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The New York Liberty celebrated their WNBA championship victory in front of City Hall in Manhattan on Thursday.
  • The New York Liberty defeated the Minnesota Lynx to become first-time WNBA champions.
  • On Thursday, the team celebrated with a jubilant parade through Lower Manhattan.
  • We spoke to some of the team's biggest fans. One shared why they support the team even as the price

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The M3 Pro generation of MacBook Pros arrived about one year ago in October 2023. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

Another round of Apple devices is about to arrive. After launching new iPhones, Apple Watches, and AirPods in September and a new iPad earlier this month, Apple is now gearing up to launch updated Macs. After weeks of rumors and speculation, Apple



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A former Florida sheriff who moved to Russia amid an FBI investigation is a Kremlin-backed propagandist responsible for viral deepfake videos and misinformation targeting Kamala Harris’s campaign, according to European intelligence documents reviewed by the Washington Post.

The GRU, Russia’s military intelligence service, gave



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In iOS 18.2, Apple is adding a new feature that resurrects some of the intent behind its halted CSAM scanning plans — this time, without breaking end-to-end encryption or providing government backdoors. Rolling out first in Australia, the company’s expansion of its Communication Safety feature uses on-device machine learning to detect and blur nude content, adding warnings and requiring



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Director Dan Trachtenberg has Predator: Badlands out in November... and, apparently, something else too. Plus, updates on future Alien sequels.



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Bluesky has revealed how it plans to start making money without necessarily having to rely on ads. The platform will remain free to use for everyone, though it’s working on a premium subscription that will provide access to profile customization tools (remember when Myspace offered that for free?) and higher quality video uploads.

One thing that you won't get as a paid user, though, is any



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Business Insider's author in front of the geodesic dome she stayed in during a trip to New Zealand.
  • I visited New Zealand during winter and stayed in a geodesic dome on the country's south island.
  • I feared I'd spend my night shivering in the 430-square-foot tiny home.
  • Its luxe amenities and gas fireplace convinced me I never wanted to leave. 

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Elon Musk's X appears to be adding yet another fee for third party apps, according to an affected app developer.

After acquiring then-Twitter, Musk made big sweeping changes to the platform's API, which allows third-party developers to integrate X into their platforms. The biggest change? Charging thousands of dollars just to access X's API, which used to be free to use for most developers.

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