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Does Japan Want American Cars? Trump’s Push to Open Foreign Markets Faces Test. – The New York Times

Does Japan Want American Cars? Trump’s Push to Open Foreign Markets Faces Test.  The New York Times Japan trade negotiator to visit US to press for swift implementation of auto tariff deal  Reuters Akazawa returns to U.S. for more talks as tariff deal looks shaky  The Japan Times Trump’s plan to boost U.S. automakers is squeezing them instead  Axios U.S. Promised Windfalls From Japan …

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Writers Guild Pens Open Letter Slamming “Authoritarian Assault” On Free Press

Writers Guild Pens Open Letter Slamming “Authoritarian Assault” On Free Press

More than 2,300 members of the Writers Guild of America West and East, including no shortage of heavy hitters, have signed the union’s open letter decrying the Trump administration’s “recent threats to the free press.” “We are members of the Writers Guild of America who speak with one voice to decry the dangerous and escalating attacks on the First Amendment, …

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OpenAI launches two ‘open’ AI reasoning models

OpenAI launches two ‘open’ AI reasoning models

OpenAI announced Tuesday the launch of two open-weight AI reasoning models with similar capabilities to its o-series. Both are freely available to download from the online developer platform Hugging Face, the company said, describing the models as “state of the art” when measured across several benchmarks for comparing open models. The models come in two sizes: a larger and more …

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OpenAI’s open weight models available today in Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker AI

OpenAI’s open weight models available today in Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker AI

As organizations increasingly embrace agentic AI, they need a variety of models capable of executing complex tasks. OpenAI’s open weight models meet this need with a compelling performance-to-size ratio and advanced reasoning, including adjustable reasoning levels and chain-of-thought outputs that break down complex problems into logical steps. This makes them great for use cases like agentic workflows, coding, scientific analysis, …

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Inside Texas Tech’s ‘open checkbook’ and the school’s quest to rule the Big 12

Inside Texas Tech’s ‘open checkbook’ and the school’s quest to rule the Big 12

LUBBOCK, Texas — Last July, around a conference room table inside Jones AT&T Stadium, the Texas Tech football braintrust laid the foundation for a roster budget that would surpass that of the 2024 Ohio State Buckeyes, the eventual national champions. Inside athletic director Kirby Hocutt’s suite, about a half dozen of the program’s key stakeholders, including head coach Joey McGuire, …

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Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq Set to Open Up; Trump Trade Fears; Palantir, AMD, Nvidia, Tesla, More Movers; Fed Rate Cut Expected

Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq Set to Open Up; Trump Trade Fears; Palantir, AMD, Nvidia, Tesla, More Movers; Fed Rate Cut Expected

Stocks were headed for more gains on Tuesday as investors carried on treating last week’s dismal nonfarm payrolls report as an opportunity to buy the dip, with the market now all but certain that the weak jobs numbers mean the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in September. Futures tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 23 points, or …

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US DOJ to open grand jury to investigate Obama officials, source says – Reuters

US DOJ to open grand jury to investigate Obama officials, source says  Reuters US Attorney General orders grand jury hearings on Trump-Russia probe  BBC Attorney General Bondi orders prosecutors to start grand jury probe into Obama officials over Russia investigation  CNN DOJ launching grand jury investigation into Russiagate conspiracy allegations  CBS News Pam Bondi orders grand jury probe of Obama administration review of 2016 …

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Novak Djokovic withdraws from the Cincinnati Open

Novak Djokovic withdraws from the Cincinnati Open

CINCINNATI (AP) — Novak Djokovic pulled out of the Cincinnati Open on Monday for what officially was listed as a “non-medical” reason, meaning he will head to the U.S. Open without having played a match in about 1 1/2 months. The 24-time Grand Slam champion hasn’t competed since losing in the Wimbledon semifinals to eventual champion Jannik Sinner on July …

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