BBC Politics
The Green Party wants to pause data centre construction because our water is more important than AI's thirst. Government says that's a disaster. Meanwhile, servers are parched.
The Verge
Jensen Huang declares Nvidia has achieved AGI - again - despite no one agreeing on what AGI is, making the 'achievement' about as meaningful as a participation trophy.
BBC World
A judge told the Pentagon that 'national security' isn't a magic spell, ruling its retaliation against Anthropic was illegal - and probably a bit petty.
ZDNet
Meta's new Pocket app lets you vibe-code your own games and gizmos - and it's surprisingly fun, even for a coding novice.
The Guardian
A proposed London datacentre would emit 1.2m tonnes of CO2 a year - the same as 27,000 flights - proving that 'sustainable' is just a word.
TechCrunch
Stripe drops $7.5B on OpenRouter, not for the singularity (probably), but to embed itself in AI capital flows.
TechCrunch
The discount on TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 passes ends Friday, so if you've been procrastinating, now's the time to act (or pay more later).
The Atlantic
Cognitive psychologist says learning is about building your mind and connecting with humanity, not just job security - so go ahead and learn that long division, even if the calculator is right there.
TechCrunch
Anthropic's unreleased AI model makes a dent in the Riemann hypothesis, using 60 subagents and 31 million tokens, proving that even math's biggest mysteries aren't safe from a well-prompted algorithm.
TechCrunch
Accel raises a $550M India fund in weeks, despite having 55% of the last one left, betting on AI apps and consumer startups.
The Verge
Hank Green's AI confession highlights the awkward middle ground of chatbot dependency - not psychosis, but definitely not nothing.
TechCrunch
Spotify hits 300M subscribers and 777M monthly users, raises prices anyway, and doubles down on AI despite the backlash - because who doesn't love a good existential crisis with their playlist?
TechCrunch
Wispr Flow updates its terms to hint at a meeting notetaker, joining a crowded field with $81M raised and a possible $2B valuation.
TechCrunch
A $9 NFC key physically blocks your apps, because your willpower clearly wasn't working. It's cheaper than competitors, sassy AI included, but don't lose the key or you'll be reinstalling apps.
BBC Business
Ofgem proposes data centres pay hundreds of millions in deposits to connect to the grid, aiming to curb speculative projects hogging capacity while the AI boom drives power demand through the roof.
TechCrunch
Recursive Superintelligence drops $410 million on AWS compute, betting big on self-improving AI that promises actual products by October - because why hire people when you can just rent servers?
The Verge
Trump administration dumps $5 billion into AI science projects, promises 'New Golden Age' - researchers say it's more like a hostile takeover by tech bros who think science is just a really complicated startup.
ZDNet
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 5, promising near-Fable capabilities at half the price - because who doesn't want a cheaper, slightly less godlike AI?
Ars Technica
Canadian politician Bill Oliver accidentally reads an AI prompt aloud during a legislative speech, joining the proud tradition of humans outsourcing their thinking to machines and then being surprised when it backfires.
TechCrunch
Midjourney buys astrology app Co-Star, adding horoscopes to its AI image generator and spa ambitions. Because why not?
The Good Times
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