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US economic growth slowed in fourth quarter of 2025 amid government shutdown

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GDP grew 1.4% last quarter, down from economists’ forecast of 3%, though AI and tax cuts could boost growth this yearBusiness live – latest updatesUS economic growth slowed more than expected in the fourth quarter amid disruptions from last year’s government shutdown and a moderation in consumer spending, but tax cuts and investment in artificial […]

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US builds website that will allow Europeans to view blocked content

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Freedom.gov appears to be administered by a branch of the Department of Homeland SecurityThe US has built a portal that will allow Europeans to view blocked content including alleged hate speech and terrorism, according to Reuters.The portal, “freedom.gov”, will allow worldwide users to circumvent government controls on their content. The site features a graphic of

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Illinois governor proposes cancelling tax breaks for datacenters

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Pritzker’s move reflects increasing public pushback against resource-hungry facilities used to power the AI boomThe Illinois governor JB Pritzker proposed a two-year break from offering tax incentives for datacenters, a reflection of increasing public pushback against the massive, resource-hungry facilities used to power the modern AI boom.Pritzker made the proposal, which will need the backing

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ICE reliance on Microsoft technology surged amid immigration crackdown, documents show

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Exclusive: ICE more than tripled the amount of data stored in Microsoft’s cloud at the same time that its arsenal of surveillance technology balloonedImmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deepened its reliance on Microsoft’s cloud technology last year as the agency ramped up arrest and deportation operations, leaked documents reveal.ICE more than tripled the amount of

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Trump’s Obama and Bad Bunny posts crystallize his political philosophy | Sidney Blumenthal

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Maga is a recapitulation of the dark side of American history that cohered into nativist nationalism a century agoDonald Trump’s posting of a video depicting former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes was the most overtly racist act of a president since Woodrow Wilson segregated the federal civil service –

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California’s billionaires pour cash into elections as big tech seeks new allies

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As Gavin Newsom departs, ultra-wealthy flex wealth and influence to fight regulation and keep the boom goingTech billionaires are leveraging tens of millions of dollars to influence California politics in a marked uptick from their previous participation in affairs at the state capitol. Behemoths such as Google and Meta are getting involved in campaigns for

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US military used Anthropic’s AI model Claude in Venezuela raid, report says

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Wall Street Journal says Claude used in operation via Anthropic’s partnership with Palantir TechnologiesClaude, the AI model developed by Anthropic, was used by the US military during its operation to kidnap Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela, the Wall Street Journal revealed on Saturday, a high-profile example of how the US defence department is using artificial intelligence

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Anthropic to donate $20m to US political group backing AI regulation

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Move puts AI firm in opposition to ChatGPT maker OpenAI, which has advocated for less stringent AI regulationsAnthropic will spend $20m to back US political candidates who support regulating the AI industry, according to a company statement released on Thursday. Anthropic’s donation puts it in opposition to ChatGPT maker OpenAI, which has advocated for less

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No, the human-robot singularity isn’t here. But we must take action to govern AI | Samuel Woolley

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Moltbook, a social media site for AI agents, is nothing new. Still, the marriage of big tech and politics demands we take a standOn a recent trip to the San Francisco Bay Area, I was shocked by the billboards that lined the freeway outside of the airport. “The singularity is here,” proclaimed one. “Humanity had

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Trump’s family is embroiled in a $500m UAE scandal. We’ve hardly noticed | Mohamad Bazzi

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A crypto startup founded by Trump’s family signed a huge deal with the UAE president’s brother. Where’s the political fallout?Days before Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, an investment firm controlled by a senior member of the United Arab Emirates royal family secretly signed a deal to pay $500m to buy almost half

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