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You can get the full Elite Series 2 experience for a price that’s only $15 more than the Core package. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge

With the holiday season in full effect, you can expect a fresh stream of Christmas noobs entering your multiplayer lobbies. If you’re on an Xbox or PC and looking to keep the pressure on during ruthless initiation rites, the X


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  • AI tools can help reduce the need to attend some work meetings and boost productivity.
  • These apps can summarize meetings, answer workers' questions, and train employees.
  • This article is part of "Transforming Business," a series on the must-know leaders and trends impacting industries.

Matt Martin knows about meetings run amok.

He's the CEO and cofounder of Clockwise


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Like any genAI model, Google Gemini responses can sometimes be inaccurate, but in this case it might be because testers don't have the expertise to fact-check them.

According to TechCrunch, the firm hired to improve accuracy for Gemini is now making its testers evaluate responses even if they don't have the "domain knowledge."


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The Federal Aviation Administration banned drones from flying over “critical New Jersey infrastructure” in the wake of thousands of drone sightings for which there seem to be very few satisfying answers. The ban will last until January 17th and will block unauthorized drone activity in 22 areas due to “special security reasons



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A United Airlines plane lands at Newark Liberty International Airport in front of the New York skyline on September 17, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey.
United Airlines planes at Newark Liberty International Airport.
  • The FAA banned drone flights across wide swaths of New Jersey.
  • Thousands of reports of drone sightings have sparked concerns among residents and local officials.
  • Federal officials have repeatedly said most of the sightings were crewed aircraft operating legally.

The Federal Aviation Administration has temporari


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Sony has acquired a major stake in FromSoftware’s parent company Kadokawa. This follows reports that Sony was in talks to purchase the company outright. It looks like that isn’t happening, but Sony has boosted its total ownership of Kadokawa up to ten percent after spending around $300 million on more shares. This makes Sony the largest shareholder of the Japanese publisher.

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Lenovo showed off a laptop concept with a rollable display last year, and in 2025, it might release one that you can actually buy. Leaker Evan Blass just shared images of what he says is a sixth-generation Lenovo ThinkBook Plus, and based on two of the images, it has a display that extends upward to reveal more display underneath.

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Teamsters president Sean O'Brien appears with Amazon workers outside an Amazon facility.
Some Amazon fulfillment workers affiliated with the Teamsters will strike starting Thursday.
  • Amazon workers at several warehouses went on strike on Thursday.
  • The strike comes in the middle of Amazon's key holiday shopping and shipping season.
  • Amazon said that it wasn't seeing an impact on its operations.

Amazon workers at seven Amazon fulfillment centers went on strike


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