Pittsburgh's new mayor has cold-called dozens of tech CEOs to get them to relocate their startups to his city

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Corey O'Connor is the mayor of Pittsburgh.
Corey O'Connor became mayor of Pittsburgh.

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Here's what current and former OpenAI employees are saying about the company's Pentagon deal

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Sam Altman's profile, standing in front of a window.
Sam Altman

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Claude hits No. 1 on App Store as ChatGPT users defect in show of support for Anthropic's Pentagon stance

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Several AI applications can be seen on a smartphone screen, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, Meta AI, Grok and DeepSeek.
Anthropic's Claude has seen an influx of users defecting from ChatGPT

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Paramount won't say whether Middle East money is funding its WBD deal

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Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman, at a US-Saudi event in Washington, DC; November 2025.
Saudi Arabian ruler Mohammed bin Salman at a US-Saudi investment event in Washington DC, in November 2025. In December, Paramount said a Saudi-controlled fund would pitch in $10 billion towards its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Bernie Sanders is proposing a 5% billionaire wealth tax that would fund $3,000 checks for many Americans

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Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna unveiled the wealth tax proposal on Monday.

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7 celebrity outfits that missed the mark at the 2026 Actor Awards

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Fran Drescher at the Actor Awards in March 2026.
Fran Drescher at the Actor Awards in March 2026.

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Photos show what Iran looked like before the 1979 revolution turned the nation into an Islamic republic

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The Shah of Iran and family
The Shah of Iran with his third wife, Empress Farah Diba, and their son Crown Prince Reza.

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I led communications at FEMA during a hurricane, and had to flee my home after a death threat

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Jaclyn Rothenberg
Jaclyn Rothenberg

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Netflix says it bailed on WBD because of money, not Donald Trump

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Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos arrives for meetings at the White House on February 26, 2026 in Washington, DC., shortly before announcing that Netflix was no longer going to try to buy much of Warner Bros. Discovery
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos visited the White House on Thursday, and shortly after announced his company was no longer going to try to buy much of Warner Bros. Discovery.

The US reportedly used Anthropic's AI for its attack on Iran, just after banning it

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In a lengthy post on Truth Social on February 27, President Trump ordered all federal agencies to "immediately cease all use of Anthropic's technology" following strong disagreements between the Department of

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