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OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google each spent more on lobbying in Q1 2025 than the entire AI safety research field received in grants

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I traced who owns the undersea cables that carry 95% of global internet traffic — the map is a colonial one

Add Silicon Canals to your Google News feed. I started this project the way most of my investigations begin: with...

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The art of the late apology: 7 things that happen when someone finally says sorry after 10, 20, or 30 years — and why psychologists say the apology that comes decades late is often the only one that actually changes anything

Add Silicon Canals to your Google News feed. Picture this: your phone rings, and it’s someone you haven’t spoken to...

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Psychology says people who grew up in households where no one talked about emotions but everyone felt them intensely display these 9 traits in adult relationships—and most of them look like strength until you understand the cost

Add Silicon Canals to your Google News feed. There’s a particular kind of silence that fills a house where feelings...

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I asked my father-in-law what the secret to his 50-year marriage was and he said four words — and the more I live, the more I realize those four words contain everything the entire self-help industry has been trying to say

Add Silicon Canals to your Google News feed. “Just don’t be right.” That’s what my father-in-law told me when I...

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Psychology says children who had to parent themselves or their siblings don’t just lose their childhood — they develop a permanent nervous system dysregulation that makes rest feel dangerous and relaxation feel like neglecting an invisible responsibility

Add Silicon Canals to your Google News feed. Have you ever caught yourself feeling guilty for sitting down? Like there’s...

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If you still check that the stove is off before leaving the house even when you haven’t cooked today, psychology says you share these 8 traits with people who were the first one in their family everyone counted on to make sure nothing went wrong

Add Silicon Canals to your Google News feed. You know that moment when you’re halfway to work and suddenly wonder...

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Dog walkers say they learn more about a family from spending 30 minutes with their pet than most friends learn in years — these are the 7 things the dog reveals that the owner never would

Add Silicon Canals to your Google News feed. “Your dog just told me you’re going through a divorce.” That’s what...

Saudi Arabia commits B to AI infrastructure in bid to diversify beyond oil

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Saudi Arabia commits $40B to AI infrastructure in bid to diversify beyond oil

Add Silicon Canals to your Google News feed. Saudi Arabia has announced a $40 billion commitment to artificial intelligence infrastructure,...

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I’m 44 and I was the first person in my family to go to university—and the thing no one tells you about moving up a class is that you spend the rest of your life fluent in two worlds and fully comfortable in neither