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Ben Horowitz and Kamala Harris.
  • Ben Horowitz, A16z cofounder, said in July that he plans to support former President Donald Trump's campaign.
  • An email to A16z employees now reveals that he plans to donate to Vice President Kamala Harris.
  • The investor wrote that he and his wife will be making a "significant donation"

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Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

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Meta cannot target a user’s sexual orientation in its personalized ads — even if they are openly queer and make public statements about the subject, the European Union’s highest court ruled Friday.

The case was brought from longtime Meta antagonist Max Schrems, as Wired reports. The Austrian activist, whose separate privacy case recently led to a $1.3 billion fine against the company, claimed in



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After the podcast where Ben Horowitz repeatedly congratulated himself for being brave enough to support Donald Trump in public, it turns out Horowitz will also be donating to Kamala Harris. Or so he says.

“As I mentioned before, Felicia and I have known Vice President Harris for over 10 years and she has



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Square Enix’s multiplayer shooter Foamstars is moving to a free-to-play model. The four-player team multiplayer melee officially turned into a free game today on Sony’s PlayStation 4 and 5 meaning you also won’t need a PlayStation Plus subscription to play it, according to a posting on the studio’s support page.

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Rain or shine, it's common for Floridians to brush up against gators.
  • Hurricane Helene displaced alligators, turtles, and other wildlife in Florida.
  • Large storms often move wildlife from their habitats due to flooding.
  • Residents who see an alligator should give it space and call authorities if it poses a threat.

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Intel may have one less worry on its very full plate: it believes it has now fully addressed its desktop CPU instability woes with 13th and 14th Gen “Raptor Lake” chips.

While the company says there’s still no fix for processors that are already damaged, it confirms to me that the “Vmin Shift Instability” is the root cause of the unusual



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Ashley and Tyler from "Love Is Blind" season seven.
  • "Love Is Blind" season seven features a cast of singles from the Washington, DC area.
  • Ashley and Tyler, two professionals in their 30s, are one of the seven couples to get engaged.
  • Here's what we know about where their relationship stands today.

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The past week hasn’t been the kindest to the electric vehicle industry. Now, it’s capped off with news that the EV startup Fisker is the subject of an investigation from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

TechCrunch reported that SEC officials sent several subpoenas to Fisker. The filing doesn’t specifically say what the subpoenas are asking for or looking into but it’s clear that



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Meta headquarters in California.
  • Meta just launched Movie Gen, an AI video generator to compete with OpenAI's Sora.
  • Movie Gen can make videos with accompanying audio using a text prompt. It can also edit by prompt.
  • Meta joined the video generation race later than OpenAI and Google.

Meta released a new AI video-generating tool on Friday that is also the company's