

Caroline Rubinstein-Willis/Associated Press
- In September 2023, NYC Mayor Eric Adams gave hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs a key to the city.
- Both Adams and Combs were charged with crimes in September 2024.
- While both are known for their party-loving lifestyles, it's unclear if they're
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- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen criticized the prior administration often in a speech on Thursday.
- She didn't name Trump, but said his appointees rolled back key regulations to protect the economy.
- Yellen's remarks come as the economy is a key issue for everyday voters
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- Sam Altman headlined Italian Tech Week the day after three key OpenAI execs, including its CTO, left the company.
- Altman briefly addressed the leadership exodus before discussing the Industrial Revolution and nuclear energy.
- Despite the drama at OpenAI, the audience was captivated by Altman's vision and humor
Pretty soon, Twitch users will no longer be able to express their sadness with the BibleThump emote. According to Twitch, on September 30th, its rights to display the popular crying pink blob will expire after over a decade of being one of the foundational Twitch emotes along with Kappa, FrankerZ, and Pogchamp.
The end of the BibleThump
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- NYC Mayor Eric Adams isn't messing around defending himself against a federal indictment.
- The mayor has hired high-powered attorney and Elon Musk favorite, Alex Spiro, Bloomberg reported.
- Adams was indicted this week
Michael Straight, a former jockey paralyzed from the waist down, was left unable to walk for two months after the company behind his $100,000 exoskeleton refused to fix a battery issue, as reported earlier by the Paulick Report and 404 Media. “I called [the company] thinking it was no big deal, yet I was told they stopped working on any
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- Microsoft was considering a big change to its popular 365 software suite.
- The company's Copilot AI tools were a major part of these considerations this summer.
- Now, the software giant has pushed back any decision, sources tell BI.
Microsoft has pressed pause on a major AI overhaul of its popular 365 software suite, according to people familiar with the matter.
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The head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee took a Zoom call with someone using deepfake technology to pose as a top Ukrainian official, The New York Times reports.
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) received an email last Thursday that appeared to be from Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s former foreign minister, asking him to meet
The recently launched Google Nest Learning Thermostat has its first notable discount, as Wellbots is offering it in all three color options for $259.99 ($20 off) with checkout code NLT4VERGE. Google took nearly nine years to replace the last model with this sleeker, Pixel Watch-looking design, but you only had to wait about a month and a half
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- Eric Adams told a staffer he "always" deleted messages after discussing alleged bribes.
- Prosecutors included some of the messages in the new indictment against the NYC mayor.
- Adams also claimed he forgot his new phone password after the FBI seized it.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams promised to "always" delete messages exchanged with one of his staffers