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Robbie Williams' bid wins Eric Morecambe's glasses
The singer says he won Eric Morecambe's glasses at auction and regards him as an "uncle of sorts".BBC News - Feb. 9 -
Democrats unveil legislation in bid to halt USAID elimination
A group of House Democrats have introduced legislation in a bid to stop the Trump administration from dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The bill, led by Rep. Sara ...The Hill - Feb. 11 -
Families bid farewell to victims of Guatemala bus crash
Hours before dawn, Julio Arrivillaga and Catalina Pérez Molina boarded a bus with other residents in the center of the humble village of Santo Domingo Los Ocotes in Guatemala for what should have ...ABC News - Feb. 11 -
Sen. Hagerty announces re-election bid
Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) is running for reelection in 2026, ending speculation about a potential gubernatorial bid to succeed term-limited Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R). “I am pleased to announce ...The Hill - Feb. 12 -
DeSantis: Wife Casey 'not seeking' Florida governor bid
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) debunked rumors Tuesday that his wife, Casey, would run for the job he now occupies in 2026. “It's not something that she's seeking out. I think a lot of people are ...The Hill - Feb. 12 -
Spirit Airlines again rejects Frontier takeover bid
Spirit Airlines again rejected Frontier Airlines’s latest takeover bid, opting to instead focus on its restructuring process to bolster financial stability. Spirit, an ultra-low-cost airline, shut ...The Hill - Feb. 12 -
Judge denies states' bid to curtail DOGE's powers
A coalition of 14 states wants to block the Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk, from accessing federal data systems and making personnel decisions at agencies.NBC News - 1d -
Minnesota lieutenant governor launches Senate bid
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan launched her official campaign Thursday for the U.S. Senate, running to succeed retiring Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) in the 2026 election cycle. “Today, I’m ...The Hill - 1h -
A Chinese paper finds ChatGPT — not DeepSeek — can generate stock-market returns. But the key insight doesn’t have anything to do with AI.
A new research paper produced in China finds that ChatGPT — and not domestic rival DeepSeek — can be used to forecast the stock market and the economy.MarketWatch - 1d -
Trump administration to cut billions in medical research funding
National Institutes of Health said the $4bn loss will affect ‘indirect’ funding of buildings, equipment and staff. The Trump administration is cutting billions of dollars in medical research ...The Guardian - Feb. 8 -
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Dominion Energy Will Spend $50 Billion to Increase Capacity
The Virginia-based utility firm aims to meet record energy demand from data centers.Inc. - Feb. 12 -
Honda and Nissan Scrap $50 Billion Merger Plan
The Japanese companies’ decision to call off negotiations highlights the challenges legacy automakers face in partnering to tackle new technologies.The New York Times - Feb. 13 -
Honda-Nissan multi-billion dollar merger collapses
The Japanese car making giants aimed to combine their businesses to compete against Chinese rivals.BBC News - Feb. 13 -
How EV makers in China are ramping up competition: No down payment and 5-year interest-free loans
Electric car companies in China welcomed the Year of the Snake with several incentives, after major automakers reported a drop in deliveries at the start of the year.CNBC - Feb. 10 -
‘Our meth was so realistic it got stolen’: Breaking Bad, Industry and Euphoria’s makers on how TV does drugs
Weed? Moss tied in thread. Crack? Organic shea butter. Cocaine bricks? Shrink-wrapped foam blocks. Designers reveal the secrets of faking drugs onscreen – from popping sugar pills to snorting ...The Guardian - Feb. 10 -
BYD shares hit record high after EV maker rolls out driver assistance tech with DeepSeek's AI help
Advanced smart driving will become a standard safety feature similar to seatbelts and air bags, BYD's founder and chairman Wang Chuanfu said.CNBC - Feb. 11 -
Ben & Jerry’s maker set for listing on three exchanges as Unilever forecasts ‘slower start’
Unilever on Thursday moved forward with its plan to separate its ice cream-making division, saying it will be listed on three stock exchanges.MarketWatch - Feb. 13 -
Birkin bag maker Hermes posts better-than-expected jump in fourth-quarter sales
Haute couture fashion house Hermes on Friday reported a better-than-expected jump in fourth quarter sales.CNBC - 6d -
Another EV maker goes bust. Nikola’s stock plunges after bankruptcy filing.
