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  • Mark Zuckerberg's 40th birthday bash featured recreations of his old bedrooms.
  • Bill Gates, in a black hoodie, hung out in a replica of Zuckerberg's Harvard dorm room.
  • Gates and Zuckerberg both dropped out of Harvard to pursue their own ventures.

Mark Zuckerberg's 40th birthday bash gave us a glimpse of an alternate universe where Zuck and Bill



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Google has announced that the code for Project Gameface, its hands-free gaming ‘mouse’ that you control by making faces, is now available open-source to Android developers on Tuesday.

Developers can now integrate the accessibility feature into their apps, allowing users to control the cursor with facial gestures or by moving their heads. For example



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We just wrapped up coverage on Google's I/O 2024 keynote, and we're just so tired of hearing about AI. In this bonus episode, Cherlynn and Devindra dive into the biggest I/O news: Google's intriguing Project Astra AI assistant; new models for creating video and images; and some improvements to Gemini AI. While some of the announcements seem potentially useful, it's still tough to tell if the move



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Google demonstrated Gemini-powered updates for Gmail at its developer conference, Google I/O, on Tuesday.
  • Google demonstrated Gemini-powered updates for Gmail at its developer conference on Tuesday.
  • Gemini will be able to pull, summarize, and organize information from all over your inbox. 
  • The features show just how incredible Gmail could get with an AI-powered



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Royal Australian Air Force Air Marshal Rob Chipman, US Air Force Gen. Ken Wilsbach, and German Air Force Air Chief Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhartz flew fighter aircraft over Australia.
  • The F-22 Raptor, a fifth-generation fighter, has a reputation as the top US air superiority fighter.
  • But the stealth fighter jet lost mock dogfights to



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You can never be sure what to expect out of Disney’s upfront presentation, but this year’s showcase of the studio’s new projects brought a slew of news about Disney Plus’ upcoming WandaVision spinoff series.

While there’s been a bit of confusion about what the Agatha Harkness-focused series would ultimately be called, Kathryn Hahn, Patti Lupone, and Joe Locke



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The just-released iPad Pro and iPad Air have a new Battery Health menu option that includes an optimized charging option and provides more data about the battery. As reported by MacRumors, the new menu matches the settings introduced on iPhone 15, which lets users set their device to not charge past 80 percent, which can help



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Eight TikTok creators are suing to stop a law that would ban the app unless its Chinese parent company divests it, arguing that the measure would strip them of their livelihoods and creative outlets.

The suit is similar to the company’s own challenge to the law in that it leans on First Amendment arguments, calls



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Between 300 and 400 Tesla EVs are being stored outside Chesterfield Mall.
  • Hundreds of Teslas are parked outside a mall in Missouri, including dozens of Cybertrucks.
  • The mall is closing in October and Tesla needed space to hold excess vehicles. 
  • Tesla had a decline in EV sales last quarter, which hit 90,000 lower than expected.

Chesterfield Mall, set to shut down in October, has



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A week after introducing a redesigned, sleeker app that omitted many core features, Sonos held an Ask Me Anything event on its forums today. The purpose was partly to make it clear that customer frustrations are being heard. But as has been the case since last week, the feedback skewed overwhelmingly negative. This company’s community remains pretty damn angry