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Semafor is an American news website founded in 2022 by Ben Smith, a former editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News and media columnist at The New York Times, and Justin B. Smith, the former CEO of Bloomberg Media Group. Semafor focuses on news related to business, technology, politics, and other subjects, as well as covering global issues. β Wikipedia
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π·οΈ Outside the partisan webs
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π‘ Wire: 59th percentile. Its stories and headline words are closer to the AP's and Reuters' than 59% of the 75 outlets we fingerprint.
πΆοΈ Heat: 4th percentile. Its headlines are worded more heatedly (loaded words, combat verbs, anger) than 4% of them.
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- Quantum computing company's first breakthrough is in AI data centers
- Wall St titans skip Riyadh, still come to Gulf
- Big Law faces its reckoning
- Defeated presidential candidate Bolsonaro flees Brazil π° Flavio Bolsonaro arrives in Miami after fleeing Brazil
- Nigerian serial tech founder launches AI startup
- EU lobbies G7 nations to increase Ukraine funding
- Britain's AI testing agency outguns US
- African gas producers are benefiting as investors rethink risk
- Data centers' centrality continues to grow despite mounting opposition
- The 'national team' to the rescue
- Why Jeffries and other top Democrats are heading to red states
- China balances diplomatic relations with Gulf states
- A looming era of instability
- Microsoft's buyout offer to employees shows which tech jobs matter π° Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employees as part of AI shift
- Could Iowa swing back to Democrats in 2028?
- Africa Finance Corporation names Lobito Corridor builders
- US-Canada trade deal not as 'close' as portrayed
- DoorDash in exclusive talks to acquire Instacart
- Brazilian markets plunge after Lula's surprise victory
- Toyota plans to deploy 400K robots in billion-dollar humanoids comeback
- New EU rules threaten Ethiopia's coffee sector
- A 'blistering exposΓ©' of a mysterious technology
- Rest of World faces prospect of shutting down
- Barcelona fights mosquito-borne illness with parasites
- Weil's troubles mount with key partner's pending departure
- Elon Musk is back at the center of everything
- Trump administration weighs ultra-processed food definition
- The difficult reality of cutting China out of supply chains
- Apollo takes stake in Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Capital
- Founder control, Trump risk, giant losses: Anthropic's IPO filing
- Lula victory in Brazil means more Trump tensions
- Anthropic's IPO needs believers to bridge it to the payoff π° Anthropic files IPO paperwork as company prepares for public listing
- Israeli elections won't change much for Washington
- Democratic wins in Venezuela, Serbia face structural challenges
- What the world should learn from China's health innovation
- Western luxury falters in China
- Federal Reserve expected to tap brakes on rate hikes
- Investors ready for week of Big Tech and central bank announcements
- FTC flexes its muscles on $5 billion uniform deal
- Anthropic prospectus cheers investors ahead of IPO
- South Korean chip giant SK Hynix's 3Q profits surge
- Across Africa, parents embrace AI math tutor
- US offers visa to Brazil's FlΓ‘vio Bolsonaro as he flees corruption charges
- Most Americans don't want to see incumbents reelected in Washington, poll finds
- Finnish and Norwegian leaders reach out to Russia's president π° Finnish and Norwegian leaders hold rare call with Putin
- Rainforest depletion puts a rare pepper native to Madagascar under threat
- Buyout of Saudi fire security business draws regional backers
- Democrats stake their midterm fate on a familiar enemy: Billionaires
- Business less skeptical than Trump on South Africa
- AI fears add a 200-basis-point premium to SpaceX's debt
- Kodal Minerals eyes lithium expansion
- Anthropic says energy difficulties could slow down the AI buildout
- Trump administration pushes for Venezuela elections
- Divided Israelis heads to the polls for first election since Oct 7
- Anthropic IPO filing discloses first-of-its-kind governance structure
- UAE and Canada strengthen ties amid potential DP World deal
- Netanyahu's coalition draws ahead in Israel's tight election race π° Israeli election shows no clear winner as vote count continues
- Taobao's AI-enabled deliveries help close pay gap for deaf couriers
- Canada, UAE boost trade network under new deal
- How one huge labor union is reaching this election's swing voters
- China's 'national team' state funds intervene amid market rout
- Crypto industry attempts a risky 2024 reboot in Ohio
- Lula's win is a blow for the Trump White House
- Markets brace for uncertainty after Lula win in Brazil
- Paxton, Talarico accuse each other of being outsiders
- Hunting for AI gains outside Magnificent 7
- US solar energy provider targets Nigeria expansion
- Russia shifts war recruitment focus
- Hasbro's AI play involves an AI-generated Mr. Potato Head voiced by Don Rickles
- Chef uses food to combat xenophobia in South Africa
- China's secret political wranglings pave new term for Xi
- Meta announces $95B offering to fund AI
- Brazil votes in narrow presidential runoff
- Democrats see Trump 'rescue mission' in Mississippi
- AI takes on the paperwork clogging India's court system
- Yemen's Houthis attack Saudi Arabia's largest oil refinery
- Brazilian markets tumble on Lula's election victory
- US consumer confidence ticks up in October π° US consumer confidence rises in October
- QatarEnergy agrees to buy US LNG as Gulf producers hunts for deals
- Kyiv misses chances for upper hand in energy war
- General Motors moves listing from NYSE to Nasdaq and pitches itself as a tech company π° General Motors to switch stock listing from NYSE to Nasdaq in November
- Tanzania finds first new gas field in more than a decade
- Josh Turek is running a radically centrist campaign
- US to remove some Canadian tariffs ahead of elections
- A free AI tool speeds up the search for new antibiotics
- No clear winner in Israel's election, exit polls indicate
- Diplomacy push provides brief respite for markets
- China's industrial profits surge amid AI buildout
- Multilateral financier plans $1B green energy investment
- Israel's leading parties tied ahead of Tuesday vote
- Using AI to map disaster damage for faster rescue and recovery
- Nigeria president seeks $22B infrastructure loan approval
- Republicans race to avoid a civil war over Israel
- Netherlands to slash state jobs as part of AI-related savings
- Brazil's Lula wins shock reelection
- Dangote refinery IPO to close
- New threats could push US and Iran toward war
- Dangote IPO puts African capital to work
- Senegal grapples with $13B budget deadlock
- Oil spill closes beaches across northern UAE
- Accusations of Qatar's terror-funding and influence hold little evidence
- Implications for the Gulf in the Israeli elections
- Limited operations resume at Riyadh airport following Houthi attacks
- Mecca Pact members meet officials in Tehran