WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force’s proposed $71 billion budget for fiscal 2027 is drawing attention for its investments in missile-warning satellites, proliferated low Earth orbit constellations and other big-ticket systems. Less visible, but increasingly central to the service’s plans, is a major buildout of the ground infrastructure needed to operate those systems during a
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Paul Erdős made many conjectures about numbers in his life Oliver Helbig/Getty Images Just a week after an AI disproved an 80-year-old conjecture and astonished mathematicians, another conjecture that had stood for half a century has fallen, inspired by the same techniques, but this time written entirely by humans. Last week, an unreleased AI model
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US President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on May 21, 2026. Kent Nishimura | AFP | Getty Images Iran’s armed forces fired missiles at unidentified targets late Thursday local time, the state media outlet Fars
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Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover of Upflow by Diego Gerard Morrison, which will be published on October 27, 2026 by Split/Lip Press. You can pre-order your copy here. Mexico City’s water system is the costliest and most absurd on the planet. A series of dams in neighboring states hydro-elevate water past drought-stricken communities before water
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Alfred Molina as Sam in ‘The Boroughs’. Photo: Netflix © 2026. Arriving on Netflix on May 21st with all eight episodes, ‘The Boroughs’ is set in a seemingly ideal elder community where something decidedly nasty is lurking in the walls. With ‘Stranger Things’ creators Matt and Ross Duffer as executive producers, the new show (created
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Cecilia Vega, the veteran TV news correspondent who was fired from 60 Minutes on Thursday, said in a fiery statement, “I very much fear what comes next” for the long-running newsmagazine, which is undergoing a major overhaul under CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss. Weiss terminated Vega and fellow 60 correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, as well as
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Dell reported its fastest pace of revenue growth for any period since its return to the public market more than seven years ago, and topped analysts’ estimates for sales and profit. The stock climbed as much as 25% in extended trading on Thursday. Here’s how the company did in comparison with LSEG consensus: Earnings per
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Inflation continued to hit consumer wallets in April, likely keeping the Federal Reserve on the sidelines until the current wave subsides, fresh pricing data released Thursday showed. The personal consumption expenditures price index increased a seasonally adjusted 0.4% for the month, putting the 12-month inflation rate at 3.8%, the Commerce Department reported. Economists surveyed by
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A person walks outside a Best Buy store on May 29, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Best Buy on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter results that beat expectations on the top and bottom lines as the electronics retailer tries to break out of a sales slump. The company said revenue climbed slightly,
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Gilla Band are back their first music in three years and an expansive list of tour dates through 2027. Check out the new single “Giraffe” —which arrives alongside an inventive animated music video from Cuan Roche and Chanthila Phaophanit—as well as the full list of stops below. In a statement about the making of “Giraffe,”
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