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Sen. Joni Ernst will lead the Senate's DOGE caucus.
  • GOP Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa is set to lead the new DOGE caucus in the US Senate.
  • She said on Fox News on Sunday that her goal is to make the federal establishment "squeal."
  • It remains unclear how the new Department of Government Efficiency and Senate caucus will function.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said companies will need more computational power to improve artificial intelligence.
  • Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in a recent interview that today's AI doesn't provide the best answers.
  • "We have to get to a point where the answer that you get, you largely trust," he said.
  • The CEO said we're still "several years away" and



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In a podcast appearance, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he thinks the future of AI lies in agents that do tasks autonomously.
  • Tech titan Marc Benioff says we're near the "upper limits" of LLM use in AI advancement.
  • In a podcast, the Salesforce CEO said the future of AI lies in agents that work autonomously.
  • "'Terminator'? Maybe we'll be there



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A still from the latest A Minecraft Movie trailer. | Screenshot: YouTube

This week, I went to a theater to watch a showing of the black-and-white version of Johnny Mnemonic, starring Keanu Reeves. Old-heads like me may recall it as a bad mid-90s cyberpunk film (written by William Gibson!) about a data courier whose brain is the storage medium, but who had to have his



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The UN COP29 climate summit is in Baku, Azerbaijan.
  • AI requires enormous amounts of energy, threatening global net zero goals.
  • Tech giants may use fossil fuels short-term, raising concerns about clean energy commitments.
  • AI is also ushering in an era of nuclear power, however, which is cleaner.

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Microsoft says it’s working with Ubisoft to fix a problem with its latest Windows 11 update that’s been crashing some games, and it’s put the update’s release on pause for devices with those games in the meantime. Following users’ reports of issues after installing the Windows 11 24H2 update, Microsoft confirmed this weekend that certain games may become unresponsive or display a black screen. The



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Tim Cook and then-President Donald Trump, speaking to the Press in Austin, Texas in 2019. | Photo: Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images

Apple CEO Tim Cook managed to forge a personal relationship with Donald Trump during his first Presidential term that other tech firms struggled to replicate. Now, others are trying to follow his template, says a Wall Street Journal report to



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Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as Elphaba and Glinda in Universal's "Wicked."
  • Jon M. Chu's "Wicked" premiered in theaters on November 22.
  • "Wicked" topped the domestic box office with an estimated $114 million.
  • The film has earned an estimated $164.2 million worldwide so far.

"Wicked" is soaring at the box office.

Universal Pictures' highly anticipated — and heavily