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OpenAI Inks Deal With Broadcom to Design Its Own Chips for A.I.

By: Cade Metz
13 October 2025 at 21:00
After signing multibillion-dollar agreements to use chips from Nvidia and AMD, OpenAI plans to deploy its own designs next year.

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“Developing our own accelerators adds to the broader ecosystem of partners all building the capacity required to push the frontier of A.I.,” OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman, said in a statement.

New York Braces for Potential Flooding and Heavy Winds From Nor’easter

13 October 2025 at 21:10
The storm has been moving up the East Coast since the weekend, dumping heavy rain and flooding roads on its way toward New England.

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A downed tree in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, on Monday.

Originalist ‘Bombshell’ Complicates Case on Trump’s Power to Fire Officials

13 October 2025 at 17:03
As the Supreme Court seems poised to expand the president’s power, a leading scholar whose work the justices have often cited issued a provocative dissent.

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One of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.’s signature projects since he joined the court 20 years ago has been to grant the president more and more power to fire executive officers.

They Fought Outbreaks Worldwide. Now They’re Fighting for New Lives.

13 October 2025 at 17:00
Hundreds of infectious disease specialists have been let go by the Trump administration. Here are four who focused on keeping pandemics at bay.

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Dr. Stéphie-Anne Dulièpre lost her job at U.S.A.I.D. in February. “It’s devastating, because I have barely scratched the surface of what I can do with all of my skills,” she said.

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt Share Nobel in Economics

13 October 2025 at 20:15
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the prize for showing how “society must keep an eye on the factors that generate and sustain economic growth,” an award committee member said.

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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt.

San Francisco Wants to Destroy a 96-Year-Old’s Defining Artwork

12 October 2025 at 17:00
The maligned sculpture — “weird,” “odd,” “bizarre” — is no longer a working fountain or a skateboarding mecca. But its supporters consider it an important city symbol.

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Vaillancourt Fountain was completed in 1971 and survived a powerful earthquake in 1989. “It’s going to be the shame of the city of San Francisco if they demolish it,” said the artist Armand Vaillancourt.

To Inflict Pain on Russians, Ukraine’s Drones Zero In on Oil Refineries

With Russian forces gaining slowly on the battlefield, Ukraine hopes its long-range drone campaign will help persuade Vladimir V. Putin to change course.

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Why Ukraine Is Betting on Strikes Deep Inside Russia

13 October 2025 at 17:02
The Kremlin will only negotiate if missiles and drones bring the pain of war home to Russians, Ukrainian officials say.

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A satellite image overview of destroyed ammunition depots at Engels airfield in Russia’s Saratov region in March after a Ukrainian drone attack.

Ukraine Visit Leaves Lasting Mark on Times Editor

10 October 2025 at 03:00
A visit to The New York Times’s Kyiv bureau stayed with an editor based in Manhattan. So too did the air alert app that is widely used to warn civilians of Russian military activity.

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In Kyiv, emergency workers in August responded to a residential building that had been hit by a Russian ballistic missile.

Mamdani Seeks to Charm New York’s Most Powerful Capitalists

Key power brokers attacked Zohran Mamdani and raised millions for his leading opponent in the Democratic primary. Now many are talking to him behind the scenes.

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Zohran Mamdani met influential New Yorkers last week at a breakfast hosted by the Association for a Better New York. One real estate developer called him “personable.”

Attorney General Letitia James to Headline Rally for Mamdani

13 October 2025 at 18:00
In her first public appearance since she was indicted on a federal charge of bank fraud, Ms. James is expected to rebuke President Trump and make a case for Mr. Mamdani.

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Zohran Mamdani has staunchly defended Attorney General Letitia James of New York since she was indicted last week.

Factory Towns Revive as Defense Tech Makers Arrive

Drawn by local talent, cheap labor and state cash incentives, start-ups building the weapons of the future are revitalizing manufacturing in once-vibrant industrial towns.

A worker inspecting a drone at Swarm Defense Technologies’ factory in Auburn Hills, Mich.

Bolivia Pushes to Reclaim the Coca Leaf From the Stigma of Cocaine

Long criminalized as the raw material for cocaine, coca is woven into Bolivian life. The government is lobbying the U.N. to ease international restrictions.

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Marilin Catari, 57, who has worked her whole life in the coca trade, walking to tend to her coca leaf crop in the community of Arapata, Bolivia.

What Is Indigenous Peoples’ Day and How Is It Celebrated?

Many cities and states are observing the day. President Trump has declared himself a supporter of Columbus Day.

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Fatima Garcia of the group Danza Azteca Guadalupana dances during an event celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Austin, Texas, in 2021.

China Hosts a Summit on Women’s Rights, While Stifling Activism

13 October 2025 at 15:54
The conference was billed as a celebration of China’s achievements in supporting women. But the government has mostly wiped out independent advocacy groups.

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Xi Jinping, China’s leader, posing with other leaders at the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women in Beijing on Monday.

Who Are the Hostages Released From Captivity in Gaza?

Israel says 20 living hostages have been freed as part of a prisoner exchange. Here’s what we know about them.

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Chairs, some with images of hostages, along a road in southern Israel on Thursday.

Dozens Rescued in Remote Alaskan Villages in Storm That Swept Away Homes

13 October 2025 at 12:00
The Coast Guard and the Alaska National Guard were conducting search-and-rescue operations in two villages along the Bering Sea on Sunday.

© Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Flooding in western Alaska caused by Typhoon Halong, which brought winds that reached 80 miles per hour in some areas.

Asia Markets Fall After Trump Threatens New Tariffs on China

Stocks in the United States recovered from their worst decline in months, after President Trump softened his tariff threat on China. But markets in Asia dropped.

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President Trump has said that the United States would impose a 100 percent tariff on Chinese products starting on Nov. 1.

A Tennessee Sheriff Becomes the Face of Grief After Plant Explosion

13 October 2025 at 09:31
The blast that killed 16 people has left area residents reeling, including Sheriff Chris Davis of Humphreys County, who has fought back tears in his public briefings.

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Chris Davis, the sheriff of Humphreys County, Tenn., knows some of the families who lost loved ones in the explosion.

Trump Heads to Israel and Then Egypt as Hostage-Prisoner Swap Nears

In Israel, he plans to meet with hostage families and address the Knesset, and in Egypt, he will help lead a summit with more than 20 countries to discuss the peace process in Gaza.

© Saher Alghorra for The New York Times

Palestinians in Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza, on Sunday. A summit meeting on the territory’s future is set for Monday in Egypt.

What We Know About the Deal Between Israel and Hamas

Hostages in Gaza will be swapped for Palestinian prisoners in Israel. The last 20 living hostages were released on Monday morning.

© Amit Elkayam for The New York Times

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