AI backlash is coming for elections
…Leading the Future has raised $140 million, according to Axios, while Public First Action has $50 million cash on hand — $20 million of which is from Anthropic. Data centers have already become…
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Google Search queries hit an ‘all time high’ last quarter
…Alphabet’s earnings beat revenue expectations, CNBC reports. Google Cloud also had major growth, with revenues increasing 63 percent year over year to $20 billion. Alphabet is set to host a call…
Call of Duty never made much sense for Xbox Game Pass
…Last year Bloomberg reported that the company lost $300 million in Call of Duty sales because of Game Pass. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus…
Backrooms is at the forefront of horror’s YouTube wave
…Before Backrooms, Danny and Michael Philippou’s first Talk to Me film (a sequel, Talk 2 Me, is currently in development) ultimately made just under $92 million against a $4.5 million…
Anthropic is paying $15 billion a year for access to Elon Musk’s data centers
…5 billion on $818 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2026. Meanwhile, Anthropic is cruising toward its first quarterly operating profit, with sales revenue expected reach at least $10.9…
Google invests in A24 to build AI movie tools
…research and development collaboration, The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is investing “around $75 million” into A24, marking the first time the search giant has taken a stake in a film…
Canvas is online again after ShinyHunters threaten to leak schools’ data
…The company has not mentioned when those accounts are expected to be restored. Instructure said last week that it “deployed patches to enhance system security” following the breach. ShinyHunters — which has claimed…
Anker made its own AI chip
…But Anker says that with the more energy-efficient compute-in-memory design, the Thus chip is capable of handling several million parameters, significantly increasing the computing power to handle things like…
Pour one out for Roku City
…But the most significant thing that Murdoch buys with this deal is direct access to the 100 million households that make up Roku’s user base. It’s precisely because Roku and…
Snap is finally about to ship AR glasses — and they cost a fortune
…You can preorder a pair of Specs now at specs.com with a $200 refundable deposit, and Snap says they’re expected to ship “this fall” in the US, UK, and France…