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Millions of words. Thousands of authors. The Morning Star of Lingao is barely known outside China—but it contains the secret to the country’s modernization and malaise.
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Nvidia's long-rumored N1/N1X SoCs have traded an actual launch for rumors for more than two years now. Going as far back as 2021, when MediaTek's partnership with Nvidia was first unveiled, we've only heard about the chip through leaks. With the N1 silicon powering the GB10 Superchip, it's perhaps finally time for it to debut in consumer products. Read more ›
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Sony has announced plans to spin off its TV hardware business, shifting it to a new joint venture with TCL. The two companies have signed a non-binding agreement for Sony's home entertainment business, with TCL set to hold a 51 percent stake in the new venture, and Sony holding 49 percent. With this partnership, TCL […] Read more ›
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Sony is ceding control of its Bravia TV brand to China's TCL as part of a new "strategic partnership," the companies announced in a joint press release. The Japanese electronics giant plans to sell a majority 51 percent stake in its home entertainment arm to TCL, while retaining a 49 percent share. The joint venture is set to start operations in April 2027, pending regulatory and other approvals. The new... Read more ›
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The Model S. The Mach-E. The Ioniq. The… Dolphin Surf? That's right, friends: There's a new biggest name in EVs, and it means you might soon be cruising down the highway in the Dolphin Surf. And you might love it. After years of Tesla dominance, a Chinese company called BYD has become the world's biggest […] Read more ›
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US tariffs under Donald Trump have been paid almost entirely by Americans, with foreign exporters paying for only 4%, a German study found. Read more ›
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Part of a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its non-profit status claims Musk is owed anywhere from $79 billion to $134 billion in damages for the “wrongful gains” of OpenAI and Microsoft. Musk claims in the filing that he’s entitled to a chunk of the company’s recent $500 billion valuation, after contributing $38 million in “seed funding” during the AI company’s early years. It wasn’t just money — according to... Read more ›
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Netflix has updated the acquisition terms for its Warner Bros. Discovery offer to an all-cash deal, replacing its initial $82.7 billion cash and stock agreement. The changes are designed to expedite the sale of WBD studios and streaming businesses, following repeated attempts by rival bidder Paramount to pressure shareholders into accepting its own $108 billion […] Read more ›
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London-based Stream, a workplace finance provider (formerly Wagestream), today announced the close of its €76 million ($90 million) Series D funding round to accelerate its mission of delivering financial tools to the everyday worker by partnering with employers. The latest round is led by Sofina, with continued backing from existing investors Ascension Ventures, Balderton, Northzone, ... Read more ›
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Seth Meyers has attempted to unpack the situation with Trump, Greenland, and Norway in his "Late Night" segment "A Closer Look". Read more ›
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More and more Chinese adoptees in the US are trying to reunite with their birth parents. For Youxue, it took more than a decade, and a remarkable coincidence. Read more ›
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In today’s America, the less money a white voter has, the more likely they are to support Donald Trump. Whites in the bottom 10 percent of America’s income distribution broke for the GOP nominee in 2024 by landslide margins. Those in the top 5 percent largely backed Democrat Kamala Harris, according to American National Election […] Read more ›
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Samsung’s Korean pricing for the Galaxy Book6 Pro starts at 3.41M KRW, and a report calls it a 20% hike. With only premium configs shown, buyers should watch for cheaper trims and regional prices. Read more ›
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We’re happy to announce that the 11th Edition of the Global Startup Awards Grand Finale will take place on 7–8 May 2026 as part of the EU-Startups Summit at the Mediterranean Conference Center in Valletta, Malta. The Grand Finale is a separate, globally-focused celebration embedded within our agenda – adding a fresh, international flavour to ... Read more ›
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Around 4,000 employees globally have volunteered to fan out across their business units as "AI accelerators." Read more ›
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The root of America’s housing affordability crisis isn’t complicated in the abstract: We need to build more homes (4 million more, to be more or less precise). More sprawl isn’t working — our dependence on it is part of what’s gotten us into a housing crisis in the first place. We’re nowhere close to climbing […] Read more ›
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The robotics explosion. The energy revolution. The cultural takeover. It’s everything you wanted for the United States—but done better in China. Read more ›
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ETF allocations to Stretch, Strife, and Stride underscore institutional appetite for MSTR income securities. Read more ›
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Netflix is offering an all-cash bid for Warner Bros. after Paramount's increased pressure on WBD's board. Read more ›
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In an opinion piece for The Register, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols argues that while "vibe coding" can be fun and occasionally useful for small, throwaway projects, it produces brittle, low-quality code that doesn't scale and ultimately burdens real developers with cleanup and maintenance. An anonymous reader shares an excerpt: Vibe coding got a big boost when everyone's favorite open source programmer, Linux's Linus Torvalds, said he'd been using Google's Antigravity LLM... Read more ›
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The Trump administration appears to be planning to leverage the same playbook used in Minnesota to go after other blue states. Read more ›
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Users of the VR fitness service are distraught that Supernatural has had its staff cut and won’t receive any more content updates. They’re also pissed at Meta. Read more ›
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Over the past decade, US immigration agents have shot and killed more than two dozen people. Not a single agent appears to have faced criminal charges. Read more ›
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There is no war on protein. But pretending there is goes hand-in-hand with the Trump administration’s appeal to traditional masculinity. Read more ›
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A contract justification published in a federal register on Tuesday says that 31 ICE vehicles operating in the Twin Cities area “lack the necessary emergency lights and sirens” to be “compliant.” Read more ›
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After an ICE agent shot and killed the Minneapolis mother, conservative media launched an all-out attack on her reputation. Her identity as a queer woman was central to it. Read more ›
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Protests across Minnesota—and around the country—are ongoing, as residents demonstrate against their federal government. Read more ›
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In a world where ICE agents are shooting US citizens on the street, the need for militias and extremist groups like the Proud Boys to support far-right interests has evaporated. Read more ›
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A major Verizon outage appeared to impact customers across the United States starting around noon ET on Wednesday. Calls to Verizon customers from other carriers may also be impacted. Read more ›
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Plus: AI reportedly caused ICE to send agents into the field without training, Palantir’s app for targeting immigrants gets exposed, and more. Read more ›
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