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Jun 17, 2026 • 8 min read

Economic Data Blackout Could Become Data Dark Age As Shutdown Drags On - Investopedia

Government statistical agencies failed to publish three major economic reports that were due Thursday.Economists are warning that the data for October may not merely be delayed but s…

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Jun 17, 2026 • 4 min read

AI Companies Now ‘Disrupting’ SF Rental Market By Giving People Free Apartments, Rent Stipends - SFist

It will make renters sick that they have to compete with AI sector workers whose cash-flush companies pay their rent for them. It will make renters even sicker to hear those AI companies do this to m…

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Jun 17, 2026 • 5 min read

US Nears Tariff Relief for Auto Industry After Lobbying Push - Bloomberg.com

The White House is poised to ease tariffs on the US auto industry, a move that would deliver a major win for carmakers that have aggressively lobbied to stem the fallout from record-level import duti…

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Jun 17, 2026 • 3 min read

Stocks Give Up Gains Again. Here's Why. - Barron's

Weve been here before. The S&P 500 got off to a strong start but it was down 0.5% in early afternoon trading. The Dow was down 200 points, or 0.4%. The Nasdaq Composite was down 0.5%. The yield…

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Jun 17, 2026 • 4 min read

Why the F5 Hack Created an ‘Imminent Threat’ for Thousands of Networks - WIRED

Thousands of networksmany of them operated by the US government and Fortune 500 companiesface an imminent threat of being breached by a nation-state hacking group following the breach of a major make…

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Jun 17, 2026 • 6 min read

Energy Department offers $1.6 billion loan guarantee to upgrade transmission lines across Midwest - AP News

WASHINGTON (AP) The Department of Energy said Thursday it has finalized a $1.6 billion loan guarantee to a subsidiary of one of the nations largest power companies to upgrade nearly 5,000 miles of tr…

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Jun 17, 2026 • 7 min read

Oracle’s stock rises as Wall Street’s AI profitability concerns are put to rest - MarketWatch

Oracle Corp. solidified its position as an artificial-intelligence leader at its AI World Conference, as the company raised guidance and shared positive business developments. Investors were looking…

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Jun 17, 2026 • 8 min read

Ars Live recap: Is the AI bubble about to pop? Ed Zitron weighs in. - Ars Technica

Despite connection hiccups, we covered OpenAI’s finances, nuclear power, and Sam Altman.

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