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U.S. lifts chip software curbs on China amid trade truce

U.S. lifts chip software curbs on China amid trade truce

Close-up of an empty printed circuit board, PCB, in Verl, Germany. Ute Grabowsky | Photothek | Getty Images The U.S. government has rescinded its export restrictions on chip-design software to China, semiconductor software companies Synopsys and Cadence announced...

EPA Saves $300 Million Annually with Reorganization, Will ‘Sharply’ Focus on Protecting Environment

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin said Friday that its reorganization of many offices will save $300 million annually and help the agency work more efficiently to protect the country's air, land, and water.
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Warns that Breaking Up His Search Monopoly Would Hamper ‘Innovation’

In a federal court hearing on Wednesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai argued that the government's proposed measures to address the company's illegal monopoly in online search would severely impact its ability to innovate and invest in new technologies.
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Mark Zuckerberg Wants You to Have a Bunch of AI-Generated ‘Friends’

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he would like to see people have AI-generated friends, insisting it can be "rational" and "actually add value" to people's lives. The Facebook founder believes that most people have far less friends that they would like to have, and his AI bots will fill the gap.
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ICE Chief Todd Lyons: Trump’s Mass Deportation Goals Require Advanced Technology Akin to Amazon, FedEx

President Donald Trump's goal to mass deport millions of illegal aliens from the United States will require better technology at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), akin to technology used in the private sector at Amazon or FedEx, ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons says.
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Reveals 30% of Company’s Code Written by AI

In a discussion at Meta's inaugural "LlamaCon" AI developer event, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shed light on the growing role of artificial intelligence in software development within their respective companies. Nadella claims that up to 30 percent of Microsoft's code is now written by AI.
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China’s Shenzhou 19 astronauts return to Earth after 6 months aboard Tiangong space station (video, photos) – Space

China's Shenzhou 19 astronauts return to Earth after 6 months aboard Tiangong space station (video, photos)  SpaceChina's Shenzhou-19 astronauts back on Earth after six months in space  YahooChina’s Shenzhou-19 astronauts return to Earth after six-month mission  SpaceNewsChina's Shenzhou-19 spacecraft lands in country's north  NBC NewsChinese astronauts’ return to earth delayed owing to weather  AP News

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Exclusive: Author of Shocking Abortion Pill Study Suggesting Higher Complication Rate Calls On Trump’s FDA to Conduct Its Own Research

A study from the Ethics and Public Policy Center found that 10.93 percent of women who had mifepristone abortions experienced severe complications including sepsis, infection, hemorrhaging, or another serious adverse event within 45 days following the abortion.
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Report: Chinese Companies Can Still Access AI Tools Through Microsoft Despite OpenAI Ban

Microsoft President Brad Smith recently testified to Congress about the company's role in America's AI race against China, while simultaneously allowing Chinese companies to access cutting-edge AI tools despite OpenAI's restrictions on the communist country.
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Media Research Center: Meta ‘Nudged’ Big Tech Critic for Support Ahead of FTC Antitrust Trial

The Media Research Center claims Mark Zuckerberg's Meta attempted to gain favor with the prominent conservative watchdog group just before the start of the company's historic antitrust trial with the FTC, which seeks to unwind Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.
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