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CES 2025: Annual tech conference showcases more robots and AI than ever before
The multi-day Las Vegas show, which is organized by the Consumer Technology Association, welcomed more than 4,500 exhibitors showing off the latest laptops, TVs, wearables and smart home devices across 2.5 million net square feet of floor space this week.
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McDonald’s is latest to ax DEI policies — cites ‘shifting legal landscape’
The fast food chain also intends to end a program that encourages its suppliers to develop diversity training and increase the number of minorities in their own leadership ranks.
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CNN anchor Kate Bolduan tells GOP pundit Scott Jennings to ‘zip it!’ after Dem commentator claimed ‘prices are going down’
CNN anchor Kate Bolduan told colleague Scott Jennings to "zip it" during an on-air spat over the reasons President-elect Donald Trump was elected.
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San Francisco restaurant blames politicians for inflated prices: ‘Please don’t hate us’
As economic headwinds cripple San Francisco restaurant owners, it has become commonplace for businesses to post signs begging customer to forgive their price hikes -- but one pizza joint has taken their plea to another level.
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Winklevoss twins’ Gemini agrees to pay $5M fine to settle bitcoin case
The CFTC sued Gemini in 2022 for making false and misleading statements related to a bitcoin futures contract it sought to launch.
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Credit Suisse hid Nazi bank accounts under ‘American blacklist’ file to evade investigators: report
Investigators digging into archives at failed lender Credit Suisse found several Nazi-linked bank accounts that were never disclosed during 1990s-era probes that led to a $1 billion restitution agreement with survivors of the Holocaust.
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Elon Musk announces ‘algorithm tweak’ to tamp down ‘negativity’ on X
The new algorithm is an apparent switch-up from the billionaire’s staunch free speech and anti-censorship stance.
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Staffers at New York Times-owned sports news outlet The Athletic unionize, demand management recognition
NewsGuild warned that failure to recognize The Athletic workers' request to join the Times Guild will lead it to "pursue other legal pathways."
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Trump slams Washington Post report that he will scale back tariff plan: ‘Another example of Fake News’
In an article published Monday morning, the newspaper reported that the president-elect was considering scaling back his “universal” tariff plans to only affect certain goods.
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Tech CEO ran red light ‘to save my life’ after self-driving Tesla put him in path of oncoming train
Jesse Lyu posted video showing self-driving software steer his Tesla onto the tracks of the Metro E Line light rail service in Santa Monica.
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Disney inks deal to combine Hulu + Live TV business into Fubo
Disney said on Monday it would merge its Hulu + Live TV business with rival FuboTV — a deal that potentially clears the way for the launch of its stalled sports streaming venture with Fox Corp and Warner Bros Discovery. The merged company will create the second-biggest internet pay-TV provider in North America, behind YouTube TV, with...
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Washington Post expected to lay off ‘many dozens’ in coming week after cartoonist quits in protest: report
News of the anticipated layoffs came on the heels of Friday's resignation from the Washington Post by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes.
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US Steel, Nippon sue Biden over move to block $14B deal: ‘Shameful and corrupt’
The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Washington, accused Biden and senior administration officials of corrupting the deal’s review process, and harming American steel workers by blocking the deal.
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Elon Musk hyped meme coins are soaring in value — and analysts say they’re here to stay
Savvy smaller investors and investment funds have poured millions into the space — and reaped impressive returns for doing so.
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Nippon Steel’s doomed $15B deal with Biden administration had unlikely opposition – a rival CEO: bombshell docs
Lourenco Goncalves, CEO of steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs, which made a failed $7 billion bid for US Steel in August 2023, participated in at least nine calls assuring investors that President Joe Biden would scuttle the Nippon Steel merger.
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NYC’s high-end office market scores record year for new leases that top $200 per square foot
“The top-of-the-market leasing represented almost a third of the whole market for 2024,” JLL vice-chairman Cynthia Wasserberger said.
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Historic NYC office building fetches a fraction of its recent $245M sale price — here’s why
“We’re now in a post-pandemic interest rate and cap rate environment," Williams Equities executive Michael Cohen said.
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Modern upgrades help vintage NYC tower land find five new leases
The 1916-vintage structure recently added a second-floor amenities center, double-height lobby and a tenants’ rooftop terrace.
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Joe Biden’s fiscal time bomb is set to explode just in time time for Trump to take office
As evidence keeps building that the hapless Biden administration couldn’t end fast enough, there’s also evidence that the first Trump presidency of strong growth and low inflation pre-COVID won’t return immediately.
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