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Craftspeople in Iberia during the Final Bronze Age likely knew how to make hardened steel tools for stone carving (Image credit: Loop Images via Getty Images) Intricate 2,900-year-old engravings on stone monuments from what is now Portugal in the Iberian Peninsula could only have been made using steel instruments, archaeologists have found. The discovery hints
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Regulators shut down Silicon Valley Bank on Friday, marking the biggest bank failure since the 2008 recession and sending shockwaves across the tech world.  The Federal Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created a National Bank of Santa Clara to hold deposits and other assets of the failed Silicon Valley Bank, but the abrupt closing is impacting tech
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The use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology is catalyzing the next platform shift, and will become integrated with every business, contributing to 25% of GDP growth, says Oppenheimer & Co. The company's Thursday industry update to investors is a deep dive into the new AI food chain infrastructure. In short, Oppenheimer's Timothy Horan said hyperscalers
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been brutal and attritional, and has shocked most of the “civilised” world. Russia’s evident disregard for casualties and collateral damage in the pursuit of victory is very different to the West’s approach to warfare, which has profound implications for the war in Ukraine, and the West’s wider defence planning assumptions.
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Senate Republicans found themselves shaken and disoriented Thursday after finding out their leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.) was in the hospital after tripping at a private event, raising questions about his health and future leadership of the GOP conference.   McConnell, who in January became the longest serving party leader in Senate history, has led
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President Biden has been on a good streak with his party’s left flank, but progressives are now fretting about his direction.   First, there was Biden’s surprise announcement that he’d sign a GOP resolution disapproving of a Washington, D.C. crime bill that eased some sentencing laws.   Then came reports that administration officials are thinking about keeping
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Americas top intelligence agency said Vladimir Putin would continue to build Russia's nuclear arsenal amid heavy losses in the Ukraine battlefield. What Happened: The nation's top intelligence agency, in its 35-page intelligence assessment report, wrote that Putin would become more dependent on nuclear weapons in order to deter Kyiv and its powerful Western allies. See
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The introduction of President Biden’s budget on Capitol Hill on Thursday is the “starter’s gun” in the negotiations with Republicans over raising the debt limit, ratcheting up pressure on Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to unveil his own detailed budget plan, which he has not yet done. The Congressional Budget Office estimates Congress needs to raise the debt
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Is the clip stupid or terrifying? I cant decide. To be honest, its a bit of both. I just think I would love to get Ratatouilled, a familiar-sounding voice begins. Ratatouilled? asks another recognizable voice. Like, have a little guy up there, the first voice replies. You know, making me cook delicious meals. It sounds
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Joe Biden seems like hes running again, God love him. He will most likely make this official in the next couple of months, and with the support of nearly every elected Democrat in range of a microphone. That is how things are typically done in Washington: The White House shall make you primary-proof. The gods
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