Montreal police order officers to stop using controversial ‘hog-tie’ restraint – Montreal

The Montreal police force said it has told officers to stop using a controversial “hog-tie” restraint technique after a man’s death last year. The directive was issued after a Quebec coroner found the technique may have contributed to the death of 29-year-old Abisay Cruz during a 2025 police intervention in Montreal. In her report, coroner Géhane Kamel…

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Google DeepMind launches institute to widen the AGI debate

Google and Google DeepMind researchers launched the DeepMind Institute on Wednesday to advance the dialog round synthetic normal intelligence (AGI). The institute lists DeepMind co-founder Shane Legg, Google government James Manyika, and Google DeepMind chair Demis Hassabis as administrators, with Legg serving as managing editor.  The brand new institute goals to floor differing views between…

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Crusoe raises $3.9B to construct large knowledge facilities and small modular ‘AI factories’

Information middle developer Crusoe mentioned Thursday it raised $3.9 billion in a Sequence F spherical that pushes its valuation to $30.9 billion. The large spherical was co-led by Atreides Administration, Mubadala Capital, and Valor Fairness Companions. Founders Fund, GIC, Nvidia, Qatar Funding Authority (QIA), Radical Ventures, and TPG additionally participated, in accordance with Crusoe. Crusoe…

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Khosla-backed Mazama Energy just raised $135M to drill deeper into super-hot-rock geothermal

Geothermal startup Mazama Energy raised $135 million in an oversubscribed Series B, the startup said Thursday. The fresh funding will help the company develop horizontal wells in super-hot rocks capable of generating 15 megawatts of electricity per well. Mazama plans to start generating electricity sometime next year and said its first site in Oregon is…

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