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People are going to extreme lengths to stop themselves from being filmed through Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’ | Fortune

There’s an ongoing arms race to protect identities and privacy in the age of facial recognition, biometric scanning and data collection. Now, some of those concerns are coming from the influx of wearables, namely, smart glasses, and how to go about protecting oneself from being filmed in public. Some joke about singing Disney songs, others use software, and some have even resorted to physical tricks. And the concern is warranted: Meta’s Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, for example, have been coined “perver...

‘It will inherit your thoughts’: Musk tells SpaceX employees they’ll be Grok’s ‘parents’ as AI trains on company data | Fortune

Elon Musk is asking SpaceX employees to think of themselves as more than rocket-builders—he wants them to be “parents” of the company’s AI. During a recent SpaceX all-hands meeting, the world’s richest-man said the company plans to train its GrokAI on the “sum total” of SpaceX’s information, including the work and contributions of its employees.The meeting—shared by SpaceX on X—was posted on Tuesday morning. Musk told workers they would “effectively be the parents of the AI,” because Grok would...

A San Francisco 'tech prankster' got 50 Waymos ordered onto the same street, exposing robotaxis' cyber/airbag problem | Fortune

There once was a time when most cars on the road did not have air bags as a standard under federal law. It took until 1998, in fact, for every vehicle on the round to have an airbag as required by federal law — that’s over 100 years after the invention of the first automobile and roughly 30 years after airbags were first invented as a safety measure. Something like that is playing out again, except this time with robotaxis and cyber protections.Louay Abdelkader, director of product management at...

Universities are buying and selling property for data centers, prompting concerns about an AI brain drain | Fortune

The AI boom is putting a new kind of pressure on American universities. The topic of AI has long been a point of contention within higher education from educators, students, and university administrations discussing the presence and use cases of the technology. But now it’s turned to a much more physical threat.


As data centers compete for large parcels with access to electricity, water, and fiber infrastructure, universities are finding themselves sitting on property that can be worth more a...

Everything’s bigger in Texas: Musk’s planned $16.8 billion chip factory is five times bigger than the world’s current largest building | Fortune

Elon Musk is betting that the next phase of his sprawling technology empire will require a building on a scale that has never existed before. SpaceX and Tesla are building Terafab, a 100-million-square-foot semiconductor manufacturing facility in Grimes County, Texas, more than five times the size of the world’s largest building.“Terafab Texas will be the largest and most valuable building on Earth by far. And it will be stunningly beautiful,” Musk wrote on X. 


With about 18.9 million square...

Kalshi cracks down on insider trading as Trump family looks to increase prediction market presence | Fortune

In Washington, there is plenty of information that can move a market. A government official may know what a president is preparing to announce, whether a particular policy is about to change, or which officials will attend a major event. As prediction markets increasingly list contracts tied to political decisions and government activity, that information can become directly tradable.The issue is already emerging on Kalshi, which has become one of the industry’s largest platforms. The company ha...

Google quietly discontinues its Earth AI feature a day after its rollout after users made no-no images | Fortune

Google spent years trying to weave generative AI into its product line up, from Gemini in our Google Docs to AI overview in our search engines, and now Nano Banana 2 in Google Earth. But it turns out combining real places with generative AI was a disaster after users generated some taboo imagery, forcing Google to pull the rollout less than a day after it launched. “We know that people uniquely trust Google Earth for a reliable view of the world,” a Google spokesperson told Fortune. “It’s import...

After months of a public back and forth over Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax, Ken Griffin isn’t ready to give up on New York after all | Fortune

One filmed a widely regarded publicity “stunt” outside the other’s $238 million penthouse. The latter responded by telling the former he was doxxing him, told him to read a history book, and waved a major $4.5 billion project over the former’s head. Months passed, a new tax was introduced, and fans of both sides charged the other. And after all this back and forth, nothing changed.Ken Griffin’s public feud with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has not stopped Citadel from doubling down in Manh...

