State actors in China, Russia and Iran have sought to exploit the U.S. public debate over the effects of the technology.OpenAI released this cartoon as an example of one generated with ChatGPT by people in China whom the company believed were affiliated with a regional government. It is not clear wh
This year’s boom includes the most spent on global deal-making in a six-month period in a decade. But questions persist about whether it can continue.The frenzy has heavily favored large companies, with 44 deals announced in the first six months of this year that were larger than $10 billion.
Also, China and Russia seek to inflame the data center debate. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
A lawyer for Charlie Kirk’s family said disclosure would help quell conspiracy theories, but the judge ruled that not all evidence would be shown in the courtroom or on a livestream.Erika Kirk has become the object of conspiracy theories.
The state Democratic Party has said it will pick a replacement through a nominating convention before a July 27 deadline. Candidates are already lining up.Graham Platner and Troy Jackson at a joint campaign rally at the Collins Center for the Arts on the University of Maine’s campus in May.
Graham Platner is one of just a handful of candidates in recent decades who have withdrawn from a Senate race after securing a major party nomination.Alan Keyes, right, was a replacement Senate nominee in Illinois in 2004 after the winner of the Republican primary withdrew amid scandal. He lost to B
Iran’s history shows it is willing to dig in, even when it may suffer big losses.Vessels on the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday. Traffic last weekend was about one-third of the prewar level of more than 100 ships daily, split evenly between the Iranian and Omani sides of the waterway.
Mendel Uminer faced a crisis when his landlord objected to the 10,000 volumes in his New York studio apartment.“I don’t think of myself as a hoarder,” Mendel Uminer said, “but I guess my building did.”
The German automaker has struggled to compete with fast-growing Chinese companies that offer more affordable and sophisticated electric vehicles.A Volkswagen factory in Zwickau, Germany, in 2024. The carmaker is a crucial part of the country’s industrial base.
President Trump said the United States would license Ukraine to produce Patriots, which can intercept ballistic missiles. But it could be months or years before those are ready.President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine meeting with President Trump on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey,
Midtown, with its high-rise office buildings and tourist hotels, isn’t hip, but it has become the site of a series of dramatic spectacles this year.Midtown Manhattan is in the heart of the borough, but many New Yorkers prefer to avoid it.
While shoppers may get better deals on some items, it’s unlikely their overall grocery bill will fall.Consumers are making fewer trips to traditional grocery stores in favor of discount chains like Aldi, which opened a store in Westlake, Fla., last year as part of its U.S. expansion.
Crews installed “temporary shoring” on more floors in the building, and the developer of the project has reassured investors that the project will be completed on time.At the building that was at risk of partially collapsing in Midtown Manhattan, crews are still at work to shore up the safety of the
The classic story (and recent culture-war object) remains wholesome but makes room for people who called the prairie home before the Ingalls family.
A Netflix adaptation of the beloved tale empowers Ma and adds new Black and Native characters to challenge prejudices. The creators know criticism is coming.Netflix’s “Little House on the Prairie” was filmed in Winnipeg. The new Ingalls family includes Skywalker Hughes as Mary, left, and Alice Halse
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As a young woman in the 1960s, she wasn’t allowed to become a NASA astronaut. She finally realized her long-held dream of flying in space as an octogenarian.Wally Funk in 2021, after returning from a roughly 10-minute spaceflight aboard a rocket built by the company Blue Origin. “I loved every minut
