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News & Articles By Willow Tohi
05/08/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Google expands nuclear power investment to fuel AI data center surge
Google partners with Elementl Power to build three small modular reactor (SMR) facilities in the U.S., each generating 600+ megawatts, to power its AI-driven data centers with clean energy. With data center energy use projected to double by 2030, Google prioritizes nuclear for reliable, carbon-free baseload power, unlike intermittent renewables like wind or solar. Google […]
05/07/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Google admits to using content from publishers who opt out to train its Search AI
Google confirmed it uses web content to train AI-powered search features (e.g., Gemini) even when publishers opt out, as its search division operates under different rules than general AI training policies. To fully block AI training, publishers must opt out of Google Search indexing via robots.txt. But this renders their content invisible in search results, […]
05/02/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Federal judge orders Apple to cease external purchase fees in landmark ruling against App Store monopoly
A federal judge ruled that Apple must immediately cease charging fees on purchases made outside its App Store and cannot block developers from directing users to alternative payment platforms. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers accused Apple of deliberately ignoring a 2021 injunction by imposing a 27% fee on external transactions, referring the company for potential criminal […]
04/30/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Public trust in ChatGPT legal advice outweighs lawyers’ in study, raising calls for AI literacy
In anonymous comparisons, 62% of participants favored ChatGPT’s legal advice over attorneys’, drawn to its confident tone and technical language. Even when sources were revealed, trust in AI remained nearly equal to human experts. Participants often mistook ChatGPT’s lexically complex yet inaccurate responses as more valid, while lawyers’ clearer, more cautious phrasing was seen as […]
04/29/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Brave’s Cookiecrumbler offers a smarter, more private solution to annoying cookie banners
Brave Software launched Cookiecrumbler, an open-source tool (April 2025) that detects and neutralizes deceptive cookie consent pop-ups using AI, preserving privacy while maintaining site functionality. The tool scans websites via proxies, uses open-source LLMs to classify cookie banners, and suggests precise blocking rules—avoiding invasive tracking or site breakage. Detected pop-ups undergo human review to minimize […]
04/26/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Bitcoin exchange reserves hit historic low as public companies hoard $425M+ in crypto
Bitcoin supply on exchanges has dropped to ~2.6 million BTC (lowest since 2018), with over 425,000 BTC (worth $40B+) moved off exchanges since November 2024, signaling a shift toward long-term holding. Public companies, led by MicroStrategy (holding ~200,000 BTC), are the primary buyers, alongside Asian firms like Japan’s Metaplanet and Hong Kong’s HK Asia Holdings, […]
04/22/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Bitcoin surges 33% since 2024 halving amid institutional surge, shifting traditional market cycle
Bitcoin rallied over 33% after its April 2024 halving, hitting a new all-time high of $109,000 in just 273 days—far faster than previous cycles (which took 500+ days). The halving cut miner rewards from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC, tightening supply. Accelerated growth is attributed to institutional investment and Bitcoin ETFs, which expanded liquidity and […]
04/21/2025
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By Willow Tohi
U.K.’s GOV.UK One Login faces scandal as whistleblower exposes deep-spun security flaws
A whistleblower exposed systemic vulnerabilities in the U.K.’s GOV.UK One Login digital ID system, including 500,000 “critical” or “high” risks, insecure privileged access and unauthorized offshore development in Romania. A GDS cybersecurity expert raised alarms in 2022 about insufficient safeguards, including lack of governance and non-compliant devices, but was disciplined instead of receiving action. Critical […]
04/20/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Breakthrough quantum phase observed, paving the way for advanced computing and sensing
Scientists at Rice University and EPFL experimentally confirmed the superradiant phase transition (SRPT)—proposed by Robert Dicke in 1954—and dissipative phase transitions (DPTs). SRPT involves synchronized quantum fluctuations between light and matter, while DPTs describe phase shifts in open quantum systems losing energy to the environment. Rice researchers bypassed theoretical limitations by using magnons (spin waves) […]
04/16/2025
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By Willow Tohi
U.K. government’s “pre-crime” AI sparks civil liberties debate amid claims of bias and privacy invasion
The U.K. government is developing an AI-driven “homicide prediction” system that analyzes personal data — including ethnicity, mental health and past police interactions — to identify potential future murderers, drawing comparisons to sci-fi film “Minority Report.” The system aggregates sensitive personal data from crime victims, witnesses and non-convicted individuals, raising concerns about racial profiling, wrongful targeting […]
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