Kentucky woman rejects $26M offer to turn her farm into a data center

A “major artificial intelligence company” reportedly offered a Kentucky women $26 million to build a data center on their farm.

Crusoe makes big battery buys for its data centers

Form Energy and Redwood Materials both received orders from the data center developer.

Epic Games cuts 1,000 jobs, says Fortnite engagement is down

Epic Games also increased the price of V-Bucks, the Fortnite in-game currency.

Air Street becomes one of the largest solo VCs in Europe with $232M fund

London’s Air Street Capital has raised a large Fund III with eyes locked on backing early-stage European and North American AI companies.

Apple Maps may be about to get ads

Apple Maps may soon serve ads in top results when users search on terms like “restaurants.”

Why scientists can’t get a laugh

Humor is hard to pull off in front of a cold audience, full stop.

A French Navy officer accidentally leaked the location of an aircraft carrier by logging his run on Strava

A French naval officer went on a run around the deck of the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, inadvertently leaking the warship’s location when he uploaded the workout to Strava.

Meta is having trouble with rogue AI agents

A rogue AI agent inadvertently exposed Meta company and user data to engineers who didn’t have permission to see it.

The Pentagon is developing alternatives to Anthropic, report says

After their dramatic falling-out, it doesn’t seem as though Anthropic and the Pentagon are getting back together.