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A missile of such power and range could allow Ukraine to threaten military production hubs far within Russia, such as its factories in the Urals. Read more ›
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MSNBC is rebranding to "MS NOW" and is getting a new logo. Employees are chattering about what the rebrand signals for the cable TV network's future. Read more ›
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Kennedy Liu helped set up his American company's R&D center in Shenzhen and knew from the start it had to run more like a Chinese company. Read more ›
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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: A short-notice meeting at the White House today brought President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and seven other European leaders together to discuss the […] Read more ›
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A WIRED review of a now-deleted Twitter account that used the screen name “Dr. Erwin J. Antoni III” shows it posted conspiratorial content about the 2020 election, Covid-19, and Jeffrey Epstein. Read more ›
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Move protects Americans’ civil liberties, Trump’s director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard tells FT Read more ›
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Apple today released the fourth public betas of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS 26, allowing the public to test the updates ahead of their September launch. The fourth public betas come a week after the third public betas, and the updates correspond with the seventh developer betas that were released earlier today. Beta testers that have registered on Apple's website can download the iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 updates... Read more ›
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The Trump administration is considering taking a 10% stake in Intel by converting $10.9B in Chips Act grants into equity, a move that would make the U.S. government Intel’s largest shareholder and mark a major shift in how federal chip funding is deployed. Read more ›
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SoftBank will invest $2 billion in Intel at $23 per share, a move seen as both a vote of confidence in Intel’s U.S. chipmaking comeback and a strategic bet on an undervalued semiconductor maker. Read more ›
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Russian state media footage shows the M113 armored personnel carrier driving into combat in the Zaporizhzhia region. Read more ›
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Intel is getting a $2 billion investment in common stock from SoftBank, which is betting big on the AI revolution. Read more ›
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The UK government has agreed to withdraw its order requiring Apple to create backdoor access to encrypted iCloud data following intervention from the Trump administration. Vice President JD Vance negotiated the agreement during his recent UK holiday after the January order issued under the UK Investigatory Powers Act prompted Apple to pull its iCloud Advanced Data Protection service from Britain in February. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said the... Read more ›
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Starbucks salaried employees, such as store managers, are set to get a 2% raise in 2025 amid the company's turnaround plan. Read more ›
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The "Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy" draft doesn't mention top killers of kids. Read more ›
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AppleInsider's Marko Zivkovic today said that he has discovered a device identifier for what is "almost certainly" a Mac mini with an M5 chip. He already discovered an identifier for a potential Mac mini with an M5 Pro chip last month. All in all, the next Mac mini will be powered by M5 and M5 Pro chips, if he is right. Given that the current Mac mini can be configured... Read more ›
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The move follows a confidential SEC submission earlier this month and comes amid a surge of digital asset firms tapping the equity markets. Read more ›
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For more than a decade, Mark Zuckerberg has been buying up homes in Crescent Park, Palo Alto, spending over $110 million to create a private compound. Neighbours say years of construction, heavy surveillance, and restricted access have transformed their once-peaceful community. The Meta CEO’s property expansion has left many residents frustrated and questioning the city’s role Read more ›
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WhatsApp accused Moscow of restricting calls to block secure communication for millions, as Russia pushes local apps and tightens internet control Read more ›
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The chatbot claimed that its answer was mass-reported by pro-Israel users and advocacy groups, leading to the suspension Read more ›
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Musk alleged Apple makes it “impossible” for any AI company besides OpenAI, led by Sam Altman, to secure top billing in the store’s “Must Have” section, calling this “an unequivocal antitrust violation” Read more ›
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San Francisco-based Perplexity, valued at about $18bn, said large venture capital funds had agreed to fully finance the deal. The offer falls within analysts’ estimates of Chrome’s enterprise value, which range between $20bn and $50bn Read more ›
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AI startup Perplexity has made an unprecedented $34.5 billion all-cash offer to buy Google Chrome, aiming to acquire the browser’s massive user base amid a looming US antitrust ruling against Google. Backed by major investors, the San Francisco-based firm says the deal would preserve Chrome’s openness while investing billions in its future development Read more ›
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Kwon, 33, co-founded Terraform Labs in Singapore and built the TerraUSD and Luna tokens, a pairing that once carried a market value north of $50 billion Read more ›
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Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, is working to co-found a brain-to-computer interface startup called Merge Labs. If Merge Labs moves forward, it would mark Altman’s bid to stake a claim in a field Musk has championed Read more ›
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