Melania Trump still hasn't shown up at the hush-money trial, but a long list of GOP elites have visited her husband in court

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(L-R) Byron Donalds, Doug Burgum, Mike Johnson, Vivek Ramaswamy and Cory Mills listen as Donald Trump speaks to the press in the Manhattan courthouse where his hush-money trial is taking place.
(L-R) Byron Donalds, Doug Burgum, Mike Johnson, Vivek Ramaswamy and Cory Mills listen as Donald Trump speaks to the press in the Manhattan courthouse where his hush-money trial is taking place.

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  • Donald Trump is on trial in NY in relation to a hush-money payment to a porn star.
  • Despite his wife Melania Trump's absence, various GOP elites have shown their support
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Jeopardy! is making its first-ever streaming spinoff for Prime Video

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retro Jeopardy logo screen
Image: Sony Pictures

The classic competitive game show Jeopardy! is getting a spinoff series on Prime Video. Sony Pictures Television is producing Pop Culture Jeopardy!, which turns the classic academic quiz show with three challengers into a team-based trivia game that touches on music, movies, culture, sports, celebrities, entertainment, and more.

The new series marks the

Google I/O recap: New 'Project Astra' AI agent revealed along with Gemini and Android 15 updates

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks during the company's Google I/O 2024 keynote on Tuesday, May 14, 2024.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks during the company's Google I/O 2024 keynote on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, where AI was the major theme.

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  • Google's big summer developer conference, Google I/O, happened on Tuesday in California.
  • AI was the big theme, with updates to Gemini, Android 15, and a prototype "Project Astra" AI agent.
  • Business Insider was in attendance and covered the biggest announcements —

Apple's M1 iPad Air drops to a new low of $399

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Apple’s M1 iPad Air has dropped to a new low price of $399, just as the latest model prepares to hit store shelves. This sale is from Amazon and it doesn’t include every color, though both blue and purple are covered by this steep discount. The other colors are also on sale, but the deals aren’t quite as spicy. Amazon’s sale is for the base 64GB model.

This device tops our list of the best iPads

Behind the Curtains of the Global Arms Industry

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Demonstration of a ttactical tthrowable robot, a counter-terrorism device used to carry out reconnaissance operations.
A demonstration of a tactical throwable robot, a counter-terrorism device used to carry out reconnaissance operations, took place at the International Defense Industry Exhibition in Poland.

Nikita Teryoshin

Imagery of battlefields and violence have permeated the news cycle as armed conflicts rage around the globe, particularly in the Middle East and Ukraine.

Rarely, however, do we see inside the

Wisconsin Becomes the First State to Buy Bitcoin

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Wisconsin has officially become the first state to buy bitcoin, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. And while $98 million isn’t considered a lot of money for a state pension fund, it’s still a notable move given how notoriously volatile cryptocurrency investing can be.

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Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II highlights the next round of May Game Pass titles

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Microsoft has unveiled the next round of Xbox Game Pass arrivals. The marquee attraction is Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, which launches as a day-one Game Pass title on May 21. But the second May batch also includes Humanity (one of the best PlayStation games from last year), hockey sim EA Sports NHL 24, magical first-person shooter Immortals of Aveum, the heartfelt classic Brothers: A Tale of Two