With the DNC, Democrats finally understand that content is king

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Lil Jon joins the Georgia delegation at the DNC roll call to raucous applause. | Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images

Compare clips from the Democratic National Convention, which kicked off on Monday in Chicago, to the Republican National Convention in July. They feel like different universes.

At the RNC, during the roll call of votes nominating Donald Trump, states

Microsoft’s revised Recall AI feature will roll out to beta testers in October

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Microsoft’s Windows Recall feature, which stores a timeline of activity snapshots on your PC, has a new release date for Windows Insiders. Microsoft unveiled the feature to much fanfare in May, only to delay it indefinitely (after blowback from security researchers) a few weeks later. After taking time to recalibrate, the company said on Wednesday it will roll out Recall to beta testers using Copi

Hillary Clinton never campaigned in swing state Wisconsin in 2016. Kamala Harris isn't making that mistake.

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Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota took a short detour to Milwaukee to headline a rally during the Democratic National Convention.

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  • Kamala Harris and Tim Walz took a short trip to Wisconsin to headline a rally during the DNC.
  • The Democratic ticket took advantage of the key swing state's proximity to Chicago to stump there.
  • It's a huge contrast with
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See inside the NYC-sized area of Russia that Ukraine seized in its lightning offensive

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A statue of Vladimir Lenin in the Russian town of Sudzha is damaged by fighting as a tattered Russian flag billows in the background.
A statue of Vladimir Lenin in the Russian town of Sudzha was damaged by fighting as a tattered Russian flag billows in the background.

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  • Ukraine launched a surprise offensive into Russia's Kursk region, catching enemy forces off guard.
  • The shock invasion allowed Ukrainian forces to capture about 488 square miles of Russian territory.
  • Despite

Recall just got a release date window for Windows PCs. Here’s when you’ll get to test it.

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The most controversial new Windows feature in years is making its grand re-entrance in a couple of months.

After a previous, open-ended delay announced in mid-June, Microsoft announced via an update to an old blog post that its new "Recall" feature will be available for Windows Insiders testing in October.

"As previously shared on June 13, we have adjusted our release approach to leverage the

Is Taylor Swift in her Kamala era? It's not clear yet but her support for the VP would go a long way

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An endorsement from Swift would inject energy into a campaign desperate to keep up the momentum.

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  • Taylor Swift hasn't endorsed Kamala Harris, but many Democrats are eager for her support.
  • Harris' campaign is careful about how much to embrace star power, but Swift has a unique appeal.
  • Swift appeals to a wide variety of Americans and has a demonstrated mobilize voters.

Sparkly, beaded Taylor

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Summer blackouts are increasing in the US

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A line worker tends to fallen power lines in the East End neighborhood of Houston, days after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, on Thursday, July 11th, 2024. | Raquel Natalicchio / Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

The US has dealt with 60 percent more weather-related outages during warmer months over the past decade than it did during the 2000s, according to data crunched