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The Home Assistant Green can be the main command center for your smart home. | Image: Home Assistant

Buy enough tech and you can’t escape the siren call of a smart home. Amazon practically throws Echo Dots at you. Google will sneak a Nest Mini in the box with almost anything you buy in its store. Good luck buying a new kitchen appliance that doesn’t beg to be connected to



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President Joe Biden is seeking reelection to a second term.
  • President Joe Biden has won the backing of most major Democratic officials as he seeks reelection.
  • But in a recent AP-NORC Center poll, 55% of Democratic voters said they didn't want Biden to run.
  • William Owen, a DNC member, told The New York Times he was puzzled by voter fixation on Biden's age.

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  • Bernie Sanders on Sunday voiced support for a 4-day workweek, a demand of striking auto workers.
  • On CNN, the Vermont senator blamed long working hours for a decline in US life expectancy.
  • "People in America are stressed out for a dozen different reasons," Sanders said.

This country needs to seriously consider cutting back the hours that people have to labor at their job, Vermont Sen. Bernie


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Screen grab from video of Chosen Company fighting in east Ukraine.
  • Video footage appears to show US Chosen Company volunteers fighting Russian troops in Opytne.
  • Chosen Company includes US volunteers fighting alongside Ukraine's 59th Motorized Brigade.
  • Opytne is a few miles outside the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk.

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Ukrainian servicemen ride a tank near the village of Robotyne on Aug. 25, 2023.
  • Ukraine likely made "a significant tactical breach" on the southern front, a new report says.
  • The report was published Saturday by the US think tank Institute for the Study of War.
  • The advance comes after a successful week for Ukrainian forces.

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Former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump.
  • Donald Trump said Melania "doesn't care" about not being on Vogue during his White House tenure.
  • "Once I ran for politics, that was the end of that," he told SiriusXM host Megyn Kelly last week.
  • Last year, Melania said she had "much more important things to do" than appear on a Vogue cover.

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  • Rep. Nancy Pelosi on Sunday pushed back against Trump, who blamed her for January 6.
  • The former president falsely claimed Pelosi rejected a request for troops to protect the Capitol.
  • "There's a sickness here," Pelosi said, accusing Trump of projection.

Former President Donald Trump is projecting when he blames others for the January 6 insurrection


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Then-President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on January 6, 2021.
  • Trump had a sharp exchange with NBC's Kristen Welker when pressed about his response on January 6.
  • "I'm not going to tell you anything," he said on Sunday. "I behaved so well. I did such a good job."
  • The ex-president has been criticized for his response to the riot hours after it first began.

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RTO mandates and mass layoffs are now the name of the game in some sectors.
  • After a brief transition of power to workers, it feels like bosses are back in charge.
  • Between the rise of AI, return-to-office mandates, and layoffs — employee anxiety is high.
  • CEOs are less worried about workers quitting, one expert told Insider.

CEOs are back on top.

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An employee of the Natural History Museum in London looks at model of a Neanderthal male in his twenties. Researchers say they've found a link between those with gene variations associated with Neanderthal ancestry and severe cases of COVID-19.
  • Neanderthal genes could be to blame for severe cases of COVID-19, The Wall Street Journal reported.
  • Scientists in Italy found