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A Fan-Favorite Aquarium Screen Saver Is Leaving Roku
The Aquatic Life display, a welcome moment of Zen in the frenzied world of TV streaming, will go dark on Dec. 1 after its designer pulled the license.
OpenAI, Anthropic face new oversight as New York’s AI safety law takes effect
New York is preparing to enforce its sweeping AI safety law, requiring major developers like OpenAI and Anthropic to register, disclose safety practices, and report critical incidents or face fines.
Proximal Ventures raises debut fund to back startups bringing AI to drug development
Former SignalFire investor Sahir Raoof raises $27.5 million for new fund targeting AI in pharma.
X-energy gets green light to build its first small modular nuclear reactors
X-energy received a construction permit from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build four reactors in Texas.
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We investigate internet-connected device flaws worldwide, plus US election tech fallout.
What Is Congress’s Plan to Speed Up Energy Permits?
The sprawling bill, which has divided Democrats, would overhaul major environmental laws to streamline the permitting process.
From Climate Activism to the House of Representatives
William Lawrence, a co-founder of the Sunrise Movement, flipped a seat in Michigan for the Democrats.
All 7 Anthropic founders will each cash out about $250M in IPO
Each of the seven co-founders plans to sell exactly the same number of shares in the IPO, which would bring each of them about $250 million in cash at the midpoint of the price range while leaving the group in control of the company.
Oura to acquire AI-native primary care startup Counsel Health for $625M
The deal comes a few weeks after Oura postponed its up to $2.2 billion IPO indefinitely, citing “uncertainty in the IPO market.”
Git Patches Flaw That Lets Malicious Repositories Execute Code During Recursive Clones
A flaw in Git can let a malicious repository run an attacker's code on a computer that clones it recursively, together with its submodules. The Git project fixed it this week in Git 2.56.1, with matching fixes for the 2.50 through 2.55 series in 2.50.2, 2.51.3, 2.52.1, 2.53.1, 2.54.1 and 2.55.1. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-111760, is an integer truncation in how Git handles its index. An