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• Apple reported better-than-expected sales in China in its latest earnings, including the iPhone.
• Still, CEO Tim Cook believes there's still "work to do" in bolstering sales to its major market.
• "I think it has been and is the most competitive market in the world," Cook said regarding China.

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• Trump's hush-money trial went full National Enquirer during a heated cross-examination on Thursday.
• Stormy Daniels rep Keith Davidson was grilled by Trump's lawyer on his salacious previous cases. 
• Charlie Sheen, Hulk Hogan, Lindsay Lohan, and Tila Tequila were all name-dropped.

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Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end

• Tesla is revoking summer internship offers as the automaker grapples with layoffs.
• One college senior said she was disappointed to lose her internship just weeks before she was set to start. 
• Brook Gura said she turned down offers at other companies in favor of working at Tesla. 

A college senior who scored a prestigious Tesla internship is scrambling to make new professional plans

A Bluey episode originally released in 2020 everywhere except the United States finally gets the green light to be seen—with a catch: it’s only online (for now).

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A new report from Microsoft outlines the steps the company took to release responsible AI platforms last year.

In its Responsible AI Transparency Report, which mainly covers 2023, Microsoft touts its achievements around safely deploying AI products. The annual AI transparency report is one of the commitments the company made after signing a

Elon Musk has made no secret that he’s not a fan of the block button. Now, X is changing how blocks work on its platform, though it’s (for now) stopping short of Musk’s wish of nuking the feature entirely.

Instead, X is tweaking the visibility of replies in the context of a block. Previously, a user could block someone on X and still reply to their posts. And the person who was blocked wouldn’t be

Google Street View offers a window to the world in all its bizarre, intimate, and often unfiltered glory. However, this peek into everyday life also extends to your home, potentially revealing more than you'd like — from views into bedroom windows to concerns about privacy and safety.

Fortunately, there's a solution. You can request Google to blur your house permanently, leaving behind only a

Time to celebrate the moms in your life—who we should really be celebrating every day—with the latest fashion and accessory releases from major geeky retailers in stores and online. BoxLunch, the Disney Store, the Gap, Hot Topic, and more have incredible fandom picks across genre favorites like Star Wars, The Lord of…

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• Donald Trump dismissed the notion that he should debate RFK Jr.
• The former president said Kennedy "not a serious candidate."
• Trump claimed to know little about Kennedy, despite stepping up his attacks on the long-shot rival.

Donald Trump on Thursday scoffed at the notion that he

• Apple is boasting about its "services" revenue in Q2. It didn't boast about iPhone sales, which declined.
• Which is why Apple has been telling Wall Street that "services" are an important growth category for some time.
• The problem: Apple's two primary growth drivers for services are at risk from antitrust suits and rules.

Apple had a great second quarter, Apple says: The