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Google Backs Rice Methane Credits as AI Emissions Rise
The technology company’s largest disclosed superpollutant-credit purchase will support new irrigation practices across Indian rice farms.
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Roblox Will Let Creators Take Games Beyond Its App
Roblox is expanding AI-assisted creation while preparing standalone and browser-based distribution for games built with its engine.
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Nvidia Says AI Compute Demand Still Outruns Supply
Nvidia’s long-range growth forecast rests on AI-computing demand extending beyond Big Tech—even as memory and infrastructure remain constrained.
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RoadTrip Festival Turns Downtown Kingston Into a Music Venue
The festival’s walkable, multi-venue format links artist discovery with restaurants, hotels and downtown businesses.
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Oasis Documentary Turns a Reunion Tour Into a Film Event
The concert documentary will move from a limited theatrical engagement to Disney+ and Hulu later in 2026.
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OpenAI Pauses $200 Pro Sign-Ups as Astra Demand Surges
The temporary halt leaves existing Pro users, lower-cost plans and the API intact, but it exposes capacity as a strategic constraint in the frontier-AI market.
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California Tightens Online Child Safety Rules for Social Media and AI Chatbots
California is moving beyond warning labels, restricting addictive social-media features for children under 16 while imposing new safety and audit requirements on AI chatbots used by minors.
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AC/DC Cancellation Exposes the Business Cost of Venue Risk
The cancellation ended the venue’s second season early and triggered automatic refunds after engineers assessed damaged seating sections.
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Google Cloud, Accenture Build Enterprise AI Delivery Unit
The partners plan a 1,000-person engineering workforce to help companies move Gemini Enterprise projects from experiments into production.
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Google Chrome Begins a Faster Two-Week Release Cycle
Chrome 153 starts a faster browser-release rhythm as Google uses AI to find and fix vulnerabilities at greater speed.