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Trump defiant on Midterms during Ohio rally as republicans fight to hold congress: report

Trump defiant on Midterms during Ohio rally as republicans fight to hold congress: report

Following a high-stakes campaign stop outside Dayton, Ohio, U.S. President Donald Trump struck a combative tone on Saturday, brushing aside mounting...

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Trump names Jay Clayton to lead new White House 'Super Intelligence' task force: report

Trump names Jay Clayton to lead new White House 'Super Intelligence' task force: report

U.S. President Donald Trump has appointed Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to serve as the administration's new artificial...

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Argentina announces citizenship-by-investment program to bolster dollar reserves

Argentina announces citizenship-by-investment program to bolster dollar reserves

Argentina is set to launch South America's first official citizenship-by-investment program, with applications officially opening in the fourth...

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Top US Senate Democrats challenge legality of Pentagon’s proposed Venezuela oil stake: report

Top US Senate Democrats challenge legality of Pentagon’s proposed Venezuela oil stake: report

A controversial Pentagon-backed plan to secure a direct equity stake in Venezuela’s oil fields has triggered a fierce congressional showdown. As...

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OpenAI fires workers over mishandling sensitive data: report

OpenAI fires workers over mishandling sensitive data: report

Sam Altman's Artifcial intelligence (AI) platform firm OpenAI has dismissed safety worker following recent data leaks incidents. OpenAI has...

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OpenAI fires workers over mishandling senensitive data: report

OpenAI fires workers over mishandling senensitive data: report

Sam Altman's Artifcial intelligence (AI) platform firm OpenAI has dismissed safety worker following recent data leaks incidents. OpenAI has...

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US pressures Europe over diesel reserves as Trump threatens export ban: report

US pressures Europe over diesel reserves as Trump threatens export ban: report

In a recent update, U.S. President Donald Trump threatens US diesel export ban unless European allies release emergency fuel stocks. As surging fuel...

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Amazon seeks to offload billions of Nvidia chips to investors: report

Amazon seeks to offload billions of Nvidia chips to investors: report

Amazon is in talks with external investors to offload approximately $8 billion worth of advanced Nvidia hardware through a specialized financing...

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AI boom could trigger severe market shocks, Bank of England warns

AI boom could trigger severe market shocks, Bank of England warns

Bank of England (BoE) warns that artificial intelligence (AI) could trigger financial market shocks and the UK needs to be prepared for them....

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Trump unveils $200 billion South Korean energy investment amid Alaska pipeline uncertainty

Trump unveils $200 billion South Korean energy investment amid Alaska pipeline uncertainty

In a major update, the U.S. President Donald Trump announced a sweeping $200 billion energy investment package from South Korea, featuring a...

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US assesses Chinese invasion of Taiwan unlikely next year despite 2027 timeline, sources say

US assesses Chinese invasion of Taiwan unlikely next year despite 2027 timeline, sources say

The U.S. intelligence and defense officials have assessed that a Chinese military invasion of Taiwan is unlikely next year, according to two current...

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AI agents targeted Canadian government website in failed hacks: report

AI agents targeted Canadian government website in failed hacks: report

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents attempted to breach a Canadian government website in a pair of failed cyber incursions, according to findings...

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Judge orders New York City to restart Secondary-Home Tax rollout; City immediately appeals

Judge orders New York City to restart Secondary-Home Tax rollout; City immediately appeals

A New York state judge has ordered the city to scrap its current rollout of a controversial secondary-home tax, citing flawed notification procedures...

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DeepSeek partners with Huawei to build AI chip programming tools, cutting Nvidia reliance

DeepSeek partners with Huawei to build AI chip programming tools, cutting Nvidia reliance

Artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek has joined forces with Huawei Technologies to build advanced programming tools for Huawei's Ascend...

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Anthropic warns AI may pose 'Existential Risks to Humanity' in landmark IPO filing

Anthropic warns AI may pose 'Existential Risks to Humanity' in landmark IPO filing

Artificial intelligence (AI) developer Anthropic has stunned financial markets by explicitly warning investors that its advanced systems could pose...

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Trump touts $15 billion 'Largest in History' US steel plant in Iowa

Trump touts $15 billion 'Largest in History' US steel plant in Iowa

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced plans for a landmark $15 billion steel plant in Iowa, hailed as the largest manufacturing project of its...

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Spotify and Anthropic's Claude go down for thousands of US users, Downdetector shows

Spotify and Anthropic's Claude go down for thousands of US users, Downdetector shows

Spotify and Anthropic's Claude suffer major service outages across the U.S., with thousands of user complaints reported on Downdetector....

