Blame Jeff Bezos! And then stop hoping billionaires bail out the news.

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Jeff Bezos can afford a multi-day wedding in Venice. He could also afford to fund the Washington Post's losses. But we need news outlets that don't depend on billionaires to survive.

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  • Billionaire Jeff Bezos got praised for saving The Washington Post in 2013.
  • Now, billionaire Jeff Bezos is getting grief for massive cuts at the paper, which he could certainly
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Google’s annual revenue tops $400 billion for the first time

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Google's parent company, Alphabet, has earned more than $400 billion in annual revenue for the first time. The company announced the milestone as part of its Q4 2025 earnings report released on Wednesday, which highlights the 15 percent year-over-year increase as its cloud business and YouTube continue to grow.

As noted in the earnings report, Google's Cloud business reached a $70 billion

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Senators grill Waymo and Tesla over robotaxi safety, liability, and China

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During a two-hour hearing in the US Senate Wednesday, top executives from Waymo and Tesla urged lawmakers to take action on long-stalled legislation to speed the deployment of self-driving cars on public roads. But after two hours of Q&A around a number of hot-button topics, including robotaxi safety, legal liability, remote operation, and China, it was clear that lawmakers were no closer

A longtime Paramount exec is stepping down as David Ellison's company shakes up its ads leadership

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David Ellison, pictured left, is the CEO of Paramount, which is losing a longtime ad sales executive who got his start at the company at CBS.

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  • Paramount's EVP of agency partnerships, who's been with the company for decades, is stepping down.
  • The move was announced to Paramount advertising employees on Wednesday afternoon.
  • Paramount CEO
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The Pentagon's Gauntlet will put 25 attack drone makers to the test, including some from Ukraine

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The first phase of the program invites 25 companies to test their drones with US military operators.

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  • The first phase of the Pentagon's small, one-way attack drone program involves 25 vendors.
  • The companies will test their systems with US personnel later this month before DoD decides which ones to buy.
  • Ukrainian companies were among those selected to compete in
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A federal agency is probing Nike for discrimination against white employees

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Nike is accused of discriminating against white employees.

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  • Nike is facing a federal probe into allegations that it discriminated against white workers.
  • The EEOC said Wednesday that it is investigating Nike's employment practices, including its DEI targets.
  • EEOC is requesting Nike's data on layoff criteria, race-based programs, and executive pay.

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