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Tiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contest. Dr Ning Xu denies he broke the rules of Nikon's annual Small World In Motion contest.

Pete Hegseth's got a vision for the military. It leans on drone swarms, chaplains, and tech leaders like Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey. The defense secretary's newly unveiled plan to get the US military ready for future wars turns in part on autonomous warfare and big names in tech.

Trump touts economic wins in battleground states — like a $54 billion Alaskan pipeline — as the midterms draw closer. President Donald Trump is spending time this week talking up big job-creating projects in battleground states.

Peter Thiel says that effective altruists got 'one big thing right'. Peter Thiel said that early effective altruists were right about AI. "There was one big thing they knew that the other people did not," he said.

Apple’s New CEO Has Big Plans. Here’s What He’s Planning to Change. John Ternus is leading Apple’s next chapter, and he’s focused on getting the company to move faster.