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The must-reads<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019ve combed the internet to find you today\u2019s most fun\/important\/scary\/fascinating stories about technology.<\/em><\/p>\n 1 The US is considering banning Chinese data center components<\/strong> 2 SpaceX rocket has crashed into the moon\u00a0<\/strong> 3 The UK\u2019s AI Safety Institute says it\u2019s uncovered more AI hacks<\/strong> 4 The future\u2019s looking bright for French AI lab Mistral<\/strong> 5 People are betting on wildfires on prediction markets\u00a0<\/strong> 6 Can Reddit save itself from being swamped by AI search spam?<\/strong> 7 Grassroots groups around the world are trying to \u201chumanize\u201d AI<\/strong> 8 A Chinese physical AI startup has run into controversy\u00a0<\/strong> 9 Pluto\u2019s atmosphere may be starting to collapse<\/strong> 10 Even Microsoft is begging its engineers to stop using AI so much<\/strong> #Download #NASAs #telescope #Chinese #tech #import #curbs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The must-reads I\u2019ve combed the internet to find you today\u2019s most fun\/important\/scary\/fascinating stories about technology….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[388,12655,803,12654,3413,1768,4856],"class_list":["post-19329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-chinese","tag-curbs","tag-download","tag-import","tag-nasas","tag-tech","tag-telescope"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/KSC-20260626-PH-SER01_0007orig.jpg",1200,600,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/KSC-20260626-PH-SER01_0007orig-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/KSC-20260626-PH-SER01_0007orig-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/KSC-20260626-PH-SER01_0007orig-768x384.jpg",640,320,true],"large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/KSC-20260626-PH-SER01_0007orig-1024x512.jpg",640,320,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/KSC-20260626-PH-SER01_0007orig.jpg",1200,600,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/KSC-20260626-PH-SER01_0007orig.jpg",1200,600,false],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/KSC-20260626-PH-SER01_0007orig-1024x512.jpg",1024,512,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/KSC-20260626-PH-SER01_0007orig-540x340.jpg",540,340,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?author=1"},"category_info":"Stories<\/a>","tag_info":"Stories","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The news comes just after the FCC announced curbs on other high-tech Chinese hardware. (Reuters\u00a0$)
+\u00a0Texas is now requiring data centers to pass an audit before connecting to the grid.<\/em>\u00a0(The Verge\u00a0$)
+ Trump\u2019s AI protectionism has come for robotics.<\/em>\u00a0(MIT Technology Review)<\/p>\n
The collision, at about 5,400 miles per hour, will likely leave a new crater. (Guardian)
+ SpaceX posted a loss of over $500 million in its first quarterly earnings report since its IPO.<\/em>\u00a0(WP\u00a0$)
+\u00a0The company\u2019s future plans rely on the success of its huge Starship rockets.<\/em>\u00a0(WSJ\u00a0$)
+\u00a0Meanwhile, SpaceX\u2019s spending on AI is soaring.<\/em>\u00a0(NYT\u00a0$)<\/p>\n
Including an Anthropic model setting up fake accounts mimicking real people. (BBC)
+\u00a0The White House has a new cybersecurity framework\u2026but it\u2019s keeping details under wraps.\u00a0<\/em>(Wired\u00a0$)
+\u00a0Here\u2019s why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goals.<\/em>\u00a0(MIT Technology Review)<\/p>\n
Turmoil in the US is creating opportunities for European AI that it hopes to seize. (Wired\u00a0$)<\/p>\n
Which, as US senators warn, sure seems like it will incentivize arson. (Ars Technica)
+\u00a0Prediction markets are also starting to put the accuracy of weather predictions at risk.<\/em>\u00a0(MIT Technology Review)\u00a0<\/p>\n
It\u2019s becoming increasingly influential, and brands are desperate to secure mentions. (The Verge\u00a0$)<\/p>\n
Part of their work is educating people so they can have a say on their futures. (Rest of World)\u00a0
+\u00a0The World Bank says poorer countries have \u201cless to fear\u201d from AI than rich ones.<\/em>\u00a0(FT\u00a0$)<\/p>\n
Spirit AI stands accused of \u201cbenchmark hacking\u201d after it briefly overtook Nvidia on an AI leaderboard in June. (SCMP$)
+\u00a0How to build a better AI benchmark.\u00a0<\/em>(MIT Technology Review)<\/p>\n
And after the loss of its planet status, too. Really adds insult to injury. (Gizmodo)<\/p>\n
Kinda telling that even Big Tech firms are struggling to find ROI for their spending. (404 Media)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n