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St. Paul Hobbled by Cyberattack, Prompting National Guard Response

Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota activated the National Guard to help the city of St. Paul address a cyberattack that was detected last Friday.

© Erica Dischino for The New York Times

St. Paul officials said they have yet to ascertain whether sensitive data had been stolen.
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Chinese Hackers Are Exploiting Flaws in Widely Used Software, Microsoft Says

The company said state-backed hacking groups were breaching systems through flaws in SharePoint, which is used by the U.S. government and companies around the world.

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A Microsoft office in Beijing. The company said groups linked to the Chinese government had been taking advantage of security flaws in its SharePoint software.
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Inside the Reindustrialize Summit and Its Push to Revive U.S. Manufacturing

Trump cabinet officials mingled with tech investors and manufacturers in an effort to supercharge factories.

The Bullfrog, an autonomous gun turret developed by Allen Control Systems, on display at Reindustrialize 2025 in Detroit.
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Musk Clears Final Hurdles for Tesla and Starlink in India

In the first tangible inroads Elon Musk has sought for years in India, Starlink passed a final regulatory hurdle and Tesla opened its first India store.

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The first Tesla showroom in India, in Mumbai, on Tuesday.
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How Republicans Supersized Silicon Valley’s Favorite Tax Break

Tucked into the huge set of tax cuts that Republicans passed into law this month was the expansion of an unusually valuable tax break for start-up investors.

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Congress has expanded a tax break, known as the qualified small business stock exclusion, that allows investors and founders to skip out on paying taxes when they cash out their shares in start-ups.
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Cairo Telecommunications Building Hit With 2nd Fire in a Week

A blaze on Thursday at one of Egypt’s main telecommunications hubs was extinguished, days after a larger fire there killed four people and disrupted internet, transport and banking services.

© Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters

The initial fire broke out on Monday at a telecommunications hub in central Cairo, killing at least four people.
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