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Blackstone Still Bullish on A.I. Data Centers Despite DeepSeek
The Chinese A.I. start-up DeepSeek upended the prevailing view that artificial intelligence systems require huge amounts of power and investment. But Blackstone, the private equity behemoth and a major...
F.C.C. Chair Orders Investigation Into NPR and PBS Stations
Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, informed NPR and PBS this week that he had ordered an investigation into the practice of their member stations airing...
U.S. Sues to Block Tech Deal in First Antitrust Action of Trump Term
The Justice Department on Thursday moved to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks, the first deal to be challenged by antitrust enforcers during President Trump’s...
Federal Debt Is Now Worrying Even Progressives
The 119th Congress began, as it so often has in recent years, with calls from Republican politicians for wrestling down the national debt, which is near a record level...
European Central Bank Cuts Interest Rates as Economic Growth Stagnates
The European Central Bank cut interest rates on Thursday, for the fifth consecutive time, amid slowing growth in the region’s economy.Policymakers lowered the bank’s key rate a quarter point...
U.S. Economy Grew 2.3 Percent in Fourth Quarter,
Growth slowed but remained resilient at the end of 2024, leaving the U.S. economy on solid footing heading into a new year — and a new presidential administration —...
Meta and Microsoft Double Down on Huge A.I. Spending, Despite DeepSeek Threat
We have sad news: We are following the latest on the midair collision near Ronald Reagan National Airport outside Washington between an American Airlines flight carrying 64 people and...
Shell and Equinor Oil and Gas Production Is Blocked at Sites Off British Coast
A court in Scotland blocked the production of oil and gas on Thursday at two large project sites being developed in British waters until their impact on climate change...
Tulsi Gabbard Defended Russia and Syria. Now She Must Defend Those Views.
Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, has made headlines for years with her criticism of what she describes as “regime change” wars and abuses by...
Bill Gates Isn’t Like Those Other Tech Billionaires
The older he gets, the more Bill Gates is surprised by what the world dishes up.Take billionaires. There are many now from the tech industry, quite a few with...
