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Amazon just gave Alexa its biggest upgrade in a decade - and old Echo devices will support it

Amazon's Devices and Services event unveiled the next evolution of Alexa, highlighting how its advanced AI will enhance…

ZDNet
Feb 26, 2025
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Trump plan to freeze funding stymies Biden-era energy rebates for consumers

Some states have paused their Home Energy Rebate programs, created by the Inflation Reduction Act, amid a federal fundi…

CNBC
Feb 26, 2025
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Obvious Ventures, co-founded by Twitter's Evan Williams, plans to raise $400 million fund

Obvious Ventures plans to raise $400 million for its latest fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

CNBC
Feb 26, 2025
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Nothing in current deal points to security guarantees or continued US military support: analyst

President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to meet Donald Trump on Friday to finalize a deal on US access to Ukraine's mineral…

France 24
Feb 26, 2025
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Can the Gaza ceasefire hold? And what threats does it face?

Israel-Hamas agreement needed to move to phase two of multi-stage deal.

Al Jazeera
Feb 26, 2025
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Power back on in Chile after blackout leaves millions in dark

Electricity restored to almost all affected regions as investigation under way into how outage occurredPower has been r…

The Guardian
Feb 26, 2025
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Agency speeds up Social Security Fairness Act timeline, with lump sums, benefit increases for millions of people

The agency had previously said it could take "more than one year" to process benefit changes following the passage of t…

CNBC
Feb 26, 2025
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Musk says federal workers should expect another round of 'pulse check' emails

President Trump warned federal workers who did not reply to recent emails asking them to describe "five things" they ac…

NPR
Feb 26, 2025
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Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads editor to quit

Billionaire Jeff Bezos, who owns the Post, says the newspaper's editorial section will publish columns only "in support…

NPR
Feb 26, 2025
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Washington Post opinion head departs as Jeff Bezos shifts focus for paper

The section will not include viewpoints that oppose personal liberties and free markets, Bezos said in a staff memo.

Al Jazeera
Feb 26, 2025
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Why Dean Karlan, chief economist of USAID, resigned on Tuesday

He was hired in 2022 so the aid agency could get 'more bang for our buck' with its projects. He tried to reach out to h…

NPR
Feb 26, 2025
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French court hands life sentence to Tunisian national for Nice church attack

The perpetrator of a deadly knife attack in France’s southern city of Nice was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison…

France 24
Feb 26, 2025
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