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Italy, Czech Republic push for softer EU carbon permit and energy rules

Italy, Czech Republic push for softer EU carbon permit and energy rules

Italy and the Czech Republic are spearheading a joint push to overhaul European Union climate regulations, aiming to protect industrial...

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OpenAI apologizes after rogue AI agent hacks Australian government website

OpenAI apologizes after rogue AI agent hacks Australian government website

OpenAI has issued a formal apology following an unprecedented incident where an autonomous AI agent bypassed security protocols to breach an...

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Major news outlets ask US Judge to extend block on White House press ban

Major news outlets ask US Judge to extend block on White House press ban

Major US news organizations including CNN, MS NOW, and Politico are pushing a federal court to prolong legal safeguards against the Trump...

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Google challenges EU orders to open android and search data to rivals

Google challenges EU orders to open android and search data to rivals

In a latest update, Google has officially filed an appeal at the General Court in Luxembourg against European Commission orders requiring the tech...

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Elon Musk confirms all 26 starlink V3 satellites deployed and operating nominally in historic starship flight

Elon Musk confirms all 26 starlink V3 satellites deployed and operating nominally in historic starship flight

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that all 26 next-generation Starlink Version 3 (V3) satellites have been successfully deployed and are operating...

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Meta launches Enterprise Platform: Tech giant targets corporate AI market with new business suite

Meta launches Enterprise Platform: Tech giant targets corporate AI market with new business suite

Meta has officially entered the corporate software race with the launch of the Meta Enterprise Platform, establishing a major new business pillar...

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Anthropic skips Australian senate AI inquiry amid fallout from rogue OpenAI agent breach

Anthropic skips Australian senate AI inquiry amid fallout from rogue OpenAI agent breach

Anthropic has reportedly declined to appear before an Australian Senate inquiry examining the societal and infrastructure impacts of artificial...

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Andy Burnham pledges NHS-Style social care reform at next election despite backlash warning

Andy Burnham pledges NHS-Style social care reform at next election despite backlash warning

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has vowed to overhaul England's social care system by introducing a universal, NHS-style reform plan, confirming that...

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London–Scotland rail services to be nationalized in March: UK Government

London–Scotland rail services to be nationalized in March: UK Government

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander officially confirmed that the UK government is bringing Avanti West Coast rail services—connecting London to...

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Trump asked Xi Jinping if China wanted to buy US weapons: US ambassador

Trump asked Xi Jinping if China wanted to buy US weapons: US ambassador

While strengthening recent bilateral ties, U.S. President Donald Trump offered to sell weapons to China while hosting its leader, Xi Jinping, last...

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Trump confirms meeting with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei; Reaffirms dismissal of AI safety fears

Trump confirms meeting with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei; Reaffirms dismissal of AI safety fears

In a latest update US President Donald Trump confirmed a high-stakes dinner meeting with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, coming amid an intense industry...

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Trump confirms meeting with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei while reaffirming dismissal of AI safety fears

Trump confirms meeting with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei while reaffirming dismissal of AI safety fears

In a latest update US President Donald Trump confirmed a high-stakes dinner meeting with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, coming amid an intense industry...

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China weighs allowing ByteDance, Alibaba to purchase new Nvidia RTX Pro 5500 chips

China weighs allowing ByteDance, Alibaba to purchase new Nvidia RTX Pro 5500 chips

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has asked major domestic tech firms—including ByteDance and Alibaba—to report their...

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Bill Gates warns unchecked AI could 'cause a billion deaths': Demands prompt regulation

Bill Gates warns unchecked AI could 'cause a billion deaths': Demands prompt regulation

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates issued one of his starkest public warnings to date regarding artificial intelligence, stating that the technology is...

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Major incident declared at RAF Fairford UK, as bomb squad deployed and Explosives Act arrests made

Major incident declared at RAF Fairford UK, as bomb squad deployed and Explosives Act arrests made

Following recent security threats, British police and emergency services declared a major incident near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, southwest...

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UK PM announces 'Your First Home' scheme for first-time buyers: Key detail

UK PM announces 'Your First Home' scheme for first-time buyers: Key detail

UK's Prime Minister Andy Burnham has officially announced "Your First Home," a major new government-backed housing initiative designed...

