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Today we’re diving into the Large Hadron Collider - the 17-mile underground machine designed to slam protons together at near light speed and expose the universe’s smallest secrets. It’s a ...

The NFL Week 17 schedule rolls on with 10 games on Sunday and then the standard 'Monday Night Football' slot. Several of the remaining games have a direct bearing on the NFL playoffs and seeding. In ...

In today’s newsletter, Paul Veradittakit, managing partner at Pantera Capital, shares his 2026 predictions on crypto, real-world asset tokenization and AI. Programming Note: This will be our last ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) has introduced bipartisan legislation to modernize protections and hold social media companies accountable for harms caused by content pushed by their ...

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As a journalist who covers AI, I hear from countless people who seem utterly convinced that ChatGPT, Claude, or some other chatbot has achieved “sentience.” Or “consciousness.” Or—my personal favorite ...