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The Kate Middleton saga has been a boon for tabloids and cat nip for internet conspiracy theorists. Since Middleton had abdominal surgery in January and then failed to show up at a number of annual and/or scheduled events, the internet has been flooded with theories about what might have happened to her. Then came th…

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The debate on how far artificial intelligence can go revolves around questions about what actually constitutes human intelligence, and can a machine function similarly enough to a human brain? While not shooting for AGI, UK-based Stanhope AI is building its models according to neuroscience principles, and using the predictive, hierarchic machinery that make up our brains for inspiration.  The

Apple is not living up to the letter or spirit of an order issued by a California federal judge in its trial against Epic Games. That’s what Meta, Microsoft, Match Group, and X told the court in an amicus brief on Wednesday.

Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers told Apple in 2021 that it could not prevent app developers from using “buttons, external links

• The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday.
• Fed Chair Powell previously said it'd take more positive economic data before he started cutting rates.
• Still, some Democratic lawmakers want a timeline for when the relief will come this year.

Interest-rate cuts aren't coming for Americans just yet.

In its second meeting of 2024

• The US has an 85% chance of avoiding a recession in the next year, according to Jan Hatzius.
• The chief economist of Goldman Sachs pointed to resilient growth in the US economy.
• The odds of a recession have fallen to what they are any given year, he estimated.

The US will most likely avoid a hard landing in the next year, according to Goldman Sachs' Jan Hatzius.

Speaking to

• The design of the Rivian R3 offers a warmer vision of the future than Tesla's Cybertruck, Figma's CEO said.
• Dylan Field suggested that designers are moving from "cyberpunk" to a "solarpunk" aesthetic.
• Field is

• A Thai warship's deck gun malfunctioned

• Selena Gomez is reportedly exploring a sale of Rare Beauty.
• The cosmetic line has been celebrated for its success and could fetch a billion-dollar valuation.
• Here's how Rare Beauty outdid other celebrity brands — and how it could make

• Lactose intolerant customers sue Starbucks for $5 million over "illegal price discrimination."
• The suit says Starbucks discriminates against lactose intolerant customers by charging them extra. 
• Customers claim in the lawsuit Starbucks has violated the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. 

Three Sta

Threads has begun testing swipe gestures to help users improve the algorithm that populates the For You feed. It’s reportedly called Algo Tune as, well, it helps people tune their algorithms. It’s pretty rare when any social media site, particularly one run by Meta, allows users to adjust the parameters by which the great and powerful algorithm operates, so this feature is definitely worth keeping

• Barack Obama recently chastized Silicon Valley tycoons looking at space exploration to save humanity. 
• Focussing on saving Earth is the best bet for now, the former president said. 
• But Bezos argues that the

The worlds of Lego and Fortnite are continuing to intertwine. At its State of Unreal keynote at GDC, Epic announced that, starting today, creators will now be able to use Lego templates and other Lego-branded elements to craft their own games inside of Fortnite. The Lego tools will be available in both Fortnite Creative and the Unreal Editor for Fortnite