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US, China agree to $30 billion tariff cuts; Launch 'Super Intelligence' AI dialogue

US, China agree to $30 billion tariff cuts; Launch 'Super Intelligence' AI dialogue

Following Chinese President Xi Jinping’s high-profile three-day state visit to Washington, the United States and China have reached an eight-point...

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Australia summons OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs after rogue AI agent breach

Australia summons OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs after rogue AI agent breach

The chief executives of OpenAI and Anthropic—Sam Altman and Dario Amodei have been formally summoned to appear before an Australian Senate inquiry...

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Microsoft overhauls Copilot with natural-language coding and autonomous AI agents

Microsoft overhauls Copilot with natural-language coding and autonomous AI agents

Microsoft’s massive overhaul of Copilot shifts it from a standard chat assistant into an action-oriented "super app" and business...

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Trump shows Xi Jinping giant portrait of himself in surprising White House moment

Trump shows Xi Jinping giant portrait of himself in surprising White House moment

From breaking custom with a rare tarmac welcome to packing a glittering state dinner with Silicon Valley royalty and pulling back the curtain on an...

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Meta bolsters Muse safety warnings following security vulnerability disclosure

Meta bolsters Muse safety warnings following security vulnerability disclosure

Meta Platforms has moved to strengthen the safety protocols and user alerts within its consumer artificial intelligence agent, Muse, following the...

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Andy Burnham’s high-stakes debut: What to expect at his first Labour conference as PM

Andy Burnham’s high-stakes debut: What to expect at his first Labour conference as PM

As Andy Burnham takes to the stage in Liverpool for his first Labour Party conference as Prime Minister, it marks a breathtaking turnaround from just...

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Australia escalates AI crackdown after OpenAI bot breaches health database

Australia escalates AI crackdown after OpenAI bot breaches health database

The revelation that an OpenAI autonomous agent bypassed security blocks and infiltrated an Australian government health database has triggered...

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Anthropic IPO: Co-founders push for majority voting power

Anthropic IPO: Co-founders push for majority voting power

Anthropic is asking shareholders to approve a major governance shift that would give CEO Dario Amodei and its six other co-founders a combined 50.1%...

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Polymarket sues New York Attorney General to block prediction market crackdown

Polymarket sues New York Attorney General to block prediction market crackdown

In a latest update, World's largest prediction market platform, Polymarket sued New York ‌Attorney General Letitia James and other state...

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OpenAI to preview GPT-6 amid growing AI security fears and rogue agent breaches

OpenAI to preview GPT-6 amid growing AI security fears and rogue agent breaches

Recent reports indicate that OpenAI is preparing to preview GPT-6 Cyber—its fourth cybersecurity-focused model of the year amid rising concerns over...

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New Chinese drug extends stroke treatment window from hours to 2 days: study finds

New Chinese drug extends stroke treatment window from hours to 2 days: study finds

As strokes are one of the most common health issue among adults, Chinese scientists have developed a novel neuroprotective drug that successfully...

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China’s control of rare earths takes center stage ahead of Trump-Xi talks

China’s control of rare earths takes center stage ahead of Trump-Xi talks

As President Donald Trump hosts Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for a high-stakes state summit in Washington, deep-seated vulnerabilities in the global...

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Meta unveils 'Muse Charm' AI gadget in bold push beyond smartphones and smart glasses

Meta unveils 'Muse Charm' AI gadget in bold push beyond smartphones and smart glasses

In an unexpected hardware reveal at the annual Meta Connect conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced Muse Charm, a pocket-watch-sized gadget...

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Chinese AI startup DeepSeek hits $1 billion annualized revenue run rate following API price hikes

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek hits $1 billion annualized revenue run rate following API price hikes

Latest update reveals China's AI firm DeepSeek has doubled its annualized revenue run rate to reach $1 billion, up from under $500 million just...

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US-China trade truce extended as Trump greets Xi for high-stakes state

US-China trade truce extended as Trump greets Xi for high-stakes state

In a major political update, United States and China have officially agreed to extend their bilateral trade truce by two months, providing both...

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Meta unveils camera-free smart glasses amid growing privacy backlash and scrutiny

Meta unveils camera-free smart glasses amid growing privacy backlash and scrutiny

Meta has expanded its wearable lineup by introducing a camera-free model of its popular smart glasses, designed specifically to counter mounting...

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Trump lauded Takaichi as 'one of the great prime ministers' at UN meeting

Trump lauded Takaichi as 'one of the great prime ministers' at UN meeting

Strenghthing core bilateral ties U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held a high-profile bilateral meeting on the...

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