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How Union Hours Banks Can Affect Medicare Deadlines
For older union members with banked health-benefit hours, the decisive Medicare date may be when the reserve is exhausted rather than the date a layoff occurs.
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U.S. Iran Strikes Lift Oil and Weigh on Stock Futures
U.S. strikes on Iranian rocket launchers have renewed concern over oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, lifting crude prices and weighing on U.S. equity futures at the start of a new trading week.
Hardware
Leaked DLSS 5 Runs on RTX 30 GPUs, but Falters
Community patches have made a leaked NVIDIA DLSS 5 neural-rendering library run on RTX 30-series hardware, but early results show that technical compatibility is far from practical usability.
Gaming
GTA VI Launch Set to Avoid Microtransactions and Gen AI
Rockstar North’s reported confirmation that Grand Theft Auto VI’s campaign will launch without microtransactions or generative AI draws a clear line around the base game, while leaving its longer-term online business model unaddressed.
Gaming
Valve’s 12TB Steam Archive Leak: What It Really Shows
A reported 12TB archive of old Steam content has opened an unusual window on Valve’s development history, but it does not establish that a playable Half-Life 2: Episode Three build has surfaced.
Hardware
NVIDIA Driver Curbs RTX 50 Low-Level Power Tuning
NVIDIA’s newest GeForce driver appears to stop a third-party method of raising certain RTX 50-series electrical limits, while leaving normal board-approved overclocking controls in place.
Business
CFTC Settlement Puts Prediction-Market Integrity in Focus
A CFTC settlement with a former White House teleprompter operator has made market integrity a central issue for the expanding prediction-market sector.
Hardware
SK hynix Sees Memory Shortage Lasting Until 2030
SK hynix chief executive Kwak Noh-jung has forecast that the AI-driven memory supply crunch could persist through the end of 2030, underscoring how advanced packaging capacity has become as important as chip fabrication.
Society
Why a $40,000 Break-Even Bet Can Raise Taxes
A break-even gambling year can still increase a US taxpayer’s reported income in 2026, particularly when wagering losses are deductible only in part and Social Security benefits are involved.
Business
SpaceX Near IPO Price: What Investors Are Weighing
SpaceX’s return toward its $135 initial public offering price has shifted the debate from debut-day momentum to the cash generation, capital spending and technological milestones required to support its valuation.
Gaming
GTA 6 Reveal Draws 3.97m Peak Streaming Viewers
Grand Theft Auto VI’s Netflix-first gameplay presentation demonstrated the franchise’s ability to concentrate a vast live audience, while exposing the operational risks of making a major reveal feel exclusive.
Security
AI Cybersecurity Warning: What the Industry Must Do
A broad technology coalition says AI could sharply amplify cyber threats within months, but its warning is more credible as a call to fix known weaknesses than as a precise forecast of catastrophe.