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Instagram got a surprise visitor. Meta AI, the company’s AI-powered chatbot that can answer questions, write poetry and generate images with a simple text prompt, is up in your DMs. Meta warned that Meta AI was coming and has spent the last few months adding the chatbot to products like Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. We all knew Instagram would be next.

“Our generative AI-powered experiences are

There’s enough going on in the world without your smartphone adding to your stress levels, which is why it’s worth taking a few minutes to configure your Android handset so it’s as friendly, as intuitive, and as convenient to use as possible. There are quite a few ways to go about this, and we’ve included some of our…

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• Wall Street has had a muted reaction to Iran's attack on Israel so far.
• US stock futures rose in Monday's premarket, while benchmark oil prices dropped.
• It's another reminder that traders are more worried about interest rates than geopolitical tensions.

The market served up another reminder of its indifference to geopolitics

It often feels like we live in a fully connected world, but anyone who has been caught without a signal at a time of need can tell you it's far from true. Emergency satellite connectivity is a solution to this problem, and one the Google Pixel 9 series and next-generation Google Fold will allegedly offer, according to Android Authority's Kamila Wojciechowska. The feature will purportedly be

Medicaid, the public health program for low income families, has a number of issues, ranging from people abruptly losing their coverage to organisations costing states millions through fraudulent billing.

As John Oliver points out in the Last Week Tonight video above, though, so much of the conversation seems to focus on scare-mongering about the people actually using the program.

"So much of the

While it’s commonly said we live in the information era, I like calling it something else: the screen age. Over the past seventy years, we’ve seen displays seep into almost every aspect of our lives. We had televisions arrive in our homes, reshaping news and entertainment. Hot on their heels came smartphones, which changed communication and how we interact with the world at large. This tech

The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be

• Restaurant franchisees say they're the real losers of California's $20 fast-food minimum wage.
• The wage applies to franchisees, even if they just own one or two restaurants.
• Franchisees say that they're small business owners and will struggle to absorb increased costs.

Franc

Ikea is introducing a new range of gaming furniture that subverts the usual dark, edgy “gamer” aesthetic for designs that are more likely to blend in with your existing home decor.

The company’s Brännboll collection is a lineup of 20 items, including a desk

• Tesla is reducing its workforce by more than 10%, per an internal memo seen by Business Insider. 
• Earlier this month, Tesla's delivery numbers slumped below Wall Street expectations.
• The carmaker employs more than 140,000 people across the globe.

Tesla is the latest major company to lay off employees.

The company is eliminating "more than 10%" of staff

• My brother had a rare cancer that force my family to move from Saudi Arabia to Houston. 
• I was fluent in English before we moved because I went to an international private school in Saudi. 
• I don't think one school system is better than the other, I like and dislike things from both. 

My Texan middle school was vibrant, a

Ever since hordes of Americans began fleeing big coastal cities during the pandemic, I've been wondering when — or if — they'd return. Sure, things are less expensive in the places they moved to, and the quality of life is often higher. But more and more, urban refugees have been pining for the things they left behind, from