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Alibaba announced that it had doubled its stake in Chinese retailer Sun Art, taking control of one of China’s largest big-box chains The Sun Art network extends to 486 outlets, and Alibaba’s move is being seen as an extension of its “New Retail” strategy In a 2017 letter to shareholders, Alibaba Group Holdings then-executive chairman... Read more »
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Lara Trump recently claimed the president already has a speech prepared on UFOs. Read more ›
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OpenAI confirmed it's offering resources to staff navigating ICE detention or other immigration issues, including $15,000 in reimbursement of legal fees. Read more ›
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Most employees will receive 5% less in equity rewards as Mark Zuckerberg slashes costs to fund huge AI spending Read more ›
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For more than a century, the size of the House of Representatives has been frozen at 435 seats; in that same period, the US population has tripled. This means that today, the average representative is responsible for more than 750,000 constituents. Scholars and politicians say this imbalance is why many Americans feel like Congress is […] Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Scientific American: Why does "bouba" sound round and "kiki" sound spiky? This intuition that ties certain sounds to shapes is oddly reliable all over the world, and for at least a century, scientists have considered it a clue to the origin of language, theorizing that maybe our ancestors built their first words upon these instinctive associations between sound and meaning. But now a... Read more ›
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The U.S. State Department is reportedly developing a site called freedom.gov that would let users in Europe and elsewhere access content restricted under local laws, "including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda," reports Reuters. Washington views the move as a way to counter censorship. Reuters reports: One source said officials had discussed including a virtual private network function to make a user's traffic appear to originate in the U.S. and... Read more ›
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Chipmaker swaps last year’s complex framework with AI start-up in favour of $30bn equity cheque Read more ›
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Google has introduced Gemini 3.1 Pro, a reasoning-focused upgrade aimed at more complex problem-solving. 9to5Google reports: This .1 increment is a first for Google, with the past two generations seeing .5 as the mid-year model update. (2.5 Pro was first announced in March and saw further updates in May for I/O.) Google says Gemini 3.1 Pro "represents a step forward in core reasoning." The "upgraded core intelligence" that debuted last... Read more ›
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The US military is in the midst of its largest build-up of forces in the Middle East in decades, in preparation for some sort of military action in Iran. Military officials say strikes could come as early as this weekend and some US personnel are being evacuated from the region. Diplomacy isn’t officially over yet. […] Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Last month, Jason Grad issued a late-night warning to the 20 employees at his tech startup. "You've likely seen Clawdbot trending on X/LinkedIn. While cool, it is currently unvetted and high-risk for our environment," he wrote in a Slack message with a red siren emoji. "Please keep Clawdbot off all company hardware and away from work-linked accounts." Grad isn't the only tech... 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: As President Donald Trump forges ahead with his plans for a ballroom on the White House grounds, he’s stacking the deck in his favor. What […] Read more ›
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The Executive Branch has a reported membership list that includes Trumpworld elites like David Sacks. A WIRED review of corporate filings reveals an under-the-radar player: a notorious former DC police officer. Read more ›
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Samsung is pulling the curtain back on its highly anticipated Bixby upgrade — here's everything coming in One UI 8.5. Read more ›
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The IRS's IT division has reportedly lost 40% of its staff and nearly 80% of its tech leadership amid a federal "efficiency" overhaul, the agency's CIO revealed yesterday. The Register reports: Kaschit Pandya detailed the extent of the tech reorganization during a panel at the Association of Government Accountants yesterday, describing it as the biggest in two decades. ... The IRS lost a quarter of its workforce overall in 2025.... Read more ›
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The Fulu Foundation, a nonprofit that pays out bounties for removing user-hostile features, is hunting for a way to keep Ring cameras from sending data to Amazon—without breaking the hardware. Read more ›
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A staffer of the Incognito dark web market was secretly controlled by the FBI—and still allegedly approved the sale of fentanyl-tainted pills, including those from a dealer linked to a confirmed death. Read more ›
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Bill Gurley, a partner at the Silicon Valley venture capitalist firm Benchmark, agrees "100%" with Mark Cuban that there are two types of AI users. Read more ›
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Amidst endless complaints over the instability and bloating nature of Windows 11, Microsoft's latest insider builds add new emojis and a taskbar feature for its beta testers. Now, you can check your internet speed by right-clicking the network icon or opening network quick settings, where you'll be taken to a simplified Ookla Speedtest inside Bing. Read more ›
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OpenAI warned US lawmakers that DeepSeek may be copying AI models. This raises concerns about competition and model protection. Competition between US and Chinese AI developers is moving beyond model performance and into how those models are trained. A growing concern in Washington and Silicon Valley is whether advanced systems can be copied through indirect ... Read more ›
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ByteDance pushes into AI as Doubao tops 100 million users. Analysts link the change to AI’s rise and TikTok pressure. Pressure on TikTok’s global operations is coinciding with a stronger push by its parent company, ByteDance, to build a larger presence in artificial intelligence, signalling how the Chinese tech firm is trying to expand beyond ... Read more ›
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Apple’s iPhone 17 achieved 28% shipment growth in China’s Q4 2025. Cupertino reclaims market leadership, Huawei and Xiaomi’s double-digit declines. The iPhone 17’s 8% growth in Jan, only smartphone to gain in 23% market contraction. Apple’s comeback story in China isn’t just about numbers – it’s a masterclass in positioning that’s catching Chinese smartphone manufacturers ... Read more ›
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Vietnam slashes 5G spectrum prices by 90% after failed 2023 auction. Deploys 30,000 base stations in 12 months. Indonesia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh prepare billion-dollar auctions. Vietnam’s spectrum discount approach is forcing a reckoning in Asia-Pacific: when Hanoi’s telecom regulator slashed 5G spectrum auction prices by up to 90% after a 2023 bidding failure, industry observers ... Read more ›
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