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UNC’S BIG AI GAMBLE: A CHANCELLOR’S SILICON VALLEY PLAYBOOK

Universities, budgets, and the AI imperative North Carolina’s flagship public university is recasting itself with an unapologetically tech-first agenda. In

HALO’S NEXT CHAPTER MAY GO LIVE-SERVICE MULTIPLAYER

What the report says, what it could mean for players A new report suggests the next “Halo” installment is being

Why data centers are building their own power plants

AI power demand and the new self-supply push America’s biggest cloud and AI players are taking power into their own

BOURBON MEETS BIG DATA AS KENTUCKY DISTILLERS REINVENT

An old industry tests software-driven whiskey Bourbon’s identity is built on tradition, but a new data-heavy model is shaking the

META ADDS PARENTAL CONTROLS FOR TEENS’ AI CHATS

New guardrails across Instagram, Messenger and Facebook Meta is rolling out parental controls to limit or fully block teen conversations

‘EVERYTHING ONLINE SUCKS’—BUT IT DOESN’T HAVE TO

Cory Doctorow on how to fix the feeds Author and activist Cory Doctorow argues platforms can be better if users

ONEPLUS BAKES GEMINI INTO OXYGENOS 16’S ‘MIND SPACE’

AI upgrades and tighter Google integration OnePlus unveiled OxygenOS 16 with deep integration of Google’s Gemini assistant inside a personal

AI mania meets oil and power: the market’s riskiest mix yet

Energy, chips and soaring valuations An investor stampede into companies tied to artificial intelligence is ricocheting through the energy complex.

Google’s AI Overviews face a revolt from the internet’s plumbing

How infrastructure players push back A growing coalition of internet infrastructure firms, publishers, and developer communities is pushing back against

Waymo sets sights on London with 2026 robotaxi launch

What the rollout could look like Waymo plans to launch a commercial robotaxi service in London in 2026, marking its