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Next week, Meta is cutting about 10 percent of its staff. WIRED spoke with more than a dozen current and former employees about what it's like inside a company where “everyone is unhappy.”

The next front in the global AI competition isn’t being settled in research labs, it’s being … Dubai’s AI Factory Bet: How the DIEZ-VOLT Partnership Signals a New Phase in the UAE’s Infrastructure RaceRead more The post Dubai’s AI Factory Bet: How the DIEZ-VOLT Partnership Signals a New Phase in the UAE’s Infrastructure Race appeared first on .

Real estate products depend on integrations, data flows, and compliance layers that rarely appear in marketing pages. A vendor may look strong on reviews about general software development and struggle once MLS feeds, payment systems, and document workflows enter the build. In short, among top real estate app development companies in the US for 2026 […] The post Top real estate app development companies in the US: Abilities and costs appeared first on AI News.

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Max A. Cherney / Reuters: Filing: Jensen Huang's foundation bought $108.3M worth of AI computing time from CoreWeave and is donating it to universities and other nonprofit institutes  —  The foundation of Nvidia (NVDA.O) CEO Jensen Huang and his wife, Lori, is buying computing time from CoreWeave (CRWV.O) …

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Canadian legaltech company Clio says its ARR has reached $500M, citing demand for its AI services; it was valued at $5B after a $500M Series G in November 2025  —  While AI is now being applied to everything from healthcare to customer support, no single use case has yet been nearly as popular or lucrative as code writing.

Reuters: Sources: the US cleared ~10 Chinese companies, including Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance, and JD.com, to buy Nvidia H200 chips, but no deliveries have been made  —  The U.S. has cleared around 10 Chinese firms to buy Nvidia's second-most powerful AI chip, the H200, but not a single delivery has been made so far …

"The conversation is sort of happening in Silicon Valley around one thing, and a totally different conversation is happening among consumers."

Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: Riyadh-based Stitch, which develops software for banks and financial services companies, raised a $25M Series A led by a16z, its first investment in the Gulf  —  Andreessen Horowitz is making its first investment in the Gulf with a fundraise for a Saudi startup, as investors continue to sign deals despite the US-Israel war on Iran.

Legal tech startups, including Clio, which just hit $500 million in ARR, are seeing massive customer adoption.

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Kenza Bryan / Financial Times: Sources: climate watchdog SBTi drops proposed rules that would limit tech companies' claims that gas-fueled data centers are covered by clean energy investments  —  Corporate climate watchdog drops stricter proposal on net zero claims after heavy lobbying  —  Tech groups including Meta …

