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Al Gore has a surprisingly calm take on the AI data center backlash

September 17, 2026

Al Gore has spent more than two decades as one of the most recognizable voices in the climate movement, so when he talks about AI, it’s worth paying attention to what he considers truly scary. And it isn’t what has people protesting data centers in the streets. In an interview with TechCrunch this week alongside

Arcee AI built Trinity for about $20m, and investors now value it at $1bn+

September 17, 2026

“Organizations should not have to choose between the capabilities of a frontier model and the ability to control the technology at the center of their work,” said Mark McQuade, co-founder and chief executive of Arcee AI. The San Francisco company builds open-weight AI models. It has raised a Series B round that values it at

Tech companies under fire as Europe proposes social media ban for under-15s

September 17, 2026

Sergii Figurnyi - stock.adobe.co European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says technology platforms will have to prove they are safe before children can access them By Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor Published: 16 Sep 2026 17:00 Children under 15 in Europe will be prohibited from having unsupervised social media accounts, along with new demands for

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RPG Cast – Episode 739: “It’s a Cat Union”

September 19, 2025

RPGamer has been covering RPGs since 1998, with the current version of the site launched in 2018. Due to the wholesale change in our back-end and systems only certain content created from 2018 onwards has been carried over to our new site. However, all of our older content can still be found at archive.rpgamer.com. Featured

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It’s supposed to be Yelp for men. There are some problems.

September 9, 2025

It sounds like the plot of a Black Mirror episode. Single, straight women log into a dating app, but not to meet men. Instead, they can screen local guys, using photos and user-reported “red flags.” The app is designed to make the experience of finding a partner less risky...

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It’s getting harder to skirt RTO policies without employers noticing

August 28, 2025

For example, while high-profile banks like JPMorgan Chase and HSBC have started enforcing in-office policies, London-headquartered bank Standard Chartered is letting managers and individual employees decide how often workers are expected in the office. In July, Standard CEO Bill Winters told Bloomberg Television: We work with adults. The adults can have an adult conversation with

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‘It’s Just Another Game’: Aaron Rodgers Downplays Week 8 Matchup Against Green Bay

August 27, 2025

For Aaron Rodgers, plenty of storylines will be at play during the 2025 season. One of those is against one of his former teams in the Green Bay Packers. The Steelers host the Packers on Sunday Night Football in Week 8, with Rodgers playing Green Bay for the first time since leaving. However, Rodgers apparently

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Roundtables: Why It’s So Hard to Make Welfare AI Fair

August 14, 2025

Watch a subscriber-only conversation on if algorithms can ever be fair. Available only for MIT Alumni and subscribers. Amsterdam tried using algorithms to fairly assess welfare applicants, but bias still crept in. Why did Amsterdam fail? And more important, can this ever be done right? Hear from MIT Technology Review editor Amanda Silverman, investigative reporter Eileen

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It’s the ‘M3GAN’ universe – and we’re all about to be living in it

July 20, 2025

“Now she’s at Pride Month, and it is so awesome because they’re the most supportive community ever,” Davis says. When asked if the team behind the film was expecting M3GAN to become a queer icon, Williams, through laughter, quickly replies: “No.” “I think if we had been making her with the expectation that she would

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‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels

July 17, 2025

Science & Nature “There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says...Read MoreBlythe Latson

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