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Google and the UK think changing flights paths could cut down on climate change

Hundreds of commercial flights will be told to change their paths over the northeastern Atlantic Ocean during the next two winters to show how minor altitude adjustments can reduce aviation’s climate impact.

OpenAI seeks to one-up Anthropic with new customer privacy protections

A competition is developing between OpenAI and Anthropic over who can provide the best privacy protections for enterprise customer data.

Stripe is buying the AI gateway OpenRouter.

The acquisition will combine Stripe’s payments platform with OpenRouter, which connects developers to a range of AI models while aggregating the costs of using each one. Stripe hasn’t disclosed the terms of the deal, but The New York Times reports that it’s purchasing the startup for $7.5 billion.

Cognition CEO denies report that SpaceX tried to acquire the startup

SpaceX was reportedly in talks to buy AI coding startup Cognition. SpaceX has already acquired Cursor as it races to catch up to rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic in enterprise AI.

Trump says data centers maybe 'could use a little public relations help'

President Donald Trump said if he were a local official, he would approve data center construction.

The data center fight is hitting a fever pitch. Here's how they actually work

They're often big, windowless warehouses without any humans in sight.

SpaceX reportedly considered acquiring Cognition AI.

SpaceX approached the AI coding startup with an offer, though “the deal talks are not currently active,” according to a report from Bloomberg. The two companies are still reportedly discussing potential partnerships, which could involve Cognition using SpaceX’s computing capacity.

'Harvest their data and hide the truth from the public': Four states seek billions from Meta over child safety practices

Meta is once again on trial over dangers its platforms may pose to children. It is once again arguing that it works tirelessly to keep them safe.

US government debt hits $40tn as borrowing rises at historic rate

Public spending surges despite Trump’s vow to stabilise America’s finances

Flight attendants freaked out that Google is buying tons of Spirit employee data

Bankrupt Spirit accused of selling out workers in massive data sale to Google.

FCC abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to slower technologies

FCC decides 1Gbps is too fast, standard must be “technologically neutral.”

AI was supposed to win people over by now -- it hasn't

As AI becomes harder to avoid, consumers are growing more wary of the technology — and Silicon Valley is discovering that widespread adoption doesn’t necessarily lead to acceptance.