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Meta surged Monday after Mark Zuckerberg laid out his vision for personal superintelligence, a bold pivot that added roughly twenty-five billion dollars to his net worth in a single session, the largest single-day gain on the Forbes billionaires list and a signal that investors are rewarding AI ambition without hesitation.
Shifting from Silicon Valley to Capitol Hill, the Trump administration has reportedly secured a deal with Denmark granting the United States permanent control over security in Greenland, with forces set to deploy to a Cold War-era base. The geopolitical implications are significant, reinforcing Washington's Arctic posture at a moment of heightened great-power competition.
And in a deal years in the making, California's attorney general has settled an antitrust challenge clearing the path for Larry and David Ellison to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery through their Paramount vehicle. The settlement removes the last major legal obstacle, handing the Ellisons control of one of Hollywood's most storied and financially strained media empires.
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