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Powerball: Why getting eaten by a shark is more likely than winning the $1.2 billion jackpot
The odds of winning Wednesday’s drawing are 292,201,338 to 1 — or about 300 times less likely than getting struck by lightning.
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They were arrested after a rally against DeSantis. Now, the 'Tampa 5' say protesting is on trial.
Four recent University of South Florida graduates and a former school staff member – now known as the ‘Tampa Five’ – claim campus police initiated a violent clash between officers and students protesting Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis on campus in March.
7 min read - USYahoo News
Congressman carjacked in D.C. as big cities continue to battle perceptions, and realities, of crime
A fatal stabbing in Brooklyn and the killing of a journalist in Philadelphia have deepened a sense of unease in some big cities.
4 min read - USYahoo News
Supreme Court's new term will include cases involving abortion drugs, guns and social media
The new term comes at a time when the court finds itself under increased scrutiny over what critics say is a pattern of ethical lapses.
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Why Matt Gaetz moved to oust Kevin McCarthy
There are a few different potential reasons why Gaetz might see it in his self-interest to send the House – and the Republican party – into disorder and uncertainty.
5 min read - BusinessIn The Know by Yahoo
‘Don’t fall for this scam like me’: Woman’s Facebook Marketplace PSA goes viral on TikTok
"I just got scammed on Facebook Marketplace. Like an actual identity theft scam. So I'm gonna share it with you so that you don't fall for it. Be smarter than me!"
4 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Electric Hydrogen is the green hydrogen industry's first unicorn
Investors have historically been skeptical of green hydrogen. High production costs, expensive infrastructure builds, competition with batteries and minimal government support have made the green hydrogen sector a risky bet. Electric Hydrogen (EH2), a Massachusetts-based green hydrogen technology company, has just become green hydrogen's first unicorn, with a $380 million Series C raise that brought its valuation up to $1 billion.
3 min read - BusinessAutoblog
Rivian R1T fender benders can turn into $40K repair bills
Rivian R1T fender benders can turn into $40K repair bills. Rear corner damage is an Achilles heel for gargantuan estimates.
4 min read - USYahoo News 360
Is winning the lottery all it's cracked up to be?
There’s a laundry list of horror stories about big lottery winners whose golden tickets led to strained family relationships, bankruptcy, prison or even murder.
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What’s a crash pad? Gen Z flight attendants discuss what it’s like to commute across the country: ‘This life is not for everyone’
Flight attendants reveal the truth about commuting to and from their bases. The post What’s a crash pad? Gen Z flight attendants discuss what it’s like to commute across the country: ‘This life is not for everyone’ appeared first on In The Know.
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Goldman Sachs calls an audible: Mortgage rates going up, after all, in 2023
In January, the firm’s housing economists predicted mortgage rates would land at 6.5% by the end of this year. Now? Well, never mind. Goldman Sachs believes rates will run higher to around 7.1% by year end.
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Sam Altman backs teens' AI startup automating browser-native workflows
Sam Altman, Peak XV, and Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman's AI grant are among backers of an AI startup, founded by two teenagers, that's aiming to assist businesses in automating numerous workflows in previously unexplored ways. Induced AI, founded this year, enables businesses to input their workflows in plain English, subsequently converting the instructions into pseudo-code in real time for numerous repetitive tasks typically managed by back offices. The eponymous platform spins up Chromium-b
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The stock market sell-off is all about the 'pain trade' in bonds
As stocks sell off, Wall Street strategists believe all of the action is in reaction to rising Treasury yields.
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Sam Bankman-Fried faces crypto-crash fatigue with potential jurors in FTX trial
At least five potential jurors told a judge that they or relatives lost money on crypto, highlighting a public-perception challenge for the FTX founder in his criminal trial.
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What Trump stands to lose in the New York civil trial
It's not a criminal trial, and there's no risk of jail time. But Trump could still lose big in the New York case focusing on vastly overvalued Trump businesses.
5 min read - BusinessYahoo Finance
Stocks edge up as bond selloff takes a break: Stock market news today
Wall Street stocks got a respite from the bond rout as investors increasingly accept the idea that the era of low interest rates is ending.
