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A Fresh Face, but Same Old Democrats
Cracks show at DNC meeting as party confronts its deep unpopularity
AI COMES TO THE APPLE ORCHARD-FROM POLLINATING TO PRUNING TO PICKING
New robots promise to automate a process that has always relied on human workers-and bees
AMAZON SUES STATE AGENCY TO BLOCK RELEASE OF COMPANY RECORDS TO BEZOS-OWNED WASHINGTON POST
Amazon is suing a Washington state agency to prevent the release of some company materials to The Washington Post, the newspaper which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
TESLA 04 RESULTS FALL SHORT OF FORECASTS. MUSK SEES UNSUPERVISED FULL SELF-DRIVING IN TEXAS IN JUNE
Tesla's fourth-quarter adjusted profits rose slightly amid a big push to sell its electric vehicles with offers of zero financing and other incentives, but the results still fell short of Wall Street forecasts.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES TO BLOCK $14 BILLION JUNIPER BUYOUT BY HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
The Justice Department sued to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion acquisition of rival Juniper Networks on Thursday, the first attempt to stop a merger by a new Trump administration that is expected to take a softer approach to mergers.
META AGREES TO PAY $25 MILLION TO SETTLE LAWSUIT FROM TRUMP AFTER JAN. 6 SUSPENSION
Meta has agreed to pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against the company after it suspended his accounts following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to three people familiar with the matter.
DEEPSEEK'S NEW AI CHATBOT AND CHATGPT ANSWER SENSITIVE QUESTIONS ABOUT CHINA DIFFERENTLY
Chinese tech startup DeepSeek’s new artificial intelligence chatbot has sparked discussions about the competition between China and the U.S. in AI development, with many users flocking to test the rival of OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
WHAT IS DEEPSEEK, THE CHINESE AI COMPANY UPENDING THE STOCK MARKET?
A frenzy over an artificial intelligence chatbot made by Chinese tech startup DeepSeek was upending stock markets Monday and fueling debates over the economic and geopolitical competition between the U.S. and China in developing Al technology.
NVIDIA FACES A RECKONING AS AN UPSTART RIVAL RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT WALL STREET'S DARLING
The superstar run for Nvidia’s stock the last few years has been astonishing. So was its tumble Monday, which caused $595 billion in wealth to vanish. That’s about as much as PepsiCo, McDonalds, Starbucks and Target are worth, combined.
Model Y
THE NEW VERSION OF THE WORLD'S BEST-SELLING CAR
BIG TECH WANTS TO PLUG DATA CENTERS RIGHT INTO POWER PLANTS. UTILITIES SAY IT'S NOT FAIR
Looking for a quick fix for their fast-growing electricity diets, tech giants are increasingly looking to strike deals with power plant owners to plug in directly, avoiding a potentially longer and more expensive process of hooking into a fraying electric grid that serves everyone else.
LINKEDIN FOUNDER REID HOFFMAN SEES BRIGHT AI FUTURE AND HOPES HIS TECH PEERS ARE RIGHT ABOUT TRUMP
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman has been immersed in Silicon Valley since his August 1967 birth in Palo Alto, California, in the shadow of Stanford University, where he and fellow technology luminary Peter Thiel became friends as college students during the 1980s.
NEW VATICAN DOCUMENT OFFERS AI GUIDELINES FROM WARFARE TO HEALTHCARE
A Vatican document released this week offers wide-ranging ethical guidelines for the application of artificial intelligence in sectors from warfare to healthcare, with an underlying call that the burgeoning technology must be used as a tool to complement, and not replace, human intelligence.
AI-ASSISTED WORKS CAN GET COPYRIGHT WITH ENOUGH HUMAN CREATIVITY, SAYS US COPYRIGHT OFFICE
Artists can copyright works they made with the help of artificial intelligence, according to a new report by the U.S. Copyright Office that could help clear the way for the use of AI tools in Hollywood, the music industry and other creative fields.
ARE WE ALL ALIENS? NASA'S RETURNED ASTEROID SAMPLES HOLD THE INGREDIENTS OF LIFE FROM A WATERY WORLD
Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported this week.
GOOGLE PLEDGES TO CRACK DOWN ON FAKE REVIEWS AFTER UK WATCHDOG INVESTIGATION
Google pledged to crack down on fake online reviews with tougher punishments for rogue reviewers and businesses that try to profit from them, British regulators said following an investigation.
Sweet Dreams
Resorts and spas are increasingly incorporating chocolate and cacao into their treatments
Atlanta
Where business flourishes in the Big Peach
ALWAYS FIND YOUR ROCK
A major filmmaker discusses the importance of having a trusted confidant
DEAL IN THE SUN
Why the Caribbean is the ultimate business getaway this winter
THE BENEFITS AND PITFALLS OF THIRD-PARTY TRAVEL PORTALS
How to maximize points while avoiding booking problems
Broad Appeal
How pioneering Black winemakers are changing the industry—and reaching a new audience
Drinking Song
A record-themed lounge in the nation's capital seduces with smooth sounds and cocktails
Flawed Genius
STEVE JOBS'S IMPRESSIVE, MESSY CAREER
ACCIDENTALLY Delicious
Have you ever been really hungry, but there wasn't much to eat in your kitchen? Did you throw together a bunch of stuff you had on hand and were pleasantly surprised when it tasted good?
OOPS!
The ins and outs of news media corrections
HOUSE OF CARDS
TRY THE PERFECT EXPERIMENT—AND THEN REFLECT ON HOW IT WENT.
Two College Students Devise Smart Glasses That Can ID People
YOU'RE WAITING FOR THE SUBWAY WITH A COUPLE OF YOUR FRIENDS.
That Wanaka Tree Gets a Companion
\"THAT WANAKA TREE,\" AS IT'S CALLED, IS A FAMOUS WILLOW TREE THAT GROWS OUT OF LAKE WANAKA ON THE SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND.
Two Comb Jellies Can Fuse Their Bodies Together to Become One
COMB JELLIES ARE GELATIN-LIKE AND MOSTLY SEETHROUGH INVERTEBRATES, OR ANIMALS WITHOUT A BACKBONE, THAT FLOAT IN THE OCEAN NEAR SHORE.