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Prince William returned to work.
  • Prince William hosted an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on Wednesday.
  • The event marked the Prince of Wales' first royal engagement since King Charles' cancer diagnosis.
  • Experts say William will step up in his father's stead, particularly since Kate Middleton is recovering from surgery.

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Martin Scorsese's first-ever alien movie is here — and it's a Super Bowl commercial for Squarespace.

The ad, teased in a funny short film starring Scorsese and his daughter Francesca Scorsese, reveals that aliens have finally arrived on Earth. The only problem? Humans are too busy staring at our phones to look up and take in the news!

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the Tesla factory in Fremont, California
  • Tesla is asking managers to identify the most vital roles on their team, Bloomberg reported.
  • The company also reportedly canceled some employee performance reviews.
  • During Tesla's latest earnings call, Elon Musk warned of a sales slowdown.

Tesla may be preparing for a round of layoffs.

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Chinese hackers have been hiding in US critical infrastructure for at least the last five years, CNN reported on Wednesday. By lurking behind the scenes of transportation, water, electricity and other important systems, the hackers have the opportunity to strike whenever they deem the time is right, US officials say in a 50-page report on the subject. A public version of the full document is set



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A year ago today, Microsoft unveiled its ambitious plans for an AI-powered Bing search engine. It was the biggest launch in the history of Bing, helped push AI usage even further into the mainstream, and spurred a wave of dreams and panic about what AI could impact next. The launch was even successful enough to rattle Google, which was quickly seen as



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The buzziest new thing in social networking is a big deal. It’s also very confusing. And it’s not actually new. Let’s talk about it.

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A Quiet Place introduced us to a world where making sound was a death sentence. In the upcoming A Quiet Place: Day One, we get to see how that apocalyptic future came to be. For this prequel, director Michael Sarnoski takes the reins from A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place Part II director John Krasinski, who still helped with Day One's story.

Based on the film's first trailer, the invasion of A



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Former Reps. George Santos and Kevin McCarthy.
  • House Republicans narrowly failed to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday.
  • That wouldn't have happened if George Santos hadn't been expelled or Kevin McCarthy hadn't resigned.
  • "I've never missed Santos more," said Rep. Matt Gaetz. "Whoever he is."

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This story has been updated to reflect the Luna Massage Wand's rebrand to Ava Vivv.


I never thought I'd love a vibrator I could buy on Amazon, but the Ava Vivv wand (formerly Luna Massage Wand) has proven me wrong. I shouldn't have been too surprised, though: At the time of writing, the wand has more than 44,000 reviews, with 70 percent being five-star endorsements. 

Still, I was skeptical when I