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A New Gilded Age: Big Tech goes on a $600 billion AI spending splurge - Business Insider
business 2026/02/06 18:23:00

A New Gilded Age: Big Tech goes on a $600 billion AI spending splurge - Business Insider

Big Tech’s capital expenditures soar with Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft at the forefront, ushering a new era of AI infrastructure spending.

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OpenClaw AI chatbots are running amok — these scientists are listening in - Nature
business 2026/02/06 17:32:44

OpenClaw AI chatbots are running amok — these scientists are listening in - Nature

Artificial-intelligence agents have their own social-media platform and are publishing AI-generated research papers on their own preprint server.

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Uber ordered to pay $8.5 million in trial over driver sex assault claims - NBC News
business 2026/02/06 16:22:38

Uber ordered to pay $8.5 million in trial over driver sex assault claims - NBC News

A U.S. jury ordered Uber on Thursday to pay $8.5 million after finding it liable in a lawsuit brought by a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by a driver when she was 19, a verdict that could influence thousands of similar cases against the ride-hailin…

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Lawmakers Push Netflix and Paramount to Preserve Hollywood Jobs in Warner Bros. Sale - Variety
business 2026/02/06 16:00:00

Lawmakers Push Netflix and Paramount to Preserve Hollywood Jobs in Warner Bros. Sale - Variety

Sen. Adam Schiff and Rep. Laura Friedman pushed Netflix and Paramount to commit to grow domestic production as a they consider the Warner Bros sale.

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More Than 800 Google Workers Urge Company to Cancel Any Contracts With ICE and CBP - WIRED
business 2026/02/06 16:00:00

More Than 800 Google Workers Urge Company to Cancel Any Contracts With ICE and CBP - WIRED

The campaign is among the largest anti-ICE protests by workers at a single company since federal agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis last month.

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It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines - Futurism
business 2026/02/06 15:12:37

It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines - Futurism

During a Congressional hearing, Waymo’s chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company’s reliance on overseas workers.

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