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Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that he doesn't think Trump can oust Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve. Read more ›
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I loved my stay at the historic Hollywood Roosevelt hotel in Los Angeles. It felt like an incredible value, and the location was convenient. Read more ›
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Ben Affleck said California had taken film production "for granted a little bit" and called on officials to offer better tax rebates to producers. Read more ›
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If you have ever seen those plastic strips leading from the wheels of a semi-truck or tractor trailer and wondered what they were for, here's your answer. Read more ›
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Meta's Yann LeCun called France's initiative to attract top scientists a "smart move" amid tightened US immigration and reduced research funding. Read more ›
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"Sinners," Ryan Coogler's vampire drama, did better than expected to top the US box office on its opening weekend, overtaking "A Minecraft Movie." Read more ›
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Construction on Elon Musk's Tesla Diner seems to be close to completion. Here's an early look at the 1950s-inspired restaurant and EV charging station. Read more ›
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Adata is launching the first SD Express 8.0 memory card, advertised to reach 1.6 GB/s and 1.2 GB/s read and write speeds. Read more ›
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There was excitement when biotech company Collosal announced genetically modified grey wolves (first hailed as a "de-extinction" of the Dire wolf species after several millennia). "But bioethicists and conservationists are expressing unease with the kind of scientific research," writes the Chicago Tribune. [Alternate URL here.] "Unfortunately, as clever as this science is ... it's can-do science and not should-do science," said Lindsay Marshall, director of science in animal research at... Read more ›
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30 years after its last issue, the Marvel Swimsuit Issue has returned to show you what Marvel’s good-looking heroes do on their off time. Read more ›
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Even the solid proposals set out by the Trump administration are being undermined by its actions taken elsewhere. Read more ›
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For the first time, astronomers have confirmed the existence of a lone black hole," reports Science News — "one with no star orbiting it." It's "the only one so far," says Kailash Sahu, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. In 2022, Sahu and his colleagues discovered the dark object coursing through the constellation Sagittarius. A second team disputed the claim, saying the body might instead be... Read more ›
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Car dealer George Saliba told BI the Cybertruck was initially viewed as a status symbol and attracted wealthy buyers. Now, he says the market is down. Read more ›
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John Lovell, 60, is a lifelong traveler. Of all countries and cities he's visited, Salzburg, Austria is his favorite. Here's why. Read more ›
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Lisa Williams, 64, couldn't afford her rising rent in Las Vegas, so she moved into a travel trailer and works at various national and state parks. Read more ›
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TechCrunch looks at Mechanize, an ambitious new startup "whose founder — and the non-profit AI research organization he founded called Epoch — is being skewered on X..." Mechanize was launched on Thursday via a post on X by its founder, famed AI researcher Tamay Besiroglu. The startup's goal, Besiroglu wrote, is "the full automation of all work" and "the full automation of the economy." Does that mean Mechanize is working... Read more ›
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I spent two days with Steve Bannon. If the MAGA mastermind has his way, Donald Trump will get a third term: "I think he does better in 2028." Read more ›
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I flew Portugal's national airline, TAP Air Portugal, to Lisbon and Madeira. I experienced multiple canceled flights and overbooking. Read more ›
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Season five of the hit Netflix show "Emily in Paris" is set to begin filming in Rome in May. Read more ›
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This week’s podcast guest is Jonathan Berry, Viscount Camrose and former Conservative AI minister, who discusses how artificial intelligence policy has changed with the Labour government, why the work it must do is difficult but necessary and why clarity on AI regulation is vital for businesses. Berry is a hereditary peer in the House of ... Read more ›
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There has been debate brewing these past few months over who should be held responsible for reimbursing the victims of fraud. For a while, the conversation was largely between the UK’s largest fintech – Revolut – and the world’s largest social media company – Meta. Revolut has published some strong words on what they see ... Read more ›
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The UK government is making £121m of investment in quantum technologies available over the next year to support public services and enhance cybersecurity. Announced on World Quantum day – 14th April – the investment is part of the £1bn public-private partnership-backed National Quantum Technologies Programme, a collaborative scheme from government, industry and academia to establish ... Read more ›
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Health tech was the UK’s strongest sector for investment in the first quarter of 2025, with startups in the field pulling in $1.8bn, according to new research. Health tech and life sciences startups saw their second strongest quarter for VC investment on record in the first three months of the tear, analysis from HSBC Innovation ... Read more ›
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Wonder, a self-described “AI-native creative studio”, has secured a $3m (£2.3m) pre-seed funding round to disrupt filmmaking. Backed by executives from the AI industry, including ElevenLabs co-founder Mati Staniszewski and OpenAI’s head of startups Laura Modiano, Wonder claims it can use AI to create Hollywood level visual storytelling. The generative AI startup said it can ... Read more ›
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You always think, “It will never happen to me”. But the truth is, in today’s fast-paced world when we’re surrounded by information, it’s easier than ever to fall for a scam. Fraud is an enormous problem: one which costs the British economy £2.6 billion a year, undermining public trust in our financial services and causes ... Read more ›
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Insurtech group Marshmallow has raised $90m (£68m) in a combined debt and equity raise at a valuation of $2bn. Three years after Marshmallow, which provides vehicle insurance services to migrants to the UK, secured unicorn status off the back of an $83m Series B, the company has now almost doubled its valuation. Having surpassed one ... Read more ›
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Annual recurring revenue (ARR) at London-based AI unicorn Synthesia has surpassed $100m, an almost 300% rise from its 2023 turnover. Launched in 2017, the company’s platform generates realistic, human-like AI avatars that can read out script for corporate training videos and comms. Users can select an existing avatar to read out their scripts, or for ... Read more ›
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Embedded agent platform Mindset AI has raised £4.3m to fuel an expansion into the US. Founded in 2019, the company works with software businesses to integrate AI agents into operations and product lines. Currently worth an estimated $5.1bn, analysts have projected the AI agent market to be as valuable as $47.1bn globally by 2030 as ... Read more ›
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The Spring Statement signalled a much needed and meaningful shift in the government’s approach to strengthening the UK’s independent defence and security capabilities. In response to growing geopolitical headwinds, the Chancellor increased the MoD’s budget and committed to speeding up procurement timelines, particularly for novel technologies and for greater investment in dual-use technologies – those ... Read more ›
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