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Wes Davis

The New York Times warns AI search engine Perplexity to stop using its content

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The New York Times has demanded that AI search engine startup Perplexity stop using content from its site in a cease and desist letter sent to the company, reports The Wall Street Journal. The Times, which is currently suing OpenAI and Microsoft over allegedly illegally training models on its content, says the startup has been using its content without permission, a claim made earlier this year by Forbes and Condé Nast.

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The Verge

Jay Peters

Threads can now show you when people in your feed are online

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Meta is adding an “activity status” to Threads so that you can see who’s actively online as you’re scrolling your feed. In a post, Threads boss Adam Mosseri pitches it as a “way to help you find others to engage with in real-time.” The activity status will show up next to your profile picture in the feed and on your profile, based on screenshots Mosseri shared.

Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge A screenshot of Adam Mosseri’s post about...

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Jay Peters

Password manager makers want to let you securely transfer passkeys

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The FIDO Alliance, the organization that’s helping shepherd passkey adoption, announced a draft of new specifications that would let users securely move their passkeys across different password managers.

Passkeys are great — it’s nice to be able to log in to apps and websites without entering a password. But there hasn't been a standard protocol for transferring your passkeys across password managers. The new...

Mashable

The bass-forward Sony ULT headphones are 26% off

SAVE $51.99: Our favorite pair of headphones for pounding bass is down to $148 post-Prime Day. Score a pair of off-white Sony ULT headphones for $148 for 26% off.

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Winter is coming: Upgrade to a refurbished Amazon Smart Thermostat for under $35

SAVE 50%: Amazon Prime members can get a refurbished Amazon Smart Thermostat for just $34.99, down from the normal refurbished price of $69.99. That's a savings of $35.

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Juice up your iPhone 16 with the new 25W MagSafe charger at its Prime Day price

SAVE $10: As of Oct. 15, get the 25W Apple MagSafe Charger at Amazon for just $29, down from its normal price of $39. That's a 26% discount and the same price we saw it for during Prime Day.

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Amazon deal of the day: Score the biggest discount to date on the Sony ULT Wear headphones

Check out the best Amazon deals of the day as of Oct. 15: OUR TOP PICK Sony ULT Wear headphones $148 at Amazon (save $51.99) ...

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Almost every Beats product is on sale at Amazon — save up to 55%

SAVE UP TO 55%: Find massive savings on nearly every pair of Beats headphones at Amazon. Take $100 off the Beats Studio Pros, which are down to $249.99 for 29% off.

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Top AI researcher Sebastien Bubeck leaves Microsoft for OpenAI

OpenAI has lost a lot of top leadership lately, but they're gaining a big one: a top AI researcher from Microsoft.

In the wake of several high-profile exits, Microsoft's Sebastien Bubeck is joining the OpenAI team, according to a report from The Information. Bubeck told his staff on Monday that he's leaving for OpenAI. The new role at OpenAI is currently unknown, but the researcher is leaving Microsoft to "to further his work toward developing AGI," said a Microsoft spokesperson to the...

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Take $90 off the DJI Osmo Action 3 camera and get the shot on every adventure

SAVE $90: As of Oct. 15, get the DJI Osmo Action 3 camera and accessories at Amazon for just 199, down from its usual price of $289. That's a discount of 31%.

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'Invincible' Season 3 teaser reveals release date

"Invincible" returns for its third season in early 2025, and this time there won't be a mid-season break.

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Get a (refurbished) Dyson Airwrap or Airstrait for under $250

SAVE UP TO $220: As of Oct. 15, Dyson is offering several major discounts on refurbished versions of its biggest hair tools. Get a refurbished Airwrap Origin for $249.99, a refurbished Supersonic in the coveted Ceramic Pop colorway for $229.99, or a refurbished Airstrait for $219.99.

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Buy an artificial Christmas tree at Amazon and score a free Echo Dot and Amazon Smart Plug

SAVE $64.98: Over 200 artificial Christmas trees at Amazon from brands like National Tree Company and Puleo come with a free Echo Pop and Amazon Smart Plug, which is a total savings of $64.98.

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Google is going nuclear for AI

Google is going nuclear — literally. The search engine giant is set to buy a fleet of mini nuclear reactors in a "world's first" corporate energy deal.

SEE ALSO: Apple study reveals major AI flaw in OpenAI, Google, and Meta LLMs SEE ALSO: How much is AI hurting the planet? Big tech won't tell us.

The deal, in partnership with California-based Kairos Power, Google aims to build six to seven of...

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'The Monkey' teaser: Osgood Perkins's Stephen King adaptation is full of messed-up deaths

Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, and Elijah Wood star in "The Monkey," in theaters February 21.

Fast Company

Jennifer Mattson

Walgreens plans to close 1,200 stores, with 500 locations shuttering in the next year

After sharing that a quarter of its locations are unprofitable, the retail chain said it’s aiming to cut a substantial number by 2027.

Walgreens is targeting to close approximately 1,200 stores over the next three years, with 500 of those closures happening in the 2025 fiscal year, the drugstore company told Fast Company.

Fast Company

Associated Press

New England’s fall foliage is back and drawing leaf-peepers from around the world

Weather conditions associated with climate change have disrupted some recent leaf-peeping seasons.

New England leaf-watching season is in full swing, as people from as far as Florida and Berlin flock to the region for scenic drives, train rides and bus tours to soak in the splendid hues of red, orange and bronze. With quaint towns and covered bridges scattered through swaths of changing forest, the rural Northeast provides an ideal setting to view nature’s annual show.

Fast Company

Associated Press

NASA launches Europa Clipper to Jupiter’s ocean moon. Here’s why

Scientists are almost certain a deep, global ocean exists beneath Europa’s icy crust.

A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter’s tantalizing moon Europa and reveal whether its vast hidden ocean might hold the keys to life.

Fast Company

Eve Upton-Clark

‘She was trying to warn us’: Why an old conspiracy theory about Beyoncé and Sia is resurfacing online

A fake photoshopped tweet, edited to seem like it was shared from Sia’s official X account in 2020, is once again making the rounds on social media.

Following the highly publicized arrest and indictment of rapper Diddy, chronically online internet sleuths and tinfoil hat–wearing conspiracy theorists have been doing what they do best: spreading insane rumors online. 

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Rural Americans, Share Why Kamala Harris Or Donald Trump Is Winning Your Vote

Voters who live in a rural community, we want to hear from you!

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