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Amazon’s Project PI, or “Private Investigator,” setup combines generative AI and computer vision to “see” damage on products or determine if they are the wrong color or size before the item gets sent to customers.

The way it works is that products on their way to customers go through a tunnel that scans the items. The computer vision



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  • A wild attempted bribery is rocking a Minnesota pandemic fraud trial.
  • A woman dropped off a bag of $120,000 in cash to the juror's house.
  • "This is stuff that happens in mob movies," the prosecuting attorney told the court.

Like something straight out of a mob movie, a juror in a Minnesota pandemic fraud trial was



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Through extensive testing, we've landed on the five best cheap cellphone plans for most people.

The best cheap cellphone plans offer all of the following criteria without compromise — dependable coverage, fast service speeds, and as much data as you need at



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It's official. X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, is now one of the only mainstream social media platforms to allow adult content.

Over the weekend, Elon Musk's X added new rules to the platform, specifically its "adult content policy" page. X's new NSFW rules explicitly allow consensual adult content, which includes full nudity and sexual acts.

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Samsung isn’t waiting around for Oura to file any patent claims over its forthcoming smart ring. Instead, it’s preemptively filed its own suit against Oura, seeking a “declaratory judgment” that states the Galaxy Ring doesn’t infringe on five Oura patents.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a Republican, has repeatedly clashed with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former leader of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Before he brought VR headsets out of the dark ages with Oculus, before he got fired by Facebook following his confusing and controversial political donations, before he went on to found a defense contractor named Anduril that builds lethal drones (!), Palmer Luckey was a Nintendo Game Boy modder.

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A long time ago I watched a video about John Nese, owner of the iconic Galco’s Soda Pop Stop in LA, and one thing that stuck with me was his response after being asked how much soda he drinks. Nese said that even though he’ll have one or two a day, what it really boils down to is that he “just likes the bubbles.” However, as much as I enjoy hunting down special flavors in stores, nothing beats the