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Technology - How trains drove American history - The transcontinental railroad changed just about everything in America: transportation, communications, commerce, cities, politics, even our perception of time. Correspondent David Pogue visits Steamtown National Historic Site, in Scranton, Pa., home to Big Boy, the biggest functioning steam train in the world, to learn how trains helped define an expansive America. 22H ago - 3:25

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Live - No date set for U.S.-Iran talks to resume after clashes test ceasefire - A U.S. official says talks with Iran will resume after tit-for-tat strikes tested the ceasefire, but it isn't clear when, as tension lingers in the Strait of Hormuz. updated 3M ago

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Soccer star's wife and 2 children killed in Venezuela earthquakes, team says -- The wife and two children of Argentine soccer star Lucas Trejo died after powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, his team said.

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California creates AI job trend tracker -- California now has the nation's first dashboard to publicly track artificial intelligence-related job trends, ones created and ones lost. As of now, early findings show no evidence of rising statewide unemployment from jobs exposed to AI. Till von Wachter, a faculty director of the California Policy Lab at UCLA, joins "The Takeout" to discuss.

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How AI powered robots are helping small farms -- From labor shortages to environmental impacts, farmers are looking to AI to help revolutionize the agriculture industry. One California startup, Farm-ng, is tapping into the power of AI and robotics to perform a wide range of tasks, including seeding, weeding and harvesting.

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Gadget prices have fallen for decades. Then AI happened. -- The race to build AI data centers is leading to a global shortage of memory chips, driving up the cost of personal electronics.

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Apple, Microsoft announce price hikes -- Apple and Microsoft announced they're hiking prices for some electronic products, including computers and XBOX consoles, citing a shortage of memory chips. CNET editor-at-large Scott Stein weighs in.

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Smart home security tips for personal and cyber protection -- ZDNet Editor-in-Chief Jason Hiner explains best practices for setup and success of smart home security systems.

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How much water does AI really use? -- The heaviest demand on America's water supply isn't data centers or AI. It's from everyday uses such as growing food, watering lawns and flushing toilets.

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Big Tech is spending trillions on AI. Investors want proof it'll pay off. -- Technology companies are betting trillions of dollars that consumers will open their wallets for AI services. But what if Big Tech is wrong?

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IBM unveils tech for higher-performance chips that use much less power -- IBM has raised the curtain on semiconductor technology it says could deliver computer chips with 50 percent better performance while dramatically lowering power consumption.

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U.S. aims to break AI reliance on China -- The U.S. is trying to break the West's reliance on Chinese artificial intelligence supply chains with an international accord called Pax Silica. Its goal is to shore up supplies of essential components used in high-end computer chips, which power advanced AI models. CBS News coordinating producer Richard Escobedo has more.

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Meta creating prediction market app, NYT says -- Prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket, which allow people to bet on nearly anything, are big business, and Meta is hoping to get in on the action, according to a new report from the New York Times. CNET senior technology reporter Abrar Al-Heeti joins CBS News to discuss.

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CBS News poll finds more oppose than favor data centers in their area -- Most Americans expect data centers to negatively impact the environment, local resources, although some see economic benefits

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Zuckerberg could be betting on new app -- Mike Isaac, a tech reporter for The New York Times, joins CBS News 24/7 to discuss a story he helped break about Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg directing the company to develop a prediction market app.

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Tech stocks plummet amid AI bubble worries -- Investors are recoiling from tech stocks again over doubts that AI spending will pay off in the long run. Yahoo Finance's Brooke DiPalma explains the current state of the global stock market.

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Here's what's behind the tech stock selloff -- Stocks slid around the world on Tuesday as investors pulled back from some of the biggest names in tech amid concerns about ongoing inflation and the possibility of future interest rate hikes. CBS News' Jo Ling Kent has more.

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Dangerous heat wave impacting large swathes of the U.S. this week -- A heat wave will blast a large swath of the U.S. this week. The National Weather Service says temperatures will feel hotter because of the high humidity that's arriving with it.

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Kaine says guardrails on Pentagon firings could see bipartisan support -- Sen. Tim Kaine said guardrails on Pentagon firings could see bipartisan support in Congress, following a string of high-level officers exiting the military during the second Trump administration.

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Comcast plans to split into two businesses, NBCUniversal and Sky -- Current shareholders would receive shares in both companies under the planned split, Comcast said Monday.

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3 firefighters killed, 2 injured fighting wildfires near Colorado-Utah border -- The U.S. Wildland Fire Service said the firefighters had been part of an interagency response to the Knowles and Gore fires near the Colorado-Utah border.

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Mass graves of dog remains found at Northern California animal rescue -- The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office said they found 600 dog collars in an area where they suspect dozens of dogs were killed.

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Britain's Princess Kate climbs 3 mountains in 24 hours for charity -- The challenge was undertaken to raise awareness for a charity she has been involved with since her own cancer treatment.

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Pablo Escobar murder victim's son is named Colombia's interior minister -- The incoming minister's father, Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, was serving as justice minister in 1984 when he was gunned down in Bogota on Pablo Escobar's orders.

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Afghanistan's Taliban claims Pakistani airstrikes killed 36 civilians -- Pakistani security forces Sunday carried out an intelligence-based ground operation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan​ border, followed by "calibrated strikes."

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