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Ukrainian forces battled hundreds of Russian drones and missiles on Wednesday and into Thursday. Maksym Kishka/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images Russia attacked Ukraine with hundreds of drones on Wednesday in an unusual daytime bombardment. Hours later, Russia launched ballistic missiles at Kyiv. Business Insider was in the Ukrainian capital for the 24 hours of attacks. KYIV, Ukraine — First came the seemingly endless waves of Russian drones throughout the day. Then, ballistic missiles began raining down as night fell. In the early hours of the morning, beneath Kyiv's historic Podil district, Business Insider reporters huddled with dozens of others in a chilly, tightly packed car park-turned-bomb shelter. In the dim light, some people slept in their cars; others claimed one of eight beds or couches, tables, or chairs as the city shook above them. Ukrainian air defenses fought fiercely against Russia's overnight bombardment, but some munitions slipped through, reducing entire buildings to rubble. For hours through the night, people in the shelter did what they could as they waited out the attack. They listened to music, watched TV shows on their devices, curled up and tried to sleep, talked quietly with others, and scrolled their phones for updates. Ukraine predicted that a heavy bombardment was coming. There were warnings, and between 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. local time Tuesday, Russia launched over 750 attack and decoy drones in continuous waves across Ukraine, Kyiv's air force said. The rare daytime barrage followed the end of a three-day ceasefire. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the onslaught "one of the longest massive Russian attacks" against the country. At least six people were killed, and dozens more were injured on Wednesday, officials said. An explosion in Kyiv during the massive Russian attack. Sergei SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images Business Insider was on the road to the north of Kyiv around midday when iPhone navigation suddenly stopped working, a sign of possible electronic warfare activity. Russian drones were flying nearby, and it's not uncommon for Ukraine to use GPS interference to try to defeat them. In the evening, Business Insider linked up with a Ukrainian mobile air defense unit operating outside Kyiv. They had been battling Russia's Shahed-style attack drones. Soldiers operating a .50-caliber machine gun shot down one of Russia's drones, the unit's commander told Business Insider. At that point, Ukrainian forces had intercepted more than 700 drones across the country throughout the day. The commander said he believed that Russia was trying to exhaust Ukraine's air defenses before switching to missiles. The aftermath of a massive Russian attack on Kyiv. Roman PILIPEY/AFP via Getty Images Air raid sirens sounded throughout the day. Ukraine's GUR military intelligence agency said Tuesday that Russia had launched a large-scale air attack against its critical infrastructure and civilian targets, warning that it could turn into a "prolonged" bombardment. "Russia plans to deploy a large number of air- and sea-based cruise missiles, as well as ballistic missiles," the GUR said. The targets include "critical infrastructure and life support systems of major cities, including energy facilities, defense industry enterprises, and government buildings." Russian drones continued in waves. Around 1 a.m., Kyiv residents received reports of ballistic missile launches and took to the shelters. Explosions rocked the city, jolting the people sheltering in the converted car park beneath Podil. Local Telegram channels published footage said to show the moment a Russian drone struck a multi-story building in Kyiv, along with other scenes of damage across the city. "Russia treacherously attacked Kyiv," Ukraine's State Emergency Service said, adding that "as a result of the shelling, residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in several districts of the city were damaged." Daytime strikes followed by an overnight barrage are an emerging tactic for Russia's forces. Earlier this month, the Institute for Science and International Security, a US-based think tank, described the recent "emergence of continuous combined night-day strike cycles" as a "significant operational development" for Russia. Read the original article on Business Insider

Kenrick Cai / Reuters: Musk v. Altman filing: Sam Altman holds $2B+ in stakes in companies that have done business with OpenAI, including a $1.7B stake in fusion startup Helion Energy  —  OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman holds more than $2 billion in companies that have done business with the artificial intelligence company …

Nikkei Asia: LY Corp launches a bid with Bain Capital to buy Kakaku.com, which operates restaurant review and booking site Tabelog, for $4B, challenging EQT's $3.75B offer  —  TOKYO — The operator of the Line messaging app and web portal Yahoo Japan said on Thursday it has launched a counterbid for Japan's Kakaku.com …

<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-ip-rate-limit/releases/tag/0.1a0">datasette-ip-rate-limit 0.1a0</a></p> <p>The <a href="https://datasette.io/">datasette.io</a> site was being hammered by poorly-behaved crawlers, so I had Codex (GPT-5.5 xhigh) build a configurable rate limiting plugin to block IPs that were hammering specific areas of the site too quickly.</p> <p>Here's <a href="https://github.com/simonw/datasette.io/blob/b6022bf9987661b94a26d3143028193a6cabfdcf/datasette.yml#L103-L116">the production configuration</a> I'm using on that site for the new plugin:</p> <pre> <span class="pl-ent">datasette-ip-rate-limit</span>: <span class="pl-ent">header</span>: <span class="pl-s">Fly-Client-IP</span> <span class="pl-ent">max_keys</span>: <span class="pl-c1">10000</span> <span class="pl-ent">exempt_paths</span>: - <span class="pl-s"><span class="pl-pds">"</span>/static/*<span class="pl-pds">"</span></span> - <span class="pl-s"><span class="pl-pds">"</span>/-/turnstile*<span class="pl-pds">"</span></span> <span class="pl-ent">rules</span>: - <span class="pl-ent">name</span>: <span class="pl-s">demo-databases</span> <span class="pl-ent">paths</span>: - <span class="pl-s"><span class="pl-pds">"</span>/global-power-plants/*<span class="pl-pds">"</span></span> - <span class="pl-s"><span class="pl-pds">"</span>/legislators/*<span class="pl-pds">"</span></span> <span class="pl-ent">window_seconds</span>: <span class="pl-c1">60</span> <span class="pl-ent">max_requests</span>: <span class="pl-c1">60</span> <span class="pl-ent">block_seconds</span>: <span class="pl-c1">20</span></pre> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/datasette">datasette</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/rate-limiting">rate-limiting</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/codex">codex</a></p>

