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ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say

A six-year-old boy plays with a toy in a portrait shot.

ICE agents arrested a Chinese father and his 6-year-old son, separating the two and sending the father to Orange County Jail while the whereabouts of the son remain unknown as of Tuesday morning.  The father and his son were arrested at a check-in with ICE inside 26 Federal Plaza last Wednesday, advocates who accompanied the […]

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A look at Anthropic's societal impacts team, which broadly studies AI's impacts and finds and publishes "inconvenient truths", building on most AI safety teams (Hayden Field/The Verge)

Hayden Field / The Verge:
A look at Anthropic's societal impacts team, which broadly studies AI's impacts and finds and publishes “inconvenient truths”, building on most AI safety teams  —  Spoiler: the nine-person team works for Anthropic. … One night in May 2020, during the height of lockdown, Deep Ganguli was worried.

The best thing I bought this year: a Zippo-sized rechargeable flashlight

I was never a Boy Scout, but I have always embraced their “be prepared” motto. When I leave the house it’s never without my everyday carry kit that, among other things, includes wireless earbuds, a small battery, extra glasses — and a flashlight. In fact, I’ve long been on the hunt for what I consider […]

Hideo Kojima has a cameo in Zootopia 2

Zootopia 2's Japanese dub features Hideo Kojima as a grumpy mole, a role voiced by Josh Gad in the English version of the film

Barcelona-based Titan OS, which provides a smart TV operating system to TV makers like Philips and JVC, raised a €50M Series A led by Highland Europe (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Barcelona-based Titan OS, which provides a smart TV operating system to TV makers like Philips and JVC, raised a €50M Series A led by Highland Europe  —  TV makers need to get more lifetime value from a customer after selling a unit.  With more competition in the market …