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• China conducted a large-scale military exercise surrounding Taiwan on Monday.
• China employed a number of warships, as well as its first aircraft carrier, and dozens of aircraft.
• The "Joint Sword 2024-B" drill is a follow-up to China's large-scale

• Ali Abbasi's film "The Apprentice" explores Trump's rise with lawyer Roy Cohn's guidance.
• The film highlights Trump's tactics, which influenced his career and presidency.
• With the 2024 election nearing, questions arise about whether Trump will accept the results if he loses.

Director Ali Abbasi's "The Apprentice" presents a dramatized origin story

• Tesla's robots serving drinks and talking to guests at the "We Robot" were partly controlled by humans.
• The robots' performance quickly raised skepticism about their true capabilities and independence.
• Tesla plans to deploy the robots in its factories and sell them

Microsoft is bringing the latest Call of Duty game to Xbox Cloud Gaming on day one. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be available to stream for Game Pass Ultimate subscribers at 10AM PT on its launch day, October 25. Modern Warfare III and the battle royale Call of Duty: Warzone arrive on the platform on the same day.

This will be the first time Call of Duty games have been playable on Microsoft’s

First came the nanny cams and home assistants, then came the security doorbells, now it's the age of the hacked vacuums.

First reported by ABC News Australia, owners of robot vacuums across multiple U.S. states experienced invasive hacking of their devices by individuals who took physical control of the cleaning bots and used their internal audio features to shout racial slurs at people in their

• The US is sending a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery and American operators to Israel.
• THAAD is a highly advanced air-defense system that can intercept ballistic missiles.
• The upcoming deployment follows two massive Iranian

Here's a little something to liven up the week in gamerland: Xbox is hosting a third-party games showcase on Thursday, October 17 at 1PM ET. A 4K, 60 fps stream will be available on YouTube in English with live subtitles in 16 other languages (Xbox will add subtitles for more languages after the fact). The Xbox channel will have versions of the show with audio description and American Sign

The Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones came out almost exactly a year ago and now Amazon is selling the Lunar Blue colorway for $329, which is $100 off the MSRP (other hues are full price). We saw this price last week for all four colors during Amazon's fall sale. Lunar Blue looks to be a limited edition, which could account for the discount, or it could just be Amazon's way of keeping the deals

• Starbucks is reversing a push into frequent promos on drinks and snacks, The Wall Street Journal said.
• It's part of CEO Brian Niccol's effort to reestablish the brand's upscale, premium vibe, it added.
• Promos, which are primarily available in the app, have contributed

Large Language Models (LLMs) may not be as smart as they seem, according to a study from Apple researchers.

LLMs from OpenAI, Google, Meta, and others have been touted for their impressive reasoning skills. But research suggests their purported intelligence may be closer to "sophisticated pattern matching" than "true logical reasoning." Yep, even OpenAI's o1 advanced reasoning model.

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• Business Insider spoke with three professional chefs to find out their best cooking tricks.
• Achieve creamier mashed potatoes by boiling your potatoes in milk instead of water.
• Use leftover herb stems to create dressings and salt your ice water when blanching veggies.

Whether you're hosting a feast or cooking yourself a quick