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/palantir-manifesto-alex-karp-technological-republic-summary-2026-4?fbclid=IwY2xjawRd5dtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeURJRxgbeClvzxG_w0SkN7DK75nQAOU7Aro8x6Iz4RLbcqBwzatKhAl63rxg_aem_87u18CyQpszyAhCt8DiL_g

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As India prepares to host the BRICS summit later this year, the focus will be on a payment system linking national digital currencies. By prioritizing this infrastructure over launching a new currency, the bloc makes a pragmatic bet that practical systems will reshape global finance more than symbolic gestures.

At the summit, a crucial agenda item signals a potential shift: developing a BRICS payment system built on interoperable central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

This infrastructure-focused initiative has drawn less attention, as it avoids the drama of calls for a ‘BRICS currency’ or overt de-dollarization. However, its avoidance of headline-grabbing moves may make it more consequential, underscoring the main argument: practical infrastructure changes can reshape finance more than symbolic challenges.

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Source: https://asiatimes.com/2026/01/brics-laying-first-tracks-for-new-global-payment-system/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPtyrRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeHIVwr_Wh3aAsjKa5XQ_m44qDYqc0CG5BnbwDNsTK-1tinA8X3rngohg7OIQ_aem_5NlgZrRZj-eSjJLO8SJViw

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Canberra’s ban, which came into effect from midnight local time, targets 10 major services, including Alphabet’s YouTube, Meta’s Instagram, ByteDance’s TikTok, Reddit, Snapchat and Elon Musk’s X.

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Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/australia-16-year-old-teens-ban-social-media-policy-law-ig-tiktok-fb-reddit-youtube-snapchat.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawOmxPlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeLySOuiF8mHpkT088LPgU3YBfqTFhQp1-dEilYkVchy6LwIfJLHaNgbB-pac_aem_X1LlGupSk1kuTQdgij5EQw

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Taking place between 17-21 November at the mega-hub airport that is Dubai World Central, this year the biennial Dubai Airshow promises to be the biggest and best ever. With 1,500+ exhibitors, over 200 aircraft in the flying and static display, and 450 speakers in the conferences, like Dubai’s legendary skyline, every time visitors return, it somehow soars even higher.

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Source: https://www.aerosociety.com/news/dubai-airshow-2025-preview/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOIPFBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyCGNhbGxzaXRlAjMwAAEemGx6eS21ekeua19qOQRWhysSNsMqkBRZ8G1ECoQtWQ96V8LDfGMhugdvTn8_aem_sLTTqr_NVdXD2rpgKxcgyA

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Nokia announced the $1 billion investment by NVIDIA on Tuesday, which gives NVIDIA shares in Nokia while providing the capital needed to speed up the development of 6G to replace the current 5G telecommunications cellular technology, according to CNBC.

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Source: https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2025/10/28/nvidia-nokia-ai/9101761679280/

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At the peak of the incident, early Monday, AWS reported more than 70 of its own services were impacted before saying it had resolved the issue, although it warned of sluggishness as systems worked overtime to catch up.

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Source: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/10/20/Amazon-Web-Services-outage/3391760959374/

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A study released July 20 on arXiv by Anthropic and Truthful AI shows that large language models can slip subliminal messages to one another. They don’t need to literally spell things out. A string of numbers or lines of code is enough to pass along biases, preferences, and some disturbingly violent suggestions.

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Source: https://www.vice.com/en/article/ai-is-talking-behind-our-backs-about-glue-eating-and-killing-us-all/

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