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Jimmy Carter’s 6-day state funeral begins in Georgia; Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum director on his life, impact
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Feds find bomb-making material in home of New Orleans attacker; Louisiana boy rewarded after giving away his only dollar
Microsoft expects to spend $80 billion on AI-enabled data centers in fiscal 2025
Over half of Microsoft’s $80 billion in spending will take place in the U.S., Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith wrote in a Friday blog post.
Foreign phone sales plunge 47% in China, spelling trouble for Apple
Apple is under pressure in China as a result of rising competition from domestic brands, in particular Huawei.
South Korean investigators abandon effort to detain impeached president
World South Korean investigators abandon effort to detain impeached president after hours-long standoff Seoul, South Korea — South Korean investigators left the official residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol …
Biden decides to block Nippon Steel’s $15 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel: Report
The White House is expected to announce U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to block Nippon Steel’s $15 billion takeover bid of U.S. Steel on Friday.
1/1: CBS Evening News
1/1: CBS Evening News New Orleans attack under investigation after driver slams into crowd, killing at least 15; Cybertruck explosion outside Trump Hotel in Las Vegas investigated as possible terror …
Get your house in order, Europe — or face ‘ongoing decline,’ economists warn
Economists say the absence of growth, fiscal imbalances and political intransigence could lead to decline and a loss of standing for Europe as a whole.
U.S. help needed to retrieve black box data after South Korea plane crash
World South Korea plane crash investigation underway, with more questions than answers about the cause U.S. experts join South Korea plane crash probe South Korean officials have vowed to find out …
Alibaba slashes prices on large language models by up to 85% as China AI rivalry heats up
Alibaba is offering the price cuts on its visual language model, Qwen-VL, which is designed to perceive and understand both texts and images.