After Saks Bankruptcy, Richard Baker Says He Saved Luxury Department Stores
Richard Baker wanted to create a retail empire when he combined Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. About a year later, it filed for bankruptcy.
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France Summons U.S. Ambassador Over Comments on Activist’s Killing
Charles Kushner, President Trump’s envoy to Paris, was called in after the State Department cited “violent radical leftism” in the beating death of Quentin Deranque, 23.
The US moved away from its heartland to set a Winter Olympics high in Italy | USA Olympic team
In 2002, on home ice and snow in Utah, the USA obliterated its records for most gold medals (10, beating the previous high of six) and most overall medals (34, more than two times the previous high of 13) by the country in a single Winter Olympics. In 2026, the USA broke that national record…
Anthropic accuses Chinese AI labs of mining Claude as US debates AI chip exports
Anthropic is accusing three Chinese AI companies of setting up more than 24,000 fake accounts with its Claude AI model to improve their own models. The labs — DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax — allegedly generated more than 16 million exchanges with Claude through those accounts using a technique called “distillation.” Anthropic said the labs…
Ryan Coogler’s ‘X-Files’ Reboot Gets Hulu Pilot Order
The hunt for the truth out there is back on. Ryan Coogler‘s long-gestating The X-Files reboot has received a pilot greenlight at Hulu. Danielle Deadwyler (The Piano Lesson) is set as the co-lead in the project, from Onyx Collective and 20th Television. Jennifer Yale (The Copenhagen Test) has come on board as showrunner, Deadline can…
IBM is the latest AI casualty. Shares are tanking 11% on Anthropic programming language threat
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images International Business Machines stock is getting slammed, becoming the latest victim of rapidly developing AI technology, after Anthropic’s Claude announced COBOL capabilities. Shares…
Settlers in the Israeli-Occupied West Bank Drive a Palestinian Family Off Its Land
For two years, settlers attacked Rezeq Abu Naim’s land in the Israeli-occupied West Bank at all hours and in all manners. After another violent incursion over the weekend, his family abandoned their home.
Venus has a massive lava tube
Shrouded from astronomers’ view by dense clouds, Earth’s “sister planet” Venus is slowly giving up some of its secrets. A lava tube beneath the Venusian surface — the first ever detected — could help explain how the planet formed, researchers report February 9 in Nature Communications. The detection was made by re-analyzing orbital radar data…
Ja Morant had almost no trade market at deadline, but Bucks could have interest this summer
From Memphis’ perspective, they were open to trading a two-time All-Star who has averaged 19.5 points and 8.1 assists a game this season. They wanted some value back in any deal. That’s not how other teams viewed trading for Ja Morant, whose injury and suspension history has limited him to 20 games this season, and…
Bungie says ‘no second chances’ if you’re caught cheating in Marathon
Bungie isn’t taking any prisoners when it comes to cheating on its upcoming extraction shooter, Marathon. In a detailed blog post explaining its anti-cheat measures, Bungie took a very declarative position against those caught trying to gain an unfair advantage. “We are taking a strong stance against cheating and anyone found to be cheating or…