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ICE agents stand guard outside a immigrant detention center in Newark, New Jersey in May 2026. Medicaid officials improperly shared data about millions of people with ICE, who then shared that data with the data analytics firm Palantir, according to new court filings.
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FILE – An ad for the prediction market app Kalshi is displayed on a mobile phone on April 16, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)
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States say prediction markets are costing them millions
Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he arrives at the opening ceremony for the World AI Conference in Shanghai, Friday, July 17, 2026.
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Then-candidate Trump speaking in front of a teleprompter during a campaign rally in Reno, Nevada in 2024.
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Officials probe whether White House teleprompter operator profited off Trump’s words
AI is a fast-growing business expense. Some companies are cutting costs by switching to cheaper Chinese AI models.
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American AI is expensive. Some startups are turning to cheap Chinese models
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Gaines – How teens feel about AI
In A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Monica introduces Teddy to David. The seemingly ordinary teddy bear quickly reveals himself to be an intelligent companion capable of conversation and emotional support.
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In this file photo, a man using a smartphone passes through the arched windows at Grand Central Terminal in New York City on March 24, 2025.
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Entrepreneur David Huang tests out a VR headset while conducting demonstrations of the social dance lesson app Dance Guru at the Augmented World Expo in Long Beach, Calif., June 17, 2026.
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A Waymo robotaxi drives in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood this week.
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In this photo illustration, the Grok website is seen through a magnifying glass on a computer screen on February 12, 2026. Grok is the AI chatbot built by Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI, formerly known as xAI. A class action lawsuit filed against SpaceXAI and Stability AI alleges the companies’ AI tools were used to make sexually explicit images of children.
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A banner for the prediction market platform Kalshi hangs from a building on April 1.
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Spectators take photos with their smartphones during a World Cup match at the Houston Stadium in Houston on June 23. The Supreme Court is allowing Texas to enforce a law that limits minors’ access to app stores on mobile devices while lawsuits continue in the lower courts.
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The Endless Summer Oasis pool listing on Swimply gets more than 1,000 guests a season, according to owner Jasmine Lawson in Birmingham, Ala.
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A hot summer trend in the sharing economy? Rental swimming pools
Left: Meta CEO and Chairman Mark Zuckerberg arrives at Los Angeles Superior Court in February. Right: Tarek Mansour, co-founder of Kalshi, at the Semafor World Economy Summit in April.
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Meta considered buying Kalshi before developing its own prediction market app
Valar Atomics was one of the first companies to bring its new nuclear reactor online. It built its experimental design in a tentlike structure in the Utah desert, and on June 18 it went critical (nuclear-speak for switched on).
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Red, white and glowing blue: Trump’s push for new reactors reaches the finish line
A logon screen for Facebook and the new Meta policy are photographed in Sydney, Australia, on Nov. 20, 2025.
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FILE – Three boys use their phones while sitting outside a school in Sydney, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025.
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Meta is planning to release its own prediction market app to compete with popular sites like Kalshi and Polymarket.
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Falco, Fox and Peppy prepare for a rescue mission.
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The tech-heavy Nasdaq stock index has lately been on a roller coaster. In this photo taken in 2000, a woman walks past the Nasdaq sign in New York City’s Times Square.
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Is AI ‘one big bubble?’ Behind the tech selloff
Scott Kwiatkowski takes part in a demonstration on May 23 at the Utah state Capitol in Salt Lake City to oppose construction of a data center in the state. Support and opposition to artificial intelligence are drawing tens of millions of dollars of spending during the midterm election cycle.
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A protester holds a sign during a protest outside of OpenAI headquarters calling for a pause in AI development in San Francisco on March 21.
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Get with the times — here’s what a ‘Luddite’ means today
The SPECS exhibit is seen at AWE 2026 at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center on June 16 in Long Beach, Calif.
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Snap plans to sell $2,000 AR glasses. Are they the future of wearable tech?
