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Waymo has detailed a custom 5nm ASIC delivering more than 1,000 TOPS for onboard sensor processing, alongside its redundant robotaxi computer.

TikTok and ByteDance will pay $400 million to resolve US allegations under COPPA, while the settlement makes no determination of liability.

Frontier AI Labs have yet to publish a concrete strategy for reining in a rogue model, despite growing evidence that such safeguards are essential. This opacity leaves regulators, developers, and end‑users without clear assurance that the lab can intervene if an AI system behaves unpredictably or dangerously.

Framework is investigating reports that BIOS 3.20 left some Ryzen 7040 Laptop 13 boards unbootable and says confirmed cases may qualify for replacement even outside warranty.

The DOJ has opened an antitrust probe into Andreessen Horowitz’s two board seats at rival data‑infrastructure firms, invoking a seldom‑used 112‑year‑old law. Investigators are concerned that Ben Horowitz’s role at Databricks and Martin Casado’s seat at Fivetran create a conflict of interest that could stifle competition in the sector.

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