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Joel Khalili

Elizabeth Warren Calls for Crackdown on Internet ‘Monopoly’ You've Never Heard of

US senator Elizabeth Warren and congressman Jerry Nadler have demanded the government investigate whether VeriSign, steward of the .com domain, is ripping off customers and violating antitrust laws.

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How director Jon M. Chu made Wicked with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo

Jeff Goldblum and Jonathan Bailey join Jon M. Chu in laying out how the filmmaker was able to bring the story of Wicked to life in film.

Wicked is now in theaters.

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Don’t let this GoPro Hero13 Black Friday deal sail past

GET $100 OFF: As of Nov. 22, you can get a GoPro Hero13 Bundle for $349.99 and Best Buy will throw a $25 gift card in too. That's 22% off the original price of $449.99.

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Click the magic coupon to get a $250 iPad 10th Gen with this Amazon deal

GET $99 OFF: As of Nov. 22, you can get an Apple iPad (10th Generation) for just $249.99. That's 29% off the original price or $99 off.

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Amazon deal of the day: Snag the AirPods Pro 2 for their lowest price ever a week before Black Friday

Check out the best Amazon deals of the day as of Nov. 22: OUR TOP PICK Apple AirPods Pro 2 $159.99 ...

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I found my celebrity look-a-like with ChatGPT – here’s how

Did you know ChatGPT can help you find your celebrity look-alike? With just a few selfies, this AI tool can pinpoint your famous doppelgänger in seconds.

But here’s the catch: ChatGPT’s default interface doesn’t support celebrity look-alike detection. Believe me, I’ve tried. When I attempted to uncover my A-list twin through the standard ChatGPT window, I was met with this disappointing response: “I cannot determine your celebrity look-a-like from the photo.”

Fortunately, there is...

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Why women behaving badly are dominating our screens

If the last 12 months of film and television are anything to go by, female protagonists are truly entering their villain era.

From psychological romantic thrillers like Rose Glass's Love Lies Bleeding and Zoe Kravitz's Blink Twice to horror romps including Zelda Williams' Lisa Frankenstein and Coraline Fargeat's The Substance, women are done playing by the rules. Films like these frequently harness the palpable feminine rage in the world and use horror genre tropes like severe trauma and...

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Black Friday printer and scanner deals bring big discounts on Epson, Canon, more

The best early Black Friday printer and scanner deals Best printer-scanner combo deal Epson EcoTank ET-280 ...

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26 Toys And Games From Walmart To Buy Before The Holiday Rush Really Sets In

It's beginning to look a lot like better-get-it-before-it's-sold-out-mas.

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Jay Peters

Plex’s upcoming app redesign is a big swing at going legit

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Plex is beginning to test its “newly reimagined Plex experience,” which will be available first on mobile and is coming to TV platforms “very soon.” Plex says the new experience has been in development for almost two years and is “designed to bring everything you love into one seamless interface.” But don’t worry — while the new version of the app is currently missing some features, Plex says it will be “closing those gaps” and will keep the current app...

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Sarah Bahr and Brian Karlsson

6 Minutes. 62 People. 1 Epic ‘Sunset Boulevard’ Sequence.

Down the stairs, out the doors and onto the sidewalk, a Broadway show hits the street. Here’s how they pull it off.

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John Yoon

Fin Whale Carcass Washes Ashore in Anchorage, Alaska

Crowds in Anchorage have braved freezing temperatures and slippery ice to see the hulking carcass of a rare fin whale, which washed ashore a few miles from downtown.

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Anna Kodé

The Tallest Building in Queens: The Orchard in Long Island City

The Orchard, a rental tower with a dizzying array of luxury amenities, caps a decade of rapid development in the neighborhood.

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Sam Roberts

M. Jodi Rell, Former Republican Governor of Connecticut, Dies at 78

She was lieutenant governor when her boss, John G. Rowland, resigned in a corruption scandal. The second woman to lead the state, she was later elected in her own right.

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David E. Sanger and Julian E. Barnes

China’s Hacking Reached Deep Into U.S. Telecoms

The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said hackers listened to phone calls and read texts by exploiting aging equipment and seams in the networks that connect systems.

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Emma G. Fitzsimmons

Changes in New York City

How city and state officials are trying to make the city more livable.

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Samuel Moyn

The Legal Battle Against Trump Was a Miserable Failure

A few victories made it easy for Democrats to forget that the law is just another domain of politics where their enemies enjoy power too.

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M. Gessen

The Secret Behind America’s Moral Panic

Trans rights aren’t just trans rights. They’re reproductive rights.

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Jamelle Bouie

Trump Tries on His Crown

The Constitution is not a grant of power for a king.

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Michelle Goldberg

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez on Winning a Trump District and Fixing Congress

Lessons from a Democratic winner in Trump country.

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