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Google announced Thursday it is buying 200,000 metric tons of carbon removal from Mombak, a forest restoration company based in Brazil. The project will buy farmland in the Amazon and reforest it. The deal was made through the Symbiosis Coalition, an advance market commitment intended to develop a market for nature-based carbon removal schemes that is backed by Google, McKinsey, Meta, Microsoft, and Salesforce. Symbiosis Coalition is similar to Frontier, an advance market commitment also backed by Google and others that supports direct air capture projects. Nature-based carbon removal shows great promise in drawing down CO2 levels in the atmosphere,…

Rarely has a month gone by in 2025 without OpenAI signing another multibillion-dollar data center deal. In a lengthy post on X on Thursday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly clarified the totals. “We expect to end this year above $20 billion in annualized revenue run rate and grow to hundreds of billion by 2030. We are looking at commitments of about $1.4 trillion over the next 8 years,” he wrote. While the post was largely a response to a brouhaha over comments his CFO made, and quickly walked back, concerning government-backstopped loans, Altman also listed a number of future business…

Last year, Meta projected that 10% of its overall annual revenue — $16 billion — would come from fraudulent advertisements on its apps, according to a report from Reuters. The documents accessed by Reuters also show that for three years, Meta failed to protect its users from ads promoting illegal gambling, investment schemes, and banned medical products. These fraudulent ads purport to offer a product or service that isn’t real and may be intended to solicit payments from less savvy users. Image Credits:Facebook (Screenshot by Reuters) Meta has a system for detecting the likelihood that an advertising campaign is a…

On Thursday, the Laude Institute announced its first batch of Slingshots grants, aimed at “advancing the science and practice of artificial intelligence.” Designed as an accelerator for researchers, the Slingshots program is meant to provide resources that would be unavailable in most academic settings, whether it’s funding, compute power, or product and engineering support. In exchange, the recipients pledge to produce some final work product, whether it’s a startup, an open source codebase, or another type of artifact. The initial cohort is 15 projects, with a particular focus on the difficult problem of AI evaluation. Some of those projects will…

Tesla shareholders have overwhelmingly approved a compensation package for CEO Elon Musk that could be worth as much as $1 trillion in company shares. More than 75% of shareholders who participated voted to approve the plan, in line with the amount of support Musk has received for past pay packages. As the result was announced, shareholders in the room at Tesla’s Austin, Texas, factory began chanting: “Elon! Elon!” Flanked by dancing Optimus robots, Musk said Thursday that “what we’re about to embark upon is not merely a new chapter of the future of Tesla, but a whole new book.” Under…

A 208-year-old publication that farmers, gardeners and others keen to predict the weather have relied on for guidance will be publishing for the final time. Farmers’ Almanac said Thursday that its 2026 edition will be its last, citing the growing financial challenges of producing and distributing the book in today’s “chaotic media environment.” Access to the online version will cease next month. The Maine-based publication, not to be confused with the even older Old Farmer’s Almanac in neighboring New Hampshire, was first printed in 1818. For centuries it’s used a secret formula based on sunspots, planetary positions and lunar cycles…

Grand Theft Auto VI, one of the most anticipated video games of all time, has been delayed, again — this time until November 19, 2026. The game was initially slated for a fall 2025 release but was pushed back to May 2026. On Thursday, Rockstar Games announced that the development team needs another six months. “We are sorry for adding additional time to what we realize has been a long wait, but these extra months will allow us to finish the game with the level of polish you have come to expect and deserve,” Rockstar Games wrote in their statement.…

International hotel owner, operator and investor, Minor Hotels, has announced plans for a new Anantara luxury property to debut in Ushuaia, Argentina.Anantara Ushuaia Patagonia Resort, located in the southernmost city in the world, will open in early 2028 in close proximity to Tierra del Fuego National Park and just a short drive from Ushuaia International Airport. The waterfront resort will feature 60 luxurious guest rooms and suites, a spa and wellness facility, as well as signature dining and meeting facilities. While remaining committed to environmental preservation, the property will immerse guests in transformative and locally focused experiences. The Costa Susana…

Accel has invested in Rapido, the ride-hailing platform competing with Uber in India, while Prosus has increased its stake, after Indian two-wheeler giant TVS Motor sold its entire holding. On Thursday, TVS Motor said in a stock exchange filing (PDF) that it has sold its entire stake in Rapido for ₹2.88 billion (about $32 million) to Accel and Prosus’ investment unit, MIH Investments, securing a return of more than 152% over the past three years. Founded in 2015, Rapido has grown into a major player in India’s ride-hailing market, competing with Uber, Ola, and inDrive. The company began with bike…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A divided federal appeals court in Ohio ruled against the state’s fourth largest school district on Thursday in a case that pitted its gender pronoun policies against the rights of students who believe there are only two genders.The full Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the suburban Olentangy Local School District cannot prohibit students from using gender-related language deemed offensive, siding with Parents Defending Education, which had argued the policies were unconstitutional. The national membership organization first filed suit against Olentangy in 2023, saying the district’s policies requiring the use of peers’ “preferred pronouns”…