52 m. ago AMD buys silicon photonics startup Enosemi to fuel its AI ambitions

AMD has acquired Enosemi, a startup designing custom materials to support silicon photonics product development. The terms of the deal, announced Wednesday, weren’t disclosed. Silicon photonics uses light — photons — to transmit data, offering a faster and more efficient alternative to traditional electrical communication. AMD and other chipmakers have shown an increasing interest in the […]

Technology

2 h. ago Rillet raises $25M from Sequoia to automate general ledger systems using AI

Rillet directly pulls data from their customers' banks and platforms to generate financial statements, including the balance sheet and income statement.

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3 h. ago Crash Take the Life of One at the Anchor River on Sterling Tuesday

Crash Take the Life of One at the Anchor River on Sterling Tuesday  Alaska Native News

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4 h. ago Data broker giant LexisNexis says breach exposed personal information of over 364,000 people

The data collector said the stolen data includes Social Security numbers.

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4 h. ago Massachusetts sees population growth in 2024, bucking recent worries of decline

Fueled by immigration, the state’s rebound may be short-lived under Trump-era restrictions. The post Massachusetts sees population growth in 2024, bucking recent worries of decline appeared first on Boston.com.

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4 h. ago How small businesses can actually benefit from agentic AI, with Tkxel CEO Umair Javed at TechCrunch Sessions: AI

TechCrunch Sessions: AI takes over UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall in just one week — join us June 5 for a full day of networking, learning sessions, satellite events, and more. And we’re adding another excellent speaker to our already-packed lineup: Tkxel Founder and CEO Umair Javed, who will be exploring the potency and potential for […]

Technology

4 h. ago Alaska’s Copper River salmon harvest still below ‘excellent’ forecast

Alaska’s Copper River salmon harvest still below ‘excellent’ forecast  Undercurrent News

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5 h. ago Regulating AI seems like an impossible task, but ethically and economically, it's a vital one

AI has already transformed industries and the way the world works. And its development has been so rapid that it can be hard to keep up. This means that those responsible for dealing with AI's impact on issues such as safety, privacy and ethics must be equally speedy.

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5 h. ago Texas border sheriff says illegal crossings have seen ‘dramatic decline’ as CA migrant center shuts down

A Texas border sheriff explained the dramatic decline in illegal crossings he is seeing at the border just days after a California migrant facility closed due to a "unprecedented" decreases in crossing activity.

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6 h. ago WATCH: SpaceX Starship experiences 'rapid unscheduled disassembly'

SpaceX's lost control of Starship during a test flight on Tuesday.

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6 h. ago United States: The time is now for U.S. companies to examine their cross

United States: The time is now for U.S. companies to examine their cross-border data transfers  Global Compliance News

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9 h. ago Remembering teacher and elder Marian Scott, one of the remaining Arapaho speakers

Revered teacher and culture keeper Marian Scott passed away this spring. She's one of fewer than 100 fluent speakers of the Arapaho language and will be missed on Wyoming's Wind River Reservation.

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11 h. ago DOGE employees may access sensitive Treasury data, judge rules

DOGE employees may access sensitive Treasury data, judge rules  The Washington Post

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12 h. ago In 9th flight test, SpaceX's Starship experiences 'rapid unscheduled disassembly'

After launch, an apparent propellant leak entered its suborbital trajectory left Starship spinning and mission control unable to control the craft.

Technology

12 h. ago The Colorado River is running low. The picture looks even worse underground, study says.

The Colorado River is running low. The picture looks even worse underground, study says.  The Washington Post

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14 h. ago Karen Read's SUV reached '74% throttle' moments before John O'Keefe's final movements, crash expert testifies

Prosecutors in Karen Read's trial use crash expert data to support claims she hit boyfriend John O’Keefe with her SUV as evidence mounts in Massachusetts court.

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17 h. ago Activist sportswear brand sues Colorado, accuses state of censoring its message

XX-XY Athletics challenged Colorado's anti-discrimination law, claiming it infringes on free speech and impacts their stance on trans athletes in women's sports.

Sport

18 h. ago Driver found dead after vehicle crashed into Kenai Peninsula river, troopers say

Driver found dead after vehicle crashed into Kenai Peninsula river, troopers say  Anchorage Daily News

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19 h. ago Marshals’ Data Shows Spike in Threats Against Federal Judges

Data gathered by the law enforcement agency responsible for judicial security showed 162 judges faced threats between March 1 and April 14.

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19 h. ago Key Biden staffers asked to testify on alleged role in mental decline ‘cover

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer is demanding former high-ranking Biden staffers testify on their suspected roles in the “cover-up" of the former president’s mental decline.

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