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Republican bill would order ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block piracy sites

US Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has proposed a law that would require Internet service providers and other network operators to block foreign piracy websites. Issa’s bill would help copyright holders obtain judicial…

Crusoe raises $3.9bn and starts trucking data centres to spare power

He was describing what he called an era of abundance brought by AI. The Denver company announced the initial closing of a $3.9bn Series F on 17 September, in a statement . It puts the post-money valuation at $30.9bn.…

Candy Crush developers are planning a strike for next week

Staff at developer King could go on strike next week, according to statements from Swedish labor unions Unionen and Sveriges Ingenjörer . King's developers have been attempting to negotiate a union contract for years…

You'll soon be able to talk to Slack — and if you're lucky, it'll even talk back

Speaking at parent company Salesforce 's Dreamforce 2026, Rob Seaman: EVP & GM at Slack unveiled new tools to allow the platform to be "the front door to the agentic enteprise". This includes new upgrades to its Slackbot…

Tesla’s European Megacharger rollout covers 21 sites and over 100 stalls

Milence, the joint venture owned by Daimler Truck, Traton and Volvo, has EU funding to build 284 megawatt charging points across 71 sites by the end of 2027. Tesla will install more than 100 megawatt-capable charging…

Roku gives early access to experimental features and up to 30% savings on streaming services

Roku said it lets users “test new experiences, share feedback, and directly influence what gets built next.” “Roku Labs continues to bridge the gap between engineers and our viewers, giving millions of households a seat…

The AI Slowdown Debate Crashed Salesforce’s Party

At the end of her performance, Stefani shouted “Dreamforce! Let’s go!” into a checkered microphone before Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff strode into the spotlight. Dreamforce is billed as the world’s largest enterprise…

Comp AI raises $34m to turn compliance into continuous monitoring

It should understand the business, perform the work, and act as risk changes,” said Lewis Carhart, chief executive and co-founder of Comp AI. The Miami company has raised a $34m Series A led by Roo Capital and Grand…

LLMs respond differently to harmful prompts when AI watermarking is used

Anthropic recently disclosed its future Claude models will use SynthID-Text , an approach Google created and released as open source. It uses a secret key that subtly changes the process a model uses for choosing the…

Waymo restarts San Antonio service 5 months after flooding troubles

The vehicles slowed but did not stop as they approached waterlogged streets. Waymo ultimately issued a recall in May, and the company restricted its robotaxis from driving in areas with elevated risk of flooding. Waymo…