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TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER ON DEVELOPING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 'FREE FROM IDEOLOGICAL BIAS'
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on artificial intelligence that will revoke past government policies his order says \"act as barriers to American AI innovation.\"
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AMAZON SUES STATE AGENCY TO BLOCK RELEASE OF COMPANY RECORDS TO BEZOS-OWNED WASHINGTON POST
Amazon is suing a Washington state agency to prevent the release of some company materials to The Washington Post, the newspaper which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
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WHAT IS DEEPSEEK, THE CHINESE AI COMPANY UPENDING THE STOCK MARKET?
A frenzy over an artificial intelligence chatbot made by Chinese tech startup DeepSeek was upending stock markets Monday and fueling debates over the economic and geopolitical competition between the U.S. and China in developing Al technology.
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TRUMP SAYS MICROSOFT IS ONE OF THE COMPANIES EYEING TIKTOK
President Donald Trump said this week that Microsoft is among the U.S. companies looking to take control of TikTok to help the popular app avert an effective ban that could kick-in in April.
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GOOGLE PLEDGES TO CRACK DOWN ON FAKE REVIEWS AFTER UK WATCHDOG INVESTIGATION
Google pledged to crack down on fake online reviews with tougher punishments for rogue reviewers and businesses that try to profit from them, British regulators said following an investigation.
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LINKEDIN FOUNDER REID HOFFMAN SEES BRIGHT AI FUTURE AND HOPES HIS TECH PEERS ARE RIGHT ABOUT TRUMP
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman has been immersed in Silicon Valley since his August 1967 birth in Palo Alto, California, in the shadow of Stanford University, where he and fellow technology luminary Peter Thiel became friends as college students during the 1980s.
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NEW VATICAN DOCUMENT OFFERS AI GUIDELINES FROM WARFARE TO HEALTHCARE
A Vatican document released this week offers wide-ranging ethical guidelines for the application of artificial intelligence in sectors from warfare to healthcare, with an underlying call that the burgeoning technology must be used as a tool to complement, and not replace, human intelligence.
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DEEPSEEK'S NEW AI CHATBOT AND CHATGPT ANSWER SENSITIVE QUESTIONS ABOUT CHINA DIFFERENTLY
Chinese tech startup DeepSeek’s new artificial intelligence chatbot has sparked discussions about the competition between China and the U.S. in AI development, with many users flocking to test the rival of OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
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META AGREES TO PAY $25 MILLION TO SETTLE LAWSUIT FROM TRUMP AFTER JAN. 6 SUSPENSION
Meta has agreed to pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against the company after it suspended his accounts following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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GENERAL PURPOSE AI COULD LEAD TO ARRAY OF NEW RISKS, EXPERTS SAY IN REPORT AHEAD OF AI SUMMIT
Advanced artificial intelligence systems have the potential to create extreme new risks, such as fueling widespread job losses, enabling terrorism or running amok, experts said in a first-of-its-kind international report this week cataloging the range of dangers posed by the technology.
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Model Y
THE NEW VERSION OF THE WORLD'S BEST-SELLING CAR
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NVIDIA FACES A RECKONING AS AN UPSTART RIVAL RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT WALL STREET'S DARLING
The superstar run for Nvidia’s stock the last few years has been astonishing. So was its tumble Monday, which caused $595 billion in wealth to vanish. That’s about as much as PepsiCo, McDonalds, Starbucks and Target are worth, combined.
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JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES TO BLOCK $14 BILLION JUNIPER BUYOUT BY HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
The Justice Department sued to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion acquisition of rival Juniper Networks on Thursday, the first attempt to stop a merger by a new Trump administration that is expected to take a softer approach to mergers.
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WHAT'S NEXT FOR EVS UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP?
President Donald Trump signed an executive order promising to eliminate what he incorrectly labels “the electric vehicle mandate” imposed under former President Joe Biden. His order on Monday is consistent with pledges Trump made on the campaign trail to end what he calls a “preposterous” focus on EVs by Biden and other Democrats.
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January 25, 2025
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TESLA RECEIVES MORE THAN 100K MODEL Y JUNIPER ORDERS IN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS, STARTS PRODUCTION AT GIGA BERLIN AFTER SHANGHAI
Tesla (TSLA) has received over 100,000 orders for the new design-refreshed 2025 Tesla Model Y Juniper in just two weeks following its launch in key markets like China, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. This overwhelming demand showcases Tesla's strong foothold in the global EV market and the immense popularity of its latest Model Y update.