Nikola to keep up ‘limited operations’ and will pay its employees while it pursues an auction and sale process.MarketWatch - 1d -
Google Ad-Tech Users Can Target National Security ‘Decision Makers’ and People With Chronic Diseases
Google enables marketers to target people with serious illnesses and crushing debt—against its policies—as well as the makers of classified defense technology, a WIRED investigation has found.Wired - 7h -
OpenAI responds to DeepSeek competition with detailed reasoning traces for o3-mini
By showing a more detailed version of the chain of thought of o3-mini, OpenAI is closing the gap with DeepSeek-R1.VentureBeat - Feb. 7 -
OpenAI Just Pulled Off the Biggest Super Bowl Upset of All
With a 60-second ad, OpenAI reset the narrative on AI.Inc. - Feb. 10 -
Decoding OpenAI’s Super Bowl ad and Sam Altman’s grandiose blog post
Critics of OpenAI would say it's more empty hype designed to continue placating OpenAI's big-pocketed investors. But I'm not so sure.VentureBeat - Feb. 10 -
Former OpenAI technology chief Mira Murati launches rival start-up
Thinking Machines Lab to focus on making artificial intelligence ‘more widely understood’Financial Times - 2d -
This Founder Left OpenAI to Launch a Competitor. It Aims to Bring AI to the Masses
Mira Murati, OpenAI’s former CTO, has taken the wraps off her new company, Thinking Machines Lab. Here’s what to know about its goals.Inc. - 22h -
OpenAI tops 400 million users despite DeepSeek's emergence
OpenAI now has 400 million weekly active users, up from 300 million in early December, OpenAI’s chief operating officer, Brad Lightcap, tells CNBC.CNBC - 3h -
Israeli forces begin to withdraw from a key Gaza corridor, part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas
Israeli forces were withdrawing from a key corridor that bisects the Gaza Strip on Sunday as part of Israel’s commitments under a tenuous ceasefire deal with Hamas.NBC News - Feb. 9 -
Middle East crisis live: Israeli military completes withdrawal from Netzarim Corridor
Forces withdraw from area that bisects the northern and southern halves of the Gaza Strip to the buffer zone, as part of ceasefire agreement with Hamas. See all our Middle East coverage Saudi ...The Guardian - Feb. 9 -
Israeli forces begin withdrawing from key Gaza corridor in major test of ceasefire deal
Three more Israeli hostages were released Saturday in exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners.CBS News - Feb. 9 -
Tiger Woods withdraws from 2025 Genesis Invitational: 15-time major champion still 'processing' mother's death
The tournament host will no longer be teeing up this week at Torrey PinesCBS Sports - Feb. 10 -
Border town's residents rebuild in south Lebanon as Hezbollah leader calls for Israeli withdrawal
Residents of a south Lebanon town are waiting to fix their damaged homes as Israel is scheduled to end its military presence north of its borderABC News - 3d -
Villagers in southern Lebanon prepare to return home as Israeli army withdraws under ceasefire deal
Israeli forces have withdrawn from border villages in southern Lebanon under a deadline spelled out in a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement that ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah warABC News - 2d -
Jobless Benefit Claims Rose, But Layoffs Remain Relatively Low
The Labor Department said jobless claims rose by 11,000 last week to 219,000, a bit higher than expected.Inc. - Feb. 6 -
A Trade War Is on Hold, but Trump’s Motives and a Fix Remain Uncertain
President Trump announced potentially crippling tariffs against Canada, only to suspend them for 30 days. What will satisfy him remains unknown.The New York Times - Feb. 8 -
Tourists leave after earthquakes rock Santorini, but resilient locals remain
Many started evacuating the island as it was hit by tremors - but some have decided to stay.BBC News - Feb. 8 -
For Japanese Americans displaced by war and now wildfire, roots remain elusive
Families whose homes burned in the LA fires recall second world war evacuations and fight to retain connection. The beige ranch house on Mariposa Street had a tatami room with paper windows – a ...The Guardian - Feb. 10 -
European rights chief presses Greece on deadly migrant shipwreck as questions remain
A top European human rights official has called on Greece to address allegations of negligence in a deadly 2023 migrant shipwreck off its southern coastABC News - Feb. 11 -
Israeli Hostages’ Accounts of Abuse Raise Alarms for Remaining Captives
Freed hostages have told of starvation, and relatives of others held in Gaza say officials have relayed accounts of torture.The New York Times - Feb. 11
