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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.
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.
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.
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,...
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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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...
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.
One of TikTok's defining subcultures is arguing over whether books are political, "red-listing" authors, and looking for guidance in speculative fiction.
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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.
Opens in a new window ...President Biden and President-elect Donald J. Trump’s brief public display of civility was followed by a two-hour meeting behind closed doors.
Senator John Thune of South Dakota emerged victorious over a right-wing, MAGA-backed challenge from Senator Rick Scott of Florida.
The once and future president is pushing Republicans to systematically abdicate the Senate’s constitutional role in vetting his nominees.
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.
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.