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Order made in response to legal challenge by 19 Democratic state attorneys-generalFinancial Times - 6h -
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Big Tech Keeps Its A.I. Data Center Spending Boom Alive
An apparent breakthrough in efficiency from the Chinese start-up did not make tech’s biggest companies question their extravagant spending on new data centers.The New York Times - 14h -
Major cancer research group calls on Trump administration to restore data access
The American Cancer Society is calling on the Trump administration to restore access to comprehensive scientific data.ABC News - 18h -
Trump to fire multiple Kennedy Center board members, name himself chair
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Trump to make himself chair of the Kennedy Center, says he'll dismiss board members
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Trump administration tells states to stop spending on EV charging infrastructure
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2 AI Technologies That Could Deliver Massive Savings to Small Businesses by 2030
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Harvard Law’s Innovation Lab Scrambles to Save Government Data
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2025: The Year of the AI App
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From 220M data points to revenue: How AI is transforming sports entertainment ROI
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OpenAI Is Looking Across the U.S. for Sites to Build Its Trump-Backed Stargate AI Data Centers
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Why employees smuggle AI into work
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Trump administration's data deletions set off 'a mad scramble,' researcher says
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What to Know About China's DeepSeek AI
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Trump Says He Will Install Himself as Kennedy Center Chairman
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Guardiola denies City spend due to embargo fear
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Meta Partners With UNESCO on Indigenous Language Translation
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Stuart Skinner And Massive Giveaways Cost The Oilers Big Time
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‘She is financially irresponsible’: My husband secretly gives our daughter, 37, thousands of dollars. She spends the money wildly. How do I stop this?
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Matt Goss looks back: ‘I’d like another Bros experience. Something massive, Bros on steroids. Bigger, the biggest’
The singer on his estrangement from his brother, his Vegas residency, and finally feeling comfortable in his own skin. Born in London in 1968, Matt Goss was a member of Bros, the 80s pop group ...The Guardian - 10h -
Big Tech Keeps Its A.I. Data Center Spending Boom Alive
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Trump to fire multiple Kennedy Center board members, name himself chair
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Trump administration tells states to stop spending on EV charging infrastructure
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Trump to name himself new Kennedy Center board chair
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UK demands access to Apple users' encrypted data
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What to Know About China's DeepSeek AI
The Chinese upstart says it has trained high-performing AI models cheaply, without using the most advanced chips.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 27 -
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