The company is spending about $200 billion on its domestic expansion, which includes constructing two chip-making factories at its headquarters campus in Southeast Boise, building up to four fabs in New York state, and modernizing its existing fab in Virginia.
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Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
21 Mar. 2026
Microsoft is constructing models for generating source code, images and audio, and for reasoning, which produces answers that people can find more thoughtful but requires more time, Suleyman said.
The researchers spent months building partnerships with distilleries across Kentucky, Illinois, and Canada to gain access to the samples needed for their fun energy-storage experiments.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026
Edged would be required to pay for its own power, and the company is building an Oncor substation.
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Emily Holshouser,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Mar. 2026
The Athletics are assembling an interesting young core but don’t look ready for prime time yet, and the Los Angeles Angels look destined for another rough year.
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Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
21 Mar. 2026
In charge is Eva Stratt (Sandra Hüller), a stern German tactician who is tasked with assembling a global coalition to handle the astrophage problem.
The experimental jet, part of NASA’s Quesst mission, is designed to fly faster than the speed of sound while producing only a soft sonic thump instead of a disruptive boom.
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Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
Another issue worrying farmers in major food-producing countries like Brazil and India is that the war is also hurting the export market.
Just off the reception, Japanese and international creatives in preppy suits hunch over MacBooks slurping strawberry matcha lattes with Tokyo’s skyline forming their Zoom backdrop.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Mar. 2026
Rock criticism was unheard of back when writers like Christgau, Greil Marcus and Lester Bangs first started out, forming their own niche within a greater movement that came to be known as New Journalism.
Had action been deferred, Iran’s rapidly increasing ballistic missile would have soon reached the point of immunity — erecting a shield of threatened destruction behind which the mullah’s nuclear program could be rebuilt.
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Chuck DeVore,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
The group is also said to be digging tunnels, building bunkers, and erecting barriers and other defensive structures in case of an attack by the United States and Israel.
The end result, however, has been manufacturing jobs spread across the nation, a tried-and-true approach to keep members of Congress supportive of expensive projects.
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Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
Soda ash produced at the plant is critical for manufacturing the high purity flat glass required for solar panels and for refining lithium used in electric vehicle batteries.
Whatever capacity Mike does have for dedication is going into fashioning himself a reality television character, rather than into turning over cabins or wiping the deck.
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Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
Buss trusted his instincts and went for it, the enlistment of Riley fashioning a culture that remained strong until the death of Buss in 2013.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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