The images coming out of Puerto Vallarta this weekend look like something from a war film — burned-out vehicles blocking highways, plumes of black smoke rising over what was, just days ago, one of Mexico’s most beloved tourist destinations. American tourists were dodging charred cars to get to the airport. Airlines including Delta, American, Alaska, and Air Canada cancelled flights...
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America’s $64 Trillion Problem: Who’s Holding the Bag?
Let’s talk about something that should be keeping every American up at night but somehow rarely makes it past the third segment on the evening news. The United States national debt is projected to hit $64 trillion within the next decade. That’s not a typo. Sixty-four trillion dollars. To put that in perspective, that’s roughly $190,000 for every man, woman,...
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- India’s AI boom pushes firms to trade near-term revenue for usersby Jagmeet Singh on February 25, 2026 at 2:00 am
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- Nvidia challenger AI chip startup MatX raised $500Mby Marina Temkin on February 25, 2026 at 12:45 am
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America’s $64 Trillion Problem: Who’s Holding the Bag?
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Mining at the Margin: Publicly Traded Bitcoin Miners Are in Survival Mode
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- India’s AI boom pushes firms to trade near-term revenue for usersby Jagmeet Singh on February 25, 2026 at 2:00 am
ChatGPT and rivals are testing whether India's massive AI user boom can translate into paying customers as free offers wind down.
- Nvidia challenger AI chip startup MatX raised $500Mby Marina Temkin on February 25, 2026 at 12:45 am
The startup was founded by former Google TPU engineers in 2023.
- Self-driving tech startup Wayve raises $1.2B from Nvidia, Uber, and three automakersby Kirsten Korosec on February 25, 2026 at 12:37 am
Major automakers, tech giants, AI companies, and chipmakers are all trying to get a piece of Wayve.
- Spanish ‘soonicorn’ Multiverse Computing releases free compressed AI modelby Anna Heim on February 24, 2026 at 11:32 pm
Spanish startup Multiverse Computing has released a new version of its HyperNova 60B model on Hugging Face that, it says, bests Mistral's model.
- Apple rolls out age-verification tools worldwide to comply with growing web of child safety lawsby Sarah Perez on February 24, 2026 at 11:21 pm
Apple complies with new age-assurance laws in the U.S. and abroad, including those that block users from downloading apps aimed at adults.
- Uber engineers built an AI version of their bossby Kirsten Korosec on February 24, 2026 at 11:09 pm
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the company’s employees have gone all in on AI, going so far as to build a chatbot of him that they use to practice […]
- Stripe is reportedly eyeing deal to buy some or all of PayPalby Dominic-Madori Davis on February 24, 2026 at 10:35 pm
Stripe might be looking to buy PayPal, or parts of it, per early reports.
- Former L3Harris Trenchant boss jailed for selling hacking tools to Russian brokerby Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on February 24, 2026 at 9:50 pm
Peter Williams, the former head of U.S. hacking tools maker L3Harris Trenchant, was sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing and selling his […]
- Google’s new 1.9GW clean energy deal includes massive 100-hour batteryby Tim De Chant on February 24, 2026 at 9:32 pm
Form Energy's iron-air batteries will store wind and solar power to keep the data center running 24/7.
- CarGurus data breach affects 12.5 million accountsby Kirsten Korosec on February 24, 2026 at 9:27 pm
Automotive marketplace CarGurus was the target of a data breach in which the names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses of […]
- Anthropic won’t budge as Pentagon escalates AI disputeby Rebecca Bellan on February 24, 2026 at 9:18 pm
The Pentagon has given Anthropic until Friday to loosen AI guardrails or face potential penalties, escalating a high-stakes dispute that raises […]
- Discord delays global rollout of age verification after backlashby Aisha Malik on February 24, 2026 at 8:48 pm
The company added that 90% of users won’t need to verify their age and will be able to keep using Discord as usual.