Studios keep saying moviegoing is coming back. The data and the calendar suggest something messier: audiences are choosier, platforms fragment attention, and the cost of reaching people has climbed so …
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From Shadows to Servers: How China’s Secretive Spy Agency Built a Global Cyber Force
by Riya Sharmaby Riya SharmaBeijing’s Ministry of State Security — long an opaque arm of China’s intelligence apparatus — has quietly remade itself into one of the world’s most capable and aggressive cyber-espionage actors. …
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“Troops to Portland”: Trump Orders Forces to Protect ICE Sites, Sparking Pushback and Protest
by Riya Sharmaby Riya SharmaPresident Donald Trump announced Saturday that he has ordered U.S. troops to Portland to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, saying he was “authorizing full force, if necessary” to stop …
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MTG Goes Rogue: Greene’s Break with Trump Exposes a Fracturing MAGA
by Riya Sharmaby Riya SharmaMarjorie Taylor Greene, once a stalwart defender of former President Donald Trump and a face of the MAGA movement, has in recent months taken a string of public positions that …
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Panic Button Not Yet Pulled: Federal Workers Patch Together Plans as Funding Deadline Nears
by Riya Sharmaby Riya SharmaWith Congress stalled and few concrete instructions coming from agency leadership, thousands of federal employees are quietly preparing for a worst-case scenario: a partial government shutdown that could begin as …
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Google warns of disruption but says it can adapt as Trump slashes H-1B access
by Riya Sharmaby Riya SharmaMountain View / Washington — Google reacted with alarm and swift internal moves after the Trump administration announced a sweeping change to the H-1B visa program this month — a …
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Musk’s xAI accuses rival OpenAI of stealing trade secrets in new lawsuit
by Riya Sharmaby Riya SharmaSan Francisco — Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI filed a lawsuit this week in a California federal court accusing OpenAI of orchestrating a campaign to poach employees and steal trade …
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AITechnology
Chinese studio faces backlash after AI-edit turns gay couple straight in body-horror film
by Riya Sharmaby Riya SharmaBeijing / Los Angeles — A wave of online anger has hit a Chinese distributor after viewers spotted that a same-sex couple in the new body-horror film Together was digitally …
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Business
Rick Perry’s audacious AI push: a nuclear-powered data campus built in Trump’s image
by Riya Sharmaby Riya SharmaAmarillo, Texas — A company tied to former U.S. Energy Secretary and Texas governor Rick Perry has unveiled a sweeping plan to build what it calls an “advanced energy and …
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Amazon agrees to pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC claim it duped customers into Prime
by Riya Sharmaby Riya SharmaSeattle / Washington — Amazon has agreed to a landmark $2.5 billion settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to resolve allegations that the company used deceptive signup practices to …