August 26, 2025
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Microsoft locks down a building after protesters get inside president’s office
Microsoft has temporarily locked down a building at its headquarters after protesters managed to get inside the office of the…
August 26, 2025
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Google Will Make All Android App Developers Verify Their Identity Starting Next Year
Android’s open nature set it apart from the iPhone as the era of touchscreen smartphones began nearly two decades ago.…
August 26, 2025
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Recent books from the MIT community
Data, Systems, and Society: Harness AI for Societal GoodBy Munther A. Dahleh, professor of EECS and founding director of the…
August 26, 2025
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Anthropic launches a Claude AI agent that lives in Chrome
Anthropic is launching a research preview of a browser-based AI agent powered by its Claude AI models, the company announced…
August 26, 2025
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Anthropic Settles High-Profile AI Copyright Lawsuit Brought by Book Authors
Anthropic has reached a preliminary settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by a group of prominent authors, marking a…
August 26, 2025
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A Radiohead song from 1997 is on the Hot 100 charts, thanks to TikTok
Thanks to an unexpected surge in popularity on TikTok, Radiohead now has its fourth-ever song on the Billboard Hot 100:…
August 26, 2025
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Anthropic settles AI book-training lawsuit with authors
Anthropic has settled a class action lawsuit with a group of fiction and nonfiction authors, as announced in a filing…
August 26, 2025
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Libby’s library app adds an AI discovery feature, and not everyone is thrilled
Library e-book and audiobook app Libby is adding AI, much to the disappointment of some readers and librarians, who would…
August 26, 2025
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DOGE uploaded live copy of Social Security database to ‘vulnerable’ cloud server, says whistleblower
A top Social Security Administration official turned whistleblower says members of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) uploaded…
August 26, 2025
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Not so fast: German court says Apple can’t call Watch carbon neutral
Two years ago, Apple announced its Watch Series 9 as its first carbon-neutral product. From cradle to grave, the company…