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What a wartime housing boom reveals about solving America’s housing crisis

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declared war against Germany in April 1917 , federal authorities immediately realized that ship, vehicle and arms manufacturing would be at the heart of the war effort. Some of these innovations came from private companies that saw the program as a platform to demonstrate new housing technologies. Government mobilization When the U.S.

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The 10 most innovative computing companies of 2025

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Following its 2023 unveiling of two of the largest quantum computers ever made, IBM expanded and upgraded its cloud quantum service and its open-source Qiskit quantum software platform in 2024. in Ehningen, Germany. And in October, the company opened its first global quantum data center outside the U.S., billion, a 33.9%

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Apple faces a $162 million fine from French regulators. Here’s why

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authorities) intend to apply antitrust law to the big digital platforms as strictly as their predecessors. Digital advertising and mobile gaming companies complained it made it more expensive and difficult for brands to advertise on Apple’s platforms. “But what we have heard. is that they (U.S.

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‘People Are Going to Die’: A Malnutrition Crisis Looms in the Wake of USAID Cuts

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Despite announcing a $50 million pledged to fund RUTFs earlier this summer, the Trump administration's deep cuts to foreign assistance have wreaked havoc on RUTF distribution globally, and the State Department hasn’t placed orders with leading suppliers this year. Nkubizi is seeing this unfold firsthand.

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The most innovative companies in Asia-Pacific for 2025

Fast Company Tech

Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek launched a pair of state-of-the-art, open-source AI models that require far less computing power and capital than those of Western companies, sending shockwaves through Silicon Valley and the Wall Street firms that fund them. By the end of the year, the company had sold more than 130,000 cars.

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Kickstarter isn’t just for indie passion projects anymore

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Distributors had snapped up rights in Canada, Japan, Germany, and several other countries, but after a cease-and-desist letter from Trump himself, domestic distributors opted to pass. That grassroots support not only funded marketing and screening opportunities, it raised the films profile , helping it secure stateside distribution.

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Enjoy ‘AI slop’ summer. What’s coming next is worse

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AI Slop summer is here AI image and video generation tools have gone mainstream, with millions creating content and using them on platforms like TikTok and YouTube. E-commerce platforms like Amazon are flooded with AI-generated product descriptions, user reviews, and even entire books. Are we ready for the zero-trust internet?