, September 20, 2026

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Sardonic takes on the headlines. Every CNBC article, stripped of the hype and served straight — no spin, just what actually happened.

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  Sep 16, 2026

Chinese Tech Companies Perfect the Art of Saying Nothing

Z.ai, Moonshot, MiniMax, Alibaba and Tencent did not provide any statements when contacted by CNBC about the warnings on AI from Silicon Valley....

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  Sep 16, 2026

Zuckerberg Picks Team Don't Worry About It

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's view of artificial intelligence safety is akin to the perspective of Nvidia's Jensen Huang rather than Anthropic chief Dario Amodei....

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  Sep 16, 2026

Pentagon Spends $246 Million Daily on War Nobody Asked About

CBO estimates the Iran war cost the Pentagon $38.1 billion through Aug. 1 and could cost another $2 billion to $3 billion each additional month....

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  Sep 16, 2026

Jensen Huang Picks Sides at Dinner He Didn't Need to Attend

Jensen Huang appeared to side with Trump as the president pushed back on tech CEOs' warnings about the risks of rapid AI advancement....

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  Sep 16, 2026

Census Bureau Announces Economy Still Unaffected by Your Chart Pattern

The data comes as the Federal Reserve is considering interest-rate increases that could slow economic growth....

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  Sep 16, 2026

Senate Votes to Keep Crypto Regulation Exactly as Confusing as It Already Was

The Senate on Tuesday voted to block the Clarity Act from advancing, dealing a blow to the crypto industry's push for a comprehensive market framework....

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