‘This is insider trading by definition’: Trump sells $100,000 monthly subscription service to Wall Street to further monetize the presidency | Fortune

Donald Trump has created a way for Wall Street to pay to win. Trump Media & Technology Group’s premium data product released its new subscription service for earlier access to Truth Social posts for $100,000 a month. According to reports, five Wall Street firms have already signed up for the service, gaining access to Truth Social posts milliseconds before the general public.“I’ll be blunt,” Gian Luca Clementi, an economics professor at NYU Stern School of Business, told Fortune. “This is inside...

‘People can go from zero to 100’: How Gen Z is raking in $260,000 per month on a livestream auction app | Fortune

London-based startup Tilt has built a livestream marketplace where sellers broadcast auctions in real time while viewers bid on everything from sneakers to designer clothing, beauty products, electronics, and collectible items. Rather than scrolling through static product listings, buyers interact directly with sellers, ask questions during livestream, and compete against each other in fast-moving auctions.The concept is already creating a new class of Gen Z entrepreneurs.


“We had this 17-yea...

Mark Cuban's Las Vegas A's investment is his 'Sports 2.0' Dallas Mavericks playbook all over again — with one key change | Fortune

Mark Cuban is finally getting a foothold in Major League Baseball, but not in the way many expected. Cuban is part of Harbinger Sports Partners, a newly launched $750 million private equity fund that has acquired a minority stake in the Las Vegas Athletics. The investment marks Cuban’s first ownership interest in America’s favorite pastime after years of pursuing opportunities in the league. This comes after Cuban sold a majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks in 2023, a move he called a “mistake...

Fast-food execs keep pushing for more AI systems, but fail to see the big picture: Customers still want humans | Fortune

Fast-food chains have spent the past several years racing to automate everything from drive-through ordering to burger flipping using AI.  McDonald’s and Wendy’s have continued to experiment with AI ordering systems, forcing restaurants to answer more fundamental questions than whether robots can make fries or take orders. With the introduction of ArchIQ by McDonald’s earlier this year as part of its new initiative “McDonald’s > NEXT,” the fast-food giant is introducing AI-powered chatbots at it...

‘It is okay not to be okay’: NFL legend Terrell Davis joins growing roster of athletes partnering with big pharma to raise health awareness | Fortune

For decades, pharmaceutical advertising largely revolved around television commercials urging patients to ask their doctors about branded medication. Increasingly, however, drugmakers are investing in a different kind of marketing campaign—one built around trusted athletes who have publicly discussed their own health struggles.The latest example is two-time Super Bowl champion Terrell Davis. The former Denver Broncos running back has partnered with Teva Pharmaceuticals to raise awareness for Tar...

'We’re on top of every restock': This 24-year-old has made over $4 million off his subscription-based reselling community | Fortune

JS, the founder of ShockedIO, doesn’t want to reveal his name. But he will tell you how he made $4.4 million since launching his subscription-based reselling community in 2020.For most shoppers, a PlayStation 5 listed for $50 would seem impossible. For the members of ShockedIO, it can trigger hundreds of notifications within seconds. 


Behind the alerts is an army of software bots scanning thousands of online retailers, watching for inventory restocks, limited-edition product launches and pric...

‘My childhood home is being taken’: Eminent domain for data centers targets properties across a thousand miles of grid expansion in Georgia | Fortune

A public utility company in Georgia is proposing a transmission project that can potentially displace hundreds of property owners as it looks to expand its energy capabilities to power new AI data center projects. Georgia Power is rolling out a grid expansion plan that includes building more than 1,000 miles of transmission lines—spanning over 330 parcels of land, including through residential property—and adding about 10 gigawatts of new generating capacity over the next five years. Building th...

The Miami Heat, LeBron James, and prediction markets: How a ‘mistake’ social media post turbocharged a $245 million wager | Fortune

On Tuesday night, the Miami Heat accidentally published, then deleted, a YouTube video titled “LeBron James Introductory Press Conference,” dated for later this month. A team spokesperson told the Miami Herald the post was a mistake, made while the club prepared materials for “the possibility of James eventually deciding to join the Heat this offseason.”Shortly after the video was removed, the team reposted an opening for a director of YouTube strategy on LinkedIn. 


James, still a free agent...

