As Google plans to build a $15B AI data center hub in India’s Visakhapatnam, locals and rights groups are raising concerns over “extremely high” water stress (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
As Google plans to build a $15B AI data center hub in India’s Visakhapatnam, locals and rights groups are raising concerns over “extremely high” water stress  —  Developing-world nations are offering b…

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The European Commission fines Temu €200M under the DSA for allegedly failing to adequately stop the sale of illegal products; further penalties could follow (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
The European Commission fines Temu €200M under the DSA for allegedly failing to adequately stop the sale of illegal products; further penalties could follow  —  Chinese online retailer Temu has been fined …

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London- and SF-based Orbital Industries, which uses its Orb model to design advanced materials and then sell them directly, raised a $50M Series B led by Plural (Jeremy Kahn/Fortune)

Jeremy Kahn / Fortune:
London- and SF-based Orbital Industries, which uses its Orb model to design advanced materials and then sell them directly, raised a $50M Series B led by Plural  —  Orbital Industries, a startup using AI to desi…

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Internal speech: JD.com founder Liu Qiangdong vows to protect the company’s 900,000 employees from AI and automation, saying it will “do everything possible” (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Internal speech: JD.com founder Liu Qiangdong vows to protect the company’s 900,000 employees from AI and automation, saying it will “do everything possible”  —  JD.com Inc. founder Liu Qiangdong vowed to preven…

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