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A leak suggests that Nvidia has priced the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 at $2,600 and $1,350 in China. Read more âș
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The personal finance website WalletHub compared 100 of the biggest US cities on entertainment, food, costs, safety, and accessibility. Read more âș
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Adding megawatts of new power consumption at such high speed is starting to affect the power quality in the average American home. Read more âș
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Chinese chip maker Phytium reportedly delivered over 10 million processors to government projects and other key industries as it replaces Western processors from Intel and AMD. Read more âș
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Business Insider reports: The lead researcher for Sam Altman's basic-income study says guaranteed no-strings payments are not a silver bullet for issues facing lower-income Americans. Elizabeth Rhodes, the research director for the Basic Income Project at Open Research, told Business Insider that while basic-income payments are "beneficial in many ways," the programs also have "clear limitations...." Rhodes headed up one of the largest studies in the space, which focused specifically... Read more âș
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Ridley Scott advised an audience against vacationing in Malta, a location for "Gladiator II." Local politicians are not happy. Read more âș
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Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid Chess Championship on Friday, reports CNN, "after he refused to change out of the jeans he was wearing..." "Carlsen, the world champion from 2013 until 2023, allegedly replied, 'I'm out, f*** you,' after being informed that he would not be permitted to continue," reports the Hindustan Times. The International Chess Federation (or FIDE) "said in a statement that Carlsen breached the tournament's dress code... Read more âș
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Two key parts of Donald Trump's base have been at odds with each other over the merits of immigration prioritizing high-skill workers. Read more âș
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Tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos saw their fortunes soar in 2024, while the net worths of retail titans like Bernard Arnault took a hit. Read more âș
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An annual survey of homeless people conducted nationwide in January found an 18% increase compared to 2023. Read more âș
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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The US Department of Health and Human Servicesâ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is proposing new cybersecurity requirements for healthcare organizations aimed at protecting patientsâ private data in the event of cyberattacks, reports Reuters. The rules come after major cyberattacks like one that leaked the private information of more than 100 million UnitedHealth patients earlier this year. The OCRâs proposal includes... Read more âș
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Manufacturer warranties are pretty much the same, but extended warranties can vary a lot, especially if you miss some of the common red flags. Read more âș
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Thursday New York's governor signed new legislation "to hold polluters responsible for the damage done to our environment" by establishing a Climate Superfund that's paid for by big fossil-fuel companies. The money will be used for "climate change adaptation," according to New York state senator Liz Krueger, who notes that the legislation follows "the polluter-pays model" used in America's already-existing federal and state superfund laws. Spread out over 25 years,... Read more âș
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Scam calls can be frustrating wastes of time, so stop them in their tracks with this method. Read more âș
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Live stream Miami Dolphins vs. Cleveland Browns in the NFL from anywhere in the U.S. Read more âș
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It's shaping up to be a busy 2025 for Apple, with a number of rumors and articles this week highlighting some of what we can expect. While the unveiling of iOS 19 is still over five months away, we're already hearing about which devices are likely to support it, while in the much nearer term Apple is currently preparing an iOS 18.2.1 bug fix update that should be released very... Read more âș
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Donald Trump has resurfaced an old position of his, that the US should take over Greenland, hours after also threatening to seize the Panama Canal. Read more âș
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Elon Musk reposted a critique of MacKenzie Scott for giving billions of dollars to liberal nonprofits, and said the giving concerned him. Read more âș
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Former Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer told BI that automakers ditching EVs for hybrids risked falling even further behind their Chinese rivals. Read more âș
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BeyoncĂ© took the stage at the Ravens vs. Texans game on Wednesday, where she performed songs from "Cowboy Carter" for the first time. Read more âș
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Elon Musk's xAI, the startup behind the Grok chatbot and Colossus supercomputer, raised $6 billion in a Series C funding round. Read more âș
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Dave Calhoun was Boeing's CEO from January 2020 to July 2024. Calhoun was trained as an accountant. His successor, Kelly Ortberg, is an engineer. Read more âș
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An Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed in Kazakhstan, killing 38. The airline's chief hailed the pilots' heroism after 29 passengers survived. Read more âș
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BeyoncĂ©'s 12-minute Christmas halftime performance on Netflix paid homage to Texas and Mexican culture. Read more âș
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Experts told BI that Blake Lively's lawsuit against her "It Ends With Us" costar and director Justin Baldoni was "a masterclass in PR." Read more âș
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The companies hope a merger could help them take on Tesla and Chinese EV producers amid an increasingly difficult environment for legacy automakers. Read more âș
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