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In 1862, from a hill in northern Virginia, troops under Confederate General Stonewall Jackson rained artillery fire upon a column of Union soldiers on a dirt road about a thousand feet away, in the opening shots of the Second Battle of Manassas.
When I visited a farmhouse on the site on a frigid day earlier this month, I saw the signs of a modern-day conflict unfolding on the same ground. A four-lane highway has replaced the dirt road, and it was jammed with tractor-trailers and cement trucks, traffic that
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Huaweiâs revenue hit $118.3 billion in 2024, a 22% year-over-year increase amid US sanctions. Consumer business and smart car solutions drive impressive performance. Profit margins show pressure from R&D investments. Chinese tech giant Huawei shattered market expectations on Wednesday, announcing a staggering 860 billion yuan ($118.3 billion) in revenue for 2024 â its fastest growth... Read more » Read more âș
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Elon Musk has no access to the Treasury's tax and Social Security data, a government lawyer said. Treasury agreed to keep it that way. Read more âș
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The massive insurer hired a lawfirm that specializes in defamation to force a public apology from a doctor in Texas following a post on social media. Read more âș
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The US governmentâs primary foreign aid organization is losing the vast majority of its staff, forcing the agency's lifesaving work to screech to a halt. Read more âș
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A brief spat between Elon Musk and the news organization Politico is making something quite obvious: The nationâs governance is increasingly at the whim of online conspiracy theorists. This incident began with two unrelated events: On Tuesday, staffers at Politico reported that the company had missed payroll. Those issues were resolved later that day. Separately, [âŠ] Read more âș
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Old ICE press releases have a little piece of new HTML thatâs doing a lot of work. Read more âș
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25-year-old Marko Elez was a member of Elon Musk's unruly gang of fascists. Read more âș
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Elon Musk may be working for the White House, but no one will say what his job is â and records show his position as "unlisted." Read more âș
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Thirty years ago today, 'Phage' introduced us to the Vidiians, giving Star Trek one of its best body horror scares wrapped in layers of tragedy. Read more âș
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A Trump administration spokesperson said more than 40,000 federal employees had taken the buyout and the number is "growing." Read more âș
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The Associated Press will switch to Mount McKinley, but not to Gulf of America. And one professor says these changes may not outlast Donald Trump's presidency. Read more âș
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The Slayer herself revealed that a Buffy revival has been in the works for a while ahead of this week's announcement. Read more âș
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won plaudits from critics for saying her congressional salary is her only income and she doesn't trade stocks. Read more âș
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The Boys' Antony Starr, Obi-Wan Kenobi's Rupert Friend, and Avatar's Sam Worthington auditioned too. Read more âș
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Elon Muskâs Department of Government Efficiency is moving fast and breaking the law â lots of laws. The scope of Trump and Muskâs sweeping effort to purge the federal workforce and slash government spending has shocked the political world â in part for its ambition, but also in part because of its disregard for the [âŠ] Read more âș
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Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has had a bit of a bumpy start on PC, but with a couple of emergency hot fixes now under its belt, developer Insomniac has released its first major patch - targeting reports of crashing, among other things. Read more Read more âș
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Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by âBig Ballsâ online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems. Read more âș
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Google this week announced that the Google app for iOS now supports Auto Dark Mode on compatible iPhones and iPads. Auto âDark Modeâ will ensure that dark mode is on regardless of the website that you're browsing using the app's built-in browser, but Google warns that the quality of the conversion to dark mode can vary. Websites with an existing dark theme will default to that instead of using Google's... Read more âș
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Following a price increase in the United States and Canada earlier this year, Netflix is raising its prices in the UK as well. According to Cord Busters, all of Netflix's plans are going to be more expensive going forward. The Standard plan with Ads is ÂŁ1 more expensive at ÂŁ5.99 per month, while the Standard plan is now priced at ÂŁ12.99 per month, a ÂŁ2 increase. The high-end premium plan... Read more âș
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Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has banned the use of the Chinese AI software Deepseek on government-owned devices to protect the stateâs critical data, intellectual property, and other assets from being accessed by the Chinese government, his office said in a statement. The Texas ... Read more âș
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Hugging Face, a repository for open-source artificial intelligence, has laid off about 10 people from its sales team, according to a person with direct knowledge of the cuts. Thatâs around 4% of the 250-person company. The cuts impacted Hugging Faceâs consulting business, âExpert Support ... Read more âș
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The tech industryâs project to build out artificial intelligence is proving even more capital intensive than the peak of the last investment supercycle by oil and gas firms in the mid-2010s. Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Amazon and Alphabet spent an estimated average of 17.2% of their revenues on capital expenditures in 2024, up from 12.7% in 2021, with the figure expected to rise further in 2025. Read more âș
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When selecting the venue for next weekendâs Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles, the NFL went with a traditional choice: New Orleans. Itâll be the 11th time the Big Easy has hosted the Big Game, tying it with Miami for hosting the most Super Bowls ever. Recently, however, the worldâs richest professional sports league has hinted it may be ready to dispense with tradition: A Super... Read more âș
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Republican Senator Bill Hagerty on Tuesday introduced a bill to create a regulatory framework on stablecoins, representing the first push in Congress to pass a crypto legislation under the new Trump administration. Stablecoinsâcrypto tokens pegged to dollars and backed by U.S. treasuries and ... Read more âș
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Is Mark Zuckerberg auditioning for the role of Elon Muskâs Mini-Me? Weâre kidding, but it is uncanny how much Zuckerberg seems to be following Muskâs lead lately. In the latest example, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Meta Platforms is considering moving its legal incorporation to Texas, out of Delaware, just as Tesla did last year. This follows Zuckerbergâs recent decision to adopt a âcommunity notesâ feature for... Read more âș
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Paid subscribers to ChatGPT nearly tripled to 15.5 million last year from 5.8 million a year earlier, OpenAI recently told some shareholders, despite competition from chatbots made by Google, Anthropic and Meta Platforms. Based on what OpenAI charges for the chatbot subscriptions, the increase means ChatGPT was likely generating at least $4 billion in annualized revenue around the end of last year, or $333 million per month, just two years... Read more âș
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SoftBank said on Monday it would spend $3 billion per year on technology from OpenAI for itself and its affiliates, including electronic payment service PayPay and chip designer Arm, of which it is the majority owner. The Japanese telecom conglomerate and OpenAI said they will also ... Read more âș
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As Meta Platforms sets about turning its massive investment in artificial intelligence into ways to make money, itâs asking ad agencies for help. Meta has been sending its engineers to work with ad agencies on developing AI tools designed to do everything from tweaking videos and static images in ads to evaluating the effectiveness of such images in ads, ad agency executives said. Read more âș
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In 1862, from a hill in northern Virginia, troops under Confederate General Stonewall Jackson rained artillery fire upon a column of Union soldiers on a dirt road about a thousand feet away, in the opening shots of the Second Battle of Manassas. When I visited a farmhouse on the site on a frigid day earlier this month, I saw the signs of a modern-day conflict unfolding on the same ground.... Read more âș
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