Walmart is ending DroneUp deliveries in three states

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Walmart is ending drone deliveries made with partner DroneUp in Phoenix, Arizona, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Tampa, Florida, because the services in those cities weren’t sustainable, according to Axios. This is after Walmart and DroneUp announced in 2022 that they would be bringing drone delivery to those states as part of a broader expansion.

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Dark Matter is coming back for a second season on Apple TV Plus

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The multiverse of Apple TV Plus’ Dark Matter is about to get bigger as the show heads into its second season. Apple announced on Friday that Dark Matter, Blake Crouch’s adaptation of his own 2016 novel about a physicist who gets sucked into multiple alternate realities, has been renewed for a new batch of episodes.

In a statement about the renewal, Crouch

San Francisco aims to take down AI undressing websites in new lawsuit

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San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu announced he intended to shut down 16 of the most popular AI “undressing” sites at a press conference on Thursday.

The Verge reported that the City Attorney is accusing these sites of violating federal laws regarding revenge pornography, deepfake pornography and child pornography. Chiu’s office also accused the sites of violating the state of California’s

JD Vance defends Trump for saying a civilian award is 'much better' than the Medal of Honor

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Donald Trump awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Miriam Adelson in 2018
Former President Donald Trump is facing criticism for how he praised Miriam Adelson, whom he awarded the Presidential of Freedom to in 2018.

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  • Sen. JD Vance defended Donald Trump amid an outcry over his comments about the Medal of Honor.
  • Trump said the nation's highest civilian award was "actually much better" than the Medal of Honor.
  • Democrats used the episode to point
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Saudi Arabia is on a high-stakes mission to buy the world

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  • Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, led by Crown Prince Mohammed Salman, is going global.
  • The sovereign wealth fund is investing in everything from Uber and Blackstone to Heathrow and LIV Golf.
  • The verdict is out on just how successful it will be in its global investment spree.

In the months before Mohammed bin Salman celebrated his 30th birthday nearly a decade ago

Google just released the newest version of its AI image generator

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The latest version of Google's text-to-image model is now available to the masses.

Teased back in May at Google I/O, Imagen 3 is the tech giant's most advanced AI generator that rivals other models like Midjourney, DALL-E 3, and X's very uncensored Grok-2. Speaking of which, Google has taken a different approach than Grok-2, which has swiftly become known for generating copyrighted images and deep