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The California smartphone maker has lagged behind its competitors in the AI race as tech companies pour hundreds of billions of dollars into advancing their chatbots and investing in data centers and other infrastructure.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The U.S. and other advanced economies such as Europe and Japan are spending billions of dollars to build up alternative mining and refining capacity outside China, including in the U.S.,

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Higher rates would make financing the billions of dollars being spent on AI chips and infrastructure more expensive, and there’s no guarantee such spending will translate into actual profits.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 7, 2026

So long as “Cars” could make Disney billions of dollars, the film itself being a veritable clunker was a non-issue.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

A galaxy that was just one of billions of other galaxies in the observable universe.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline