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Day: February 25, 2025
Vegas mother and bartender, 29, is gunned down in ‘random act’ as she leaves shift
Hope Ritter was the mother of a 10-year-old daughter and was studying to become a barber
Intel touts new Xeon chip’s AI power in bid to fend off AMD, ARM advances
As data center processors from AMD and ARM continue eating into Intel’s franchise, the chip giant promotes the lower TCO of its latest server chips.
People are just realising a picturesque clifface looks like a giant dozing PUPPY… & it’s sparked a surprise tourist boom
TOURISTS have gone barking mad for a giant cliff side that resembles a puppy face alongside the longest river in China.
The picturesque ridge, dubbed “puppy mountain”, rests in the city of Yichang in central China’s Hubei province, facin…
‘Appalling!’ Critics aghast as Elon Musk wins new government contract
Concern over Elon Musk’s increasing power in Washington, D.C. is growing rapidly now that the Federal Aviation Administration plans to use the billionaire’s SpaceX’s Starlink to upgrade its networks.
The FAA posted on X Monday night, “This week, th…
SCOTUS has again denied a challenge from the telecom industry of NY’s $15 basic broadband law, as more states including CA, VT, and MA propose similar laws (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
SCOTUS has again denied a challenge from the telecom industry of NY’s $15 basic broadband law, as more states including CA, VT, and MA propose similar laws — The Supreme Court has once again rejected a te…
Elon Musk renews threat to fire US federal workers, extends deadline to ‘justify’ jobs
More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they were refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services”. FRANCE 24’s Frase…
Taliban says ‘misunderstanding’ led to arrest of British couple in Afghanistan
After an evaluation a Taliban spokesperson said Peter and Barbie Reynolds would be released as soon as possibleA British couple were arrested in Afghanistan due to a “misunderstanding” that they had fake Afghan passports, the Taliban said on Tuesday.Pe…
White House defends treatment of migrants sent to Guantanamo Bay: ‘It’s a promise the president campaigned on’
Several migrants who’d been detained there say they were treated like animals during their stay at the U.S. naval base
Ukraine ‘AGREES minerals deal with US’ and could sign pact in days after Trump’s furious Zelensky clash
UKRAINE has agreed to a minerals deal with the US, Ukrainian security officials have said.
Kyiv hopes the move will improve relations with the Trump administration and bolster lon…