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New Mexico is joining states like California and Ohio in supporting digital driver’s licenses and state IDs in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet. New Mexico residents are still required by law to carry their physical IDs for law enforcement and age-verification use, but at businesses and TSA checkpoints that have adopted New Mexico’s NM Verifier app, you’ll be able to tap your smartphone rather than


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Google CEO Sundar Pichai says the company’s search engine will “change profoundly” in 2025. “I think we are going to be able to tackle more complex questions than ever before,” Pichai said during the NYT’s DealBook Summit on Wednesday.

“I think you’ll be surprised, even early in ‘25, the kind of newer things Search can do compared to where


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Brendan Greene is largely credited with making the iconic PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, also known as PUBG, and inventing the entire battle royale genre. We knew he left PUBG’s publisher to form an independent studio back in 2021, but now we know what he’s been working on the past few years.

His studio, PlayerUnknown Productions, is prepping a handful of titles, which it refers to as “an


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It’s been a while since we heard from Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene, best known as the creator of the global battle royale hit PUBG. But now, Greene’s studio, PlayerUnknown Productions, is detailing what it’s working on — and there are multiple games in the works, all pointing toward a big final project.

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in December 2017.
  • Prince Harry and Markle Markle were set up on a blind date in July 2016.
  • They dated for over a year before announcing their engagement to the public.
  • The couple now share two children and live in California after leaving their royal duties.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle met on a blind date before eventually marrying in a lavish


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The author's twin brother was diagnosed with autism at age 2
  • My twin brother was diagnosed with autism at the age of 2.
  • He will always need assistance with things throughout his life.
  • I've had to put having kids aside because I know I will have to take care of him in the future.

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Anker’s Soundcore Bluetooth Speaker was recalled due to a fire hazard.

Anker is recalling its Soundcore and PowerConf Bluetooth Speakers after receiving 33 reports of the speakers’ lithium-ion batteries overheating and, in some instances, emitting smoke or causing small fires.

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Get ready to have that Will Smith song stuck in your head for the rest of the day because the autonomous taxi company Waymo is going to Miami. Yeah, sorry about that.

Waymo announced its plans to Miami on its official Waypoint blog. The expansion will start early next year as the company gets its fleet of self-driving Jaguar I-PACE EVs familiar with Miami’s streets and intersections. Then in 2026



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Retired Green Beret David Harris rates portrayals of explosions in movies and TV shows.

He looks at how RPGs are employed in "Black Hawk Down," starring Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, and Eric Bana; "Tropic Thunder," starring Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., and Jack Black; and "White House Down," starring Jamie Foxx, Channing Tatum, and Maggie Gyllenhaal. He discusses the different ways to launch


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Threads’ latest test could help creators and others understand more about how their posts are performing on the platform. The company is testing an expanded version of its analytics feature, which will show users stats for specific posts, Adam Mosseri said in an update.

Up to now, Threads has had an “insights” feature, but it showed aggregated stats for all posts, so it was hard to discern which



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Spotify Wrapped 2024 debuted this week with some new features — and not everyone loved the results.
  • Spotify Wrapped missed the mark this year for many users.
  • Some Spotify listeners were frustrated by the recap's aesthetic and missing metrics from years past.
  • Some also said Spotify relied too heavily on generative AI in the recap.

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NASA has, once again, postponed the Artemis missions that will return humans to the Moon. The Artemis II mission, which will have astronauts orbiting the Moon, had already been pushed from 2024 to September 2025 but is now planned for April 2026. Artemis III, which will return astronauts to the surface of the Moon near its south


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