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Amazon has appeared in a new trend this week. This sees big tech companies buying electricity from existing nuclear power plants. The tech company will use 1.92 gigawatts of power from Tallen Energy’s Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant in Pennsylvania to bolster the AWS cloud and AI server chunks. Amazon is the latest hyperschool for direct access to large nuclear operators, following just after Microsoft and Meta. The Amazon deal was announced on Wednesday, but it’s not completely new and instead changes existing arrangements with Talen. In the older version, Amazon built a data center next to the Susquehanna Power Plant,…
Hebron Shah remembers the fantasies of 2019 when Elon Musk promised that Tesla’s car would become a Robotaxis. Shah is already a user of the car sharing platform, and the idea of turning Tesla into an even bigger money maker was an appealing proposition. But as the years went by, Musk was unable to follow that promise. So in 2021, Shah formed a small team and brought co-founder Saima Chaudhry to set up his own company. “Hey, we’re just trying to do this ourselves,” he thought at the time. What they built was a new peer-to-peer car sharing startup called…
Brazil’s FinTech Melluse raised 180 million (approximately $32.39 million) through subsequent shares to fund more Bitcoin purchases, according to a securities application on Friday. The offering is priced at 7.06 Reais per share (5% below Thursday’s closing price) and was managed by investment bank BTG Pactual, Reuters reported. The move follows the company’s decision earlier this year to shift some of its cash reserves to Bitcoin. Meliuz currently describes himself as the “first Bitcoin finance company” in Brazil. Founded in 2011 by Israeli Salmen and Ophe Gimares, Meliuz has built a large user base by blending financial products such as…
The Archer Aviation was locked up with $850 million in new funds. That’s an eye-opening sum that came just after former President Donald Trump signed up for an executive order aimed at promoting the deployment of U.S. electric air taxis. The funding follows the White House’s announcement of its EVTOL integrated pilot program. It aims to quickly track the deployment of electric vertical takeoffs and landing aircraft across the country. Trump’s orders also aim to strengthen the US defense against drones and rekindle interest in supersonic commercial jets. “This executive order is a key moment for Archer and the EVTOL…
NEW YORK (AP) – Attorneys for Mahmoud Khalil on Friday ordered a federal judge to release Columbia University protesters from immigrant lockup, saying the Trump administration had missed the deadline for appeals. With a letter To New Jersey District Judge Michael Farbeers, the lawyer told him that Halil had met all the court’s requirements, including posting $1 bonds, and that government lawyers missed the 9:30am deadline. The judge was set for Wednesday.In response to the letter, the judge gave the government until 1:30pm on Friday to formally reply to the free Khalil request.The lawyer also says the government has refused…
Scale AI founder and CEO Alexandr Wang has come down to join the meta and confirmed rumors that have been swirling for a week. In a memo to employees on Thursday, Wang said he is leaving the company he built to take on a new role focused on Meta’s AI efforts. The move follows a massive $14.3 billion investment from meta to scale AI, giving Social Giants a 49% stake in the company. Still, Meta has no voting power, according to a spokesman on scale. In a note he shared with X, Wang Sadi: “Opens of this size are often…
June 13, 2025Ravi LakshmananWeb Security/Network Security Cybersecurity researchers are paying attention to “large campaigns” that undermine legitimate websites with malicious JavaScript injections. According to Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, these malicious injections are obfuscated using JSFuck. This refers to an “exorable and educational programming style” in which code is written and executed using only a limited set of characters. Cybersecurity companies have given the technique an alternative name for JSFiretruck for blasphemy to be involved. “Several websites are identified in injected malicious JavaScript that uses JSFiretruck Obfuscation, which is primarily composed of symbols. [, ]+, $, {, and }, “Security…
In a move welcomed by the RSPCA as a potential breakthrough in animal welfare, the UK government has announced that it will consider essential ways to label animal products production. The much-anticipated response from Defra follows more than a year of general pressure and campaigns, and has led to a growing awareness of the need for greater transparency in the food system. The announcement comes after a large consultation in which an overwhelming 99% of individuals and the majority of organizations support a clearer label on how to keep animals. The RSPCA, which has long defended transparent food labeling through…
Hospitality leaders have accused Prime Minister Rachel Reeves of spending reviews of ignoring an industry that is still struggling with the impact on the pandemic, inflation and increased operating costs. Industry associations say the review failed to provide the targeted support needed to protect jobs, promote growth and reduce financial pressure. Many warned that there is a lack of meaningful support and a signal for increased tax burden on government indifference to one of the UK’s largest private sector employers. “We are pleased to announce that we are committed to providing a range of services and services to providing services…
On Wednesday’s Y Combinator’s Spring 2025 demo day, almost all startups had something to do with AI. They are developing AI agents or creating tools to facilitate development. In fact, it appears that some founders are pulling pages from playbooks of some successful AI startups. Approximately half a dozen startups have announced variations of “Cursor of X.” For example, Den is constructing a “Knowledge Worker Cursor” and Vesence is moving forward to create a “Kursor for Lawyers.” However, it wasn’t just AI. I’ve noticed that some startups are working on robotics. Below are some of the startups that caught both…