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White House Demolition on October 23, 2025.
A construction crew demolished the East Wing of the White House this week.
  • A lawmaker sent a letter to corporations funding Trump's White House ballroom project.
  • The letter demanded they answer several questions, including whether they had federal contracts.
  • The East Wing was demolished this week as part of the renovation process.

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The hit horror comic series Something is Killing the Children is headed to the big (and small) screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Blumhouse is developing a live-action movie and adult animated series based on the comics. There are no details yet on the release timeline or casting.

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The author and her husband moved to Spain after getting married.
  • After getting married and before having four kids, my husband and I lived in Spain for a year.
  • Being away from everyone we knew pushed us to lean on each other.
  • I'm thankful we got to explore the world a little bit before becoming parents.

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The Commodore 64 is back in black, sort of. Retro Games and Plaion Replai released a limited edition redesign of the best-selling computer, called THEC64 - Black Edition. Like its name suggests, the console is a modernized version of the classic Commodore 64 in an all-black shell.

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There were headlines about the next Xbox console this week, but the biggest news out of Microsoft's gaming division actually concerned a competitor's platform.

On Friday, Xbox and current series developer Halo Studios announced Halo: Campaign Evolved. As its name suggests, this is a full-scale remake of the original Halo single-player campaign, built in Unreal Engine 5. It features all of the


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  • Sequoia partner Jess Lee shared some tips for evaluating partners and employees.
  • Lee said her system measures someone's emotional, intellectual, political, and judgmental ability.
  • No one is good at all of them, she said, so it's all about finding people who complement each other.

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For roughly the same price as a flagship smartphone, you could instead buy an affordable humanoid robot that's meant for consumer and educational use. Noetix Robotics, a Beijing-based startup, revealed its Bumi robot that's priced at nearly 10,000 yuan, or around $1,400.

Unlike higher-end robots, the inexpensive Bumi stands at around three feet tall and weighs about 26 lbs. You won't find Noetix's



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Starting soon, Neato robovac owners will no longer be able to control their devices using the app. Neato Robotics, which shut down in 2023 due to declining sales, has notified customers that "cloud services are being phased out during Q4 2025," according to an email obtained by The Verge

While Neato's parent company Vorwerk Group initially said cloud support would continue for at least five years