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Miriam Jordan

A New Fear for Undocumented Women: Will My Unborn Child Be a Citizen?

President Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship is already facing lawsuits, but that has been little comfort to women who expect to give birth after the order goes into effect.

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Cecilia Kang and Cade Metz

Trump Announces $100 Billion A.I. Initiative

OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank formed a new joint venture called Stargate to invest in data centers, building on major U.S. investments in the technology.

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Michael S. Schmidt and Mark Mazzetti

A Trump Executive Order Sets Out What Could Be a Road Map for Retribution

The order is titled “Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government,” but it asserts that the Biden administration might have acted illegally and directs agencies to seek evidence.

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Victoria Song

Meta’s next smart glasses may be with Oakley

Oakleys are considered stylish and popular with athletes — which is probably why Meta’s keen to partner. | Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images

Meta may be releasing new Oakley-branded smart glasses later this year, according to a new Bloomberg report.

The Oakley-branded glasses, internally referred to as “Supernova 2”, would be based on the brand’s Sphaera glasses. Instead of housing the cameras on the side, the Supernova 2 would shift the camera to the center of the frame....

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Richard Lawler

OpenAI and Softbank are starting a $500 billion AI data center company

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A plan to build a system of data centers for artificial intelligence has been revealed in a White House press conference, with Masayoshi Son, Sam Altman, and Larry Ellison joining Donald Trump to announce The Stargate Project. Their companies, Softbank, OpenAI, and Oracle (respectively), along with MGX are listed as “initial equity funders” for $500 billion in investments over the next four years, “building new AI infrastructure for OpenAI in the...

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Kylie Robison

Microsoft is letting OpenAI get its own AI compute now

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Microsoft and OpenAI announced Tuesday that they have adjusted their partnership so that OpenAI can access competitors' compute.

The new agreement “includes changes to the exclusivity on new capacity, moving to a model where Microsoft has a right of first refusal (ROFR),” Microsoft says. “To further support OpenAI, Microsoft has approved OpenAI’s ability to build additional capacity, primarily for research and training of models.”

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Louise Matsakis

How Meta Tried To Lure TikTok Users to Instagram

In the days before TikTok went dark, Instagram and Facebook released a flurry of new features and ran advertisements promoting its platforms as a comparable alternative.

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Mike Reiss

Sources: Patriots to bring back McDaniels as OC

The New England Patriots are expected to hire Josh McDaniels as their offensive coordinator, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday.

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19 Pieces Of Furniture From Amazon With Such Great Reviews, You May Want To Own Them Yourself

In case you need a reason for a new shoe rack, bookshelf, or cozy couch.

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Karoun Demirjian and Sharon LaFraniere

Hegseth Ex-Sister-in-Law Tells Senators He Was ‘Abusive’ to Second Wife

A woman once married to the brother of Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary nominee, submitted a sworn statement to the Senate in a late-hour complication to his confirmation. His attorney denied her account.

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Umar Shakir

Sonic 4 comes to theaters in March 2027

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The fourth Sonic movie now has an official release date: March 19th, 2027, according to Variety. Right around the release of the very successful Sonic the Hedgehog 3 last December, news hit that Sonic the Hedgehog 4 was in the works, but at the time, the movie only had a spring 2027 release window.

Sonic films have drawn all-star cast members over the years, such as Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik, who has played the role in all three of the movies, Idris Elba as Knuckles,...

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Vikings, O'Connell agree to multiyear extension

The Vikings and head coach Kevin O'Connell have agreed to a multiyear extension, the team announced Tuesday.

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Alden Gonzalez and Jesse Rogers

'Everybody just died laughing': Teammates, opponents on what makes Ichiro a Hall of Fame icon

As a Mariners icon gets his Cooperstown call, teammates and opponents share what makes him 100% Hall of Fame worthy.

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Which "Fourth Wing" Character Matches Your Personality?

I want to attend Basgiath War College so badly.

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Emma Roth

Apple Intelligence is enabled by default in iOS 18.3

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Apple Intelligence will be switched on by default, starting in iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS 15.3. In release candidate notes spotted by 9to5Mac, Apple says it will switch on AI-powered features automatically for new users or those upgrading to the latest versions of its operating systems.

The AI update will only apply to devices that support Apple Intelligence, including the iPhone 15 Pro and later, iPads and Macs with the Apple Silicon...

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Jay Peters

The Switch 2 has a new trigger for disconnecting Joy-Con controllers

A video on Nintendo’s Switch 2 website shows how the trigger (or is it a button?) on the back of the Joy-Con controllers disconnects them from the console, as spotted by Polygon.

In the video, the trigger is pressed down a tad before a final push releases it from the console. As the Joy-Con moves away, you can also see a small cylinder receding back into the top part of the inside of the controller; to me, that indicates that when you push the trigger, you’re actually pushing out...

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Emma Roth

Netflix is raising prices again, as the standard plan goes up to $17.99

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Netflix is raising prices yet again. In its latest earnings report released Tuesday, the streaming service announced that “we are adjusting prices today across most plans” in the US, Canada, Portugal, and Argentina.

The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg report that its ad-supported tier is increasing from $6.99 to $7.99 per month, while the standard ad-free tier will go from $15.49 to $17.99 per month. Its highest-priced premium tier is also...

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Matt Warren

NFL free agent rankings: Punters

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Take a look at the free agents at the punter position.

Punters are often somewhat overlooked in the construction of your team because they don’t score points on their own. They often are the team’s holder on kicks, though, and when you need a quality punt, it’s nice to have a punter worth theeir salt.

We polled a group of writers from around SB Nation to gather consensus rankings about the available players.

We will remove players from the list as...

Mashable

Meta is reportedly paying influencers big bucks to post on Reels before TikTok

Meta is reportedly on its hands and knees, begging influencers to use Instagram instead of TikTok.

According to a new report from The Information, Instagram is offering creators monthly bonuses ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 for posting their videos on Instagram Reels before posting them on other platforms, including TikTok. Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Mashable.

It's unclear what kind of a lasting impact this will have on creators. Meta has attempted to...

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All LGBTQ pages already deleted from White House website

Various pages about LGBTQ rights and lives in the U.S. have been wiped from the official White House site, LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD has reported.

Whitehouse.gov received a makeover on Inauguration Day, and not only in looks. Information shared by the Biden administration has been deleted and replaced with profiles on Trump administration officials and his day one actions. The deleted information includes pages about the LGBTQ community. Various search terms, like "lesbian,"...

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