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January 25, 2025
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'ONCE IN A LIFETIME' SNOW HITS PARTS OF THE U.S. SOUTH
A winter storm sweeping through the U.S. South on Tuesday was dumping snow at levels millions of residents haven't seen before.
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January 25, 2025
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HOW SCIENTISTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE MAKING RESEARCH LABS AND FIELDWORK MORE ACCESSIBLE
The path to Lost Lake was steep and unpaved, ou lined with sharp rocks and holes.
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January 25, 2025
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LEWIS HAMILTON ARRIVES IN MARANELLO FOR HIS 1ST DAY AT FERRARI
Seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton arrived at Ferrari's headquarters this week to get down to work with his new team.
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January 25, 2025
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UK WATCHDOG TARGETS APPLE, GOOGLE MOBILE ECOSYSTEMS WITH NEW DIGITAL MARKET POWERS
Google's Android and Apple's iOS are facing fresh scrutiny from Britain's competition watchdog, which announced investigations Thursday targeting the two tech giants' mobile phone ecosystems under new powers to crack down on digital market abuses.
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January 25, 2025
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AI EXPERIMENT IN HALFPIPE JUDGING AT X GAMES WILL GIVE SNOWBOARDERS A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE
The X Games will experiment judging halfpipe runs this week in Aspen using artificial intelligence, the cutting-edge technology that could someday play a role in the way subjectively judged sports are scored.
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January 25, 2025
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TRUMP RESCINDS BIDEN'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON AI SAFETY IN ATTEMPT TO DIVERGE FROM HIS PREDECESSOR
Hours after returning to the White House, President Donald Trump made a symbolic mark on the future of artificial intelligence by repealing former President Joe Biden's guardrails for the fast-developing technology.
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January 25, 2025
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TRUMP, A POPULIST PRESIDENT, IS FLANKED BY TECH BILLIONAIRES AT HIS INAUGURATION
Some of the most exclusive seats at President Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday were reserved for powerful tech CEOs who also happen to be among the world’s richest men.
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January 25, 2025
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BANNING CELLPHONES IN SCHOOLS GAINS POPULARITY IN RED AND BLUE STATES
Arkansas’ Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and California's Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom have little in common ideologically, but the two have both been vocal supporters of an idea that’s been rapidly gaining bipartisan ground in the states: Students’ cellphones need to be banned during the school day.
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January 25, 2025
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SAMSUNG AIMS TO TURN ITS NEXT GENERATION OF GALAXY SMARTPHONES INTO AI COMPANIONS
Samsung is injecting another dose of artificial intelligence into its next lineup of Galaxy smartphones, escalating an effort to simplify people's lives while deepening their dependence on a device that accompanies them almost everywhere.
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January 25, 2025
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TIPS ON OVERCOMING THE LOSS OF CHERISHED. PERSONAL BELONGINGS IN DISASTERS
Losing important sentimental belongings—those items that represented who you are—can be traumatic for those who go through disasters that destroy homes. Some tips on how to get through it, emotionally and practically:
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January 25, 2025
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YOUR MONEY: 5 IDEAS FOR AVOIDING AN OVEREMPHASIS ON SHORT-TERM RESULTS
Recency bias is the tendency to place too much weight on the latest performance trends while giving short shrift to other factors, such as fundamentals, valuation, or long-term market averages.
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January 25, 2025
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HOW TIKTOK GREW FROM A FUN APP FOR TEENS INTO A POTENTIAL NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT
If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that's probably because it has, at least if you're measuring via internet time. What's now in question is whether it will be around much longer and, if so, in what form?
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January 25, 2025
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GOVERNOR PROPOSES BANNING CELLPHONES IN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE STARTING NEXT FALL
Students throughout New York state might have to give up their cellphones during school hours starting next fall under a proposal announced Tuesday by Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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January 25, 2025
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Evolution - SHAPING THE NEXT WAVE OF APPLE TECHNOLOGY IN 2025
Apple faces a pivotal year in 2025, balancing innovation with market pressures. Efforts in mixed reality, Apple’s generative Al project, the company’s 2030 carbon-neutral pledge, and growth in its services division with platforms like TV+ will all play a role in elevating the firm.
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January 25, 2025
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TRUMP TO ANNOUNCE NEWLY FORMED PARTNERSHIP INVESTING $500B IN AI
President Donald Trump is announcing investments worth up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence by a new partnership formed by OpenAl, Oracle and SoftBank.
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