Look inside a 45-room, 14,000-square-foot historic mansion once owned by the inventor of Morse code

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The drawing room at Locust Grove.
Locust Grove.

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  • Inventor Samuel F. B. Morse spent summers at his Locust Grove Estate in New York's Hudson Valley.
  • The 14,000-square-foot Italianate villa, built in 1852, has 45 rooms over six floors.
  • It was purchased in 1901 by the Young family and has remained uniquely preserved.

When Samuel F. B. Morse wasn't creating Morse code, inventing the telegraph, or painting

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Supreme Court denies Google's request to pause Play Store changes while it appeals Epic case

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Google has failed to convince the Supreme Court to block the injunction requiring the company to make major changes to the Play Store after it lost its case with Epic Games. The Verge and Reuters have reported that the Supreme Court has denied the company's request for a partial stay on the injunction while it prepares to appeal. In a tweet, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney said that developers "will be

Should Taylor Swift be calling herself a showgirl?

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In the final, titular track of her last album, The Life of a Showgirl, Taylor Swift proclaims, "Now I know the life of a showgirl, babe."

But does she?

This question, like many circling Swift's latest record, has the internet taking sides: some who believe Taylor Swift is indeed a showgirl, and others who think she's appropriating sex workers. 

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These 11 Prime Day gaming deals are wild and available now

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Prime Big Deal Days, the new October Amazon Prime Day sale event running until Oct. 8, features sweet gaming deals that players can grab right now. 

While there are some great deals at Amazon across all categories, games across PS5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series X|S platforms have scored fantastic bargains to stock up your backlog with. 

Among a mix of very recent releases and those that have

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Professors fear students are outsourcing critical thinking to AI. Here are 5 ways they can fight back, a researcher says.

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Hastings High School students use CollegeSpring software to complete practice test exercises in English vocabulary in Houston, on March 26, 2025
A South African researcher says universities are failing to teach critical thinking as students let AI do their thinking for them.

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  • A researcher says schools are failing to teach skills AI can't replicate, like critical thinking.
  • Anitia Lubbe of North-West University says students should learn to critique AI, not just copy it.
  • The South African professor
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The Morning After: The best Amazon Prime Day deals so far

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If you’re a Prime member — or have a friend or family member who takes the hit for everyone else’s benefit — it’s time to grab a deal. Several of our most highly recommended products are now on sale for Prime Day and while most of these deals are exclusively for Prime members, there are always a few that anyone with an Amazon account can get.

There are the usual suspects, of course: Roku TV sticks

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