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Pro-Trump influencer and YouTuber Benny Johnson being interviewed in Phoenix earlier this year. Johnson is one of many political influencers with close ties to the Trump administration.
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A supporter of ousted Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro carry his portrait during a rally outside the National Assembly in Caracas on Jan. 5, 2026.
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A $400,000 profit on Maduro’s capture raises insider trading questions on Polymarket
Idaho-based Micron Technology is one of the world’s top makers of RAM chips and it has benefited from increased demand.
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Memory loss: As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise
This year Alaska Airlines joined the long list of airlines forced to ground their planes because of IT outages.
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IT meltdowns have grounded plane. What airlines can learn from them
Three versions of Activision’s Call Of Duty games are seen on sale at a Best Buy store in Mountain View, Calif., in 2011. Vince Zampella, one of the creators behind the best-selling video games, has died at age 55.
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Cesium beam clocks (left) and hydrogen masers are among the types of atomic clocks used by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to determine official U.S. time.
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With reported months-long consulate and embassy delays, Google and Apple say employees on H-1B visas should stay put in the U.S. right now to avoid the risk of getting stranded abroad. The latter tech company’s headquarters campus is seen in Mountain View, Calif.
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2025 has been a big year for artificial intelligence – especially for short, AI-generated videos.
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The cream of the slop: this year’s AI highlights
The WeSemiBay Semiconductor Ecosystem Expo in Shenzhen, China.
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In the shadow of U.S. export controls, China rallies its own chip industry
TikTok company offices in Culver City, Calif. on Sept. 30, 2025. A deal to sell the American part of the company to a group of U.S. investors was signed on Dec. 18.
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The Experimental Breeder Reactor II at Idaho National Laboratory. Several companies are now pursuing experimental reactor designs in the hopes of upending the nuclear power industry.
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Some worry Trump’s rush to build nuclear reactors puts speed over safety
Ailsa Ostovitz, left, and her mother, Stephanie Rizk, at their home in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. In mid-November, Rizk met with Ostovitz’s teachers to discuss accusations that her daughter had used AI to do some of her schoolwork.
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Gaines – AI detection software
Bryan Lagarde, founder of Project NOLA, stands in front of a wall of screens displaying feeds from the nonprofit’s extensive crime camera network at its headquarters in New Orleans on Dec. 4. The system monitors thousands of cameras citywide to assist law enforcement and enhance public safety.
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New Orleans is pioneering live facial recognition surveillance
Roomba robot vacuums made by iRobot are displayed on a shelf at a Target store in California.
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The Washington Post Building is seen in Washington, D.C., on June 5, 2024. The newspaper has introduced a featuring allowing users to create customized podcasts using artificial intelligence.
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Performers onstage at The Game Awards 2025 at the Peacock Theater on December 11, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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Samoana Matagi was one of the four participants in a study that tested the capabilities of a new bionic hand. Here, Matagi wears the bionic hand on one arm and a common prosthetic called a body-powered hook on the other.
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Scientists use AI to help make bionic hands work better for people who need them
White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks looks on before President Donald Trump signs executive orders earlier this year.
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Trump’s AI adviser faces questions over use of position to advance his own interests
President Trump, center, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, right, listen as U.S. Sen Ted Cruz, R-Tex. speaks during a signing ceremony for an executive order on AI at the White House on Dec. 11, 2025.
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Zootopia is one of the properties included in Disney’s billion-dollar licensing deal with OpenAI.
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Billion-dollar OpenAI deal allows users to make content with Disney characters
Anthony Nel, of Texas, has been a U.S. citizen for more than a decade and a regular voter for the past nine years, but he was flagged as a potential noncitizen and removed from the voter rolls after he did not respond to a county notice within 30 days.
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Trump’s SAVE tool looks for noncitizen voters. It’s flagging U.S. citizens too
A screenshot of what ICEBlock looks like for iPhone users.
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ICEBlock app sues Trump administration for censorship and ‘unlawful threats’
A Waymo autonomous Jaguar electric vehicle is seen in Tempe, Ariz., on the outskirts of Phoenix, on Sept. 15. The company is recalling software for its robotaxis after reports that some of them failed to stop for school buses.
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