4chan’s creator says ‘Epstein had nothing to do’ with creating infamous far-right board /pol/

Chris ‘moot’ Poole tells The Verge he regrets having ever encountered Jeffrey Epstein.

After a routine code rejection, an AI agent published a hit piece on someone by name

AI agents lack independent agency but can still seek multistep, extrapolated goals when prompted. Even if some of those prompts include AI-written text (which may become more of an issue in the ...
The Courier-Mail

Python devours pet cat in shocking video as snake catcher issues urgent warning

A Saturday post in which Sunshine Coast Snake Catcher 24/7’s reshared the video, filmed in the region a few years earlier at Stony Creek, quickly caught Facebook readers’ eyes with more than 71,000 ...
9to5google

Google says it is ‘gradually rolling out’ option to change your @gmail.com address

On a Google support page, the company says it is rolling out a new option to let users change their email address even if it is an “@gmail.com” address. For quite some time now, Google has allowed ...
The Business Journals

Winston & Strawn to merge with London-based Taylor Wessing, creating transatlantic law firm

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Winston & Strawn is combining ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Thoma Looks to Create $12 Billion Shipping Tech Firm With Merger

Thoma Bravo is in talks to merge its shipping software firm Auctane Inc., formerly known as Stamps.com, with third-party logistics provider WWEX Group to form a business that could be worth as much as ...
Austin American-Statesman

UT school merger under consideration to create 'center of excellence'

The University of Texas’s School of Information could merge into a new school housed within the College of Natural Sciences, according to an email sent by university administrators to students in ...
U.S. News & World Report

AkzoNobel, Axalta to Merge Creating $25 Billion Paint Giant

(Reuters) -Dulux paint maker AkzoNobel said on Tuesday that it plans to merge with paintmaker Axalta Coating Systems in a deal that will create a combined company with an enterprise value of $25 ...
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Petition opposing plan to merge Catholic parishes garners 1,000 signatures

A Democratic National Convention (DNC) Committee has voted to allow Iowa Democrats to argue in favor of a first-in-the-nation caucus in 2028. Marion police responded to a call Saturday morning about a ...
Futurism

Sam Altman Funding Biomedical Startup to Read Human Brain Using Sound Waves

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is obsessed with codifying your biology. First it was scanning your eyeballs — and now it’s scanning your thoughts. The insight is based on a new hiring decision by Altman. He’s ...
Wall Street Journal

American Water Works, Essential Utilities to Combine to Create $40 Billion Utility

American Water Works and Essential Utilities agreed to merge in an all-stock deal, creating a water-and-wastewater utility company with a combined market capitalization of about $40 billion. The ...
The Verge

Sam Altman’s next startup eyes using sound waves to read your brain

Altman taps a leading researcher for his brain-computer interface startup, suggesting a much less invasive approach than Elon Musk’s Neuralink. Altman taps a leading researcher for his brain-computer ...