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Need a distraction from the real world? Try a British conspiracy thriller and a Swedish satire
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2025 NFC, AFC Championship Game betting guide, odds, props: AI, model, expert, parlay, DFS picks revealed
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More Than AI: Solving the 'AI Trust Gap' With Expert-Led Generative AI Solutions
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‘I want to preserve our legacy’: Black families in Altadena fear displacement after fire
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2025 Saturday NFL DFS Divisional Round picks: Expert daily fantasy lineup advice, tips on DraftKings, FanDuel
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2025 NFL Divisional Round betting guide, schedule, odds, props: AI, model, expert, parlay, DFS picks revealed
SportsLine's team of Vegas experts and its proven model and AI PickBot get you ready for 2025 NFL Divisional Round betting sitesCBS Sports - 3d -
Celebrity boyfriend outed as an AI scam and a lawmaker’s fighting words
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Cruz reintroduces bill exempting tips from federal taxes
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) reintroduced legislation to exempt federal taxes on tips in an effort to support service industry workers. “American workers in many industries rely on tipped wages to make ...The Hill - 5d -
Who would win a Cavs-Thunder Finals? Our experts make their consensus pick
With the NBA season at its midway point, let's take a spin around the league as we approach the trade deadline and playoff push.Yahoo Sports - 5d -
Forget Nvidia: Ndea wants to build AI that keeps improving on its own with ‘no bottlenecks in sight’
Unlike traditional deep learning, which interpolates between data points, program synthesis searches for discrete programs that explain data.VentureBeat - 6d -
Romantic scam turned internet mockery for woman conned out of $855K by AI Brad Pitt
A French woman who thought she was in a romantic relationship with Brad Pitt handed over $855,000 to scammers who used an AI version of the actor to dupe her.NBC News - 6d -
A Spymaster Sheikh Controls a $1.5 Trillion Fortune. He Wants to Use It to Dominate AI
Tahnoun bin Zayed al Nahyan—the UAE’s chess-obsessed, jiujitsu-loving intelligence chief—controls vast sums of sovereign wealth. America’s AI giants are scrambling for a piece of it.Wired - Jan. 14 -
‘Just the start’: X’s new AI software driving online racist abuse, experts warn
Amid reports of creation of fake racist images, Signify warns problem will get ‘so much worse’ over the next year. A rise in online racism driven by fake images is “just the start of a coming ...The Guardian - Jan. 13 -
From Paula Radcliffe’s marathon tips to Ben Stiller on his epic TV drama: the best podcasts of the week
Olympians serve up a 16-week audio running club, while the Zoolander star unpacks his brilliant brain-scrambler of a show, Severance. After nearly three years, Apple’s brain-scrambling epic is back ...The Guardian - Jan. 13 -
In 2025, I want to let go of grudges and listen better. A happiness expert says that's a good idea: People are 'going to like you more'
This year, I'm going to let go of grudges, listen better and read more.CNBC - Jan. 12 -
The Wanted's Max George 'wrote will from hospital'
The singer said he thought he was "going to die" before surgery to have a pacemaker fitted.BBC News - Jan. 12 -
How to help victims of the Los Angeles wildfires and avoid scams
Wildfires have decimated more than 37,000 acres of the Los Angeles metropolitan area over the last several days, charring more than 12,000 structures, displacing over 150,000 residents and leaving ...NBC News - Jan. 12 -
Lessons learned from trying to thaw icy relations between rivals U.S and China
BEIJING — As he prepares to leave Beijing, the U.S. envoy to China feels relations between the two rival powers are the most stable they’ve been in recent years.NBC News - Jan. 11 -
From oatzempic to mouth taping: does science back up TikTok health tips?
Here are some of the more curious health hacks circulating on the social media platform – and what the evidence says. The deluge of improbable health hacks on TikTok can only mean it’s the start of ...The Guardian - Jan. 10 -
The Government Wants to Protect Robux From Hackers
In a new proposal issued Friday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking to regulate virtual currencies used in Roblox and other video games like US dollars.Wired - Jan. 10 -
Our guide to all 14 teams, from favorites to underdogs
Here's everything to know about the 14 teams vying to win Super Bowl LIX.ESPN - Jan. 9 -
The '9/11 mastermind' wants to plead guilty. Why is the US trying to stop him?
The accused mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks will no longer plead guilty on Friday, after the US government objected.BBC News - Jan. 10 -
Slipped up during Dry January? Expert tips for getting back on track
In Dry January, people choose to give up alcohol for the month, but what happens if they have a drink? Here's what an expert says.CBS News - Jan. 9 -
Andreessen Horowitz Wants to Shoehorn AI Into Everything in 2025. Whether You Want It or Not
Waves of hype have been unleashed on the public since ChatGPT’s unveiling in 2022. And investors have no intention of slowing down.Inc. - Jan. 9 -
Man fails in claim to recover £600m Bitcoin hard drive from tip
James Howells tried to sue a council for access to the site or get £495m in compensation.BBC News - Jan. 9 -
He was supposed to win Ohio State a national title. Now, he's trying to stop it from happening.
In the summer of 2021, the nation’s top-ranked high school football recruit, Quinn Ewers, arrived on Ohio State's campus in what represented a recruiting coup.NBC News - Jan. 9 -
Health experts rally for ‘call to arms’ to protect children from toxic chemicals
In new paper in the New England Journal of Medicine, leading researchers to propose action to protect kids. Children are suffering and dying from diseases that emerging scientific research has ...The Guardian - Jan. 8 -
AI-generated ‘slop’ is slowly killing the internet, so why is nobody trying to stop it? | Arwa Mahdawi
Low-quality ‘slop’ generated by AI is crowding out genuine humans across the internet, but instead of regulating it, platforms such as Facebook are positively encouraging it. Where does this end?. ...The Guardian - Jan. 8 -
Which N.F.L. Wild-Card Games Are Most Watchable? Our Expert Ranks Them.
One matchup looks like it could be a viewership monster, a columnist for The Athletic writes.The New York Times - Jan. 7 -
‘I’ll be the bad guy if I reject their offer’: My son and his wife want to buy our rental for half the market value. Is that fair to our other children?
“We charge them $1,450 per month for rent. Both parents contributed to their $100,000 wedding.”MarketWatch - Jan. 7 -
How to avoid winter illness and other cold weather tips
Much of the UK is facing a cold snap, so here are some tips to cope with low temperatures.BBC News - Jan. 7 -
The Tips trade
And a question for readers on manufacturingFinancial Times - Jan. 7 -
Which teams, players and stories will dominate 2025 in the NBA? Our experts debate
From coaches on the hot seat to breakout players, our NBA insiders answer some of the biggest questions heading into 2025.ESPN - Jan. 4 -
‘I want to get my joy back’: Jimmy Butler signals he wants trade from Miami Heat
Heat star indicates he wants trade out of Miami Butler has scored nine points in consecutive games Jimmy Butler says he needs to find joy again on the basketball court. And when asked if he can ...The Guardian - Jan. 3 -
Jimmy Butler loudly signals he wants trade from Heat: 'I want to get my joy back'
Jimmy Butler isn't having fun anymore with the Heat.Yahoo Sports - Jan. 3 -
Experts from U.S. join South Korea plane crash probe
Experts from the National Transportation Safety Board, Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing joined the probe into the South Korea plane crash that killed all but two of the 181 people on ...CBS News - Dec. 31
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