Heeyon Kim and Karen Jamie on how the Grammy Awards reflected a shifting global pop landscape, with K-pop's first Grammy and the first win for a Spanish-language Album of the Year.

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Fran Kozen and Larissa Shepherd, experts in fiber science and apparel design, say snow washing appeals because wool is prone to shrinkage and rugs and blankets can be difficult to launder, but note there are caveats to consider.

Tesla is planning to end production of its Model S and Model X vehicles and will use the manufacturing plant in California that made those cars to produce its humanoid robots – known as Optimus.

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Anthropic’s co-founder Dario Amodei has voiced his fears over the development of artificial intelligence in a 19,000-word essay. He argues the world needs to “wake up” to the risks.

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Whistleblowers have shared an internal ICE memo showing that immigration agents have been sanctioned to enter homes and make arrests using administrative warrants instead of using warrants signed by a judge, an attempt to circumvent the Fourth Amendment says Cornell Law School professor Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer. 

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Rebecca Slayton, director of the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, says the initiative is more political theater than actual peacebuilding.

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Ryan Chahrour is a professor of economics and international studies at Cornell University. He says threats to the Federal Reserve's independence are already making it harder for the Fed to do its job today.

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A U.S. House panel is expected to vote Wednesday on a bill that would give Congress power over artificial intelligence chip exports. The legislation would give the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Banking Committee 30 days to review and potentially block licenses issued to export advanced AI chips to China and other adversaries.

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Kristin Roebuck, a Cornell University historian specializing in modern Japan, says the timing may be ideal for Takaichi to call a snap election.

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The Department of Justice is conducting an investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's testimony last summer about the central bank’s building-renovation project, but this investigation is a criminal misuse of office by the president says Cornell Law School professor Robert Hockett.  

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