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Key systems in Fulton County, Georgia have been offline since last week when a 'cyber incident' hit government systems. While the county has tried its best to continue operations as normal, phone lines, court systems, property records and more all went down. The county has not yet confirmed details of the cyber incident, such as what group could be behind it or motivations for the attack. As of



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Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican
  • Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican, is chafing at Trump's power over his colleagues.
  • Cramer said senators need to make sure their opinions are their own.
  • Trump's influence over congressional Republicans is only growing as he nears a third straight GOP presidential nomination.

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Chinese President Xi Jingping walking across a tightrope across fire while holding a small Chinese flag on a dark-red-to-bright-red background.
Wall Street strategists and investors remain cautious on China for the year ahead, and the long-awaited post-pandemic rebound still hasn't materialized.
  • Experts see a narrow path for China to engineer an economic rebound in 2024.
  • While Beijing may manage to stabilize and achieve modest growth, a "bull case" seems unlikely. 
  • China faces

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The asteroid flying by Earth won't make another close approach to our planet until 2037.
  • A giant "city killer" asteroid will safely shoot past Earth today traveling at 41,000 mph.
  • Its closest approach to Earth will be 1.77 million miles, over seven times the distance to the moon.
  • You can't see it with the naked eye, but you can watch the event live



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For its first phones of 2024, Samsung focused so much on its “Galaxy AI” features that, physically, the Galaxy S24 series doesn’t appear to be much different than the S23. Once again, the company's phones aren’t different enough to justify upgrading from their predecessors, especially knowing that the S23 series, Z Fold 5, Z Flip 5 and Tab S9 will be getting at least some of these AI features late



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You want your lawyer to be on your side. The more passionate they are, the better. If they’re so passionate they can’t control their emotions, though, you might be in trouble. That’s exactly what happened to Elon Musk in a recent court case. Todd Maron, former General Counsel for Tesla and the billionaire’s former…

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For such an influential game, Persona 3 has a bit of a complicated release history. It first launched on the PS2 in 2006 and ushered in a whole new era for the franchise, mashing together an RPG with a life sim, tasking players with balancing dungeon crawling with the day to day of a normal high school student. That release was followed by a special edition —



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  • Sustainable aviation fuel is an alternative to fossil-based jet fuel made from refining used cooking oil and waste animal fats.
  • Neste, a Finland-based renewable fuels company, has its largest refinery for SAF production in Singapore.
  • Neste's vice president explains how this innovation will impact aviation and climate change.
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Vice President Kamala Harris and Fox News host Greg Gutfeld.
  • Vice President Kamala Harris reportedly watches Fox News.
  • She reportedly tunes in to "The Five" and stresses about negative coverage.
  • "It got in her head and caused high anxiety," said one former aide.

Vice President Kamala Harris's media diet includes Fox News, according to Axios.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
  • Mark Zuckerberg's Meta declared its first dividend and another $50 billion in approved buybacks.
  • The social-media giant may just be a cash cow, but it risks signaling its growth is slowing.
  • Warren Buffett has flagged the downsides to paying a dividend, and railed against bad buybacks.

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A student wearing a Yale University sweatshirt walking across campus.
The author, not pictured, says Yale is too competitive.
  • When I applied to Yale and got in, I thought the hard part was behind me.
  • But on campus, there was even more competition to get into the top clubs, organizations, and classes.
  • The competitive nature of college admissions breeds more competition on Ivy campuses.

Applying to college in 2017 was one of the most stressful