New York lawmakers propose a three-year pause on new data centers

Although the bill’s prospects are uncertain, New York is at least the sixth state to consider pausing construction of new data centers.

NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo joins Kalshi as an investor

Antetokounmpo is the first NBA player to directly invest in Kalshi.

The kids ‘picked last in gym class’ gear up for Super Bowl

YouTube CEO Neal Mohan is expected to be there. Apple’s Tim Cook, too.

India has changed its startup rules for deep tech

India is adjusting startup rules to help more of its deep tech startups with funding and long-term success.

The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is a pricey but pretty e-ink color tablet with AI features

If you primarily want a tablet device to mark up, highlight, and annotate your e-books and documents, and perhaps sometimes scribble some notes, Amazon’s new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft could be worth the hefty investment.

EU says TikTok must disable ‘addictive’ features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine

The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app to be “addictive,” calling out features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and its recommendation engine.

Here’s how Roblox’s age checks work

The company says it has continuous age-check systems running in the background to ensure age accuracy.

Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret US government surveillance, sounds new alarm over ‘CIA activities’

The two-line letter to the CIA’s director is the latest warning in recent years from a long-serving Democratic senator with knowledge of secret government programs and intelligence operations.

Reddit says it’s looking for more acquisitions in adtech and elsewhere

Reddit said during earnings it’s looking to buy ‘capabilities’ and ‘companies.’

Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all

This week’s release of Opus 4.6 shook up the agentic AI leaderboards.