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‘Don Colossus,’ a Golden Statue of President Trump, Waits for Its Home

A group of cryptocurrency investors backing a memecoin hopes the statue will soon be installed at one of Mr. Trump’s golf courses in Florida.



Netflix Leader Pushes Warner Deal Before Skeptical Lawmakers

Senators asked Ted Sarandos about whether the acquisition would raise prices, squeeze talent and degrade the moviegoing experience.



Spain Aims to Ban Social Media for Children Under 16

The announcement is part of a broader push by countries to curb access to online platforms for minors. It also points to Europe’s stricter approach to regulating social media.



Elon Musk Merges SpaceX With His A.I. Start-Up xAI

The deal further intermingles Mr. Musk’s companies and creates the most valuable private company on earth.



France’s Raid on X Escalates Trans-Atlantic Showdown Over Social Media

The French investigation into Elon Musk’s X illustrated a fundamental divide between European and American leaders about how to regulate social media — or whether to restrict it at all.



Moltbook Mania Explained

Is this the year the internet changes forever?



Siemens Energy Bets $1 Billion That A.I. Power Demand Will Last

The German manufacturer announced plans to expand factories in several U.S. states and build a new plant in Mississippi.



Chaos in Minneapolis Exposes an Internet at War With Truth

Technological advances and an erosion of trust have transformed the way news unfolds online, distorting shared reality.



Trump Unveils $12 Billion Critical Minerals Stockpile

The “Project Vault” initiative is intended to reduce U.S. reliance on China for key technology components.



A Social Network for A.I. Bots Only. No Humans Allowed.

A new website called Moltbook has become the talk of Silicon Valley and a Rorschach test for belief in the state of artificial intelligence.



Energy Bills Have Soared Recently. How Can States Bring Costs Down?

Energy experts said governors and legislatures had tools to keep electricity prices from rising further, and might even be able to lower them.



Jeff Bezos’s Rocket Company Blue Origin Pauses Space Tourism to Focus on the Moon

The New Shepard rocket from Blue Origin, which brought 92 people on trips to the edge of space, will cease flying for at least two years as the company prioritizes NASA contracts.



Tesla’s Model S, Soon to Be History, Changed the Auto Industry

The company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, said this week that it would stop making the car, an electric pioneer in 2012, as well as the Model X.



Tech Grapples With ICE + Casey Tries Clawdbot, a Risky New A.I. Assistant + HatGPT

In Minneapolis, it has become a battle of phone versus phone.



The Tech Arsenal That ICE Has Deployed in Minneapolis

Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said.



Apple Reports Record iPhone Sales Amid Holiday Bump

New phone designs, coupled with robust holiday spending, continued to lift iPhone sales in the quarter and drove the company to record profits.



OpenAI in Talks to Raise as Much as $100 Billion

OpenAI’s discussions with Microsoft, Nvidia, Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and others could value it at $750 billion or more.



How the A.I. Boom Could Push Up the Price of Your Next PC

A.I. companies are buying up memory chips, causing the prices of those components — which are also used in laptops and smartphones — to soar.



Amazon and Google Eat Into Nvidia’s A.I. Chip Supremacy

The rivals made billions of dollars in the business over the past year, showing other companies that Nvidia isn’t the only game in town.



Microsoft Continues to Spend Big on A.I. While Profit Jumps 60%

The company said on Wednesday that revenue in the most recent quarter was $81.3 billion, but its share price dropped more than 7 percent in after-hours trading.