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IT budgets are expanding as AI compute costs begin to exceed employee salaries in some organizations. In California, a proposed 5% wealth tax may hit the November ballot following a massive signature drive. Meanwhile, the use of low-dose aspirin for primary prevention has plummeted by over 50% since 2018. Finally, investigations suggest the news site Acutus relies on AI bots as its primary reporters.
History was made at the London Marathon as Sabastian Sawe broke the two-hour barrier with a 1:59:30 record. In scandal, a NYT investigation revealed the U.S. Mint uses gold from illegal drug cartels, violating federal law. Meanwhile, the FBI is investigating the mysterious deaths of scientists tied to sensitive U.S. research, and Western Monarch butterflies face a 99% extinction risk by 2080.
Strider is using AI and public records to help the US Air Force and NATO identify foreign state actors. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is lobbying against AI regulation in six Republican-led states, signaling a clash over tech oversight. In finance, Instacart co-founder Apoorva Mehta has launched Abundance, a $100 million hedge fund that utilizes thousands of AI agents to automate trading.
SpaceX and Lockheed Martin have secured $3.2 billion in US Space Force contracts to develop space-based missile interceptors. In tech, Google plans a massive $40 billion investment in Anthropic to boost AI computing. Meanwhile, health experts warn of a rising rectal cancer death crisis among millennials. Finally, Elon Musk’s increasing frequency of posts regarding race is reportedly alienating his fanbase.
A U.S. Army Sergeant was arrested for allegedly using classified info to earn $400,000 on Polymarket. Meanwhile, Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to 7% of its U.S. workforce, and Anthropic’s Claude Desktop app faces scrutiny over potential browser sandbox bypasses. Additionally, Google launched TorchTPU for native PyTorch execution, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is now available.
Google has unveiled its eighth-generation TPUs for optimized AI workloads alongside new AI security agents to automate threat detection. Meanwhile, surging datacenter demand is forcing US utilities to delay coal plant retirements, stalling the green energy transition. Finally, a proposed federal act may mandate age verification for all operating systems, overriding state-level Linux exemptions.