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If you like affordable, stylish smartphones, you’ll like what the Google Pixel 8a is all about. Once again, Google’s mid-year mid-range offering is a revised reprise of the previous fall flagship. It comes in a batch of new colors, with most of the same camera and performance features, and it remains one of the…

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A team of scientists seems to have discovered a previously hidden genetic cause of Alzheimer’s. In a new study Monday, the researchers found strong evidence that people carrying two copies of a genetic variation already tied to Alzheimer’s risk are practically destined to develop the neurodegenerative disorder as they…

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  • A "soft landing" scenario is unlikely for the US economy, Citi CEO Jane Fraser said. 
  • The bank chief said that wealthier Americans are spending while lower-income income consumers are cutting back.
  • "We're seeing a much more cautious low-income consumer," Fraser said.

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Apple no longer sells the ninth-gen iPad, which was the last iPad with a headphone jack. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge

Along with introducing a new iPad Air and iPad Pro during its Let Loose event, Apple quietly killed its ninth-gen iPad — also known as the last iPad with a headphone jack. The 10th-gen iPad is now the sole entry-level iPad in Apple’s official lineup



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Dotdash Meredith, publisher of People, Better Homes & Gardens, Investopedia, Food & Wine, and InStyle, signed a deal on Tuesday with OpenAI to use AI models for its ad-targeting product, D/Cipher. In turn, Dotdash Meredith will license its content to ChatGPT.

With the partnership, OpenAI will bring content from Dotdash Meredith publications



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Sennheiser's Accentum line is meant to offer flagship-quality features at more affordable prices. So far, the company has debuted two sets of headphones with that moniker, the Accentum Wireless and Accentum Plus Wireless, but it has now added true wireless earbuds to the group. The Accentum True Wireless have a different shape than the pricier Momentum 4 True Wireless, but still pack in several



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The new 11- and 13-inch iPad Pro models that Apple just introduced may be completely redesigned from the outside in, but they still feel a lot like their predecessors. That's not a bad thing, as the old iPad Pro design was outstanding. But there's no doubt Apple is flexing its hardware engineering muscles with these new tablets, not just with the M4 chip inside.

Both tablets are noticeably thinner



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An aerial view shows homes destroyed by a tornado on March 15th, 2024, in Winchester, Indiana. | Photo by Scott Olson / Getty Images

Verizon’s first responder network inked a deal to share its drones with the National Weather Service in the hopes of “rapidly” deploying the drones to survey the aftermath of storms and tornadoes.

The US copes with more tornadoes than any



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Instacart and Uber Eats are teaming up on restaurant delivery.
  • Instacart is now offering restaurant delivery through Uber Eats on its app.
  • The partnership represents "a threat to DoorDash," Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told Bloomberg.
  • It's also the latest way that Instacart is expanding its business beyond grocery delivery.

You can now get restaurant takeout through Instacart



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A French castle that was owned by royalty is available to buy.
  • A 12th-century French castle, Château d'Armainvilliers, is being auctioned for around $454 million.
  • The castle was previously owned by King Hassan II of Morocco.
  • It could be transformed as part of a new city development outside Paris.

A 12th-century castle that once belonged to a Rothschild is being auctioned for a


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