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Surveillance company Flock generates controversy — and a roster of L.A. clients
Santa Cruz tried out the surveillance company Flock Safety for a little over a year before deciding it was time to move on.Cambridge, Mass., also had enough and tore...
Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s AI after clash with Pentagon
President Trump on Friday directed federal agencies to stop using technology from San Francisco artificial intelligence company Anthropic, escalating a high-profile clash between the AI startup and the Pentagon...
Commentary: The Pentagon is demanding to use Claude AI as it pleases. Claude told me that’s ‘dangerous’
Recently, I asked Claude, an artificial-intelligence thingy at the center of a standoff with the Pentagon, if it could be dangerous in the wrong hands. Say, for example, hands...
Outside group spends $4.8 million on TV ads backing San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan for governor
An independent expenditure committee backed by Silicon Valley executives spent $4.8 million on television ads supporting San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan’s gubernatorial bid that will begin airing Thursday.The two...
Acrophyte Hospitality Trust H2 DPS falls 50.7% to US$0.00418 on reduced portfolio size
[SINGAPORE] Acrophyte Hospitality Trust’s distribution per stapled security (DPS) for the second half was down 50.7 per cent at US$0.00418 from US$0.00848 in H2 FY2024.The distribution will be paid...
Clint closes private placement of 124.2 million new units at S$1.208 per unit
It will use the S$150 million raised to partially fund two buildings in Bengaluru, India[SINGAPORE] CapitaLand India Trust (Clint) has closed a private placement where it sought to raise...
Nam Cheong secures US$64.5 million shipbuilding contract, its first in over a decade
[SINGAPORE] Nam Cheong has secured a US$64.5 million contract for four offshore support vessels (OSVs), marking its first newbuild win in over 10 years, the offshore marine group said...
Rolls-Royce to return as much as £1.5 billion to shareholders in buyback: report
Published Mon, Feb 23, 2026 · 08:25 AM[BENGALURU] Rolls-Royce Holdings is expected to announce alongside its annual results this week that it will launch a fresh share buyback worth...
Influencers want to adopt the ‘analog lifestyle’ for 2026. Here’s how to join them
At the dawn of 2026, social media influencers at home and abroad proclaimed it the year of the “analog lifestyle,” a call to reduce digital connectivity as smart tech...
In a frenetic digital era, he’s helping Angelenos rediscover the classic cassette player
Stepping into Jr. Market boutique in Highland Park is like entering a 1980s time warp. Built into a refurbished shipping container, it’s filled with everything from tiny Walkman-style portables...
Bernie Sanders kicks off billionaires tax campaign with choice words for the ‘oligarchs’
Populist Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday formally kicked off the campaign to place a billionaires tax on the November ballot, framing the proposal as something larger than a debate...
Netflix and Warner Bros join Disney and Paramount in calling out ByteDance’s latest AI platform
After the fake video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting went viral, a surge of AI-generated content from Seedance 2.0 flooded the internet.Some fans were using the new...