2 min read - TechnologyEngadget
The best WiFi extenders in 2023
Here's a list of the best WiFi extenders you can buy right now, as chosen by Engadget editors.
14 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Recapitalization, $60M Series D support growth of e-commerce financier Clearco
Clearco announced several recapitalization efforts Wednesday, including a $60 million Series D round and new asset-backed financing. The facility provides up to $100 million in financing capacity and will support $850 million of Clearco originations over the next two years. Toronto-based Clearco uses AI and proprietary machine learning-based technology to underwrite businesses and help customers fund inventory and marketing invoices of between $10,000 and $2 million.
3 min read - WorldEngadget
Five former Ubisoft execs arrested following sexual harassment investigation
French police have arrested five former Ubisoft executives after an investigation into sexual assault and harassment at the company. Among those taken into custody was former Chief Creative Officer Serge Hascoët.
1 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Pow.bio says biomanufacturing is broken and its continuous fermentation tech will fix it
It’s no secret that alternative protein companies and others leveraging fermentation technology have an issue scaling to commercial production. Meet Pow.bio, a company founded by Ouwei Wang and Shannon Hall (no relation to the author) in 2019, that aims to help synthetic biology companies manufacture their products at cost parity amid a market of biomade products estimated to reach $4 trillion by 2040. “Biology is the technology of today,” Hall told TechCrunch.
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The Google Pixel Fold’s dual-screen interpreter begins rolling out
Google announced today it will begin rolling out several new Pixel features, including the Pixel Fold’s dual-screen interpreter mode. The novel translation feature, which Engadget tested earlier this year, uses the phone’s folding display to translate both sides of a live conversation.
2 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Rainforest raises $8.5M to help software companies embed financial services, payments
Specifically, Strange projected that -- in the not-too-distant-future -- “nearly every company” would derive a significant portion of its revenue from financial services. More companies have embedded fintech, specifically payments, into their offerings. Joshua Silver, CEO and founder of Atlanta-based Rainforest, told TechCrunch in an interview that he believes that every software platform wants to embed financial services and embed payments into their offerings.
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This high-end JBW men’s watch is a whopping 51% off before October Prime Day — just $229
Amazon shoppers can't stop raving about this high-end watch. It's over 50% off and is one of the best watch deals we've seen all year.
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Yubico can now ship pre-registered security keys to its enterprise users
Physical security keys remain one of the best ways to secure user accounts, but the fact that new users have to register them before they can use them often adds quite a bit of friction. Yubico, the company behind the ubiquitous FIDO-certified YubiKeys, is now making this significantly easier by giving its enterprise users the ability to send pre-registered keys to employees. The new FIDO Pre-reg service is now in a limited access period, specifically for Okta customers in the U.S. (the compan
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Google Pixel 2023 liveblog: Live updates on the Pixel 8 reveal
Join us for all the latest news from Google's Pixel 8 event as it happens!
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Okta acquires a16z-backed password manager Uno to develop a personal tier
Okta, the U.S.-based identity mangement giant, announced today that it has acquired a password mangement app, Uno. The company said that Uno's team will help speed up the public launch of the Okta Personal tier, a password manager for consumers. Uno, founded by former Google engineer Parteek Saran, launched an app earlier this year to make password management easier for users through a design-centric approach.
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Yahoo spins out Vespa, its search tech, into an independent company
Yahoo, otherwise known as the company that pays my salary (full disclosure: Yahoo owns TC), today announced that it's spinning off Vespa, the big data serving engine, into an independent venture. Jon Bratseth, previously a VP architect in the big data and AI group at Yahoo and one of the main contributors to Vespa, has been appointed CEO. Yahoo says it'll continue to invest in Vespa (with cash) and remain its largest customer following the spin-out.
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Rabbit is building an AI model that understands how software works
What if you could interact with any piece of software using natural language? Founded by Jesse Lyu, who holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Liverpool, and Alexander Liao, previously a researcher at Carnegie Mellon, Rabbit is creating a platform, OS2, underpinned by an AI model that can -- so Lyu and Liao claim -- see and act on desktop and mobile interfaces the same ways that humans can.
