Masayoshi Son questioned Musk’s orbital AI data centers, noting electricity is just 7% of costs and the AI race will be won on Earth within a few years (Tim Higgins/Wall Street Journal)

Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal:
Masayoshi Son questioned Musk’s orbital AI data centers, noting electricity is just 7% of costs and the AI race will be won on Earth within a few years  —  SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son thinks the math do…

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A look at a thriving underground economy for Claude access in China, including “transfer station” sites that buy API tokens abroad and distribute them to users (Wired)

Wired:
A look at a thriving underground economy for Claude access in China, including “transfer station” sites that buy API tokens abroad and distribute them to users  —  As Anthropic tightens restrictions on access to Cla…

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Middle East live: Iran threatens a ‘complete halt’ in talks with US following exchange of fire

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatened a ‘complete halt’ in negotiations with the US to end the war if Washington continued its attacks. Iran said it had earlier targeted US forces in Bahrain and Kuwait overnight Sunday in response to US strikes on 10 …

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Apple’s appeal to a London Court of Appeal ruling begins Monday at the UK Supreme Court; the ruling required it to pay $502M for using Optis’ wireless patents (Alistair Gray/Financial Times)

Alistair Gray / Financial Times:
Apple’s appeal to a London Court of Appeal ruling begins Monday at the UK Supreme Court; the ruling required it to pay $502M for using Optis’ wireless patents  —  Battle over licensing of mobile connec…

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Researchers say Z.ai’s GLM-5.2 matches latest US models at finding security bugs, as critics question the US’ lax approach in restricting Chinese open models (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
Researchers say Z.ai’s GLM-5.2 matches latest US models at finding security bugs, as critics question the US’ lax approach in restricting Chinese open models  —  Clampdown on top U.S. artificial intelligence is fu…

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