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The Plight of America’s Overextended Carrier Fleet

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Alibaba plunges after announcing $10.2 billion share placement to fund AI push

Alibaba shares plunged 10% after the tech giant priced a $10.2 billion share placement to fund its growing AI investments.

Other countries have 200 mph passenger trains. Why has high-speed rail not tracked here?

August 23, 2026 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News

What's bogging down the data center trade has nothing to do with demand

The stakes are incredibly high for the U.S. to maintain its lead in data centers. It seems to be getting harder and harder in this election year.

The Terror: Devil in Silver review

Expect gory set pieces and jump scares galore in the return of the supernatural anthology series, with Dan Stevens among the many poor souls terrorised by an evil spirit haunting their ward

Greg Abbott says data center developers 'dug their own grave'

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) said technology companies that develop data centers “dug their own grave” when they failed to win the support of local communities.

Ella Baron on AI and the drought

While the use of water-hungry AI becomes normalised, many areas of Britain are suffering from drought

China postpones Chang'e-7 moon launch as mission fails to meet launch conditions, officials say

August 23, 2026 / 11:05 AM EDT / CBS/AP

America's AI Backlash: How the Effort to Keep Worker Trust Is Evolving Inside Companies

Trust remains the cornerstone of an ideal AI communication strategy, whether for an AI-native startup or legacy enterprise facing yet another cultural shift.

Iranian hackers disabled UK power plant for four days: Report

Hackers affiliated with Iran managed to disable a small-scale power plant in the United Kingdom for four days, according to a new report.

An AI ‘debt bomb’ crisis? No. This isn’t Enron 2.0

Fears of a datacenter buildout debt crisis are exaggerated. The risks are different than in the past and they are recoverable

Aardman's Peter Lord and David Sproxton: 'At the Oscars, I went to the gents and had a pee with Jack Nicholson!'

The studio's co-founders on accidentally creating Morph, not wanting a yacht in the Maldives and being each other's best ally.