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Google's corporate parent joins $4 trillion club as investors continue to bet on AI breakthroughs
Google parent Alphabet Inc. on Monday became the fourth Big Tech powerhouse to be valued at $4 trillion, a once seemingly unfathomable milestone that’s become more like a rite of passage amid an artificial intelligence arms race
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Cyprus president's top aide quits after online video alleging government corruption
A top aide to Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides has resigned after an online video was posted recently in which it was suggested that he and others were using their close ties to the leader to earn favors for would-be investors in exchange for cash
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Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Musk’s Grok over sexualized AI images
Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok as concerns grow over its misuse in generating explicit images
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Meta names former Trump adviser Dina Powell McCormick as president and vice chairman
Facebook owner Meta has named Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump administration adviser and longtime finance executive, as president and vice chairman of the tech giant
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Paramount's next target in hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. is a board of its own making
Paramount Skydance is taking another step in its hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros
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George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased
Five years after video of George Floyd's killing on a Minneapolis street, video of another law enforcement action in the northern city is central to another American debate
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What to Stream: A$AP Rocky, Madison Beer, Will Smith, 'Ponies' and Damon and Affleck reunite
A$AP Rocky's first full-length album in eight years, “Don’t Be Dumb,” and Matt Damon and Ben Affleck reuniting in Netflix’s “The Rip” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you
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Google teams up with Walmart and other retailers to enable shopping within Gemini AI chatbot
Google is expanding the shopping features in its AI chatbot by teaming up with Walmart, Shopify, Wayfair and other big retailers to turn the Gemini app into a virtual merchant as well as an assistant
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VR headsets are 'hope machines' inside California prisons, offering escape and practical experience
Prisoners are now taking regular trips to far-flung, exotic locales such as Thailand
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As protests rage, Iran pulls the plug on contact with the world
Iran has disconnected its internet and phone lines to cut off its 85 million people from the rest of the world
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