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iRobot has ended its robot vacuum subscription service iRobot Select, which got you a high-end Roomba for less money upfront. But along with free replacement parts and accessories and the option to upgrade every three years, the

The state of Michigan reported its first human case of H5N1, commonly called the bird flu, on Wednesday according to a press release from Michigan Health and Human Services. It’s just the third human case ever detected in the U.S. and the second of the current outbreak that has alarmed public health officials who are…

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• In over two years, Ukrainian forces have devastated Russia's Black Sea fleet.
• In lieu of warships, Ukraine uses unmanned drones and anti-ship missiles to thwart Russia's navy.
• The barrage of attacks forced Russia to shift warships away from a prized naval base in Crimea.

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Besides the name “Nolan,” The Dark Knight and Fallout don’t have much in common. One is based on a comic book, the other a video game. One is set in a modern setting, the other is post-apocalyptic. But Jonathan Nolan, co-writer of The Dark Knight and executive producer of Fallout, found the approach to one had a big…

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The chair of the Federal Communications Commission introduced a proposal Wednesday that could require political advertisers to disclose when they use AI-generated content on radio and TV ads.

If the proposal is implemented, the FCC will seek comment on whether to require on-air and written disclosure of AI

• The company that insisted it owned the rights to Graceland told the AP it is withdrawing its claim.
• Elvis Presley's granddaughter Riley Keough had accused the company of fraud and forging documents.
• Just hours after a judge ruled in Keough's favor, the legal battle is over. 

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Tired of using the same set of emoji? Great news. There may be more soon.

On its website, the Unicode Consortium (a non-profit organization that, among many other things, decides which emoji make it onto people's phones) posted some samples of the next batch of emoji that could come to iOS and Android soon.

As BGR pointed out, the most likely launch period for these is early next year, based on

Bluesky, the open source social media service that began as an internal Twitter project, has gained a key feature as it looks to compete with X and Threads. The service has finally added direct messaging capabilities more than a year after it started onboarding new users.

Direct messages are now available on both Bluesky’s app and website, the company announced in a blog post. The default setting

• At VivaTech in Paris, Eric Schmidt shared some unsettling predictions about the dangers of AI.
• The former Google CEO said if computers developed free will, "we're going to unplug them."
• He added that the dangers of cyber- and biological attacks would be here in three to five years.

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Australian computer scientist Craig Wright lied “extensively and repeatedly” to courts and committed forgery “on a grand scale” in efforts to falsely claim that he invented Bitcoin, a judge at London’s High Court ruled on

Back when we were all stuck at home in 2020 and had to stay on video calls all day, some companies tried to liven things up with augmented reality filters and background replacements. Maybe they caused someone, somewhere to smile once or twice. Although it's hard to argue that they lifted most people out of the doom and gloom of the pandemic, the filters by and large stuck around. 

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