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Egyptian High Court of Justice building in downtown Cairo where the StreamEast operators were tried and convicted on sports piracy charges

StreamEast Operators Jailed in Egypt After Running World’s Largest Illegal Sports Streaming Platform

An Egyptian court sentenced two men to two years in prison on July 21, 2026 for operating StreamEast, the platform that served 1.6 billion visits annually as the world's largest illegal live

August 17, 2026

by Technology Desk

Nvidia SB Energy OpenAI partnership announcement for PORTS-Pike Technology Campus Ohio

Nvidia Invests $1.5 Billion in SB Energy for OpenAI Ohio Data Center, Rejects Circular Financing Label

Nvidia is committing $1.5 billion to SB Energy's PORTS-Pike campus in Ohio under a deal that makes OpenAI the exclusive 20-year tenant — and Jensen Huang is publicly pushing back against concerns that Nvidia is financing its own revenue.

August 17, 2026

by Miranda Novell

Grok AI chatbot interface xAI class action CSAM lawsuit 2026

Grok AI CSAM Lawsuit: Stepfather Created 7,000 Deepfakes, Wyoming Woman Joins Class Action

A Wyoming woman whose childhood photographs were turned into 7,000 sexually explicit deepfakes by her stepfather

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives at Los Angeles Superior Court February 2026

Meta Social Media Addiction Trial: Four States Seek $1.4 Trillion as Federal Case Opens in Oakland

Four states are taking Meta to federal court in Oakland, seeking up to $1.4 trillion in

Stripe Acquires AI Gateway OpenRouter for $7 Billion, Betting the Future Runs Through AI

Stripe has finalized an acquisition of AI gateway startup OpenRouter for more than $7 billion, absorbing a platform built on the promise of preventing AI vendor lock-in. The deal comes three months

August 17, 2026

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A Waymo autonomous robotaxi operating in an American city after CPUC approved California expansion to Sacramento and San Diego

Waymo Wins California Approval to Expand Robotaxi Service to Sacramento and San Diego

California regulators approved Waymo's expansion into Sacramento and San Diego on Saturday, the largest single regulatory green light in U.S. autonomous vehicle history. The decision comes months after the company recalled 4,000

August 17, 2026

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei speaking at the company Builder Summit in Bengaluru India

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Says AI Backlash Is a ‘Crisis of Trust’ While Admitting Promises Undelivered

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei fired back at investor Gavin Baker's call to 'be more positive' about AI, but his own words delivered the harshest verdict: AI companies including Anthropic haven't yet delivered

August 17, 2026

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France Constitutional Council ruling on social media ban for under-15s

France’s Top Court Blocks Social Media Ban for Under-15s, Orders Macron Government to Start Over

France's Constitutional Council struck down legislation that would have barred under-15s from TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat, ruling it violated freedom of expression by requiring age verification for all users without adequate legal

August 17, 2026

Government and Politics·News·Technology

Anthropic Begins Watermarking All Claude AI Outputs to Comply With EU Transparency Law

Anthropic has begun watermarking all Claude AI text outputs to comply with the EU AI Act, using a cryptographic technique based on Google DeepMind's SynthID-Text method. The watermark is invisible but detectable

August 16, 2026

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Google Pixel 11 smartphone lineup with Tensor G6 chip on display

Google Unveils Pixel 11 With Agentic Gemini AI, Tensor G6 Chip, and New Pixel Tag

Google unveiled the Pixel 11 family at Made by Google 2026, powered by the new Tensor G6 chip and upgraded Gemini Intelligence. A $100 price increase across the lineup and less RAM

August 16, 2026

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A protester stands near road barriers at the proposed White Cloud Acres AI data center site in Nodaway County Missouri

Rural America Pushes Back on AI Data Centers as 500 Jurisdictions Pass Restrictions

Blake Hurst, former president of the Missouri Farm Bureau, is publicly inviting AI data center developers to buy his land while his neighbors just blocked a $6.3 billion project. Five hundred jurisdictions

August 16, 2026

Government and Politics·News·Technology

Waymo autonomous Jaguar I-PACE robotaxi operating on California roads

Waymo Wins California Approval to Expand Robotaxi Service Into Sacramento and San Diego

California's public utilities regulator approved Waymo's expansion to Sacramento and San Diego on Friday, the broadest single authorization the Alphabet-owned company has received in California. The decision came two months after Waymo

August 16, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·News·Technology

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 open beside the Z Fold 8 Ultra showing the 7.6-inch inner display

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Review: The Foldable That Finally Earns Its Asking Price

Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 earns Gizmodo's 2026 Editor's Choice at 4.5/5, with a 7.6-inch 4:3 inner display that finally solves the foldable's core question. At $1,900, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen

August 16, 2026

News·Technology

Uber and Pony.ai announce Verne robotaxi partnership for European expansion

Uber and Pony.ai Plan 2,000 Robotaxis Across Four European Cities

Uber and Pony.ai announced Thursday a 2,000-vehicle robotaxi deployment across four European cities, the largest AV commitment Europe has seen. The expansion tests whether Pony.ai's China-proven deployment model can transfer to markets

August 16, 2026

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StreamEast Operators Jailed in Egypt After Running World’s Largest Illegal Sports Streaming Platform

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Grok AI CSAM Lawsuit: Stepfather Created 7,000 Deepfakes, Wyoming Woman Joins Class Action

Stripe Acquires AI Gateway OpenRouter for $7 Billion, Betting the Future Runs Through AI

Waymo Wins California Approval to Expand Robotaxi Service to Sacramento and San Diego

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Says AI Backlash Is a ‘Crisis of Trust’ While Admitting Promises Undelivered

Anthropic Begins Watermarking All Claude AI Outputs to Comply With EU Transparency Law

Google Unveils Pixel 11 With Agentic Gemini AI, Tensor G6 Chip, and New Pixel Tag

Rural America Pushes Back on AI Data Centers as 500 Jurisdictions Pass Restrictions

Waymo Wins California Approval to Expand Robotaxi Service Into Sacramento and San Diego

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Review: The Foldable That Finally Earns Its Asking Price

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