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Karoun Demirjian

Senate Republicans Alarmed by Trump Nominating Matt Gaetz for Attorney General

Many Republican senators were stunned that Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, had been chosen as the nominee, and expressed skepticism that he could secure enough votes for confirmation.

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Eve Upton-Clark

‘We’re getting a kakistocracy’: Social media users are reeling over Trump’s defense secretary pick

Trump tapped Fox News host Pete Hegseth to lead the Defense Department. And people have some questions.

On Tuesday evening, President-elect Donald Trump tapped Fox News host Pete Hegseth as his pick for Defense Secretary–the same man who believes germs aren’t real… because he can’t see them. 

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Jennifer Mattson

Will another storm hit Florida? Possibility of Hurricane Sara is being closely watched

The National Hurricane Center is reporting a high chance of a tropical depression forming over the next 48 hours, tracking across the Caribbean sea.

All eyes are on the Caribbean, where a developing tropical depression could potentially turn into the next hurricane to hit Florida, perhaps the last for the 2024 season.

Fast Company

Sarah Bregel

Kraft Heinz discontinues school Lunchables

After failing to gain popularity, Kraft Heinz pulls school-specific Lunchables from the menu.

Lunchables — pre-packaged boxes of crackers, cheese, deli meat — will no longer be part of The National School Lunch Program (NSLP), a school program that provides free lunches to kids in need, Kraft Heinz announced Tuesday. While Lunchables, which were first introduced in the 80s, are popular with kids (and parents, given they are easy to pop in a lunchbox), critics have suggested the meals,...

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Jennifer Mattson

RKLB stock soars by 50% as Rocket Lab looks to give SpaceX a run for its money

The aerospace manufacturer is the new hottest rocket-maker after it reported stellar third-quarter earnings.

Shares of Rocket Lab USA, Inc (NASDAQ: RKLB), an aerospace manufacturer and launch service provider, were up 50% in midday trading on Wednesday, after earnings beat Wall Street estimates.

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Jeanna Kelley

Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce’s homes burglarized during season, police investigating

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The break-ins occurred around the Chiefs’ Week 5 matchup against the New Orleans Saints.

The Chiefs beat the New Orleans Saints in Week 5, but quarterback Patrick Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce both lost when each of their Kansas City-area homes were burglarized that weekend.

Mahomes’ house in Belton, Mo., was broken into on Sunday, Oct. 5, and a man called law enforcement shortly after midnight to report the incident. It’s unclear from...

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Marta Musso

Scientists Have Pushed the Schrödinger’s Cat Paradox to New Limits

A research team in China has held atoms in a state of quantum superposition for 23 minutes, suggesting tantalizing new possibilities in research and quantum computing.

Wired Top Stories

Angela Watercutter

The US Election Is Tearing BookTok Apart

One of TikTok's defining subcultures is arguing over whether books are political, "red-listing" authors, and looking for guidance in speculative fiction.

The Verge

Allison Johnson

Pixel phones will be able to detect and report malicious apps in real time

Google versus the bad guys. | Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge

Google is beefing up its malware detection with new protections designed to suss out ever-sneakier bad actors.

Android’s Google Play Protect service is getting an update called live threat detection which seeks out potentially harmful apps on your phone by analyzing app behavior and alerts you in realtime if something looks fishy. The update was first announced at Google I/O earlier this year and is available now...

The Verge

Chris Welch

Sonos revenue falls in the aftermath of company’s messy app debacle

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Sonos is still trying to climb out from the hole it dug itself earlier this year by recklessly shipping an overhauled mobile app well before the software was actually ready. Today, just a couple weeks after the release of its latest hardware products — the Arc Ultra and Sub 4 — Sonos reported its fiscal Q4 2024 earnings. And the damage done by the app debacle is clear.

Revenue was down 8 percent year over year, which Sonos attributed to “softer...

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Kylie Robison

OpenAI reportedly plans to launch an AI agent early next year

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Getty Images

OpenAI is preparing to release an autonomous AI agent that can control computers and perform tasks independently, code-named “Operator.” The company plans to debut it as a research preview and developer tool in January, according to Bloomberg.

This move intensifies the competition among tech giants developing AI agents: Anthropic recently introduced its “computer use” capability, while Google is reportedly...

Mashable

Why is the internet 'crashing out?'

Everyone online is "crashing out" all of a sudden.

Well, not literally — though, plenty of people actually are crashing out. But, for one reason or another, the term "crash out" or "crashing out" is everywhere this week.

For the unfamiliar, crashing out boils down to losing it. As Urban Dictionary puts it, to crash out is to "get really mad or upset; lose all your self-control." It can also mean that you're almost willingly entering a situation — or acting a certain way — that will...

Mashable

The M2 iPad Air with 512GB just got $200 cheaper thanks to this early Black Friday deal

SAVE $200: As of Nov. 13, the M2 iPad Air with 512GB and WiFi is down to just $899 at Amazon. That's 18% in savings and its lowest price to date.

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Michael D. Shear

Trump and Biden Meet at the White House

President Biden and President-elect Donald J. Trump’s brief public display of civility was followed by a two-hour meeting behind closed doors.

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Luke Broadwater and Carl Hulse

John Thune of South Dakota Elected as Next Senate Majority Leader

Senator John Thune of South Dakota emerged victorious over a right-wing, MAGA-backed challenge from Senator Rick Scott of Florida.

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Charlie Savage

Trump’s Demand to Skirt Senate Confirmations Poses Early Test of a Radical Second Term

The once and future president is pushing Republicans to systematically abdicate the Senate’s constitutional role in vetting his nominees.

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eprice

Gen Z is carrying more credit card debt than any other generation

A new report shows debt burdens are high, but Gen Z remains optimistic about their financial future.

It may not feel like it to some, but generational mobility is still alive and well in the United States, according to a new report from H&R Block.

Fast Company

Associated Press

Global luxury goods market expected to shrink in 2025

The outlook could worsen if the sector is hit by tariffs promised by Donald Trump.

Global sales of personal luxury goods are forecast to shrink in 2025 for the first time since the Great Recession, according to a Bain consultancy study released Wednesday. The outlook could worsen if the sector is hit by tariffs promised by Donald Trump.

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