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Toyota is investing $1.3 billion in its Kentucky plant to support the production of EVs.

Toyota is pumping $1.3 billion into its factory in Kentucky for “future electrification efforts,” including the production of a currently unnamed three-row electric SUV for the US market. The news comes as a bit of a surprise, as the largest automaker in the world is also one of the



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Threads is beginning to test a bookmarking feature to allow users to save posts, according to Instagram head Adam Mosseri. The update is beginning as a “limited test,” but the “heavily requested” feature will eventually have a permanent place on the service, the company said.

According to screenshots shared by Meta, the “save” button on Threads will look very similar to Instagram’s version of the



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Insomniac Games has long-promised a New Game+ mode for its hit superhero sim Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and it’s arriving on March 7. The mode was supposed to drop at the tail-end of 2023, but was delayed until 2024. The forthcoming update won’t just be about New Game+, as Insomniac promises “new suits and more.”

We don’t exactly know what the mode will look like, as the developer urges players to keep



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The big hook to the new Galaxy S24 series is Galaxy AI. We run through what it does, why Samsung will eventually make you pay for it, and whether or not you should be excited.



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Actress Jennifer Aniston faces fellow 'Friends' star David Schwimmer while pointing a finger at him with trailers and dressing rooms behind them on the set of a Uber's 2024 Super Bowl TV ad.
Uber drafted "Friends" stars Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer for its Super Bowl ad this year.
  • Celebrities who kick off larger campaigns are key to Super Bowl ad success, Uber's CEO said.
  • Uber's football game ad this year features "Friends" stars Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer.
  • It's using the spot to launch a broader campaign that will last several months, its CEO said.

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Even NASA is not immune to layoffs. The agency says it's cutting around 530 employees from its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California amid budget uncertainty. That's eight percent of the facility's workforce. JPL is laying off about 40 contractors too, just weeks after imposing a hiring freeze and canning 100 other contractors. Workers are being informed of their fates today.

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