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As companies pour billions into Earth-based AI infrastructure, Google taking the data center race off-planet | Fortune
The moonshot idea of putting AI data centers into outer space just moved one step closer to reality, despite doubts about its feasibility.Last week, Google’s Project Suncatcher launched a refrigerator-sized satellite carrying four AI chips into orbit on a...
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How U.S. know-how is fracking Australia into a gas boom, from Texas oilmen to Trump’s energy secretary | Fortune
As the U.S. shale oil and gas revolution took off two decades ago, Australia took notice and wondered whether the boom could be replicated down under.In September, the effort began to pay off, thanks to the arrival of American...
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‘Piece by piece’: Trump administration vows to dismantle International Criminal Court | Fortune
The Trump administration has imposed sweeping new sanctions on the International Criminal Court as part of its campaign to dismantle the tribunal over investigations into the United States and its allies, including Israel.Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the...
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‘I don’t know that that’s actually going to happen’: Vance doubts plan to livestream of execution of Fort Hood shooter after Pentagon’s announcement |...
Vice President JD Vance cast doubt Friday on whether the Pentagon will livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan in December but told reporters that if it is livestreamed, “I’m not going to be watching it.”The...
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Trump signed sweeping Russia sanctions last month. Now he’s striking a diesel deal with Putin | Fortune
Zelenskyy calls US-Russia diesel deal ‘a weak decision’ and says negotiators are being ‘used as a smokescreen.’THIS IS AN APNewsAlert. Check back for updates. AP’s earlier story is below.President Donald Trump said that he has struck a deal to...
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‘Trojan horse’: California’s top 1% pay nearly half the state’s income taxes. Prop 40 opponents warn the billionaire tax could reach everyone else |...
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California’s revenue is notoriously top heavy, leaving state coffers vulnerable to boom-and-bust cycles as the wealthiest residents see their incomes rise and fall with the stock market.In recent years, the top 1% of California households have accounted for about...
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The oil market that sets today’s gas prices was invented in western Pennsylvania
The fall of 2026 is a moment of energy centrality, when geopolitics unfolding far away shows up in Americans’ everyday lives.In Pennsylvania, the statewide diesel price averages US$6.50 per gallon. In Iowa, farmers are...
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Current price of oil as of Oct. 9, 2026 | Fortune
At 6:45 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil was priced at $105.72 per barrel with Brent serving as the benchmark (we’ll explain different benchmarks later in this article). That’s a drop of $2.61 compared with yesterday morning and around $40...
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‘You decided to evade them’: Former HSBC banker ‘clearly in a financial position to pay’ banned from finance for dodging $7,800 in fares |...
Britain’s financial regulator has banned a former HSBC banker from the industry over a train-fare fraud that cost a railway operator £5,911, or about $7,800.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) barred Joseph Molloy from performing “any function in relation to...
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At least 27 pupils and teacher killed after Pakistan school roof collapses
At least 33 pupils and a teacher have been killed after a school roof collapsed in the north-western Pakistani...