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Michael Cohen en route to testify against Donald Trump at the hush-money trial in New York
  • Michael Cohen gave his long-awaited testimony Monday in Trump's hush-money trial.
  • Much of his most damning testimony came when he quoted what he described as Trump's own words.
  • Trump knew exactly what was going on when Cohen paid hush-money to Stormy Daniels, Cohen testified.

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It’s a new direction for Dyson: a floor cleaner without mention of suction, cyclone technology or any of its usual vacuum vocabulary. The Wash G1 is the company’s debut hard-floor cleaner, and it swaps suction for high-speed rollers, water and nylon bristles. It’ll go on sale later this year for $700/ £600, which is expensive but still cheaper than Dyson’s top-of-the-line Gen 5 vacuum. I got to



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The Dyson WashG1 can wipe up wet messes. | Image: Dyson

Dyson’s newest device for dealing with dirt in your home is a mechanical mop. Unlike the British engineering company’s flagship fans, hair dryers, and vacuums, the new Dyson WashG1 floor washing machine doesn’t use precision-engineered fans or a fine-tuned Hyperdymium motor. Instead, the mop relies on mechanical



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Some of my pictures turned out purple for some reason.
  • I saw the northern lights just outside San Francisco on Friday during a rare geomagnetic storm.
  • I was surprised that my phone camera captured a vibrant pink explosion, while I saw a dull red glow.
  • Photos of the aurora borealis can be misleading, but it's still worth seeing.

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TikTok is testing a more robust search results page, including using generative AI. The feature appears to be a new and is called “search highlights.”

A snippet of AI results appear at the top of some search results pages, and clicking into the section opens a new page with the full response. In quick tests, I was able to find AI



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Illustration of a black hole obliterating a planet.
  • A NASA video reveals in stunning detail what falling into a black hole would look like.
  • A NASA astrophysicist used Einstein's general theory of relativity to simulate the wild ride. 
  • The black hole's gravity warps light around it, making for a trippy experience. See for yourself. 

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Sailors with the USS George Washington observe from a boat while their shipmates swim in the Atlantic Ocean.
  • USS George Washington departed for South America before heading to its new homeport in Japan.
  • It was deployed for the first time in nearly a decade to replace USS Ronald Reagan in Yokosuka.
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When an OpenAI researcher showed ChatGPT the above message, it said "that's so sweet of you."
  • OpenAI revealed a GPT-4o update to ChatGPT that can reason across audio, vision, and text.
  • The upgraded chatbot has a human-like ability to mimic dictation, adding humor and voice inflection.
  • GPT-4o's elevated abilities put the pressure on its tech rivals to prove they can catch up.

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When New York City Mayor Eric Adams was first introduced to a representative from Evolv, the AI gun detection company, he was given a list of places the scanners could be used, including hospitals, schools, Times Square, and the Port Authority Bus Terminal. What seems to have persuaded Adams, according to



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The plinky-plunky music in the lead-up to the OpenAI livestream announcing GPT-4o and a desktop app was both anxiety-inducing and placating, complete with the sounds of raindrops and a ticking clock. It's an apt representation of the dichotomy between what OpenAI does and how it presents itself to the world. 

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It’s a day that ends in Y, so naturally, we’re dealing with yet another Google Pixel hardware leak. This time, the Pixel 9, 9 Pro, and 9 Pro XL can be seen side by side in new images from Rozetked — a full five months before Google’s typical October release timeframe.

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Roku will exclusively stream Major League Baseball Sunday Leadoff games starting with the St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox on May 19th. The games will air live on The Roku Channel — no subscription or sign-up required.

To watch the games, you’ll have to download The Roku Channel on your Roku device or TV. The app is also