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U.S. authorities suspect Nvidia chips were smuggled to Chinese technology giant Alibaba through Thailand, according to reports from Bloomberg News and Reuters. The reporting cites U.S. suspicions involving Nvidia’s advanced chips and a route that allegedly used Thailand as an intermediary point before reaching Alibaba. The reports did not provide additional public details on the…

Google has unveiled a new screenless fitness wearable called the Fitbit Air and announced a new Google Health app that will replace the Fitbit app, marking a major shift in how the company packages its consumer health products. The announcements were made in an “Introducing the all-new Fitbit Air” post on blog.google and were covered…

Tennessee has approved a new congressional map that dissolves a majority Black district, a significant change to the state’s U.S. House boundaries that reshapes how key population centers are represented in Washington. The plan was approved by Tennessee lawmakers and would reconfigure districts that include Memphis. Under the new lines, a district that previously had…

Tennessee Republicans have advanced a proposed new U.S. House map that would redraw the state’s congressional districts and split Shelby County across multiple seats, a change that would reshape the political landscape in and around Memphis. The proposal, unveiled and moved forward by Republican lawmakers in Nashville, would carve up Shelby County among three congressional…

The United Arab Emirates moved to counter an Iranian air attack on Tuesday, according to Reuters, as former President Donald Trump said a ceasefire was still in effect. The development came amid fresh exchanges of fire involving the United States and Iran, even as Trump publicly maintained that a ceasefire remained in place, according to…

A Minneapolis man has pleaded guilty in federal court to assaulting U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar during a town hall meeting in Minneapolis, admitting he attacked the congresswoman with a syringe and also sprayed her with vinegar. The man, identified by the U.S. Department of Justice as Anthony James Kazmierczak, entered the guilty plea in connection…

President Donald Trump said a ceasefire between the United States and Iran remained in place after the two countries exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping corridor that has been the focus of intensifying military tensions. Trump’s comments came after reports of an exchange of strikes in and around the strait, an…

Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI is sharpening attention on the company’s approach to safety, pulling a core part of the artificial intelligence debate into a legal fight involving some of the field’s most prominent figures. The dispute centers on OpenAI, the high-profile AI developer led by CEO Sam Altman, and Musk, a co-founder of the…

The U.S. military carried out strikes on Iran’s Qeshm port and the coastal city of Bandar Abbas, according to a report from Fox News shared by one of its reporters. The reported strikes hit key locations along Iran’s southern shoreline near the Strait of Hormuz, a major global shipping route. The report identified the two…

OpenAI has rolled out a new AI model aimed at cybersecurity teams, marking a major product move that comes a month after Anthropic’s debut of a competing model called Mythos. The rollout positions OpenAI more directly in the market for security-focused AI tools, as companies look for ways to automate parts of threat detection, analysis,…

Google is preparing a new always-on AI agent for Gemini that can carry out tasks around the clock, including making purchases on a user’s behalf, according to recent reports. The development has been described across multiple tech outlets as a “24/7” personal agent designed to act more like a persistent digital partner than a traditional…

Iranian state media reported that the country’s forces exchanged fire with “the enemy” on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that is among the world’s most critical routes for global energy shipments. The reports, carried by multiple Iranian outlets, described an exchange of gunfire on the island, which sits off Iran’s southern…