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Amazon says its data centers used 2.5B gallons of water in 2025, underscoring water as a key AI-era resource. The company says usage fell 2% YoY and it aims to become water positive by 2030.
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As AI automates routine work, human skills matter more. Jobs centered on communication, teamwork, creativity, and problem-solving are gaining value in today’s labor market.
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NEW - Google’s $900 million investment in SpaceX has reportedly grown to $100 billion
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🇺🇸 The US government has ordered Anthropic to suspend foreign access to its Mythos Fable 5 model over national security concerns. Anthropic says access has now been disabled worldwide.
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Anthropic’s org chart is unusually lean: CEO Dario Amodei reportedly has just 1 direct report, with President Daniela Amodei overseeing daily ops. A sharp contrast to leadership structures at OpenAI and Nvidia.
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BREAKING - Elon Musk rings the opening bell. SpaceX is public and trades on NASDAQ as SPCX. Elon Musk becomes a trillionaire.
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Prometheus has raised $12B from JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, and founder Jeff Bezos. The company hasn’t shared how it plans to use the funding yet.
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OpenAI acquired Ona to give Codex agents persistent cloud workspaces—so they can keep running commands and retain context after users disconnect. A notable step toward more auditable enterprise AI workflows.
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NEW - 🇻🇦 Rubio arrives in Vatican for talks with pope: AFP
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Anthropic launched 10 AI agent templates for finance teams, covering KYC checks, monthly close reports, and presentation prep. The templates are available in Claude Code and Cowork on paid plans, with new Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook integrations.
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xAI will merge into SpaceX and be rebranded as SpaceXAI, with xAI projects folded into SpaceX products. No further restructuring details have been provided.
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Coinbase is testing 1-person product teams supported by AI agents, with one operator handling coding, design, and parts of product work. The move follows a roughly 14% workforce cut and a flatter org under CEO Brian Armstrong.
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Anthropic says it partnered with SpaceX for additional compute, doubled Claude Code usage limits across plans, ended peak-hours reductions, and raised API limits for Opus.
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Panthalassa, founded by former Apple, SpaceX, NASA, and Tesla engineers, unveiled floating data centers powered by wave energy. The offshore platforms would use satellites to support AI services, with commercial launch planned for 2027.
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NEW: Ted Turner, CNN founder, dead at 87.
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ChatGPT is now available as an add-on in Excel and Google Sheets, with support for data analysis, formula writing, spreadsheet updates, and step-by-step explanations. Powered by GPT-5.5.
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OpenAI is rolling out GPT Instant 5.5 to all ChatGPT users, with shorter responses, fewer hallucinations, stronger reasoning, and a clearer memory interface.
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NEW - Brent crude oil falls over 11% to $101.
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Study: A 2026 Dermatology and Therapy trial of 60 people found 8 weeks of topical DHM reduced biological skin age and wrinkles, potentially reversing skin aging epigenetically via DNMT1 inhibition and altered DNA methylation.
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Boston Dynamics shared new footage of its production electric Atlas robot rotating its body while balancing on its arms, highlighting movement control and a hand adjustment for stability.
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