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Apple says the iPhone X, first-generation AirPods, and first-generation HomePod are now considered “vintage,” as reported by MacRumors. So, if you own a first-generation HomePod — or multiple, like the person I sold my HomePod to in 2022 — it might sting to hear that Apple already considers the six-year-old speaker “vintage.”

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  • Biden is facing the biggest challenge of his career as he aims to remain the Democratic nominee.
  • The president's family encouraged him to continue his campaign, The New York Times reported.
  • So far, he's leaning on his family and his political appeal among party blocs to forge ahead.

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Scientists in California tested a way to coax certain fat cells to burn calories, rather than simply store energy. In new research involving mice, the team found it was possible to convert existing white fat cells into calorie-burning beige fat cells. The findings could pave the way to a new class of obesity…

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the Supreme Court has "become consumed by a corruption crisis beyond its control."
  • Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she'd file impeachment articles against Supreme Court justices.
  • The congresswoman cast the move as an effort to "defend our nation" from "authoritarian capture."
  • It came after the court handed former President Donald Trump a

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The author is not sure if gentle parenting actually works.
  • I hadn't heard about gentle parenting until my son was over a year old. 
  • I always thought I'd be a better parent to older kids than younger ones. 
  • My wife is less gentle than I am, and I sometimes feel like maybe I'm just a pushover. 

I hadn't heard the term gentle parenting until our son was more than a year old. As an



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The U.S. Supreme Court pushed lower courts to take another look at two laws in Florida and Texas that would have stopped social media companies from removing extremist content or accounts in a decision Monday that’s widely being regarded as reasonable. But the court also delivered a much less reasonable decision…

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On Monday, Meta announced that it is “updating the ‘Made with AI’ label to ‘AI info’ across our apps, which people can click for more information,” after people complained that their pictures had the tag applied incorrectly. Former White House photographer Pete Souza pointed out the tag popping up on an upload of a photo originally taken on film during a



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Stefano Secchi said a lot of red flags he looks for are rooted in ingredients.
  • A Michelin-starred chef shared red flags to look out for when dining at a nice Italian restaurant.
  • Pasta shouldn't be drowning in sauce, and bread shouldn't be served with margarine.
  • A bad coffee service and out-of-season ingredients also deter the chef. 

Stefano Secchi, chef and owner of Rezdôra in



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Google is investing in a Taiwanese solar company with plans to build a 1 gigawatt (GW) pipeline of sustainable energy in the region. The company is placing a stake in New Green Power (NGP), part of BlackRock’s investment portfolio, for the project. The move could help Google and Taiwan move closer to their climate goals while stabilizing green energy production in one of the most crucial



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Elon Musk said Grok 3 will be trained on 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs.
  • Elon Musk said Grok 3 will be "something special" after training on 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs.
  • Nvidia's H100 GPUs, a key component for AI, are estimated to cost between $30,000 and $40,000 each.
  • It's not clear how many of those H100s were purchased by Musk's companies, and renting GPU compute is also possible.

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