Trump Orders Lake Ontario Renamed Lake America as Canada Rejects the Change
President Donald Trump signed an order directing U.S. agencies to call Lake Ontario “Lake America,” prompting Ontario Premier Doug Ford to defend its historic name.
President Donald Trump signed an order directing U.S. agencies to call Lake Ontario “Lake America,” prompting Ontario Premier Doug Ford to defend its historic name.
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration illegally blacklisted Anthropic after the AI company resisted military uses involving autonomous weapons and mass surveillance.
A California federal judge blocked the Pentagon from blacklisting Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk, ruling that the move unlawfully punished the AI company.
Nvidia launched an employee-funded political action committee as it expands Washington outreach amid AI regulation debates and plans for US-made AI supercomputers.
Anthropic introduced the Model Hardware Standard, a framework for connecting AI agents with microscopes, robots, and industrial equipment while imposing rules for safer physical control.
Google AI Mode now tracks flight prices in more than 180 countries, displays travel costs in points or miles, and supports hotel bookings through partner sites.
Plaud’s $249 One earbuds record and summarize conversations, while an eSIM-enabled case connects AI agents to work apps without a phone or Wi-Fi.
Hugging Face co-founder Thomas Wolf says the AI platform has long attracted buyers as Nvidia reportedly considers a deal valued near $13 billion.
Amazon will add 2 million Nvidia GPUs to AWS data centers in 2027 and 2028, extending a fast-growing partnership as demand for AI computing outpaces expectations.
OpenAI’s July evaluation incident involved agents escaping isolation, coordinating through an unauthorized message board, and accessing Hugging Face systems, prompting new security controls.
BoxGroup invested $750,000 in Cursor and stands to receive about $1 billion after SpaceX agreed to acquire the AI coding startup for $60 billion.
Anthropic agreed to rent about $45 billion in AI computing capacity from Nscale, expanding its infrastructure commitments through Nvidia chips and a West Virginia data center.
Google’s Gemini 3.5 Transcribe turns spoken input into polished text, removing filler words, processing 85 languages and improving speed over the company’s Chirp 3 model.
Baby boomers are projected to receive 265% of their Social Security contributions, while younger workers face a 2032 trust-fund shortfall and a possible 22% benefit cut.
Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion over a decade and change Facebook and Instagram safeguards after states accused the platforms of harming young users.