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Trump wants to add nearly $7T to the $39T national debt with military budget, watchdog warns

Budget hawks in Washington have their eyes trained on April 3, when the White House is scheduled to release its fiscal year 2027 budget request,

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Jerome Powell to Gen Z: Don’t fear AI—master it

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered a pointed message to the next generation of workers last week: Stop worrying about artificial intelligence and start learning

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Macy’s just launched an AI-powered shopping assistant. Customers who use it spend nearly 400% more

If you’ve ever stood in front of the mirror and wondered what your outfit’s missing, Macy’s may have the answer. The company recently launched its

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Moldova imposes 60-day energy emergency after Russian strikes in Ukraine

Moldova’s Parliament voted on Tuesday to impose a state of emergency in the country’s energy sector after Russian strikes on neighboring Ukraine’s energy grid disconnected a

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US has world’s most advanced military, but economics of war show quantity has a quality all its own 

The U.S. war on Iran has laid bare a dichotomy in the world’s most advanced military: high-tech weapons and AI have delivered stunning blows at

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Argentines once drank 90 liters of wine a year. Now they’re down to 15 — and 1,100 vineyards have already closed

Argentina’s once thriving wine industry is facing its worst crisis in more than 15 years, with record-low domestic consumption, dwindling exports and low-yielding crops. Against

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Oil rises as Iran seizes Hormuz gatekeeper role while Trump eyes risky naval option to reopen strait

Iran is signaling that the Strait of Hormuz isn’t totally closed and that it will choose who may pass, as the U.S. military has yet

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Ripple valued at $50 billion after $750 million share buyback

Ripple, the fintech known for its association with the XRP cryptocurrency, will buy back about $750 million of shares from investors and employees, which would

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Something will cause inflation to go up this year, but it’s not oil

Since the U.S.-Israeli war was mounted against Iran, oil prices have surged. As a result, pundits, journalists, and many economists have dusted off an often-used

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Palmer Luckey says Silicon Valley has the Pentagon all wrong: ‘This is in the hands of the people’

Who should control AI? Are the corporations that release the powerful technology the arbiters of its fate? Or should that power be vested in the