Pentagon Blacklists Anthropic, Awards 7 AI Contracts
The Pentagon awarded classified AI contracts to seven tech giants on May 1—OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, SpaceX, and Oracle. Missing: Anthropic, blacklisted ...
Healthcare Marketplaces Leak Citizenship Data to Ad Tech
A Bloomberg investigation published today reveals that almost all 20 U.S. state-run health insurance marketplaces ...
EU Battery Law Loophole: 1,000-Cycle Exemption Lets Apple Skip Removable Batteries
The EU’s new battery regulation takes effect February 18, 2027, mandating “readily removable” smartphone batteries. ...
DeepClaude Cuts Claude Code Costs 17x – But Expires May 31
DeepClaude slashes Claude Code costs by 17x using DeepSeek V4 Pro, but the 75% discount ...
China Blocks Meta’s $2B Manus AI Deal: The Unwinding Dilemma
China ordered Meta to “unwind” its $2 billion acquisition of Manus, an agentic AI startup ...
David Silver Raises $1.1B for AI Without Human Data
David Silver, the DeepMind researcher who created AlphaGo and AlphaZero, raised $1.1 billion on April 27 for Ineffable Intelligence, a London-based AI lab ...
Featherless.ai Raises $20M: Open-Source AI Challenges Proprietary Giants
Featherless.ai raised $20M from AMD and Airbus to build open-source AI infrastructure with 30,000+ models ...
AI Brain Fry: The Cognitive Cost of AI Oversight
High-oversight AI work causes 14% more mental effort and 12% greater fatigue. Why developers reviewing ...
AI Coding Productivity Myth: 19% Slower, Feeling 20% Faster
In July 2025, METR published a bombshell study: AI coding tools made experienced developers 19% ...
Mercedes Brings Back Buttons: Touchscreens Too Risky
Mercedes-Benz just admitted what drivers have been saying for years: touchscreens went too far. Starting ...