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Google and Character.AI to settle lawsuits alleging chatbots harmed teens
Google and Character.AI, a California startup, have agreed to settle several lawsuits that allege artificial intelligence-powered chatbots…
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‘RichTok’ Influencer Becca Bloom Shows Off Custom Invitations and ‘Most Valued Possession’ from Her Viral 2025 Wedding
NEED TO KNOW Becca Bloom shared a video on TikTok, filling her custom Louis Vuitton wedding box with several goodies from her viral Lake…
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RFK Jr. Parrots Pete Hegseth, Says America Is Too Fat for War
“What’s allowed him to escape, you know, Houdini-like, is the Roberts court and the fact that he’s been able to manipulate the levers of…
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Man, 24, dies with dementia—mom shares symptoms of his ‘70-year-old’ brain
A 24‑year‑old man has died from a rare form of dementia—leaving his brain to medical researchers in the hope of advancing future…
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Holiday shoppers spent a record amount online, searching out deals amid economic anxiety
Consumers splurged this last holiday season, enticed by good deals even as they worried about growth and inflation. Online shoppers spent…
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10 Ways to Organize Receipts Without a Full Bookkeeping System
You know you should be tracking receipts. You also know you are not ready to commit to QuickBooks, a bookkeeper, or a perfectly…
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Elon Musk company bot apologizes for sharing sexualized images of children
Grok, the chatbot of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, published sexualized images of children as its guardrails seem to…
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Tesla dethroned as the world's top EV maker
Elon Musk’s Tesla is no longer the top electric vehicle seller in the world as demand at home has cooled while competition heated up…
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The biggest startups raised a record amount in 2025, dominated by AI
The excitement around artificial intelligence led to a record year for certain types of fundraising. Silicon Valley’s AI companies secured…
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This Long Beach studio is designing America’s cheapest EV truck
In an echoing Long Beach studio, an ambitious team of designers is trying to reinvent how electric vehicles are made. Slate Auto has…
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Video: The Biggest Questions We Have for 2026
New York Times editors across the newsroom share their biggest questions as we leave 2025 behind and look ahead to 2026. By Richard W.…
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SoftBank has completed its US$40 billion investment in OpenAI
It has been building one of the largest private technology investment programmes in the world, with a particular focus on AI and related…
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Wall Street opens subdued after tech-led drop halts rally
Wall Street’s main indexes opened muted on Tuesday (Dec 30), a day after logging their steepest one-day decline in nearly two weeks as…
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Alibaba, Abu Dhabi set to invest in AI startup MiniMax’s US$600 million IPO
CHINESE artificial intelligence (AI) startup MiniMax has secured Alibaba and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority as key backers in its…
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The Private Equity Firms That Gobble Up Hospitals and Spit Them Out
If anyone had asked him, which they hadn’t, Jones would have told them that this man needed to go to a different hospital, one that was…
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AI memory demand propels Kioxia to world’s best-performing stock
Artificial intelligence’s insatiable appetite for data storage has delivered Japanese memory chipmaker Kioxia Holdings world-beating stock…
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Acquisition will be completed in second half of 2026 and make SUTL Enterprise the largest owner-operator of integrated marinas in Singapore
Acquisition will be completed in second half of 2026, making SUTL Enterprise the largest owner-operator of integrated marinas in Singapore…
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China vows to stabilise grain, edible oil production in key meeting
Beijing seeks food security in the face of economic challenges and pressures from urbanisation China must stabilise grain and edible oil…
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Meta acquires Singapore-based startup Manus to bolster AI business
Meta Platforms has agreed to acquire Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Manus, which makes an AI agent that it sells to…
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Dinosaurs Will Die Presents: Company Trip
Company Trip follows a group of friends who set out to capture moments of exploration and friendship in Japan. The crew spent two weeks in…
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What Is Brand Tracking? Definition, Benefits and Top Companies of 2025
The construction industry is increasingly shifting from traditional word-of-mouth referrals to digital marketing strategies. More clients…
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SoftBank to buy DigitalBridge in US$4 billion deal to bolster AI infrastructure push
The investment firm funds digital infrastructure sectors such as data centres, cell towers, fibre networks and others SoftBank will…
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Blackstone’s AirTrunk is said to explore Singapore Reit IPO
Discussions with prospective advisers say the offering can raise more than US$1 billion, and take place as soon as 2026 [SINGAPORE/HONG…
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Thrifter finds $10.99 crystal ball in local store—then realizes true value
A thrifter is being celebrated on Reddit after sharing what many users called a jaw-dropping secondhand find—a Waterford crystal ball…