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Federal immigration agents filmed making airport arrests as Trump calls in ICE to ease security line delays

Federal immigration agents filmed making airport arrests as Trump calls in ICE to ease security line delays: The Trump administration has deployed ICE agents to over a dozen U.S. airports amid an ongoing federal shutdown that's causing long wait times. Eyewitnesses have already recorded at least one arrest in San Francisco's airport. Read More

Cursor admits its new coding model was built on top of Moonshot AI’s Kimi: Building on top of a Chinese model feels particularly fraught right now. Read More

Elon Musk unveils chip manufacturing plans for SpaceX and Tesla: Elon Musk recently outlined ambitious plans for a chip-building collaboration Tesla and SpaceX — but he has a history of overpromising. Read More

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Are AI tokens the new signing bonus or just a cost of doing business?

Are AI tokens the new signing bonus or just a cost of doing business?: Maybe tokens really will become the fourth pillar of engineering compensation. But engineers might want to hold the line before embracing this as a straightforward win. Read More

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