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The Scoop The New York Times has begun testing its first generative AI tool for readers, a step the publication hopes will improve its troubled search feature but which has also alarmed some of the paper’s journalists. In recent weeks, the paper has quietly rolled out a new search page ...

China hosted Iran’s deputy foreign minister for talks last week related to the US-Iran war, Beijing announced Sunday, disclosing the previously unreported meeting one day before Washington is expected to unveil “the toughest sanctions in history” against Tehran. The Trump administration has warned of an “Economic D-Day” for Iran and ...

Investors and analysts poured scorn on US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s doubling of long-term bond purchases last week, which provided temporary relief but faces structural economic headwinds that are driving yields higher. The buybacks are a “band-aid on a bullet hole,” a Nomura strategist told the Financial Times, while ING ...

Nvidia warned of higher prices for servers containing its AI chips as soaring memory costs strain the AI buildout. Nvidia told some of its biggest customers to expect price hikes of more than 15%, Bloomberg reported, highlighting memory chip companies’ leverage over the AI industry. Nvidia is also pushing into ...

Japan passed a law to designate one of its cities as a second capital, triggering a flurry of public relations campaigns by the 13 local governments vying for the mantle. Deemed necessary for ensuring continuity of government in the earthquake-, typhoon-, and flood-prone nation, the law dangles an opportunity for ...

President Donald Trump is heading to South Carolina today as the White House looks to focus more on the looming election season. Trump’s visit to Myrtle Beach — where he hopes to provide a boost to Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C. — comes as Republicans face a difficult path to retaining ...

Waymo is opening up for the first time about the brain that powers its driverless car tech. In a blog post Thursday, the Alphabet-owned company revealed that it designed its own custom computer chip that can quickly crunch raw data coming from a car’s cameras, lidar, and radar, allowing the ...

Saudi Arabia renewed an invitation for Iraq’s prime minister to visit Riyadh, as the two countries try to move past a recent exchange of fire. A planned trip by the Iraqi premier was cancelled at short notice last month, after Iran-backed militias in Iraq launched drones at Saudi energy facilities; ...

Abu Dhabi’s Orbitworks sold capacity on its planned Altair satellite constellation to French space agency CNES, securing a useful endorsement for the UAE’s most significant commercial space venture to date. The first of Orbitworks’ AI-enabled, Earth observation satellites was flown to Los Angeles this month onboard an Emirates plane, ahead ...

Come for the funny videos, stay for the insight into the future of automation. While it’s only in its second year, China’s World Humanoid Robot Games are quickly becoming one of my favorite global tech events. Sure, the clips of robots running into walls are incredible content, but the Olympics-style ...