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Waymo autonomous self-driving electric vehicles sit parked at an EVgo charging station.
  • Waymo robotaxis wait in a rented San Francisco parking lot overnight when no riders are around.
  • NBC Bay Area first reported the autonomous cars sometimes honk for over an hour while they park.
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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.

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A couple poses with their golden retriever at Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming.
Paul Salley and Brianna Feehan found Wyoming to be one of the most pet-friendly destinations.
  • Content creators Paul Salley and Brianna Feehan started bringing their dog on work trips last year.
  • Together with Koda, a golden retriever, the couple have visited 22 states.
  • They found Wyoming and Alabama to be the most pet-friendly destinations so far.

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I was not expecting to cry while playing Summit, a $6 mountain climbing platformer for Playdate that’s impossible not to compare to Celeste. Scream in frustration? Yes. Storm away from the game only to come crawling back minutes later? Definitely. Get all up in my feels, though? Not so much. Yet an hour and 34 minutes — and 432 deaths — later, here we are. This is now the second Playdate game that



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Simone Biles, Rebeca Andrade, and Jordan Chiles take a selfie together at the end of the Women's Floor Exercise Final at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
Simone Biles, Rebeca Andrade, and Jordan Chiles with their medals.
  • Jordan Chiles has to return her bronze medal after the Court of Arbitration for Sport stepped in.
  • Chiles had been elevated to third in the floor exercise following her coach's appeal over her score.
  • But the court voided the on-floor appeal. The IOC has confirmed the ruling.

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If you’ve ever wondered what happens to all those self-driving taxis when the world is asleep, one YouTube channel has you covered. Since the beginning of the month, software engineer Sophia Tung has been livestreaming a San Francisco parking lot that Waymo is renting to give its robotaxis somewhere



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D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event took place in Anaheim, California, this weekend.
  • Disney unveiled plans to expand its theme parks, including Walt Disney World, at its D23 fan event.
  • Villains Land is coming to Magic Kingdom alongside two attractions based on the movie "Cars."
  • Disney Experiences, which includes theme parks, is a profitable division. But it underperformed

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Sen. JD Vance speaks to a child at a rally in Arizona.
  • Sen. JD Vance on Sunday proposed a $5,000 child tax credit.
  • The vice-presidential candidate wants to position the GOP as the party with pro-family policies.
  • But Vance missed an early August Senate vote on a child tax credit expansion.

Sen. JD Vance could use an image boost.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang have teamed up on a new generative AI initiative.
  • Nvidia is partnering with California to train residents on AI technology.
  • The initiative, backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, aims to support job creation and innovation.
  • The effort includes a state worker training program.

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Nepal plans to use unmanned drones to move trash from the top of Mount Everest.
  • Sherpas will soon use drones to remove trash from Mount Everest's slopes.
  • Everest's peak has become a massive garbage dump with 50 metric tons of waste annually.
  • Chinese drone manufacturer DJI developed the "heavy lifter" high-altitude drones.

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AMD has begun releasing updates to patch some — but not all — chips affected by the recently discovered “Sinkclose” security flaw. The vulnerability spotted by researchers at IOActive was revealed in a report from Wired last week, and is said to affect most AMD processors going back to 2006. While AMD’s security team has been working to get some of these systems patched, Tom’s Hardware reports