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21 Wholesome Tweets From This Week That You Absolutely Need To See

The idea of grandparents printing out your Instagram posts makes me want to cry ????

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Ben Casselman

GDP Report Shows US Economy Grew at 2.8% Rate

In a key economic report released just days before the presidential election, gross economic product rose at a 2.8 percent rate in the third quarter.

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Nicholas Nehamas

Harris Tries to Distance Herself From Biden’s ‘Garbage’ Remark

The day after the president’s comment, Vice President Kamala Harris told reporters she disagreed “with any criticism of people based on who they vote for.”

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Linda Qiu and Jamie Leventhal

Fact-Checking Harris’s Closing Argument

The vice president has stuck largely to the facts when highlighting the words of her rival, former President Donald J. Trump, but has on occasion omitted context or erred when describing policies and statistics.

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Theodore Schleifer and Kenneth P. Vogel

In Election’s Final Days, Dark Money and ‘Gray Money’ Fund Hidden Agendas

Big-money operatives are taking advantage of lax rules at the end of the campaign to hide the true source of their money until after the election is called — or for forever.

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David Streitfeld

Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and the Billions of Ways to Influence an Election

The world’s richest men have their own rocket fleets, their own media and their own schemes to succeed with Donald J. Trump.

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Stephen Holder

Colts coach: Flacco offers 'best chance to win'

Colts coach Shane Steichen defended his decision to replace Anthony Richardson with Joe Flacco as the starting quarterback, saying the veteran gives Indianapolis "the best chance to win right now."

Fast Company

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Court sides with Elon Musk over a 2018 dispute with the United Auto Workers

The National Labor Relations Board said a 2018 tweet by Elon Musk was an illegal threat to UAW workers.

A federal agency was wrong to order that Tesla CEO Elon Musk delete a 2018 social media post that union leaders saw as a threat to employee stock options, a sharply divided federal appeals court has ruled.

The case involved a post made on what was then known as Twitter during United Auto Workers organizing efforts at a Tesla facility in Fremont, California. The post was made years before...

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James Dator

Aaron Rodgers is calling cayenne pepper in water his ‘fountain of youth’

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Whatever works, I guess.

Aaron Rodgers never met an alternative medicine or cooky cure he didn’t like, and now he’s found a new one. Rodgers is crediting a mixture of cayenne pepper and water as his “fountain of youth,” which he thinks has helped heal knee, hamstring, and ankle issues.

Rodgers says he’s now feeling great since starting a regimen of the elixir in Week 8, and he got the idea from punter Thomas Morstead.

“T-Mo gave me a little...

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David Gilbert

‘We’re a Fortress Now’: The Militarization of US Elections Is Here

From bulletproof glass, drones, and snipers to boulders blocking election offices, the US democratic system is bracing for violent attacks in 2024.

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Simon Hill

The Best Spooky Tech for Your Halloween Smart Home: Smart Bulbs, Projectors, and More

Add some high-tech horror to your Halloween decorations with scary sounds, frightening lights, and more.

Mashable

The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra has fallen to its lowest price yet at Amazon

SAVE $158.56: As of Oct. 30, get the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra for $491.43. That's a 24% discount and the lowest price we've seen.

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Target's Black Friday plans involve a new 3-day sale on top of daily and weekly doorbusters

Target has quietly announced its official Black Friday sale in an FAQ page on its website, stating that "Black Friday starts online Thursday, 11/28 and in stores Friday, 11/29."

The lead-up to that sale will involve much more fanfare.

In a press release Wednesday, the bullseye retailer said it will host a new Early Black Friday Sale from Thursday, Nov. 7 to Saturday, Nov. 9. This first-of-its-kind savings event will usher in "thousands of hot new deals" storewide, including up to 50% off small...

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Live your digital nomad fantasy with 14% off the ASUS ZenScreen portable monitor

GET $20 OFF: As of Oct. 30, you can get the ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-inch portable monitor at Amazon for just $119. That's a 14% discount or $20 off.

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Here's where you can preorder Apple's new MacBook Pros with M4 chips (and 16GB of base RAM)

Apple's "Mac week" continues with the launch of new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros powered by M4-series chips (M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max). Starting prices range from $1,599 to $3,999 — all with a base RAM of 16GB — and preorders are now live in the Apple Store.

The new MacBook Pros will begin shipping on Friday, Nov. 8.

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MacBook Pro M4 is finally here: 3 new features that may make you upgrade

The M4 MacBook Pro is finally here. The M4 chip made its debut on the iPad Pro earlier this year, but now it's being housed in several refreshed devices, including the iMac, Mac mini, and now the MacBook Pro.

Curious to see how Apple spiced up the MacBook Pro this year? Read on to find out.

M4 MacBook Pro: 3 new features that may make you upgrade M4 MacBook Pro Credit: Apple

The 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro has a starting...

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Jay Peters

Cyberpunk 2077 will launch on Mac next year

Image: CD Projekt Red

Cyberpunk 2077 is making the jump to Macs. According to Apple’s announcement video for the new M4-equipped MacBook Pros, CD Projekt Red’s sci-fi RPG will be available on Macs “early next year.”

“Taking full advantage of Apple silicon and advanced technologies of Metal, the world of the dark future is available to Mac gamers for the very first time,” CD Projekt Red says in an announcement. “Players can enjoy advanced features like path tracing,...

The Verge

Andrew Liszewski

Boston Dynamics’ new video shows that its humanoid robot doesn’t need a human

The latest video shared by Boston Dynamics demonstrates the new Atlas robot’s autonomous navigation and handling capabilities. | Screenshot: YouTube

Boston Dynamics has shared another look at the latest version of its humanoid robot, Atlas. Earlier videos of the all-electric robot demonstrated its unique range of motions, but this time Atlas is shown using machine learning and its upgraded sensors to perform sorting tasks in a simulated factory environment.

The task of moving engine...

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Andrew J. Hawkins

Waymo wants to use Google’s Gemini to train its robotaxis

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Waymo has long touted its ties to Google’s DeepMind and its decades of AI research as a strategic advantage over its rivals in the autonomous driving space. Now, the Alphabet-owned company is taking it a step further by developing a new training model for its robotaxis built on Google’s multimodal large language model (MLLM) Gemini.

Waymo released a new research paper today that introduces an “End-to-End Multimodal Model for...

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Sophie Turner Got Real About Co-Parenting, Being A Working Mom, And The “Agony” Of Being Away From Her Kids

Sophie previously said that moving back to England after her split from Joe drastically improved her mental health.

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