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Reporting from May 2026 accurately claimed that Google Chrome silently installed a 4-gigabyte artificial intelligence model on users' devices without consent, and that the model reinstalls itself if ...

In 2025, the S&P 500 posted roughly 18% gains on the year. But the Euro Stoxx 50 index posted slightly better gains, and some emerging-market indexes like China's Hang Seng were up even more. That ...

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