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Warren Buffett buys rest of Berkshire Hathaway Energy

Buffett was down on the utility industry’s prospects in this year’s letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders. But it’s not clear what the current value of the utility divisions shares are today.

Warren Buffett‘s Berkshire Hathaway is buying the rest of its utility unit from the estate of a longtime board member who died three years ago, but it’s not clear exactly how much it will pay for that 8% stake in the massive utility business.

The Verge

Umar Shakir

Nvidia’s all-in-one app will replace GeForce Experience later this year

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Nvidia’s beta app for its GPUs is nearing its journey to a full release, and the company says it intends to “migrate all remaining GeForce Experience users” to the new app before the end of the year. Today, Nvidia added a few more features to get the app ready, including the ability to toggle G-Sync on and off, multi-monitor support for RTX HDR, and driver rollback. The app can also now notify you if there’s DRM content playing that could stop...

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Wes Davis

The next iPhone SE may lose the home button, add Face ID and Apple Intelligence

An iPhone 14, which the next iPhone SE may look a lot like. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

An iPhone SE that feels very much like any other modern, non-budget iPhone is apparently coming early next year, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The phone will use Face ID and will be capable of running Apple Intelligence, he reiterated today.

That the new iPhone SE models may support Apple Intelligence says a lot about their performance — it takes a lot of RAM to run...

Mashable

TikTok could pull music from Phoebe Bridgers, Mitski, and Nirvana from the platform — here's why

Negotiations between Merlin and TikTok have reportedly soured, and Merlin is threatening to remove a large portion of indie music from the platform.

SEE ALSO: TikTok Music is finally shutting down

Merlin represents over 30,000 independent record labels, and their previous agreement with TikTok expires on Oct. 31. According to Billboard, TikTok "walked away" from "negotiations before they even began." In a letter published by Billboard,...

Mashable

Displaced Hurricane Helene victims can get temporary housing hosted by Airbnb

Hurricane Helene — which ran a 600-mile long path of destruction through Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas — has decimated communities and forced large portions of the American southeast out of their homes. With search and rescue efforts still underway, other organizations, like Airbnb are stepping in to assist the displaced.

Area residents can now apply for housing hosted by Airbnb.org, the company's nonprofit arm behind its humanitarian and disaster relief efforts....

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Reddit's latest policy change could stifle future protests against the platform

Reddit is changing its rules in a way that may ensure its mods never go rogue again.

On Monday, Reddit's VP of community, Laura Nestler, announced in a post on the platform's r/modnews subreddit that the company was changing Community Type settings rules. Going forward, moderators will be required to submit a request to Reddit instead of being able to just change the setting immediately on their own.

Community Type settings on subreddits are typically set by moderators and change a subreddit's...

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Danny Hakim and Amy Qin

Tim Walz Said He Was in Hong Kong in 1989 During Tiananmen. Not True.

Mr. Walz taught at a high school in China as part of a program sending American teachers abroad, but he did not actually travel to the country until August 1989.

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Farnaz Fassihi

What Led Iran to Strike Israel

The barrage of missile fire came after much debate among Iranian leaders, officials there say.

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Chris Morris

DJT stock price: What’s behind Trump Media’s recent rally?

Share prices for Truth Social’s parent company have rebounded 30% in the past week. Here’s what could be driving the rebound.

A week ago, market observers (and political wonks) were wondering just how low shares of Trump Media (Nasdaq: DJT) were going to go. But despite long-standing fears of insider selling and a steady 10-day decline in the company’s share price, Trump Media’s DJT stock is surging recently.

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Jennifer Mattson

PepsiCo is betting $1 billion on tortilla chips as a ‘healthier’ snack

The company is acquiring grain-free Mexican-American food brand Siete Foods, as consumers are becoming increasingly more health-conscious at the grocery store.

On Tuesday, PepsiCo agreed to acquire grain-free Mexican-American brand Siete Foods for $1.2 billion, adding to its roster of healthier food and snack offerings, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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Reuters

Apple allegedly imposed illegal workplace rules, NLRB says

‘We strongly disagree with these claims and will continue to share the facts at the hearing,’ Apple said.

A U.S. labor board issued a complaint accusing Apple of violating employees’ rights to organize and advocate for better working conditions by maintaining a series of unlawful workplace rules.

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16 Women Who Once Didn't Want Children But Changed Their Minds And Have Zero Point Zero Regrets About It

"I was always child-free. But in therapy, I realized a lot of it came from growing up in a bad environment. Now I believe I can give my kids the childhood I never had."

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Verity Burns

We Staged a Debate to Test the Bluetooth Earrings Kamala Harris Didn’t Wear

Could Vice President Harris have used these Bluetooth audio earrings to gain any debate advantage? Not on your life.

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Emily Mullin

23andMe Is Sinking Fast. Can the Company Survive?

The home DNA testing boom is over, and 23andMe is running out of options.

ESPN.com

Raiders open to trading WR Adams, sources say

The Raiders have informed other teams that they would "consider" trading wide receiver Davante Adams for a package that would include a second-round pick and additional compensation, league sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

YouTube TV may soon let you keep listening even when you can’t watch

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You may soon be able to keep listening to your TV shows on YouTube TV even if you can’t watch them. Google appears to be finally bringing background playback to its YouTube TV streaming service. The company confirmed to The Verge that it’s “experimenting” with enabling YouTube TV playback after a phone is locked.

As reported by 9to5Google, the feature was spotted a couple of weeks ago by Reddit users who found they could continue...

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Andrew Liszewski

These boxes will send Dolby Atmos through your home’s power lines

Fasetto’s Audio Cu sends audio signals to surround sound speakers over a home’s existing power lines. | Image: Fasetto

Fasetto has announced that its Audio Cu system, which connects TVs and other audio devices to speakers and subwoofers using the existing power line wiring in a home, has received Dolby Atmos Product Certification from Dolby Laboratories.

Similar to powerline networking solutions that can leverage existing electrical wiring to share internet around a home,...

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Madeleine Ngo and Alan Rappeport

Ohio Reaps Benefits From a Climate Law JD Vance Repeatedly Attacks

Former President Donald J. Trump has called for clawing back unspent funds included in the Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden’s landmark climate bill. That could have adverse impacts in Ohio.

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Michael Gold

Trump’s Consistent Message Online and Onstage: Be Afraid

Donald Trump has long used fear as a tool to stir up his conservative base. He’s taking his doomsday approach to a new extreme, predicting World War III and other catastrophes.

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