Medicare For All Is A Brand, Not A Plan

Advocates for Medicare for All should abandon reference to a dated safety net program whose flaws are becoming more pronounced by the day.

Core Scientific pivots to AMD with 2.5GW AI data-centre pact months after CoreWeave deal collapsed
Core Scientific pivots to AMD with 2.5GW AI data-centre pact months after CoreWeave deal collapsed

Nine months after its own shareholders torpedoed a roughly $9bn takeover by CoreWeave, Core Scientific has found a far larger partner in the chipmaker trying to loosen Nvidia’s grip on artificial intelligence. On Tuesday the former bitcoin miner said i…

Meta and BlackRock form a $14bn venture to build an El Paso AI data centre
Meta and BlackRock form a $14bn venture to build an El Paso AI data centre

Meta has folded its half-built El Paso data centre into a joint venture with BlackRock, formalising a structure that keeps most of a $14bn project off its own books. Under the agreement, funds managed by BlackRock will own 80% of the Texas campus and M…

Sadie Sink’s Role Spoiled At ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Premiere

Marvel has been trying to keep the role of actress Sadie Sink under wraps in all marketing and interviews for ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ so far, but it’s been spoiled.

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Early Critic Reviews Render A Unanimous Verdict

A few days before the release of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the social media embargo on the film has lifted, allowing critics to share early initial impression reviews.

Most enterprise AI spend still hasn’t left the lab
Most enterprise AI spend still hasn’t left the lab

New research puts a hard number on something a lot of IT leaders already suspected. Most AI pilots never make it into production, and the spend behind them isn’t disappearing, it’s just sitting in limbo. Jon Bitz, chief relationship officer and co-foun…

FDA Lists 12 Ongoing Foodborne Outbreaks: 4 Cyclospora, 3 Salmonella

The U.S. FDA now lists 12 different ongoing food-borne illness outbreaks including Cyclospora and Salmonella ones with the sources of eight still “Not Yet Identified.”

Centene Reports $1 Billion Profit As Health Insurer’s Costs Ease

Health insurer Centene’s net income eclipsed $1 billion in the second quarter as the company is getting a better handle on rising costs of people in its health plans.

Can the New York Times Save Journalism From Our AI Overlords?

In 2023, the Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. They’ve since spent more than $20 million on the case, and publisher A.G. Sulzberger has no plans to stop fighting it.

Silicon Valley’s Next IPO Billionaires Are Coming. Nonprofits Are Ready for Them

Anthropic and OpenAI employees are expected to give generously after their companies go public. “It’s going to be a wild ride,” says one nonprofit leader.