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• In September, Sen. Bob Menendez received a federal indictment alleging he'd accepted foreign bribes.
• Since then, his campaign reported raising less than $16,000 and refunding at least $16,200. 
• Conversely, his legal defense fund has raised just

2023 was a breakout year for generative AI that significantly advanced how companies build and deploy AI-powered products and experiences. 

Across healthcare, retail, education, and more, AI was infused into customer-facing applications and helped businesses unlock new experiences that deepen customer relationships. 

To surface the most promising and innovative AI-powered customer

Underdogs is a brilliant new VR roguelike from a new developer that proves working out can defy traditional definitions.

• Regional bank stocks are feeling the bite of the unfurling commercial property crisis in a rout that's giving SVB-collapse flashbacks.
• Commercial real estate loans are going sour with huge defaults on the horizon, pummeling banks from New York to Tokyo.
• Regional banks are a lot more exposed and vulnerable to commercial real estate loans.

Plummeting regional bank stocks are

Comcast has agreed to abandon its “Xfinity 10G network” product branding after advertising watchdogs concluded that it could cause consumers to think they will all experience “significantly faster speeds than are available on 5G networks,” which

• A Florida mom drove her kids to a private Christian school with a decal advertising her OnlyFans.
• Parents complained, saying it was advertising porn to their kids.
• Now she is barred from dropping off her kids on campus. She told BI she won't back down.

A Florida mom has been barred from dropping

• The US is set to double its capacity to export natural gas by 2028.
• Natural-gas prices are now more sensitive to a volatile global market, consumer advocates say. 
• The White House paused new gas export terminals to assess their impact on climate and gas prices.   

For more than a decade, Americans could

• Sonic Drive-In just released three new barbecue-inspired menu items.
• The lineup includes a pulled-pork sandwich, pulled-pork cheeseburger, and loaded tater tots.
• I enjoyed all three items and wish more national chains would add

Last week, explicit, non-consensual deepfake images of Taylor Swift flooded X, formerly Twitter — one of the videos racked up 47 million views before it was removed 17 hours later.  In an attempt to stop the distribution of the images, X banned searches like “Taylor Swift” or “Taylor Swift AI”. However, simply rearranging the search from “Taylor Swift AI” to “Taylor AI Swift” yielded results.  The

Apple’s new platform is going to have some new — and maybe weird — apps.

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• House Democrats were once angry about Rep. Dean Phillips's primary bid against Joe Biden.
• For many of them, it's now a sad punchline.
• "I mean, he's living his journey," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

When Rep. Dean Phillips first began making noise about launching a quixotic presidential