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Friday, August 21, 2026
He Helped Hand Out $80 Million at NSF - Now He Runs an AI Center in China
Tao Li allegedly hid Chinese talent ties while overseeing NSF grants. He now runs an AI center in China.
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The Surprising Reality of What a $3M Retirement Looks Like in 2026
- OK, can we actually cool data centers with our pee? - Amanda Silberling
- Meghan Markle Eyed For Role In Guy Ritchie’s ‘The Gentlemen’ Netflix Series – The Dish - Nellie Andreeva
- Castelion hits $13B valuation to mass-produce hypersonic missiles - Marina Temkin
- Amazon Leverages AI for Its New Shopping Assistant - Michael Terry
- Thursday's Final Word
- Carjacker Finds Out The Hard Way That ‘Arms’ Don’t Always Mean Guns - Harold Hutchison
Friday Favorites: Comparing Vegetarian and Vegan Athletic Performance, Endurance, and Strength
- Sophie Cunningham Speaks Out, Gets Support at Fever-Wings Game - Including From Senate Candidate
- Elon Musk's Ambitious Plan: To Send One Million Humans to Mars within the Next Decade - Michael A. Medeiros
- The Problem With Flock - Eric Peters
- Securing Your Online Presence: Exploring Alternatives to Google for Enhanced Privacy - Rob Wang
- NanoClaw comes to Slack, letting you create persistent AI agent teams and colleagues from a single message - carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen)
- Lanterns Proves That The DCU Is Better On The Small Screen - Chris Snellgrove
