Elon Musk said a Tommy gun was fired at Tesla's Cybertruck 'Al Capone style' to test if it was bulletproof. Critics aren't so sure.

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Production of Tesla's Cybertruck will face enormous challenges to make it profitable, Elon Musk said during the company's Q3 earnings call.

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  • Video of a Tesla Cybertruck covered in bullet marks spread on X after a negative Q3 earnings call.
  • Elon Musk claimed testers shot at the vehicle "Al Capone style" to ensure it was bulletproof.
  • Critics quickly doubted the claim, saying

How to pair Bluetooth headphones with an Android phone

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Headphone jacks have all but disappeared, leaving tangled cables behind, so Bluetooth is usually the primary method to connect a pair of headphones or wireless earbuds. It's easy to do, and here's how.

US redirects Navy carrier strike group, deploys high altitude defense missile system and patriot battalions to the Middle East amid escalations by Iran in the Israel-Hamas war

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A combat-loaded F/A-18C launches off the deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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  • The US is increasing its "force posture" in the Middle East amid the Israel-Hamas war.
  • A Navy strike group was redirected and Patriot battalions were activated.
  • In a Saturday statement, officials said the moves were made in response to new escalations by Iran.

The US is increasing its

I spent 4 hours running for my life at the Nova festival. A man in a white pickup truck rescued me, but I never learned what happened to him after he returned for more people.

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People walking out of the Nova Music Festival in Gaza

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  • Natalie Sanandaji is an American who attended the Tribe of Nova music festival on October 7.
  • She and her friends spent four hours running through the desert before they were rescued. 
  • The 28-year-old said she learned later that she nearly missed being shot at.

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Who's funding Hamas?

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Palestinian Hamas activists receive gold and money from Palestinians during a donation campaign to support Hamas and the Jihad following prayer in Gaza City, Gaza Strip.

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  • Experts estimate that Hamas has an operational budget of more than $300 million.
  • It gets some of its funding from taxing imports into Gaza and creating misleading charities.
  • International ties and business

Amazon Kindle Unlimited price, books, subscriptions explained

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The Kindle Paperwhite Kids encourages reading day and night, no matter your lighting conditions.

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  • Kindle Unlimited lets you borrow as many as 20 books at a time from a library of several million titles.
  • You can subscribe to Kindle Unlimited for $11.99 per month. It's not included in Prime membership.
  • Prime Reading, on the other hand, is free with Amazon Prime. Fewer titles are available there

Ex-GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger says House Republicans will be in 'survival mode' after the speaker tumult and the party will 'probably get its backside rightfully handed' to it in 2024

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Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois.

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  • Adam Kinzinger said Friday that the House GOP would be in "survival mode" after resolving their leadership woes.
  • Kinzinger in the past has been a vocal critic of ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California.
  • The ex-congressman said that he was unsure if the House GOP could govern going forward, given its slim majority.

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Microsoft fixes the Excel feature that was wrecking scientific data

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In 2020, scientists decided just to rework the alphanumeric symbols they used to represent genes rather than try to deal with an Excel feature that was interpreting their names as dates and (un)helpfully reformatting them automatically. Yesterday, a member of the Excel team posted that the company is rolling out an update on Windows

100 Days Later, SAG-AFTRA Maintains Its Conviction to Strike

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On July 13, 2023, SAG-AFTRA confirmed that its members would indeed go on strike. Much like with the WGA months prior, the organization’s discussions with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) failed to result in an acceptable contract regarding streaming revenue, AI concerns, and much more.…

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