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Why Spiders Are the Ultimate Interior Decorators
Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations known as stabilimenta to their webs.
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Nvidia Is First Company to Top $5 Trillion in Market Value Amid AI Boom
The A.I. chip maker has become a linchpin in the Trump administration’s trade negotiations in Asia.
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Microsoft Increases Investments Amid A.I. Race
The company reported higher-than-expected capital expenditures of $34.9 billion in its latest quarter.
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Meta Raises Its Spending Forecast on A.I. to Above $70 Billion
The Silicon Valley company projected more spending this year and said it would continue in 2026 as it hires A.I. researchers and builds data centers to power the technology.
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Alphabet Revenue Up 16% With Strong Cloud Sales
The internet company said profit for the quarter was up 33 percent, to just under $35 billion.
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G.M. Will Cut 1,750 Jobs in Electric Vehicle Business
The layoffs at factories in Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee follow the elimination of a $7,500 federal tax credit for electric cars.
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48 Hours Without A.I.
A.J. Jacobs went 48 hours without interacting with artificial intelligence. The experiment revealed just how embedded artificial intelligence already is in our daily lives.
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Character.AI to Ban Children Under 18 From Using Its Chatbots
The start-up, which creates A.I. companions, faces lawsuits from families who have accused Character.AI’s chatbots of leading teenagers to kill themselves.
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Starbucks Reports a Modest Sales Increase in Latest Quarter
Net income fell 85 percent, however, because of charges related to store closures and corporate layoffs.
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More Americans May Soon Feel the Shutdown’s Effects
More paychecks aren’t going out, and nutrition benefits may lapse. The government shutdown is growing more painful, and the fight over why is intensifying.