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Beijing Blocks Meta’s Manus Grab: The ‘Singapore Wash’ Strategy Hits a Wall
China's move to block Meta's takeover of Manus signals the death of the 'Singapore washing' escape route for Chinese AI founders, leaving Manus's product and Meta's ambitions in limbo.
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Google Gemini privacy traps: defaults that lock you in and the hidden cost of opting out
Google hides Gemini privacy controls behind confusing menus and forces users who disable AI to…
Anthropic Backs Down After Testing Claude Code Removal from $20 Plan
Anthropic briefly tested removing Claude Code from its $20 Pro plan for 2% of new…
Google Splits Its Next Gen TPU: One Chip for Training, One for Agents
Google bifurcated its eighth generation TPU into a training specific chip and an inference focused…
Beijing Forces Meta to Unwind Manus Acquisition Citing National Security
The Chinese government's decision to block the sale of Manus to Meta threatens to dismantle…
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The Xteink X3 Is Not a Salvation Device
The Xteink X3 e-ink reader is a charming but ultimately hollow antidote to screen addiction, demanding more discipline than it…
Uber’s Dark Plan to Turn Every Driver Into an Unpaid Sensor for Its AV Empire
Uber's plan to turn its driver fleet into a sensor grid for AV companies raises serious questions about consent, privacy,…
The Great Tech Bloodletting of 2025: 22,000+ Workers Sacrificed on the Altar of AI
Tech companies are using AI as a convenient cover for mass layoffs, cutting over 22,000 jobs in early 2025 while…
OpenAI’s 2025 Reckoning: Code Red, Lawsuits, and the Race Against Rivals
OpenAI's 2025 was a year of frantic product releases and existential legal battles, but its most troubling pivot was toward…
OpenAI’s Secret War on Goblins: Inside the Bizarre Codex Prompt That Bans a Fantasy Species
OpenAI's latest Codex CLI reveals GPT-5.5 has a goblin obsession so severe the company had to embed a bizarre fantasy…
Japan Airlines Ropes in Wobbly Humanoid Robots to Fill Airport Jobs. It’s Not Going Great Yet.
Despite slick videos, the first footage of Japan Airlines' humanoid baggage handlers shows robots that can only mimic work while…
Google’s Privacy Maze: How Gemini Traps You and Your Data
Google's Gemini integration across Workspace traps users in a coercive choice between AI features and genuine privacy, using deliberately hidden…
Google’s $40 Billion Anthropic Bet Is Really a $40 Billion Self-Dealing Loop
Google's $40 billion Anthropic investment is a self dealing loop where Google pays Anthropic, Anthropic pays Google for compute, and…