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Elon Musk’s xAI faces threat of NAACP lawsuit over air pollution from Mississippi data center
Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI, which merged with SpaceX last week, is facing increased pressure from environmental and civil rights groups over pollution concerns, this time at the company’s facility in Southaven, Mississippi. On Friday, the Southern Environmental Law Center and Earthjustice, on behalf of the NAACP, sent a notice […]
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Anthropic got an 11% user boost from its OpenAI-bashing Super Bowl ad, data shows
The Seahawks may have won the Super Bowl, but Anthropic also walked away with bragging rights, according to data analyzed by BNP Paribas. The maker of the Claude chatbot saw visits to its site jump 6.5% following its Super Bowl advertisement that took a swing at rival OpenAI’s decision to bring ads to ChatGPT. The […]
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China’s tech titans are giving away money and cars in ‘The Lunar New Year AI War’
A dozen actors perform a traditional lion dance in front of Todtown shopping mall ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Shanghai, China, on Feb. 13, 2026, during the opening of the Xinzhuang Lantern Festival. Ying Tang | Nurphoto | Getty Images The Year of the Horse kicks off this weekend, and China’s artificial […]
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SpaceX launches 12th long-duration crew to International Space Station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev onboard, on Feb. 13, 2026 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Aubrey […]
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Axiom Space raises $350 million backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s firm, Qatar fund
Axiom Space and KBR successfully completed the first uncrewed thermal vacuum test of the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU), which is designed to support astronauts during the Artemis III mission – the first crewed lunar landing in more than 50 years. Courtesy of KBR and Axiom Space Axiom Space, which provides suits for NASA’s moon […]
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Tech IPO hype gets drowned out on Wall Street by prospect of $1 trillion in debt sales
AI Age Tech IPO hype gets drowned out on Wall Street by prospect of $1 trillion in debt sales Published Thu, Feb 12 20268:00 AM EST Ari Levy@levynews Jordan Novet@in/jordannovet/ WATCH LIVE Source
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House to vote on Trump bid for tough voter-ID SAVE Act
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) listens during a House Rules Committee meeting on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act at the U.S. Capitol on May 21, 2025. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images The House will vote Wednesday afternoon on an election bill backed by President Donald Trump that would require proof of citizenship to register to […]
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Apptronik raises $520 million to beat Chinese humanoids, Tesla Optimus to market
Apptronik has raised $520 million in funding at a $5 billion valuation as the startup aims to commercialize its humanoid Apollo robots, potentially beating Chinese competitors and Tesla’s Optimus to the market. The new funding, announced on Wednesday, brings Apptronik’s series A funding round to $935 million. B Capital, chaired by Howard Morgan, co-led the […]
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Musk’s xAI loses second co-founder in two days
Elon Musk announced his new company xAI which he says has the goal to understand the true nature of the universe. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI has lost its second co-founder in two days. Influential researcher Jimmy Ba on Tuesday announced his departure in a post on X, thanking Musk and […]
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Elon Musk’s xAI loses co-founder Tony Wu in latest senior departure
Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI has lost another founding member. Tony Wu announced late on Monday that he resigned from the artificial intelligence startup, becoming the latest co-founder to leave the company. Others, including Igor Babuschkin, Kyle Kosic and Christian Szegedy, have also departed, and Greg Yang announced last month […]
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