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Iran Is Targeting Data Centers. Silicon Valley Should Be Worried
Three drone strikes. Two data centers offline. One very expensive warning to Silicon Valley: the Gulf is no longer safe ground for the infrastructure of the future.
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Analyzing how design, psychology, and digital interfaces influence financial decision-making, spending habits, and user interaction with money.
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US Military Reportedly Used Claude in Iran Strikes Despite Trump's Ban
Trump denounces Anthropic as a 'Radical Left AI company' while the Pentagon scrambles to detach from deeply embedded technology
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Sam Altman Admits OpenAI Has No Control Over Pentagon's AI Use
Sam Altman admitted to employees that OpenAI has no control over how the Pentagon uses its AI in military operations, saying "you do not get to make operational decisions" about strikes or invasions. The admission comes as the Pentagon pressures AI companies to remove safety guardrails for broader military applications. Rival company Anthropic recently refused a deal with the Pentagon over ethical concerns and was labeled a "supply-chain risk" by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, while OpenAI quickly partnered with the military instead.
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Burger King Wants Its Staff to Say Please. It's Hired AI to Make Sure They Do
When Burger King's new AI system "Patty" detects that an employee forgot to say "please," a manager will know. When a bathroom needs cleaning, Patty will know that too. In the fast-food industry's latest experiment with artificial intelligence, the question isn't just whether your order is accurate — it's whether the person taking it sounds friendly enough to satisfy an algorithm.
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OpenAI to work with Pentagon after Anthropic dropped by Trump over company’s ethics concerns
How a standoff between Silicon Valley and the Pentagon is forcing every major AI company to declare what its technology will — and won't — be used for.
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One Prompt, Four Personalities: Why AI Can’t Agree on Design
We asked ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, and DeepSeek the exact same question: “How should we redesign the 'Add to Cart' flow to reduce friction for mobile users?” If they are all "intelligent," why do they speak different languages? The answer lies in their DNA.
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Meta Bets Big on AMD in $60bn AI Chip Deal
Meta has agreed to a sweeping $60bn, five-year deal with Advanced Micro Devices, acquiring chips and a 10% stake in the company as it doubles down on AI — the latest sign that the industry's hunger for processing power is only growing stronger.
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One Year Later: What Society Really Thinks About Apple’s iPhone 17
Nearly a year after its launch, the Apple iPhone 17 is being seen less as a revolutionary device and more as a refined, reliable tool. Society’s reaction highlights a shift: smartphones are no longer about dramatic innovation, but seamless integration into daily life.
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Amazon AI Outage Raises Concerns Over Automation Risks in AWS Cloud Infrastructure
Amazon’s push toward AI-driven efficiency has come under scrutiny after reports that an internal outage at Amazon Web Services was triggered by one of its own AI agents. While the company attributes the disruption to user misconfiguration rather than artificial intelligence itself, experts warn that autonomous systems can act without fully grasping broader consequences, raising fresh concerns about the risks of replacing human oversight with automation.
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OpenAI Banned Account Later Linked to One of Canada’s Deadliest School Shootings
OpenAI revealed it had flagged and later banned the account of an individual months before he carried out one of Canada’s deadliest school shootings. While the activity raised concerns, it did not meet the threshold for referral to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at the time.
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CrowdStrike and Microsoft Expand Strategic Alliance to Accelerate Cloud Security Adoption
CrowdStrike and Microsoft Corp. have expanded their strategic partnership to make the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform available through the Microsoft Marketplace. This move enables organizations to deploy advanced, AI-native cybersecurity solutions while leveraging their existing Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment (MACC). By streamlining procurement and aligning security investments with cloud spending, the integration helps enterprises accelerate secure digital transformation, improve operational efficiency, and maximize the value of their existing cloud budgets.
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UX of Money: What Is Money and Why User Experience Shapes Its Future
What is money, really? Beyond coins and digital payments, money is a system of trust, design, and user experience. In this article, we explore the UX of money and how design influences how we earn, spend, invest, and store value in the digital age.