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FISA, a Key U.S. Spying Power, Is Expiring. What Does That Mean for Foreign Surveillance?

Top officials and some lawmakers say letting a powerful spying authority expire on Saturday will leave the United States dangerously blind. But surveillance can still continue.

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Speaker Mike Johnson said that not extending the law, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, risked “a serious calamity on our shores.”
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SpaceX IPO: How Our Reporters Assess the Sky-High Valuation and Potential Economic Impact

Two Times tech reporters and their editor talk about assessing the sky-high valuation of the rocket and satellite maker, the potential economic impact of its public debut and the role of the world’s richest man in it all.

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Elon Musk’s rocket maker SpaceX set a price of $135 a share, which would value it at $1.77 trillion.
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OpenAI Files Confidentially for IPO as AI Companies Rush to Wall St.

The company hopes to raise billions in a highly anticipated public offering that could unlock a new generation of tech industry wealth.

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot started the artificial intelligence boom.
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Apple Reveals New A.I.-Powered Version of Its Siri Digital Assistant

The iPhone maker revealed its new artificial intelligence products at its developer conference, the last with Tim Cook as chief executive.

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Apple held its annual conference for software developers on Monday in Cupertino, Calif.
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