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Iran's internet blackout enters a record 45th day, per NetBlocks, amid the war; the country's 90M people now rely on the domestic National Information Network (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Iran's internet blackout enters a record 45th day, per NetBlocks, amid the war; the country's 90M people now rely on the domestic National Information Network  —  When the US and Israel attacked Iran, assassinating supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and calling on the Iranian people to rise …

OpenAI's new economic agenda is oddly socialist, wildly hypocritical, and largely undermined by OpenAI's support for Republicans who attack welfare programs (Eric Levitz/Vox)

Eric Levitz / Vox:
OpenAI's new economic agenda is oddly socialist, wildly hypocritical, and largely undermined by OpenAI's support for Republicans who attack welfare programs  —  OpenAI wants to raise taxes on the rich, expand the welfare state, let workers decide how their employers use artificial intelligence …

US affidavit: the man charged with attacking Sam Altman's home had a document that "identified views opposed" to AI and included other AI executives' addresses (New York Times)

New York Times:
US affidavit: the man charged with attacking Sam Altman's home had a document that “identified views opposed” to AI and included other AI executives' addresses  —  The authorities said a 20-year-old Texas man charged with throwing a homemade bomb at the gate of Sam Altman's home …

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse's release date anticipated as footage wows CinemaCon audience

The final movie in the Spider-Verse trilogy is coming a little earlier than anticipated, as CinemaCon audiences are treated to preview footage.

Never Mind Mamdani: Wall Street Doubles Down on NYC

Earlier this month, real estate giant RXR and its partner TF Cornerstone filed for a permit to tear down the Grand Hyatt Hotel famously built by Donald Trump and replace it with a 95-story office building that will cost $6.5 billion to construct. The project won City Council approval back in 2021, but is finally […]

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