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Workers at a factory in Houston, Texas build servers for Apple.AppleApple has started shipping advanced servers for artificial intelligence applications out of a factory in Houston, Texas, the company announced on Thursday.These servers are a core part of Apple’s commitment to spend $600 billion in the U.S. on advanced manufacturing, suppliers, and other initiatives, and the milestone could please President Donald Trump, who has called for Apple and other technology companies to do more manufacturing on U.S. shores.Apple’s plan to assemble servers in the U.S. was first revealed in February. Apple Chief Operating Officer Sabih Khan said on Thursday that…

ESPN and YouTube TV.David Buono | Icon Sportswire | Jaque Silva | NurPhoto | Getty ImagesJust a month after reaching an agreement with NBCUniversal to avoid dropping its networks, YouTube TV has another potential blackout on its hands — this time with Disney.Disney said Thursday it would begin running public messages for YouTube TV subscribers to alert customers that the company’s networks, including ABC and ESPN, will be dropped from the service if the two sides can’t reach a new distribution agreement, which expires October 30 at 11:59 p.m. ET.”This is the latest example of Google exploiting its position at…

A Long March-5 rocket carrying a new communication technology test satellite blasts off from Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China’s Hainan Province, Oct. 23, 2025. (Photo by Du Xinxin/Xinhua)WENCHANG, Hainan, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) — China on Thursday sent a new communication technology test satellite into space from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China’s Hainan Province.Launched at 10:30 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-5 rocket, the satellite has entered its planned orbit successfully.It will be used mainly to carry out multi-band and high-speed communication technology validation tests.The launch was the 602nd mission of the Long March carrier…

K-P CM says gathering will bring together tribal elders, community leaders, youth from across the region The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Commission on the Status of Women has urged the provincial government to ensure women’s participation in the upcoming “Khyber Aman Jirga,” terming their inclusion a constitutional and legal obligation. The Jirga, scheduled to be held on October 25 in Bara, Khyber district, will be chaired by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister, Sohail Afridi. In an official communiqué issued on Thursday, the Commission emphasized that Article 25(2) of the Constitution guarantees equal rights for all citizens, while Section 6(b) of the K-P Women Empowerment…

Signage outside Applied Materials headquarters in Santa Clara, California, U.S., on Thursday, May 13, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesChip equipment manufacturer Applied Materials is laying off 4% of its workforce.The company on Thursday began notifying impacted employees around the world “across all levels and groups,” it said in a filing. Applied Materials provides equipment, services and software to industries, including the semiconductor industry.Applied Materials had approximately 36,100 full-time employees, according to an August 2025 filing. A layoff of 4% would represent about 1,444 employees.”Automation, digitalization and geographic shifts are redefining our workforce needs and skill requirements,”…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks holding a photos of the new ballroom during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on October 22, 2025. Salwan Georges | The Washington Post | Getty ImagesBig Tech and other publicly traded companies are helping to finance the $300 million White House ballroom planned by President Donald Trump.The White House East Wing has been demolished to make room for the 90,000 square foot ballroom, sparking public anger after Trump promised in July that the building would not be impacted.Trump has said the…

Target said on Thursday it’s cutting 1,800 corporate jobs as the retailer tries to get back to growth after four years of roughly stagnant sales.It marks the first major round of layoffs in a decade for the Minneapolis-based retailer. It announced the layoffs in a memo sent by Target’s incoming CEO Michael Fiddelke to employees at its headquarters.The eliminated roles are a combination of about 1,000 employee layoffs and about 800 positions that will no longer be filled, a company spokesman said. Together, they represent an approximately 8% cut to Target’s corporate workforce, according to the memo. Affected employees will…

Mustafa Suleyman CEO and co-founder of Inflection AI speaks during the Axios BFD event in New York City, U.S., October 12, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersMicrosoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman said the software giant won’t build artificial intelligence services that provide “simulated erotica,” distancing itself from longtime partner OpenAI.”That’s just not a service we’re going to provide,” Suleyman said on Thursday at the Paley International Council Summit in Menlo Park, California. “Other companies will build that.”Suleyman’s comments come a week after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said his company plans to allow verified adults to use ChatGPT for erotica. Altman said that…

Police officers walk past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building, in Islamabad, Pakistan April 6, 2022. REUTERS For the first time in Pakistan’s history, lawmakers can handpick who they want as the country’s top judge, which, as you can imagine, poses serious risks to judicial independence of the country. Otherwise, the most senior judge on the Supreme Court tended to become the Chief Justice of Pakistan. It was a sacred rule that kept politics out of the courtroom. But all this changed in October last year, when Parliament rushed through a vote to change the Constitution for the 26th time…

The U.S. Attorney for Maryland had told superiors at the Department of Justice that she does not believe there is strong enough evidence to charge Sen. Adam Schiff of California with mortgage fraud, MSNBC reported Thursday.President Donald Trump has called on Attorney General Pam Bondi to criminally charge the California Democrat Schiff, a staunch critic of the president who acted as prosecutor in Trump’s first impeachment trial.MSNBC, citing three people familiar with the matter, reported that Maryland U.S. Attorney Kelly Hayes, in recent days, met with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to update him on her investigation of Schiff.”Hayes, an…