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Amazon Prime has released a trailer for its spin on the Shark Tank concept: Buy It Now, a JB Smoove-hosted show where people put their product ideas before a panel of investors. The twist is that they’ll also be judged by “The 100,” which Amazon says is an audience of “potential customers” (otherwise known as “people”), and if their products are picked, Amazon will sell them in a special section of the store.
The company announced the show earlier...
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Reddit is giving its staff a lot more power over the communities on its platform. Starting today, Reddit moderators will not be able to change if their subreddit is public or private without first submitting a request to a Reddit admin. The policy applies to adjusting all community types, meaning moderators will have to request to make a switch from safe for work to not safe for work, too.
By requiring admin approval for the changes, Reddit is taking away a...
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Amid the hullabaloo around California Gavin Newsom vetoing a closely watched artificial intelligence bill, three other bills that would regulate a different type of AI — autonomous vehicles — landed on his desk with less fanfare. The governor signed one and vetoed two others.
For the second time in two years, Newsom vetoed legislation (AB 2286) that would have banned autonomous trucks from operating on public roads. He also vetoed...
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Hurricane Helene brought historic rainfall and flooding to western North Carolina last week, leaving dozens dead and catastrophic damage stretching across the state’s mountain towns. The devastation also reached the small town of Spruce Pine, which is home to the purest quartz on Earth.
Spruce Pine’s high-quality quartz is an essential ingredient in the...
People will be able to sign up for 2025 coverage between Oct. 15 and Dec. 7.
Thinner benefits and coverage changes await many older Americans shopping for health insurance this fall. That’s if their plan is even still available in 2025.
More than a million people will probably have to find new coverage as major insurers cut costs and pull back from markets for Medicare Advantage plans, the privately run version of the federal government’s coverage program mostly for people ages 65 and...
Lady Gaga reportedly paid about $50,000 for a ghost detector. Apparently, she's afraid of evil spirits and has her hotel rooms scanned for paranormal activity.
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While big platforms like Reddit have signed deals with the AI giants, YouTube leaves licensing in the hands of individual creators. The “License to Scrape” program aims to give those streaming stars proper leverage.
Italian police arrested 19 people accused of criminal ties with the powerful 'Ndrangheta mafia group in a move that decimated the fan clubs backing Serie A teams Inter Milan and AC Milan.
Robert Saleh, under fire after a sloppy, penalty-filled loss to the Broncos on Sunday, said the Jets' coaching staff spoke "at length" Monday morning about ways in which they can eliminate the alarming number of pre-snap flags.
SEC and Big Ten athletic directors will meet next week to discuss a possible partnership in football scheduling and preferences for automatic bids, sources told ESPN.
Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, the "larger than life" center who played 18 NBA seasons, has died of brain cancer at the age of 58, the league announced Monday.
Derrick Henry is too big and too old to be running this fast, but he’s still not slowing down.
Derrick Henry is the best running back of his generation, and he’s still going strong nearly a decade after he won the Heisman Trophy at Alabama. Henry changed teams over the offseason for the first time in his pro career, going from the Tennessee Titans to the perennial AFC contender Baltimore Ravens, and he put his game-breaking talent on display once again in a marquee matchup on...
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Some Tesla Cybertruck owners are starting to get Full Self-Driving (FSD) access on their vehicles. The company’s polarizing electric pickup truck has lacked the driver-assistance software feature since its launch in November 2023. Now, members of the Cybertruck Owners Club (as reported by Electrek) are reporting that the update has been installed on their vehicles.
Tesla had promised that FSD would come to the Cybertruck in September, after the...
Matt Strauss, head of Peacock and global streaming, has plans to keep you watching.
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Verizon is experiencing a huge outage affecting its mobile services across the country.
“During the incident we received reports from Clermont, Naples, Ocala, St. Petersburg, Decatur, Carmel, Cloverdale, Indianapolis, Caldwell, Ottawa, Shawnee, Lexington, Louisville, Wentzville, Elizabeth, Dallas, Houston, McGaheysville, Keyser, Chillicothe and 53 other cities,” according to a website tracking the outage.
There are also more than 90,000 user...
An expected cash infusion for the Palestinian Authority would signal renewed Saudi backing for Palestinian statehood and help mend ties between Riyadh and the body that administers the West Bank.
After a weekend of intense talks, the American officials said they believed that Israel was planning only smaller, targeted incursions in southern Lebanon.