Meta has been controversially taking advantage of a tax credit to build its AI data centers, the New York Times finds.

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Ars previewed Mozilla’s report on how cheap open models caught up on capability.

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‘Improved confidentiality’ for oil companies leaves the public without previously available payment data.

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OTTAWA - Last weekend, Canada's Ministry of National Defence confirmed their main strategy to fend off a potential invasion from the United States is to wait for American forces to be killed off by th...

Before Malone left, OpenAI had already reshuffled its infrastructure org, shifting his reporting line away from President Greg Brockman and putting Vice President Sachin Katti in charge of the group.

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Young employment in AI-impacted fields down 19% compared to more AI-resistant occupations.

Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region. We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant survival over the past 50 years. In the context of strengthening primary health care, our results show that equitable univers

British climate scientist Kevin Anderson (from a 2024 video): So there is lots that you will hear — lots of rhetoric, lots of good words, lots of optimism about the future. But given we’ve known about this subje

The News Forum grows while broadcasting a lot of talking heads tied to the libertarian billionaire-backed Atlas Network.

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Universities in Canada coordinated to spy on and violently clear student encampments. Then, they deleted the evidence

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After hearing an impassioned speech, Lux Claridge clapped, and was then arrested.

He pretends the technology is a serious response to the climate crisis. Here’s the reality.

The US Food and Drug Administration had apologized, Taylor Farms said in a post on X. An agency lab test linking its produce to the country’s worst cyclosporiasis outbreak in decades was a false posit...

As Google incorporates more artificial intelligence into search, people are spending more time on Google. Some website operators are crying foul.

Vancouver is one of the only major Canadian cities without a low-income transit pass, and fares are going up...

How the U.S.-based, tech-billionaire-funded Abundance Network influenced B.C. legislation and democratic processes. Vancouver’s Villages as a case study. (To be updated with links and more. This ve…

Meta's slop generator has arrived late in the game, and you might want to opt-out from it.

An Access to Information request has revealed that the federal government put together an internal plan to monitor online content and potentially sue individual Canadians over what they post. The stra...

The wedge on trans people moved exactly where we said it would. The people who gave it cover are still quiet.

17 of the top 25 websites in Canada don't support passkeys.

Illinois passed a similar law, giving services more incentive to make ads less booming.

Canada's Liberal government is taking heat after pushing a controversial surveillance bill through the House of Commons late at night with zero debate and no recorded vote. Law professor and internet ...

Fido customers are seeing a $4 price hike show up on their bills, and a lot of them are not happy about it, especially since some only signed up a few months ago. The complaints started piling up on t...

What's a billionaire to do when faced with the reality that there's no Illuminati to join? Get Joseph Gordon-Levitt on the horn, of course.

The government shut out its own climate science and policy advisors, they say, while gutting Canada’s environmental protections in favour of oil and gas

Once again a broken U.S. press couldn't bother to convey the truth to the public when it comes to America's shittiest rich person.

Before making his revolutionary documentary film The Thin Blue Line, filmmaker Errol Morris worked as a private detective. His detective skills came in hand

More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.

Elon Musk’s empire of wealth is built on suffering.

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By 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warns

Bot (automated) vs. human HTTP requests are split 57.5 vs. 42.5 percent, according to the firm’s latest data.

Data shows Waymo's robotaxis are empty for almost half of the miles they drive.

The full report is available HERE. BRIEF #1: CONNECTING THE DOTS BETWEEN SCAMS AND AD TECH By Renee Black, Aya Alshahwany and Iesha White The failure to regulate Ad Tech has effectively created...

OTTAWA — The number of Canadians who believe the country is heading in the right direction has hit its highest percentage since 2017, according to a new poll from Abacus Data. The poll published Sunda...