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Hundreds of employees at Google and OpenAI have signed an open letter urging their companies to stand with Anthropic in its standoff with the Pentagon over military applications for AI tools like Claude.
The letter, titled "We Will Not Be Divided," calls on the leadership of both companies to "put aside their differences and stand together to continue to refuse the Department of War's current demands for permission to use our models for domestic mass surveillance and autonomously killing people without human oversight." These are two lines that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has said should not be crossed by his or any other AI company.
As of publication, the letter has over 450 signatures, almost 400 of which come from Google employees and the rest from OpenAI. Currently, roughly 50 percent of all participants have chosen to attach their names to the cause, with the rest remaining anonymous. All are verified as current employees of these companies. The original organizers of the letter aren't Google or OpenAI employees; they say are unaffiliated with any AI company, political party or advocacy group.
The open letter is the latest development in the saga between Anthropic and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who threatened to label the company a "supply chain risk" if it did not agree to withdraw certain guardrails for classified work. The Pentagon has also been in talks with Google and
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OpenAI is on track to hit the kind of global scale most tech products only fantasize about. The AI giant just announced that ChatGPT now has around 900 million weekly active users — and it's aiming squarely at the 1 billion weekly user milestone. The company also noted how it now boasts more than 50 […]
The post ChatGPT Nears 1 Billion Weekly Users in Record Growth Surge appeared first on eWEEK.
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With the likes of The Last of Us and Fallout out of the way for a bit, Amazon has seized its opportunity to put the spotlight on the next big video game adaptation, its currently-in-production God of War show. Today we got our first look at Ryan Hurst and Callum Vinson as Kratos and Atreus.
The image released by Amazon shows the eponymous God of War standing next to a tree as he watches his son — who notably looks a bit younger than the video game version of 11-year-old Atreus we first met in 2018's God of War — take aim with his bow. Exactly what they're hunting is unclear, but we know that the developing relationship between father and son that was such a big part of the PS4 game is also going to be at the heart of the show.
Whether Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios have nailed the looks of its central characters is a matter of opinion. Personally I think Hurst's Kratos in particular looks a little bit off here, but there's every chance it all comes together later in production. Or when we first hear him angrily exclaim "boy!"
The Sons of Anarchy star was cast as Kratos back in January, and earlier this week we learned that Deadpool's
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OpenAI just announced a massive funding round of $110 billion, which is one of the biggest investment rounds in Silicon Valley history. The investors feature many of the usual suspects, including Amazon with $50 billion, NVIDIA with $30 billion and SoftBank with $30 billion. This investment brings OpenAI to a $730 billion valuation
"We're super excited about this deal," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told CNBC. "AI is going to happen everywhere." That last statement seems more like a threat than a boast, but I digress.
Beyond the funding round, OpenAI has announced strategic partnerships with both NVIDIA and Amazon. This will involve Amazon Web Services (AWS) running OpenAI models for enterprise customers to "build generative AI applications and agents at produ
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Meta Ray-Bans and other smart glasses look pretty similar to their camera-free counterparts, but they have a few distinguishing key features.
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Celebrate the Pokemon franchise's 30th anniversary with plenty of free stuff in mainline games and mobile apps alike.
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The agency tacked on an additional flight in 2027 to test lunar landers in Earth orbit.
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Discover the best Nano Banana 2 prompts to test Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, from 4K mockups to multilingual text and character consistency.
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NEW RESOURCES Spotted in my Calishat Snaps: Sweetfont. From the page description: "Sweetfont helps you find the perfect Google Font by exploring axes like playfulness, elegance, and warmth on interactive XY pads." […]
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Hide from the heat by staying cool inside with lightning-fast internet -- here are the deals we've been eyeing this summer.
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Finding good rural broadband can be challenging, but these handpicked options offer dependable service.
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 For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with Astropad to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win an iPhone 17 and an anti-reflective Fresh Coat screen protector from Astropad to go along with it.
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Or another ultra-thin phone, either.
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 This week we tracked quite a few deals across numerous Apple products, including low prices on Apple Watch Series 11, AirPods Max, and iPhone 17 TechWoven cases, all of which are still available today. You'll also find great discounts on portable power stations and Samsung's new Galaxy S26 smartphones below.
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Let's go hunting with papa.
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The Pokémon leakers were right: the Gen 10 games are called Pokémon Wind and Pokémon Waves. The Pokémon Company confirmed the titles during a 30th anniversary stream on Pokémon Day. The games are set to hit Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027. (A Game Freak leak last October suggested Wind and Waves would be out this year with DLC to follow in 2027.)
According to the Pokémon account on X, in Wind and Waves, "you'll travel across beautiful windswept islands and a vast ocean with glittering waves that ebb and flow. You'll also team up with Pokémon to overcome challenges and even the forces of nature!" They'll be playable in 11 languages, including Brazilian Portuguese.
Say hello to Browt ??, Pombon ??, and Gecqua ??. Who will you pa
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Total anonymity online is impossible, and it's dangerous to claim otherwise.
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 Apple is working with German confectionary brand Ritter Sport to offer a unique Apple Music promotion.
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After Netflix dropped out of the race to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount is poised for victory—but it's not there yet.
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Paramount Skydance's sprawling media empire will get a major boost if the deal is approved.
