Launching a major tech IPO would seem risky right now, shortly after one of Nasdaq’s biggest sell-offs and amid revelations that a CEO central to the AI boom had an affair with a suspected Chinese spy. But that isn’t deterring Anthropic, which is moving ahead with its listing plans, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Expedia Group spent $676 million on three acquisitions in the first nine months of 2026, according to a third-quarter financial filing. It is the company’s most active stretch of dealmaking since its 2015 buying binge, when it acquired HomeAway (Vrbo), Orbitz Worldwide, and Travelocity. The filing doesn’t name the companies Expedia bought in 2026. It
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Democrats’ historic victory in this week’s midterm elections could also have a dramatic effect on the tech industry. In dozens of local ballot measures, voters rejected data centers. And even when they weren’t voting on the issue directly, they were electing politicians — like Texas’ new governor-elect Gina Hinojosa — who campaigned on the promise
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By the 1990s, however, some scholars began to question the idea that Bantu languages and skills spread through a migration. Couldn’t these cultural habits have spread while people stayed in the same place, with hunter gatherer communities passing along new technologies, languages, and habits to each other? Genetic techniques that could analyze people’s ancestry helped
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When a franchise lasts for generations, it must engage devoted fans and welcome newcomers. Decades of stories add meaning for the invested, but leaning too much on old references can put off those just arriving. The most successful franchises keep their identity strong and let history enrich the experience, while using stand-alone franchise stories, fresh
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Superconductors carry electricity without resistance, but most only work a few degrees above absolute zero. In the late 1980s, copper-based materials called cuprates were found to superconduct at higher temperatures—reachable with affordable liquid nitrogen. Yet nearly 40 years later, physicists still don’t agree on why. In a recent Science study, a team of physicists led
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Sarah Meth is a London-born singer-songwriter who started singing in a children’s choir at age four. Taking guitar lessons at school, she then wrote her first song at nine – about two classmates that had broken up, she recalls – and went on to attend the BRIT School alongside alumni including Olivia Dean and Lola
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