Victor Trac left Texas to spend a year in Spain with his family; they ended up settling in a new US city. Provided by Victor Trac Victor Trac, now 45, grew up in South Carolina and spent a few years in Europe after college with his now-wife. They started a family in Austin before moving with their two kids to Spain and later New Zealand. After traveling along the East Coast in search of the right place to live, they settled in Portland, Maine. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Victor Trac, 45, a DevOps engineer and entrepreneur. His words have been edited for length and clarity. Growing up in South Carolina, I was always into computers. In high school, I built and sold PCs to my friends and their parents and provided tech support before earning a degree in electrical engineering and math. After college, my then-girlfriend Rebecca — now my wife, who I've known since elementary school — took a teaching job in France, and I followed. We later spent three years living in Germany, traveling around Europe on weekends. By 2008, we'd returned to the US and moved to Austin as its startup scene was taking off. Fast-forward 15 years, and Austin was no longer the intimate city we first landed in. Our kids were 9 and 12, and we saw it as the perfect time for a gap-year adventure. We also knew Texas wasn't where we wanted to stay long term. The family, pictured with a tour guide, spent a year in the capital of Spain's Basque Country; the school didn't teach in Spanish. Provided by Victor Trac The family abroad Because our kids attended a dual-language elementary school and already spoke Spanish, we decided to spend a year in Spain. In 2023, we moved to Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of Spain's Basque Country, and rented a furnished duplex in a walkable city framed by mountains. There was one twist: The school taught primarily in Basque, a language completely unrelated to Spanish. My kids struggled at first — especially my daughter, who barely spoke when we arrived — but within three months, they'd both adjusted. Friendships formed, the language became easier, and the experience exceeded anything we'd hoped for. I spent mornings trail running in the mountains, afternoons working remotely with US clients and my team, and evenings having dinner with my family. Life felt slower and more intentional than it had in Austin. The family rented a camper van and traveled around Europe. Provided by Victor Trac After the school year ended, we rented a camper van and road-tripped across southern Europe before visiting friends and family in Ireland. By August 2024, we were back in the US, but our Austin house was rented out, and we weren't ready to settle down again. My wife also wanted to live somewhere with four distinct seasons, something we'd never really had in Texas. We embarked on a "city shopping tour" We spent months traveling the East Coast, renting Airbnbs and testing cities as potential homes while my wife homeschooled the kids and I worked remotely. By December, Portland, Maine, had emerged as the clear winner. The timing was tricky because it was the middle of the US school year, so we decided to spend the first half of 2025 in New Zealand, where school-aged children can attend local schools for up to three months on visitor visas. We enrolled the kids in a school in Christchurch on the South Island and headed off. At the Sydney airport, though, we hit a snag: Because we only had one-way tickets, Air New Zealand required proof of onward travel. I ended up buying expensive refundable exit tickets on my phone before we could check in. They enrolled the kids for a semester at a school in Christchurch, New Zealand. Provided by Victor Trac The kids completed a school term and we did another big road trip exploring New Zealand. I spent my days playing tennis, and at one point, I even cycled the Alps-to-Ocean trail in three days, with a laptop in my backpack. Before heading to Maine, we also spent three weeks in Japan. Readjusting to life in the US came with its own surprises In Spain and New Zealand, daily life felt more walkable and connected. Back in the US, we suddenly found ourselves driving almost everywhere again. The cost of everyday life also shocked us. In northern Spain, I could grab an espresso and a fresh pincho at a neighborhood café for a couple of euros. Back in the US, even a simple coffee-and-breakfast run felt expensive, especially once tipping was added. Some experiences abroad also changed how I viewed everyday interactions. In New Zealand, I rented an expensive camera lens with nothing more than my name written on a piece of paper — no ID or deposit required. That level of trust left a lasting impression on me. People ask about the biggest challenge of living abroad I honestly don't think there was one that stood out. Spain could be bureaucratic, but we treated it as part of the adventure. Our kids also adapted remarkably well and rarely complained about the constant changes. Staying connected with family and friends back home was easy thanks to video calls and messaging, though the time differences sometimes made planning tricky. For now, we're settled in Portland with the kids — they're 14 and 10 — and fully immersed in school and daily life. We plan to stay at least until my daughter finishes high school. Read the original article on Business Insider