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Religious communities around the US are getting hit with AI depictions of their leaders sharing incendiary sermons and asking for donations. Read more âș
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The historical series Shogun was an international hit that won a record 18 Emmy Awards. With production on season 2 starting, the writer and executive producer talk about their new challenges. Read more âș
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Ensuring your cat is drinking enough water is one of the best ways to keep your pet healthy. We tested nearly two dozen models to find the best water fountains for most cats. Read more âș
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The RingConn Gen 3 finally gives you a reason to upgrade, adding direct vibration alerts and blood pressure insights. Read more âș
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Promises of better sleepâand better poopsâare driving the magnesium supplements craze. Read more âș
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Over the weekend, the United States invaded Venezuela, captured its leader, and then declared itself to be in charge of South Americaâs fifth-largest country. And no one â not even the US government â seems entirely sure why. The Trump administration has offered multiple high-minded explanations for its toppling of Venezuelan President NicolĂĄs Maduro, none [âŠ] Read more âș
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Today, the controversial congressional career of Marjorie Taylor Greene comes to end â at least for the foreseeable future. But before her exit, she got a few more jabs in at President Donald Trump. First, in a wide-ranging New York Times Magazine profile last week, the retiring Georgia representative reignited her feud with the president, [âŠ] Read more âș
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After my son asked about our family history, I set out to uncover my father's lineage, piecing together a family tree once lost to silence. Read more âș
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This must be about the oil, right? Itâs a presumption that got lots of airtime this weekend, following the dramatic seizure of Venezuelan President NicolĂĄs Maduro and his wife by US forces. The pair now face drug trafficking and narco-terrorism charges in New York, while observers in both countries are scrambling to interpret the sudden action by President [âŠ] Read more âș
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Trump is having the government buy stakes directly in companies â and it's going to change the way we all do business and reshape the economy. Read more âș
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Vibe coding has upended software engineering, strapping developers with a suite of new AI tools. We want to hear from those navigating the moment. Read more âș
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Motorola is gearing up to launch its new Signature series smartphone tomorrow and ahead of the big unveiling Evan Blass shared the device's full specs. The Signature is set to be a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5-equipped flagship paired with up to 16GB LPDDR5X RAM and 1TB UFS 4.1 storage. Itâs expected to feature a 6.8-inch LTPO AMOLED with 2,780 x 1,264px resolution alongside a 165Hz refresh rate. The panel will... Read more âș
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We've also spotted more clues of Perplexity being preinstalled on Samsung devices in the future. Read more âș
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Integrated chatbots and built-in machine intelligence are no longer standout features in consumer tech. If companies want to win in the AI era, theyâve got to hone the user experience. Read more âș
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As of Jan. 5, Magic: The Gathering Commander Masters Set Booster Box is over $50 below market value at Amazon. Read more âș
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Mette Frederiksen, Denmark's prime minister, said the US "has no right to annex" Greenland. Read more âș
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Now run by Ravi Singh, the $1.5 billion manager is looking to grow. Read more âș
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Jimmy Kimmel paid tribute to Donald Trump in his best talk show acceptance speech at the Critics Choice Awards. Read more âș
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The New York Times' latest game, Pips, brings domino fun to your desktop. How to play Pips as well as hints in case you get stuck. Read more âș
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As almost everyone in Silicon Valley has found out lately, creating AI is a money drain, and many of the biggest startups eager to do so arenât profitable. Thatâs true even for the AI business run by the worldâs richest man, and thatâs why I expect Elon Musk will take a drastic step next year to keep the money flowing to xAI: by selling to the profitable part of his... Read more âș
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Private-equity firm Brookfield is starting its own cloud business, going up against tech giants like Amazon by arguing it can bring down the costs of developing AI. The firm, which has long invested in infrastructure and energy, is becoming the first major investment firm to try to lease chips inside data centers directly to developers, rather than just owning or developing the physical structures that surround them. The cloud business... Read more âș
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For an eventful year, 2025 is ending the same way it started. A year ago, Nvidia, OpenAI and others made it clear they would do everything necessary to win the race for artificial intelligence.The year ended with the same companies doing the same thing. Nvidia capped off a year of dealmakingâmostly to cement its lead in AI chips by agreeing to pay $20 billion to license technology from Groq, one... Read more âș
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For Christmas this holiday season, I bought my mom a navy blue 1980 Lake Placid Olympics sweater. It has special significance for her because, as a college student in upstate New York at the time, she got to attend the famous âMiracle on Iceâ hockey game between the U.S. and Soviet Union in person. Now, almost half a century later, my mom finally has some merchandise to commemorate it. The... Read more âș
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Meta Platformâs announcement on Monday that it has acquired Chinese agent startup Manus represents a big win for Manusâ backers, including Benchmark, ZhenFund and HongShan, who last invested in Manus in an April funding round that valued it at $500 million. Meta is paying more than $2 billion, my colleague Juro Osawa has reported (as have other outlets).Thatâs a huge gain on an eight month old investment. The deal also... Read more âș
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Love it or hate it, artificial intelligence dominated another year in tech. As AI firms like OpenAI and Anthropic raced to release smarter models, the largest tech firms mapped out massive data centers that would guzzle up more energy than tens of millions of American households to power them. âAgentâ became the industryâs favorite buzzword for tools promising to eliminate human work. The popularity of coding assistant Cursor made its... Read more âș
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Trump Media and Technology Group, the company that operates President Donald Trumpâs social media platform Truth Social, said it will issue a new cryptocurrency to shareholders, according to a statement on Wednesday. The planned crypto coin, which the company said will likely be issued in ... Read more âș
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SoftBank said Monday it would buy data center investment firm DigitalBridge for $4 billion, or $16 per share, a 15% premium to Fridayâs closing price, its latest step to increase investment in infrastructure for data centers. DigitalBridge owns several data center subsidiaries that are involved ... Read more âș
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Happy New Year! Itâs the perfect time for a refresh on whatâs been top of mind for The Informationâs readersâand the early trends and open questions worth keeping tabs on in 2026. In 2025, our most popular stories revealed growing cracks in the artificial intelligence boom and pinpointed challenges facing the most dominant AI companies. The top story was also one of our most recent, about a âcode redâ inside... Read more âș
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No one in Silicon Valley gets wealthy or powerful by dwelling on the past. Rather, the brightest minds within tech often outshine the competition by obsessing about the future. We like to get in on the game too. In keeping with annual tradition, weâre publishing below our best educated guesses on whatâll happen in 2026: what Microsoft buys, what Amazon discards, what robot goes mainstream, and 12 other pieces of... Read more âș
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