The Wall Street Journal
A Test of Endurance
“NIKE LOVES Steve Prefontaine because he’s dead.”
4 min |
April 25, 2026
The Wall Street Journal
James Grant
The editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer and the author of ‘Friends Until the End: Edmund Burke and Charles Fox in the Age of Revolution’
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April 25, 2026
The Wall Street Journal
'Startup Cowboys' Create a Texas Hotspot
An unusual community is taking shape in a suburb of Austin: a ranch-style house surrounded by trailer parks, a robotics facility and a drone-building site.
3 min |
April 25, 2026
The Wall Street Journal
The Right Way to Talk About War
Trump and his men could learn a lesson from JFK in the Cuban Missile Crisis and Reagan in Grenada.
5 min |
April 25, 2026
Techlife News
MICROSOFT OFFERS FIRST VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT PLAN
Microsoft is offering a onetime voluntary retirement program to a small share of long-serving U.S. employees, marking the first time in the company's more than 50-year history that it has introduced such a program.
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April 25, 2026
Techlife News
GOOGLE TAPS MARVELL FOR NEW AI CHIP PUSH
Google is reportedly in talks with Marvell Technology to develop two new artificial intelligence chips, expanding its custom silicon supply chain as the company shifts more spending toward inference, the increasingly expensive stage of AI where trained models respond to users at scale.
7 min |
April 25, 2026
Techlife News
FAA GROUNDS BLUE ORIGIN AFTER NEW GLENN MISHAP
The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered Blue Origin to investigate a New Glenn launch mishap after the rocket failed to place an AST SpaceMobile satellite into its planned orbit, temporarily grounding the vehicle until the company completes a formal review and corrective actions are accepted.
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April 25, 2026
Techlife News
INTEL WINS TESLA AS FIRST 14A CUSTOMER
Intel has landed Tesla as the first major outside customer for its next-generation 14A chip manufacturing process, giving the chipmaker a badly needed endorsement as it tries to prove it can compete with TSMC in advanced contract manufacturing.
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April 25, 2026
Techlife News
MUSK KEEPS CONTROL IN SPACEX IPO PLAN
SpaceX’s public IPO filing gives Wall Street a clear message before one of the largest stock offerings ever attempted: the company may be going public, but control is not being sold.
7 min |
April 25, 2026
Techlife News
ADOBE LAUNCHES AI SUITE FOR ENTERPRISE MARKETING
Adobe has introduced a new artificial intelligence platform for corporate clients, moving deeper into agentic AI as competition intensifies across creative software, marketing technology, and enterprise automation.
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April 25, 2026
Techlife News
AMAZON DEEPENS ANTHROPIC AI INFRASTRUCTURE BET
Amazon is preparing to invest up to another $25 billion in Anthropic, deepening one of the most important partnerships in the artificial intelligence sector as demand for Claude continues to strain the startup's infrastructure.
8 min |
April 25, 2026
Techlife News
EU BATTERY RULES MAY RESHAPE SMARTPHONES
The European Union is preparing to force another major hardware change across the smartphone industry, this time targeting one of the most difficult and expensive parts of modern phone ownership: the battery.
7 min |
April 25, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Trump issues ‘shoot and kill’ order for Iran boats
President Trump has ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” small Iranian boats that deploy mines in the Strait of Hormuz, he said Thursday, a day after Iran again displayed its ability to thwart traffic through the channel.
4 min |
April 24, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Support for Maxwell pardon hard to pin down
Oversight Committee members mum despite Comer’s claim ‘a lot of people’ in favor of it.
3 min |
April 24, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Pope urges U.S., Iran to return to peace talks
Pontiff also condemns capital punishment and urges respect for immigrants.
4 min |
April 24, 2026
Los Angeles Times
One swing erases Ohtani’s solid effort
Bailey’s unlikely three-run home run off Dreyer lifts Giants past Dodgers after two-way star dominates.
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April 24, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Conductor-composer got his start in L.A.
MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, 1944 - 2026
7 min |
April 24, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Wander, and give in to the artistry
How best to navigate Geffen Galleries' fluid inaugural installation at LACMA? Get lost.
5 min |
April 24, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Pentagon's drone office target of largest military funding surge
The Pentagon’s largest-ever budget request earmarks $75 billion for drones and technologies to counter them, mainly for a massive increase for a little-known office working with U.S. commandos to test and evaluate various systems, according to defense officials.
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April 24, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Billy Idol's still keeping it spiky and real
The upcoming Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee has never truly gone out of style
7 min |
April 24, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Sci-fi great's lost novel resurfaces
Butler dismissed her 'Survivor,' but it's being reprinted after a 'what if' debate.
4 min |
April 24, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Democrats win in Virginia, but battle is far from complete
Democrats on Wednesday celebrated an election win in Virginia that could put them slightly ahead in the national redistricting competition that President Trump triggered in an attempt to preserve his party’s
5 min |
April 24, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Trump's approval on economy falls, poll shows
President Trump’s approval rating on the economy has slumped over the past month as the Iran war drives prices higher, according to a new AP-NORC poll, with even Republicans showing less faith in his leadership.
4 min |
April 24, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Millions in U.S. could add Canadian citizenship
Immigration lawyers are inundated with clients seeking dual status under new law.
4 min |
April 24, 2026
The Wall Street Journal
American Warns on Fuel Prices
American’s market valuation stood at $7.9 billion as of Thursday, sharply lower than Delta and United Airlines, despite being the world’s largest airline by seats flown, The carrier lost ground after a failed effort to overhaul its business-travel strategy and has been hamstrung by slow-
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April 24, 2026
The Wall Street Journal
Safety Technology Lacking in Deadly LaGuardia Crash, Report Says
An emergency responder in the firetruck involved in a fatal crash at LaGuardia Airport last month heard an air traffic controller's calls to stop crossing an active runway, but didn't know the transmission was intended for his truck, according to a preliminary safety investigation report.
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April 24, 2026
The Wall Street Journal
Gene Therapy Restores Hearing in Some Cases
Children born deaf due to a rare condition can now take a drug to restore their hearing after a gene therapy was approved in the U.S., ushering in a new era for the treatment of an inherited form of hearing loss.
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April 24, 2026
The Wall Street Journal
Tesla Customers Receive Pledge For Upgrades of Older Vehicles
Tesla said it would offer hardware upgrades or trade-in discounts to the millions of customers who own its older vehicles that don’t have the technology to drive autonomously.
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April 24, 2026
The Wall Street Journal
New Polymarket Pain: Suspect Weather Bets
Prediction markets have spurred repeated allegations of skulduggery in recent months, ranging from insider trading by politicians to suspected rigging of bets on the Ukraine war.
2 min |
April 24, 2026
The Wall Street Journal
An Australian Adventure on Netflix
There are certain reservations to be had with \"Apex,\" which features the formidable partnership of Charlize Theron and director Baltasar Kormákur (my favorite Icelandic filmmaker after Friðrik Þór Friðriksson).
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