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Google AI Model Uses Virtual Satellite to Map Earth
Google AI Model Uses Virtual Satellite to Map Earth
September 06, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Google DeepMind introduced a new artificial intelligence model that captures the vivid details of the Earth’s surface, which helps scientists and governments make better decisions...

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AI Model Betting Is the New Fantasy Football
AI Model Betting Is the New Fantasy Football
August 30, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Sports gambling has DraftKings. Political junkies have PredictIt. And now the world’s nerdiest corner — the artificial intelligence (AI) scene — has its own set...

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NASA and Google Test AI ‘Space Doctor’
NASA and Google Test AI ‘Space Doctor’
August 23, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Star Trek’s fictional Dr. “Bones” McCoy may have had a tricorder, but NASA astronauts could soon have something almost as futuristic and real: An artificial...

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Labubu Mania: From Bridal Boutiques to Blockchain
Labubu Mania: From Bridal Boutiques to Blockchain
August 16, 2025  |  Retail

David’s Bridal once helped you snag a gown; now it wants to outfit your inner gremlin. The 70-year-old retailer will make you a dress for...

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When CEOs Let AI Take the Wheel — the Brave, the Bold and the Bizarre in FinTech AI
When CEOs Let AI Take the Wheel — the Brave, the Bold and the Bizarre...
July 12, 2025  |  The Weekender

Welcome to the Weekender, where we trade balance sheets for belly laughs and let our hair down — figuratively, of course — on the wild frontier...

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Star-Spangled Sticker Shock Hits Cookouts and Bottle Rockets
Star-Spangled Sticker Shock Hits Cookouts and Bottle Rockets
July 05, 2025  |  The Weekender

If you’re reading this from a shaded Adirondack chair, lemonade in hand and the distant sizzle of a grill in your ears, congratulations: you’re living...

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Labubu Is Becoming Its Own Asset Class
Labubu Is Becoming Its Own Asset Class
June 21, 2025  |  Retail

If you’ve scrolled through Instagram lately or wandered the halls of Art Basel, you’ve likely spotted a wide-eyed, snaggle-toothed gremlin dangling from a Hermès Birkin...

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IPOs That Launched Like Rockets — and Those That Flew Straight Into a Wall
IPOs That Launched Like Rockets — and Those That Flew Straight Into a Wall
June 14, 2025  |  The Weekender

If you hear the faint hiss of champagne corks this summer, that’s the sound of bankers limbering up for two long-anticipated debuts: Chime and Klarna....

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Farewell to the Penny — A Tiny Coin’s Outsized Legacy
Farewell to the Penny — A Tiny Coin’s Outsized Legacy
May 31, 2025  |  The Weekender

It’s official: the penny’s days are numbered. After more than two centuries of jingling in pockets, lining cash registers and fueling both nostalgia and frustration,...

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