The biggest startups raised a record amount in 2025, dominated by AI

The biggest startups raised a record amount in 2025, dominated by AI

The excitement around artificial intelligence led to a record year for certain types of fundraising. Silicon Valley’s AI companies secured record funding in 2025, even as investors advised startups to shore up as much capital as possible before a potential AI bust. The largest private U.S. companies raised a record $150 billion in 2025, overshadowing…

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JOCK FINLAYSON: Dark clouds loom over Canada’s economy in 2026

JOCK FINLAYSON: Dark clouds loom over Canada’s economy in 2026

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Opinion Columnists Since the start of 2025, our principal trading partner has been ruled by a president who seems determined to unravel the post-war global economic and security order that provided a stable and reassuring backdrop for smaller countries such as Canada. Published Dec 31, 2025  •  Last updated 18 hours ago…

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This Long Beach studio is designing America’s cheapest EV truck

This Long Beach studio is designing America’s cheapest EV truck

In an echoing Long Beach studio, an ambitious team of designers is trying to reinvent how electric vehicles are made. Slate Auto has assembled a team of EV engineers from Tesla, Rivian and elsewhere to develop America’s least-expensive EV truck. In the warehouse space near construction supply shops and a Western-themed bar, designers have built…

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Southern California’s unlikely AI mecca is this very industrial city

Southern California’s unlikely AI mecca is this very industrial city

Five miles south of downtown Los Angeles, a single industrial block in Vernon is drawing as much electricity as a small town. Inside a three-story, 242,000-square-foot building known as LAX01, rows of advanced artificial intelligence chips hum across six data buildings, consuming enough electricity to power more than 26,400 homes for a year. The processors…

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Contributor: Internet access is a human right

Contributor: Internet access is a human right

Even for the casual observer, it’s probably apparent that modern warfare, both domestic and abroad, is dramatically changing. Scenes this summer of a synchronized fleet of Ukrainian drones descending on a field of Russian warplanes punctuate just how far we’ve pivoted from classic artillery and infantry-based operations. It’s not only the methods that are changing,…

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