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Block cuts 4,000 jobs as Jack Dorsey pivots to an AI-driven model despite rising profits, signaling a broader tech shift toward smaller AI-powered teams.
The post More Tech Layoffs: Jack Dorsey Cuts Block's Workforce Nearly in Half, Blames AI appeared first on eWEEK.
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The Mario Kart bundle saves you money upfront but it will only be around for a limited amount of time.
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Whether you're on vacation or simply want an extra layer of home security, these smart locks will help you protect your home.
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The futuristic tech, funded by DARPA, would allow the U.S. military to preemptively detect danger from a remarkably long distance.
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Dorsey claimed that AI made the layoffs inevitable but later admitted he over-hired during covid.
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Pokémon celebrates its 30th anniversary today, and as you'd expect, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are cranking up the nostalgia in every possible way. In addition to re-releasing the Game Boy Advance remakes of Pokémon Red and Blue on Nintendo Switch Online, they're also selling us a Game Boy-shaped portable Pokémon jukebox.
Officially titled the Pokémon Game Music Collection, the little music player is palm-sized and can be loaded up with 45 different cartridges, each featuring a different melody or sound effect from the original games' soundtrack. The device was announced by longtime series composer Junichi Masuda during today's anniversary Pokémon Presents livestream, where he said that special care has gone into the audio sounding like it did on the Game Boy.
Each cartridge also features a screenshot from the games, so when you slide it into the device's display slot it looks like you're playing as well as listening. Put one of these next to last year's equally charming Lego Game Boy on a shelf and you've got two entirely non-playable replicas of the iconic handheld, which is sure to confuse and disappoint your guests in equal measure.
The Pokémon Game Music Collection is available to buy from Pokémon Center starting today, but US pricing is yet to be confirme
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Samsung's Unpacked event midweek revealed three new phones and two sets of earbuds, but the real standout, as usual, is the Galaxy S26 Ultra. This year, the Ultra actually features a bit of genuine tech innovation — and no, we don't mean it folds.
Let's talk about its new Privacy Display. This isn't a shimmery, holographic screen protector that's hard to read and constantly peels off at the corners; this tech is engineered directly into the S26 Ultra's OLED display.
Samsung Display revealed its Flex Magic Pixel technology back in 2024. The S26 Ultra's Privacy Display is built off the back of this. It controls the direction of light emitted from the AMOLED at the pixel level, integrating wide-angle and narrow-angle pixel arrays so the display can switch between a wide-angle viewing experience and more private, straight-on views.
While HP's SureView tech is similar, the amount of customization possible is incredible — and we all have our phones out in public much more than our… HP laptops. It could be perfect for keeping prying eyes off your banking apps, messaging apps and even dating apps.
Otherwise, the rest of the S26 series offers incremental updates with better cameras and newer processors. This makes the base S26 and S26 a harder sell unless your current Galaxy phone is several years old. Also, following the 2026 trend, they are all pricier this year.
Make sure you check out our early impressions (S26 Ultra,
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A surprise collectible on Pokemon Day looks just like a tiny Game Boy and plays music on swappable cartridges. Give us the real Game Boy again, come on.
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 Netflix has dropped out of the takeover battle for Warner Bros. Discovery, putting Paramount Skydance on course to win the whole WBD business.
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Proposals before the FCC involve mirrors that could bathe entire cities in sunlight and, from SpaceX, a million satellites to serve as data centers.
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The biggest Pokemon event of the year just wrapped up. Celebrate Pokemon Day with the latest and greatest announcements from the world of pocket monsters.
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A new report sheds details on Apple's potential touchscreen MacBook that could arrive this year, and how it could complement the point-and-click interface of MacOS. CNET's Bridget Carey explains why the news has her excited, along with what big products Apple may show off at an event next week.
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NEW RESOURCES Tom's Hardware: You can log into 28 vintage computer systems in your browser for free, thanks to the Interim Computer Museum — Experience legendary OSes, architectures, programming languages, and games. […]
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A ransomware attack on a major medical company may now be the largest health care data breach in history.
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 Global memory scarcity will cause a 13 percent drop in smartphone sales in 2026, according to IDC (via Bloomberg). DRAM is in short supply because AI companies are buying huge quantities of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for servers in data centers, and manufacturers are prioritizing HBM instead of the memory used in consumer devices.
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Inspired by the rival Epic Universe, Disney's Villains Land is reportedly becoming a little less evil.
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The Galaxy S26's AI-powered Circle to Search tool just leveled up to full-outfit detection, and my bank account may never recover.
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You can now have conversations with the Luna Ring about your health and even ask it questions, but there is a catch.
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AI-fueled memory scarcity is hitting the phone market hard this year, particularly for inexpensive, low-end devices.
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You can feel comfortable scrolling on the subway in peace with Samsung's new flagship phone.
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Auto-brightness can be a frustrating feature when you don't want to deal with it. Here's how to ditch it for good.
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Celebrate Pokemon Day with the latest and greatest announcements from the world of pocket monsters.
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This is a rare chance to pick up some excellent trackers for cheap and never lose your things again.
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 Apple has submitted production line orders for its upcoming foldable iPhone, effectively confirming that the device will launch this year, claims a Chinese leaker.
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 Apple today announced that Foxconn will begin assembling some Mac mini computers at a factory in Houston, Texas later this year.
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