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Californians to Vote on Proposed Billionaire Tax

On Nov. 3, Californians will decide whether to impose a wealth tax on the state’s richest residents, which proponents say will fill holes...

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Meta Settles Lawsuit Alleging Social Media Harms to Children for $17 Billion

Meta Platforms has agreed to pay out as much as $17 billion to settle state claims that it designed Facebook and Instagram to...

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Nvidia Earnings Beat Expectations as AI Chip Demand Stays Strong

Nvidia has reported its fiscal second-quarter revenue, with investors looking to the world’s most valuable company for signals about whether the massive buildout...

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California Cancels Talks With Paramount Over Warner Bros Deal

The Paramount logo is shown on a structure at the Paramount studio lot in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif., on Feb. 26, 2026. Mike...

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Memory Chip Maker Micron Unveils Plans for $10 Billion Research Lab in Idaho

A Micron building in Shanghai on May 22, 2023. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty ImagesMicron Technology said on Aug. 20 that it plans to...

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AI Chip Startup Etched Valued at $21 Billion After Funding Round

Employees converse in a clean room at a Coherent manufacturing facility where lasers are developed for transmitting data among chips, in Sherman, Texas,...

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Payments Company Stripe to Buy AI Startup OpenRouter

Patrick Collison speaks onstage during WIRED25 Work: Inside San Francisco's Most Innovative Workplaces in San Francisco, Calif., on Oct. 12, 2018. Phillip Faraone/Getty...