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Zuckerberg's war on whistleblowers
Meta is aggressively pursuing legal action against employees who leak internal information, using NDAs and litigation to silence critics before they can go public. The strategy is backfiring in classic Streisand Effect fashion, drawing far more attention to the company's internal dysfunction than the leaks themselves ever would have. When a platform built on "connecting people" weaponizes its legal department against truth-tellers, it tells you everything about whose interests it actually serves.
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Why Wall Street thinks US memory maker Micron is the next Nvidia
Micron has emerged as Wall Street's top pick for the next breakout AI trade, with investors betting its memory chips will be as indispensable to the AI buildout as Nvidia's GPUs. The company's high-bandwidth memory products sit at the heart of AI infrastructure, making it a critical — and arguably undervalued — link in the supply chain. With Nvidia's gains already priced in, money is rotating toward Micron as the next pure-play beneficiary of surging AI demand.
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Margaret Atwood says the problem with AI is ‘garbage in, garbage out’
Margaret Atwood, author of *The Handmaid's Tale*, offered a blunt verdict on AI at Portugal's Babel Literary and Cultural Festival: "garbage in, garbage out." The literary icon said she tried Anthropic's Claude exactly once and left unimpressed, suggesting the technology is only as good as what it feeds on. Coming from one of the writers whose work AI systems are trained on, the critique carries particular weight.
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Ford hired AI and sacked humans. It backfired badly
Ford's aggressive push to replace human workers with AI-driven automation has hit significant turbulence, with the strategy delivering results far short of expectations. The move highlights a growing pattern among legacy manufacturers: underestimating the complexity that experienced workers bring to production lines. For an industry already navigating thin margins and supply chain volatility, the cost of getting automation wrong can be severe.
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TechCrunch Mobility: All eyes on Tesla FSD
Tesla's Full Self-Driving technology is commanding attention across the automotive and tech industries as AI's role in transportation accelerates. The stakes have never been higher, with regulators, competitors, and consumers all watching closely to see whether Tesla can deliver on its long-promised autonomous driving capabilities. How this plays out will likely set the tone for the broader race toward self-driving vehicles.
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