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Received — 23 August 2026 ⏭ NYT: Technology

The U.S. Start-Up Making Low-Cost Interceptors for the Iran War

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By: Farah Stockman and Ismaeel Naar
23 August 2026 at 05:00
For Florida-based Powerus, becoming a global supplier of counterdrone technology has meant involving the Trumps, a golf course and a new way of doing business.

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Four Years Ago, a Crypto Boss Went Missing. Now His Successor Has.

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By: Andrew Higgins
23 August 2026 at 05:16
The mysterious collapse of a European cryptocurrency exchange helps to explain why the industry hasn’t shaken off its reputation as a magnet for criminals.

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Nicole Suszek last month with a phone showing a missing-person poster for her older brother, Sylwester Suszek.
Received — 22 August 2026 ⏭ NYT: Technology

Anthropic Could Aim to Raise $100 Billion in Blockbuster I.P.O.

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By: Sri Muppidi · Lauren Hirsch and Erin Griffith
21 August 2026 at 20:24
The offering could value the five-year-old A.I. start-up at $2 trillion, its bankers have told potential investors, which would exceed Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

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From right, Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s chief executive, and Daniela Amodei, an Anthropic co-founder and Mr. Amodei’s sister, at a company conference in May.

TikTok Settles With U.S. Over Child Privacy Concerns for $400 Million

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By: David McCabe
21 August 2026 at 19:24
The Justice Department resolved a lawsuit that accused the social media company of illegally gathering children’s information.

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The government’s 2024 suit claimed that TikTok gathered data from users under the age of 13 without parental permission.
Received — 21 August 2026 ⏭ NYT: Technology

Mark Zuckerberg Buys an Irish Castle

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By: Alan Yuhas
22 August 2026 at 09:28
The prominent landowner has added a nearly 200-year-old estate to his holdings. Archival information says it can take “a brisk walk of 4½ minutes to reach the dining room from the kitchen.”

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Strancally Castle in Waterford, Ireland, was built around 1830 and renovated in the early 2000s. It now belongs to Mark Zuckerberg.

In China’s Biggest Car Recall, Tesla and 8 Others Will Address Door Safety

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By: Keith Bradsher and Jack Ewing
21 August 2026 at 16:23
China’s regulator ordered changes after vehicle occupants sometimes had difficulty exiting electric cars, an issue that has led to lawsuits against Tesla in the United States.

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China is requiring nine automakers to take measures to improve the reliability of retractable door handles popular on electric vehicles.

New Jersey Teenager Drops Bellwether Social Media Addiction Lawsuit

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By: Eli Tan
20 August 2026 at 18:46
The case was the third of nine major personal injury cases that could expose Meta, YouTube, Snap and TikTok to financial damages and force them to change the designs of their platforms.

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Los Angeles County Superior Court. Tech companies have faced thousands of cases filed by teenagers, school districts and state attorneys general that claim that social media features are addictive.
Received — 20 August 2026 ⏭ NYT: Technology

Two Binance Employees Detained in the U.A.E. Amid Police Inquiries

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By: David Yaffe-Bellany and Michael Forsythe
20 August 2026 at 15:57
The detentions of the workers, who have been released, are a sign of legal pressure that the world’s largest crypto exchange faces in the Emirates, which is home to its main regulator.

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Authorities in the United Arab Emirates detained two Binance employees amid police investigations.
Received — 19 August 2026 ⏭ NYT: Technology

Chinese Start-Up Lands Reusable Rocket for the First Time

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By: Adeel Hassan
19 August 2026 at 17:49
The milestone by the private company, LandSpace, could put China closer to challenging SpaceX’s rule in lower-cost spaceflight.

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Voters Aren’t Waiting for November to Try Ousting Officials Over Data Centers

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By: David McCabe
19 August 2026 at 16:05
As a backlash grows over data centers, more local officials are facing recall elections for their support of the computing sites.

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Residents of Independence, Mo., at a City Council meeting in June.

A County Got Rich From Data Centers. Some Question ‘At What Cost?’

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By: Cecilia Kang and Caroline Gutman
21 August 2026 at 11:02
Loudoun County, Va., hosts more than 250 data centers that bring in huge tax revenues. But some officials and residents worry the county has become too dependent on that cash.

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A data center in Ashburn, Va.
Received — 18 August 2026 ⏭ NYT: Technology

ICE Bars Its Workers From Wearing Meta’s Smart Glasses on the Job

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By: Eli Tan and Hamed Aleaziz
18 August 2026 at 17:53
The agency joins a growing number of workplaces and groups to ban Meta’s devices, which have spurred privacy concerns.

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Meta glasses are seen exhibited at the Meta Lab pop-up store on Fifth Avenue in New York.

Apple Removes Some Fees for App Developers in European Union

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By: Kalley Huang
19 August 2026 at 10:49
The move followed a long battle with regulators over the company’s tight controls of its App Store.

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Starting in October, Apple will remove several fees for app developers in the European Union.

OpenAI Introduces ‘ChatGPT for Teens’ as Safety Concerns Grow

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By: Cecilia Kang
18 August 2026 at 10:14
The artificial intelligence start-up announced a chatbot mode that will automatically limit some conversations to better protect young users.

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A workshop about artificial intelligence at Walla Walla High School in Washington in 2023. ChatGPT will turn on its teen mode if it detects signals that the user is younger than 18, OpenAI said.

Meta to Stand Trial Over Claims It Addicted Children to Social Media

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By: Cecilia Kang · Eli Tan and Emmy Martin
19 August 2026 at 00:58
California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey have taken the social media giant to trial in the first bellwether federal case over child harm.

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During the trial, to be held in the U.S. District Court of Oakland, Calif., four states are expected to argue that Meta violated federal child privacy and state consumer protection laws.
Received — 17 August 2026 ⏭ NYT: Technology

Nvidia to Back Ohio Data Center With as Much as $105 Billion

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By: Kalley Huang
17 August 2026 at 17:13
The data center, one of the world’s largest, could cost as much as $500 billion and will be leased by OpenAI.

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Workers at the construction site for a data center in Piketon, Ohio, that will be built by a subsidiary of SoftBank and leased to OpenAI.
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Judge Affirms Settlement Allowing HPE’s Deal for Juniper

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By: David McCabe
13 August 2026 at 18:50
States had opposed an agreement allowing a Hewlett Packard Enterprise acquisition, calling the settlement ineffective and corrupt.

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Last year, the Trump administration sued to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise, led by Antonio Neri, above, from buying Juniper Networks for $14 billion, saying the deal would harm competition.

Another OpenAI Executive, Denise Dresser, Departs the A.I. Start-Up

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By: Mike Isaac
13 August 2026 at 14:47
Denise Dresser, who was previously the C.E.O. of Slack, is the latest in a string of executives to leave the artificial intelligence start-up.

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Denise Dresser, OpenAI’s chief revenue officer, is one of a number of executives to leave OpenAI in recent months.
Received — 12 August 2026 ⏭ NYT: Technology

3 Ex-Georgia Deputies Used Flock Cameras to Stalk People, Sheriff Says

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By: Michael Levenson
12 August 2026 at 16:27
The former Bibb County deputies were arrested this week amid a growing national debate over Flock cameras, which can be found on roads in every state but Alaska.

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About 7,000 law enforcement agencies, or 40 percent of all departments in the United States, have contracts with Flock.
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