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Exowatt wants to power AI data centers with billions of hot rocks

Exowatt wants to power AI data centers with billions of hot rocks: The solar-thermal startup wants to deliver electricity for as little as one cent per kWh. But first it has to scale production to 1 million units per year. Read More

Google augments AI shopping with conversational search, agentic checkout and an AI that calls stores for you: Google is expanding AI shopping with conversational search, agentic checkout and an AI that calls stores for you about local inventory. Read More

Coding assistant Cursor raises $2.3bn five months after its previous round: Cursor plans to use the capital to continue developing Composer, the AI model the vibe coding startup released in October. Read More

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EU launches antitrust probe into how Google's anti-spam policy affects publishers' search rankings

EU launches antitrust probe into how Google's anti-spam policy affects publishers' search rankings: The Commission said on Thursday that it had identified that Google is using its spam policy to push news media and other publishers' websites and content lower in search rankings when they include content from third parties. Read More

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