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The U.S. Has Lost Its Measles-Elimination Status, Data Suggests
Nov 10, 2026

The U.S. Has Lost Its Measles-Elimination Status, Data Suggests

An international panel of scientific experts will convene on Tuesday to evaluate the status, but genetic data already shows the virus is once again entrenched in the United States.


Toyota Plans to Sell a Kei Pickup Truck in the U.S.
Nov 10, 2026

Toyota Plans to Sell a Kei Pickup Truck in the U.S.

The automaker plans to sell Americans “Kei” pickup trucks, which are very popular in Japan and with U.S. auto enthusiasts. Even President Trump is a fan.


Nvidia hires major US law firm to investigate alleged Chinese spy affair
Nov 10, 2026

Nvidia hires major US law firm to investigate alleged Chinese spy affair

The appointment was made after it emerged Jensen Huang had an affair with a woman believed to be a spy for China.


Nov 10, 2026

How A.I. Just Blew Up a Key Tenet of Computer Science

A longstanding hypothesis held that some problems would always be hard for computers to solve quickly. But OpenAI disproved it — raising the possibility of radical new efficiencies.


Anthropic’s Giant IPO Will Tie It Closer to Nvidia
Nov 10, 2026

Anthropic’s Giant IPO Will Tie It Closer to Nvidia

Nvidia planned to invest $10 billion in Anthropic alongside its initial public offering, the largest of the new financial commitments from several giants to the A.I. company.


Amazon and Google Will See Big Paydays from Anthropic IPO
Nov 10, 2026

Amazon and Google Will See Big Paydays from Anthropic IPO

Amazon and Google are the largest investors in the A.I. start-up, and their shares could gain hundreds of billions of dollars in value.


Anthropic eyes $1.4 trillion valuation in blockbuster IPO
Nov 10, 2026

Anthropic eyes $1.4 trillion valuation in blockbuster IPO

US firm Anthropic, the company behind the AI chatbot Claude, has announced it will offer 825 million shares at a price between $70 and $78 apiece during its planned IPO. This will give the firm a valuation of around $1.4 trillion. The blockbuster IPO will come at a time when investors are increasingly concerned about the risks associated with the AI boom. But first, chip giant Nvidia continues to face pressure over its CEO's affair with a suspected Chinese spy.


Nov 10, 2026

What BlackBerries and Horseshoes Reveal About Our Presidents

The photographer Peter Adams visited 15 presidential libraries, chronicling individual objects that offered insights about the men who have sat in the White House.


Who Is Alice Huang, the Woman in the Middle of Nvidia’s Spy Scandal?
Nov 10, 2026

Who Is Alice Huang, the Woman in the Middle of Nvidia’s Spy Scandal?

Alice Huang, who U.S. intelligence determined is a Chinese asset, emerged from the high-flying world of Shanghai finance to work with tech titans and obtain essential A.I. chips.


Nov 10, 2026

OpenAI acquires Odessia, travel startup created by Sonder founder

OpenAI has not yet said what its plans are for the future of travel. But Sonder founder Francis Davidson is a well-known figure in the travel industry.


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