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When the trailer for Anaconda hit, I was giddy. At a glance, this seemed like a sublime elevator pitch: Two childhood best friends reunite to reboot the 1997 Jennifer Lopez/Ice Cube creature feature Anaconda. With Jack Black and Paul Rudd as the aforementioned besties, the promise of hilarious hijinks seemed sky-high. The zany trailer gave a taste of comedic chaos the filmmakers had in store, like



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  • JPMorgan sued Charlie Javice over its botched acquisition of her startup — but it had to pay her legal fees.
  • The bank claims Javice's lawyers milked that for all its worth, submitting 15 pounds of receipts.
  • Her $78 million legal defense was overstaffed and included tons of unusual expenses, the bank said.

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Bah humbug. Just days before Christmas, the U.S. has effectively banned foreign drones, including the most popular drone maker, China-based DJI.

So, what happens next, especially if you already own a DJI drone or have a new one waiting to be unwrapped under the Christmas tree? Here's what we know.

On Monday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officially blacklisted foreign-made drones and



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Xbox has brought cloud gaming gaming to some Amazon Fire TV models. These include the Fire TV 4-Series and the Fire TV Omni QLED Series. This lets people play Xbox games directly on the television, without needing a bulky console or even something like a Fire TV stick. 

Gamers do need a couple of things. First and foremost, this service requires a subscription to Game Pass. Plans start at $10 a


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  • I'm a nearly 40-year-old mother of five, and I feel completely lost about what to do next.
  • I'm trying not to panic, but use this time to explore new paths that spark joy for me, not just a paycheck.

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Investigative reporter John Carreyrou of the New York Times filed a lawsuit against xAI, Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta and Perplexity on Monday for allegedly training their AI models on copyrighted books without permission. Carreyrou is perhaps best known for exposing the Theranos fraudulent blood test scandal.

According to Reuters, the lawsuit was filed alongside five other writers who all