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Force majeure clauses, common in energy and commodities contracts, excuse a party from contractual obligations when events outside its control get in the way. Oracle is not seeking to exit as the campus’s main tenant…
Private data, but not sensitive information, was taken from Medicare, Australia's universal healthcare scheme. The breach happened in June, but OpenAI says it only became aware of it in August - and then took until 10…
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As soon as I laid eyes on the pint-sized, two-wheeled bot, I was smitten. It darted quickly from place to place and, as Beni turned its square head in my direction and 'looked' at me with its two large and luminous eyes…
The findings suggest that orangutans have different strategies for developing broad survival skills, says Revathe Thillaikumar at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany. Young orangutans acquire a…
Although dogs don’t have language, they live in a speech-rich environment, says Attila Andics at Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary. “We knew from our previous studies that dogs care about what we speak and how we…
The software builds a picture of the user on the device itself. The company announced the work at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit in Maui on Wednesday. A day later, it released a tool that speeds up its vision model on…
The state of New York continues to take action against prediction markets, arguing that they are running illegal gambling businesses. Today, the state's Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul announced…
The deal values it at $6.4bn, Island announced on Thursday . Evolution Equity Partners led the round. In March 2025, Island raised $250m in a Series E led by Coatue, at a $4.8bn valuation. The company now pitches itself…
The company will be sending a teensy-tiny AI data center into space to see how it reacts to the harsh conditions, as reported by The New York Times . A satellite named MVP will be aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set to…