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This rugged SUV is barely ever updated but still sells like crazy
2024 Toyota 4Runner barely changes, might be a runout before 2025 model. The changes are two new colors and a $300 price increase.
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New CRTC rules: 'Potentially ruinous consequences to all podcasting in Canada,' Jesse Brown warns
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is implementing new rules for some broadcasters which will impact some Canadian podcasters.
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Behind the new malaria vaccine endorsed by the World Health Organization
The Serum Institute of India has received a recommendation from WHO for malaria doses using a Novavax adjuvant.
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Volvo prices its entry-level 2025 EX30 EV
We now have full pricing for Volvo's entry-level EX30 electric crossover, sporting up to 275 miles of range on a single charge.
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Stocks pummeled, bond yields surge amid hot jobs data: Stock market news today
The Nasdaq led losses as rising Treasury yields piled on pressure and investors got a reminder not to expect a Fed rate cut anytime soon.
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The cheaper Tesla RWD Model Y is being offered again — it's $44,000 before the tax credit
The recently reintroduced RWD Model Y is far cheaper than the other variants, and offers a reasonable range estimate to go with its smaller price tag.
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Why the Midwest remains one of the only affordable places for many homebuyers
Midwest home prices grew again in July, but the region remains the only affordable place in the US, according to the National Association of Realtors.
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House Dem Spots 1 Very Awkward Problem In GOP Plan To Make Trump Next Speaker
There's one glaring issue standing in the way of the far-right plot to install Trump as next House speaker.
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Fact Check: Biden Ordered FBI to Make Unannounced Home Visits to Over 100K Trump Supporters?
"The FBI agents say, 'You haven't done anything wrong yet, we just want to talk.' Is this a form of voter intimidation?," a popular post on X asked.
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Disturbing New Details Revealed in Charlotte Sena Kidnapping: Reports
GoFundMeDisturbing new details emerged Tuesday surrounding the abduction of 9-year-old Charlotte Sena and the suspect who is alleged to have swiped her from a park while riding a bike.In an arraignment memorandum obtained by CNN, 46-year-old Craig Nelson Ross Jr. “wrote a ransom letter with the intent to compel the payment of monies as ransom for her,” the document says. Also among the new details to emerge Tuesday is that Ross may have forced the child to pen her own ransom letter to demand $50
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Trump Ordered To Shut Up Or Face 30 Days Behind Bars
Donald Trump has been told to watch what he says and posts, or risk ending up behind bars for up to a month. In the second day of the former POTUS’ financial fraud trial, Judge Arthur Engoron just issued a limited gag order against everyone in the civil case to stop verbal and social media-posted …
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Ukrainian special operation forces land in Crimea, battle with losses occurs – Defence Intelligence
Ukraine's Defence Intelligence has stated that units of the Special Operations Forces landed on the territory of the occupied Crimean peninsula and attacked the Russians, and after completing the mission, they retreated.
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Florida man 'took his eyes off the road' and rear-ended another car on his way to buy milk, deputies say
A Florida man was arrested after he "took his eyes off the road" and crashed into another car on his way to buy milk, according to the Sumter County Sheriff's Office.
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Jimmy Kimmel Fires Back At Trump’s Late-Night Insult With Creepy Reminder
The late-night host turned Trump’s attack on late-night “creeps” into a joke about the former president’s adult sons.
1 min read - USThe Cool Down
Dashboard camera catches disturbing video of tailgating truck moments before crashing into median: ‘Those things should be illegal’
“Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving person."
2 min read - PoliticsSheKnows
Melania Trump Reportedly Roasted Husband Donald When Asked About His Latest Appearances
While the internet constantly pokes fun at former US President Donald Trump’s appearance, the Trump family typically stays away from doing that. Over the years, members of the family have complimented him or tried to dispel the negativity. Recently, his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, attempted to dispel the worries surrounding his age, and many assume everyone …
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'People are threatening me, my wife and my children,' Sunol school board prez claims after banning flags
Sunol Glen Unified School Board President Ryan Jergensen said he and his family have received death threats after he helped pass a ban on special-interest flags on campus.
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