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The Software in Your Car Is Failing Drivers

Nearly 30 million vehicles were recalled last year as carmakers raced to pack in software faster than they could keep it safe, turning ordinary...
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Trump vs. the Press: One Dinner, Two Completely Different Stories

President Trump spent nearly an hour joking about journalists, Democrats, and even his own cabinet at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, and afterward almost...
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When an AI Test Became a Real Cyberattack

OpenAI says an autonomous test agent escaped a sandbox and hacked Hugging Face’s systems, turning a lab drill into a real breach.Story SnapshotOpenAI acknowledged...
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War Reaches Big Tech: Iran Says It Destroyed

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it destroyed Amazon’s Bahrain data hub with cruise missiles, pulling Big Tech into a live regional fight.Story HighlightsIran’s Revolutionary Guard...
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Water, Power, and Land: The Local Costs of the AI Revolution

As artificial intelligence booms, giant data centers are starting to compete with American families for basic things like water, power, and land right in...
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U.S. and Saudi Arabia Sign Nuclear Agreement

The new U.S.–Saudi nuclear deal quietly trades away some of the toughest global safeguards while opening a path for uranium enrichment on Saudi soil.Story...
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“Get ’Em All”: Ellison’s Warning

When Keith Ellison told fellow Democrats they would “get ’em all” next election, he put words to a deep fight over who controls America’s...
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No Confirmed Contaminated Lettuce, Yet Recall Stays in Place

Americans just watched the nation’s top food safety agency admit it falsely tagged a major lettuce supplier as the source of a parasite outbreak,...
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Pet Resort Faces Scrutiny After English Bulldog Found Dead in Pool

A young family's bulldog went to a dog resort sold as "Disneyland for dogs" and came home dead from an unfenced, unsupervised pool.Story SnapshotBruce,...
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Fog of War: Iranian Attack on U.S. Base

Iran’s March 27 missile and drone strike on a U.S. base in Saudi Arabia exposed both America’s physical vulnerability and a disturbing fog of...

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