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Ahead of the official start of CES, Samsung has announced a trio of new Odyssey gaming monitors. Of the bunch, the G81SF is the most interesting. Samsung says it’s the first 4K, 27-inch OLED gaming monitor. The panel features a 240Hz refresh rate and 0.03ms gray-to-gray pixel response time. 

At 4K and 27 inches, pixel density clocks in at 165 pixels per inch, meaning the G81SF should produce an


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Telegram is trying to crack down on scams with a new feature that lets official third-party services assign verification icons to users and chats, the messaging service announced on Wednesday.

This is separate from the verification process Telegram has for public figures and organizations. Instead of displaying a blue checkmark



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Tesla Recalls Almost 700,000 Vehicles Over Tire Pressure Warning System
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Tesla’s production and delivery numbers for 2024 are out, and the numbers are pretty sobering.

The premiere EV company in the US produced 1.77 million cars this year, a drop of about 4 percent compared to the previous year, and delivered 1.79 million vehicles this year, or about 1 percent less than 2023. Tesla also deployed 31.4 GWh in


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The USS Sequoia served as the presidential yacht.
  • From 1932 to 1977 US presidents had a private yacht named USS Sequoia at their disposal.
  • Aboard the Sequoia, presidents hosted foreign leaders and held glamorous parties.
  • The boat was sold by the government by order of President Jimmy Carter in 1977.

From Air Force One to armored cars like "the Beast," the president of


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The US Treasury Department told lawmakers in a letter back in December that its documents and workstations were accessed by an external party in a security breach. It described the attack as "a major cybersecurity incident" and attributed it to a "China state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat actor." Now, The Washington Post has reported that the bad actors infiltrated a "highly sensitive



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My family has been to many steakhouse chains, including Texas Roadhouse.
  • I've visited many major US steakhouse chains with my husband and two teenagers.
  • From a value standpoint, we liked Outback Steakhouse best — we got lots of food (and wine) for $165.
  • The most memorable steakhouse was The Capital Grille, where our extravagant meal cost nearly $500.

My family never ate at chain


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Bruce Paltrow, Blythe Danner, and Gwyneth Paltrow in 2002.
  • The families of celebrities like Anderson Cooper and King Princess have been rich for generations.
  • Some families, like the Gyllenhaals, became wealthy through the entertainment industry.
  • Others, like the Delevingnes, have connections to royals.

Many celebrities have built their wealth from the ground up, but some


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Tesla's fourth-quarter sales for 2024 topped 2023, but full-year sales fell short.
  • Tesla said on Thursday that it sold about 1.79 million cars in 2024.
  • It's the automaker's first year-over-year decline.
  • Shares fell by about 6% in early trading following the release.

Tesla's annual vehicle sales dropped for the first time in 2024 as it battled industrywide headwinds and


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Some Wall Street bankers expect a return of 2021's deluge of dealmaking next year. Headhunters are feeling the pressure to help them staff up.
  • 2025 is expected to be a robust year for mergers and acquisitions as well as IPOs.
  • Consequently, some investment banks are bulking up on hiring, industry recruiters say.
  • Here's a look at which firms are staffing up and what sectors are seeing

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Telegram has introduced a new third-party account verification system as part of its latest app update, the company announced in a blog post. The idea is to let public figures or companies that are already verified by Telegram in turn verify others, for instance employees in the organization. "This decentralized platform for additional verification will help prevent scams and reduce misinformation