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• Apple's new iPad lineup debuted on May 7 with flashy new features.
• The new iPad Pro has a powerful M4 chip, but it's unclear who's buying iPads these days.
• Both analysts and owners suggest that the upgrade cycle might be to blame.

Apple launched its latest iPads earlier this month with great fanfare and a host of new bells and

This week, the company behind the wearable chatbot AI Pin is already looking to sell for upwards of a billion dollars just one month after its rough product launch. Speaking of AI, Microsoft shared its plans for the future of AI in Windows with Copilot+. However, we still have some privacy concerns over its spotlight…

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• Etienne Constable was ordered to hide his boat from the street or face a $100 fine.
• Constable asked his neighbor to paint the boat on his city-mandated fence that blocks it from view.
• The neighbor, artist Hanif Panni

• China's EV industry is booming — but it could be about to face a painful reckoning.
• Price wars and slowing demand are putting Chinese EV players under pressure. 
• Execs are warning that 2024 will be a "knockout round," with some firms pushed to the brink.

China's EV industry has boomed over the last few years — but it could soon face a painful reckoning.

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• Tesla is hiring for its Autopilot division following weeks of mass layoffs.
• The automaker listed several engineering roles after scrubbing its jobs board earlier in May.
• In April, Elon Musk stressed the need for head count and cost reduction.

Tesla is looking to grow its Autopilot division after weeks of mass company layoffs.

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On a large, rocky world in a far-off solar system, a year goes by in just half a day.

Astronomers are continually finding unique planets in deep space, and a new survey just revealed 15 new planets, including a unique super-Earth. These are rocky worlds some 30 to 70 percent bigger than Earth, but not quite as massive as planets like Neptune. This latest super-Earth find, dubbed TOI-1798 c, is a

• John and Matine Yuksel moved from San Francisco to the Midwest in 2020.
• The brothers and business partners lived in Iowa and Cincinnati while launching their startup.
• They sometimes miss California life but love Cincinnati

This week, science reporter Isaac Schultz described a groundbreaking effort to measure the spin of a supermassive black hole, and a fascinating experimental archaeology experiment in which marines fought each otherto test how well ancient Mycenean armor works. Other science coverage included a botched SpaceX engine…

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• Rising unemployment in 21 states points to a recession later this year, Nancy Lazar says.
• Piper Sandler's top economist flagged stark divides between the rich and poor, and big and small.
• A recession would probably hit stocks and home values, but inflation and interest rates could fall.

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• The US isn't in a recession; a majority of Americans in a Harris poll for the Guardian said there is one.
• Media coverage is one possible explanation for why Americans feel the economy isn't doing so great.
• Business Insider looked at data to see what's actually

It's rare that a single feature in a tech product can generate a week's worth of headlines. But that's what happened when OpenAI CEO Sam Altman unveiled Sky, one of five voices that read out ChatGPT-powered answers.

In common with many listeners, Scarlett Johansson recognized the voice as hers. Which was strange, Johansson said in an equally rare statement Monday, since Altman contacted her

A space telescope has captured our galaxy's doppelganger. It lies 30 million light-years away.

The brilliant object is a spiral galaxy dubbed GC 6744. And the European Space Agency's Euclid craft — launched in 2023 and packing a high-resolution 1.2-meter (four-foot) wide telescope — snapped a new razor-sharp image of this star-filled galaxy.

"This galaxy is often called a doppelganger of our own Mil