More than elsewhere in the country, U.S. policy toward Israel is at the forefront of the race between Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed.

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Paul W.S. Anderson’s nightmarish 1997 space film starring Sam Neill became a pulpy horror classic after shocking viewers expecting a simple space adventure.

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Eisenhower and JFK admitted fault when things went wrong. Who does that today?

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Eisenhower and JFK admitted fault when things went wrong. Who does that today?

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After more than 100 years on the New York Stock Exchange, the automaker is shifting its listing to the Nasdaq, which is home to many technology companies.

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After more than 100 years on the New York Stock Exchange, the automaker is shifting its listing to the Nasdaq, which is home to many technology companies.

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Supporters of the opposition movement that won Sunday’s election stormed the offices of a pro-government tabloid. Another news outlet apologized for years of “one-sided” coverage.

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Prediction markets like Kalshi are fundamentally different from sportsbooks and offer public benefits.

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Prediction markets like Kalshi are fundamentally different from sportsbooks and offer public benefits.

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Find insight on Corning, PayPal and more in the latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom.

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Mozilla is updating Smart Window - Firefox's AI-powered browsing experience - with a new feature that can help you fill out online forms based on your open tabs. As an example, Mozilla says Smart Window can pull information from your online portfolio or LinkedIn page to paste your work history into a job application.

You can try out this feature by clicking into a form with at least four text fields. From there, you'll see an option to "Fill from sources," which will show all of the tabs Firefox will draw from. You can then select or deselect tabs that you want Firefox to use, and the browser will generate suggestions based on the informati …

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The chatbot helped a woman taper off a lifesaving drug and hide the plan from her doctors, advice that came with devastating consequences.

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Watch to learn why escalating sanctions and a fuel blockade haven’t toppled Cuba’s regime but are transforming its economy.

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On October 2nd, just as Major League Baseball's Division Series was kicking off, the main MLB Instagram and TikTok accounts posted a video hyping up the teams still in the running for the World Series. It featured clips of players from the Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, and more sliding into home plate, hitting homers, and celebrating hits - standard fare for a highlight reel. What really makes the montage, though, is that it's set to an Olivia Rodrigo song.

The song, "My Way," is an album track - not even a single - from Rodrigo's latest record. It's not exactly the soundtrack one might expect from an MLB-produc …

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Google announced today its Genie 4 world model for generating interactive experiences using AI. The company says the model has four main updates: It allows for more realistic worlds, lets users update an experience in real time with a natural language prompt, can generate audio, and uses Gemini 3.8 Flash under the hood to help with its simulations. It also can create experiences that are about two minutes long, up from one minute for the previous Genie 3 model.

Google is pitching Genie 4 as a tool that could be helpful for things like pre-visualization for filmmakers, prototyping game ideas, and making training scenarios for robots. But the …

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Matic, the company behind my favorite robot vacuum, is launching its first new model since its 2023 debut: the Matic Serene. The new robotic floor cleaner has one key upgrade: noise reduction. With a promised output of just 52 decibels at its highest suction level, the Serene claims to be about as quiet as a running refrigerator. It costs $1,695, $200 more than the original Matic's current price, and is available now. The good news is the company is offering an upgrade path for existing Matic owners.

The Serene targets people "who are extremely noise sensitive," cofounder and president Mehul Nariyawala tells The Verge. But beyond no …

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Plus, a $63 billion debt deal for AI chips, and Meta goes on a borrowing spree.

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