Spain lifted the World Cup, but the IRS still gets a cut of its $50 million pay day as players, coaches and refs all face complex U.S. “jock taxes” | Fortune

Spain’s victory over Argentina in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final not only secured the country’s first men’s World Cup title in more than a decade—it also came with  a $50 million prize from FIFA. While the trophy now sits in Madrid, a portion of the prize money could ultimately find its way to Washington. That’s because many of the players, coaching staff and referees who earned income during the tournament may have also incurred U.S. tax obligations.It doesn’t stop there: the Spanish players wil...

'We all failed': Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner on Hollywood, video games and the big question of IP | Fortune

Hollywood’s biggest blind spot has never been storytelling — it’s been figuring out how to extend valuable intellectual property into new formats and technologies, former Walt Disney Company CEO Michael Eisner said Thursday, citing his own industry’s repeated stumbles in gaming as proof. “We all failed,” Eisner said. “We ended up licensing. That’s how we succeeded.”


Speaking at the Paley Center for Media’s discussion “Sports in the Gaming Era,” Eisner used gaming as his central example of a p...

'Right to repair' is coming to cars, but there's still this big blind spot as consumers demand more autonomy | Fortune

The “right to repair” movement has traditionally focused on access to replacement parts and manuals for consumer electronics. However, the fight for more consumer autonomy has emerged in the automotive industry as well. BMW filed a patent with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office in 2024 for a new screw design that includes the shape of its logo. It would require BMW-specific tools to remove it, effectively locking out independent auto shops that have not bought them.


“The invention is bas...

LeBron James and the $500 million-plus sweepstakes: 5 cities race for the right to boost their economy with the chosen one | Fortune

LeBron James is used to this. Sixteen years after “the Decision,” when he infamously waited for a prime-time television special to reveal to the county where he was “taking his talents” (it was South Beach), the elder millennial basketball superstar has the nation in suspense again. The 41-year old James, going into his 23rd year in the NBA, is being openly courted by five different cities, and there is a huge economic payoff in the balance for each one.The Bay Area, Minnesota, Philadelphia, Mia...

Trump promotes ‘Freedom Fuel Network’ stations, a new chain with cheaper gas and mysterious origins | Fortune

President Donald Trump promoted the “Freedom Fuel Network” offering gasoline prices well below the average market price a week ago, yet it is not clear where or how this new chain debuted.The gas stations, located in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, appeared just before July 4, a time when Americans fill up for holiday road trips.


“The first Freedom Fuel Network gas station has landed in Philadelphia, lowering the price at the pump to $3.47 for our 47th President,” the White House posted on X. “P...

Long Island grads leave over high costs, job crunch

This story was reported by Amber Bianchi, Ava Epstein, Mercedes Hamilton, Viyang Hao, Aidan Johnson, Dylan Murphy, Lara Murray-Sterzel, Michelle Rabinovich, Emma Tufo and Lauren Zola. It was written by Hamilton. Graphics and design by Joshua Hong.Delaney Hallahan, a senior studying history at SUNY New Paltz, dreams of working at a nonprofit museum after graduation. But federal cuts to arts funding, economic uncertainty tied to tariffs and executive orders targeting agencies such as the Institute...

Men’s basketball takes down La Salle 71-60 on Senior Day

Men’s basketball (19-11, 8-9 Atlantic 10) defeated La Salle (12-17, 4-12) 71-60 on Saturday night in their last home game of the season.

Redshirt junior forward Rafael Castro led the game with 22 points and 17 rebounds as he notched his 13th double-double this season, the most by a Revolutionary since 1994. The game was marked by a 17-4 GW run to end the first half, giving the Revs a comfortable cushion despite scoring troubles to open the second.

Women’s basketball goes down against UMass 61-55, extends losing streak to four

Women’s basketball (11-17, 4-13 Atlantic 10) suffered a 61-55 loss to Massachusetts (16-13, 11-7 A-10) Wednesday, losing the last home game of the season.

Despite a strong 17-point first quarter by the Revolutionaries, GW only managed to put up 9 points in the second quarter, and their inability to build off the strong start resulted in a 22-point fourth quarter by the Minutewomen to put the game away. Wednesday’s match marked the Revs’ first game without former Head Coach Caroline McCombs at the helm, after she resigned from her position Monday following four seasons with the team.
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