Hannah Giles replaced James O'Keefe as boss of Project Veritas—the conservative group famed for its manipulated recordings of liberals, media personnel and government workers—after it fired him for misusing its… Read the rest of the article: New leader of "unsalvageable" Project Veritas quits, citing "strong evidence" of past illegality
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Rob Beschizza Epic Games mostly lost to Apple in its antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant, but it has prevailed in a similar action against Google: a jury found Google illegally exploited… Read the rest of the article: Epic scores win over Google in court
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Rob Beschizza Alexey Navalny, a Russian opposition leader jailed on fraud charges and recently jailed some more on extremism charges, is missing from his prison colony, say his lawyers. He was seen… Read the rest of the article: Russian opposition leader "missing" from prison
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Rob Beschizza McDonalds has retired most of its marketing cast, clearly aimed at children as it was, but occasionally brings the Hamburglar out of retirement to pitch healthy or premium menu options.… Read the rest of the article: The Hamburglar was a "crafty" old man with a giant nose who stalked children in McDonaldland
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Rob Beschizza Google's long-awaited AI offering, Gemini, fizzled last week after it emerged the spectacular demo was fake. Greg Sadetsky sums it up—"The AI can do these things, just not as presented… Read the rest of the article: Google's faked Gemini demo recreated with GPT-4
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Rob Beschizza Mountain Dew. Jolly Ranchers. Swedish Fish. Lemon Heads. To American parents, they're everyday mouth-stuffers. To frugal Brits, they're mysteriously cheap options found in corner shops. And to U.K. officials, they're… Read the rest of the article: British officials seize contraband U.S. candy containing banned "carcinogenic" and "genotoxic" ingredients Americans love to feed their children
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Rob Beschizza The 2-meter diameter of a fossilised pliosaur skull found in cliffs in Dorset, England, belies the colossal size of the beast it once belonged to. It's so complete that the… Read the rest of the article: 150m-year-old pliosaur skull fossil emerges from cliffs in England
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Rob Beschizza Viral footage last week showed a man approaching someone in the street and punching them from behind, knocking them to the ground—and knocking over the stroller the victim was pushing—before… Read the rest of the article: California man arrested after sucker-punching two victims in different incidents
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Rob Beschizza It seems like just yesterday that tech companies were fleeing California's high costs and setting up shop in cheap, hip Texas cities such as Austin. But TechCrunch reports that the… Read the rest of the article: Report: tech companies losing interest in Texas
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Rob Beschizza Donald Trump was scheduled to take the stand today in his $250m fraud trial. But yesterday afternoon he announced that he would not do so, declaring that he had already… Read the rest of the article: Trump was to testify today in court: "President Trump doesn't cower." He's just chickened out.
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Rob Beschizza Music-Map draws proximity clouds of bands and musicians similar to your faves; the methodology has something to do with AI. The picks are both obvious and odd: cannily uncanny, as… Read the rest of the article: Find music like the music you love, with AI
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Rob Beschizza Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist who owes $1.5bn to the families of murdered children he defamed, is set to return to Twitter. The site's owner, Elon Musk, indicated Jones' return… Read the rest of the article: Elon Musk plans to bring Alex Jones back to Twitter, days before Sandy Hook anniversary
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Rob Beschizza Bloomberg News reports that members of the European Union reached a deal on the first major regulation of artificial intelligence in the West. Delegates from the European Commission, the European… Read the rest of the article: EU to regulate AI
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Rob Beschizza Merry Christmas, America! Finland has declassified its 60-year-old intelligence report into Lee Harvey Oswald, who stayed in Helsinki before heading on to the Soviet Union. Oswald, an assassin of U.S.… Read the rest of the article: Finland declassifies its long-secret intelligence report on JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald
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Rob Beschizza A court in Sweden has thrown out Tesla's lawsuit against the country's postal service, which is backing Tesla mechanics' strike there by refusing to deliver plates for the U.S. carmaker.… Read the rest of the article: Swedish court rules against Tesla as labor woes spread to Denmark and Finland
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Rob Beschizza Texas's Supreme Court last night blocked an abortion ordered by a lower court for a fetus that cannot live being carried by a mother who might not survive the pregnancy.… Read the rest of the article: Texas Supreme Court blocks emergency abortion for woman whose health is threatened by unviable fetus
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Rob Beschizza The Checkmate A1500 Plus is a new display designed to complement old computers. Beige, blocky and beautiful, it comes in 19" and 17" models, 5:4 and 4:3 aspect ratios in… Read the rest of the article: Modern displays designed to look good with old computers
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Rob Beschizza The United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. It was the only country among the council's 15 members to vote against… Read the rest of the article: U.S. vetoes UN Security Council vote for Gaza ceasefire
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Rob Beschizza Mayor Eric Adams, beset by problems, lawsuits, investigators and delusions, now commands the approval of only 28% of New Yorkers. It's the lowest approval rating for a New York City… Read the rest of the article: Eric Adams now New York City's least-popular mayor in polling history
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Rob Beschizza Self-checkout stations looked like a great way to redundify human clerks and make marginal retail outlets proftable again, but it isn't working out. Dollar General is the latest major chain… Read the rest of the article: Everyone hates self-checkouts, from customers to shareholders. They're disappearing in U.S. stores.