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A coffee shop displays signs for Visa, MasterCard and Discover in Washington
  • Visa and Mastercard settled with US retailers over fees on credit-card swipes.
  • The agreement is set to allow retailers to negotiate fees directly with the credit-card companies.
  • As a result, some customers may pay more at checkout.

After nearly two decades of litigation, Visa and Mastercard have reached a



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The Wyze Cam v4. | Image: Wyze

You might think twice before buying a Wyze camera. The company’s security practices are questionable enough that I personally boycotted them in 2022, and since then, they’ve twice briefly let strangers peek into another Wyze owner’s home. In fact, The New York Times and CNET don’t recommend Wyze cameras anymore, and we haven’t done so for a



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The cargo ship after crashing into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge.
  • The cargo ship that crashed into the Baltimore bridge called in a 'mayday' moments before. 
  • Thanks to the distress call, officers stopped traffic to the bridge, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said.
  • Moore said the call saved lives.

The Baltimore bridge collapse could have been deadlier had the crew of the



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Nicole Shanahan has donated to politicians including Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Rep. Ro Khanna.
  • RFK Jr. is set to announce Nicole Shanahan, a Silicon Valley lawyer, as his VP pick.
  • She's contributed thousands of dollars to Democratic candidates since 2018.
  • They

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2025 Mercedes-Benz G 63 and G 550
  • The iconic Mercedes-Benz G-Wagens are getting an upgrade for the 2025 model year.
  • Both new models have 48-volt hybrid systems.
  • Adaptive cruise control is available for the first time on the G63.

Mercedes-Benz is updating its iconic G-class SUVs for the 2025 model year, adding electrified options to both models.

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"Fragrance is really a kind of black box," Johan Chaille de Nere, Givaudan's director of digital transformation, told BI.

Smell is perhaps the most powerful human sense. Think about the scent of fresh lavender or an evergreen forest; these might bring you peace or remind you of something unpleasant. Either way, you don't have control over how they affect you.

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Martin Lawrence and Will Smith bump fists by the water.

Get me a pack of Tropical Fruit Bubblicious and some Skittles because the snack-heavy trailer for Bad Boys: Ride or Die is here.

Screeching into frame in a deeply expensive Porsche Turbo S, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back as Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett in the fourth installment of the Bad Boys franchise (following 2020's Bad Boys for Life).

This time, the detective lieutenants have a



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The UK government has accused China of two malicious cyberattacks against the country’s democratic institutions and members of Parliament. Specifically, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has found that a Chines estate-affiliated cyber actor, nicknamed Advanced Persistent Threat Group 31 (APT31), was almost certainly responsible for online reconnaissance activity in 2021, targeting the