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View More NewsIn brief Anthropic sued federal agencies after being labeled a national security “supply chain risk.” The dispute stems from the company’s refusal to allow unrestricted military use of its AI. The designation bars Pentagon contractors from doing business with the firm. Anthropic has turned to the federal courts to fight a sweeping blacklist by the Donald Trump administration, claiming the government branded the AI startup a national security threat in retaliation for its refusal to relax safety protocols.The lawsuit, filed Monday in the United States District Court of Northern California, challenges actions taken after President Trump directed federal agencies in…
In brief Strategy notched its largest Bitcoin purchase in over a month. The firm issued STRC at its fastest rate since the product’s debut last July. The company’s Bitcoin stockpile showed a $5.5 billion loss on paper. Strategy spent $1.28 billion on Bitcoin last week, notching its largest purchase in over a month with funds that partly stemmed from STRC, its variable rate preferred share.The Tysons Corner, Virginia-based firm now owns roughly 738,750 Bitcoin, according to a press release. With the digital asset changing hands around $68,500 on Monday, the Bitcoin-buying firm’s stockpile was worth $50.5 billion.Last week, Strategy raised…
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I.Dismal reviews notwithstanding, I hoped that “Wuthering Heights”—writer-director Emerald Fennell’s cinematic adaptation of Emily Brontë’s 1847 gothic novel—would at least be a deliciously enjoyable bodice-ripper. The trailer promised hunky, saturnine Jacob Elordi in his exquisitely tailored black frock-coat lustily bending over a billowing-gowned Margot Robbie, who swoons and melts in the throes of tragic passion. Oh, the desperate sprints across the Yorkshire moors to those secret trysts! The howling wind and the lashing rain! The yearning quasi-folk electropop of Charli xcx in the background (Charli may be forever tainted by her association with the hapless Kamala Harris, but she sure…
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from the working-for-the-weekend dept For many years now we’ve had two regular posts that come out on the weekends: our This Week In Techdirt…
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In brief AlphaTON Capital and the Midnight Foundation introduced Vera Report, an anonymous reporting app integrated with Telegram’s ecosystem. The app leverages technology like…