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Microsoft says AI is spreading faster than any technology ever — but billions are being left behind.

Name something AI companies love more than buying compute power. I'll wait.

OpenAI continued its power grab for … power with a $




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Dick Cheney.
  • Actors Dianie Keaton, Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Val Kilmer, and Michelle Trachtenberg died in 2025.
  • Musicians Ozzy Osbourne, D'Angelo, Brian Wilson, Roberta Flack, and Sly Stone also passed away.
  • So did former vice president Dick Cheney, fashion icon Giorgio Armani, director David Lynch, and primatologist Jane Goodall.

Below, we look back at those we lost


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Donald Trump often rants about various late night hosts he doesn't like, with Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert being two of his favorite targets. But recently on his own Truth Social, the U.S. president turned his attention to Seth Meyers, calling him "the least talented person to 'perform' live in the history of television." (Meyers does not broadcast live, but tapes Late Night in the afternoons


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Apple dropped the "plus" from its streaming service's name in October, because the company typically uses the plus sign for free services with paid versions, such as iCloud+. Now, the company has released a new intro bumper and soundmark for its TV service. Apple has uploaded a five-second video showing its streaming service's new logo appearing in a hazy multi-colored animation before it shifts


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Coca-Cola has an indelible connection to the holidays here in the United States. The company's 1930s portraits of Santa Claus helped popularize the character as we know him today, and Coca-Cola commercials are a staple of the holiday season. Now, Coke is creating a new holiday tradition, even if AI critics really, really wish they wouldn't.

For the second year in a row, Coca-Cola has partnered with




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  • We fell in love with the Pacific Northwest and wanted to live there every summer.
  • Housing prices in our desired area were too expensive, so we bought land and a trailer instead.
  • Being off the grid isn't easy, but we love spending months of each year living in the forest.

We began dreaming of living on Washington's Olympic Peninsula while on vacation there in


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It's become cliche to say that we live in a golden age of board games, but to paraphrase the great stoic philosopher Andy Bernard, it's great to know you're in the good old days before you've left them. Great titles are still coming out by the thousands every year, from crowd-pleasing party games to genre-bending, theme-heavy Euros. Whether the gamer in your life is looking for a mind-warping



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Nintendo has boosted its Switch 2 sales forecast for the current fiscal year, meaning it could top first year sales of the original Switch. The gaming giant expects to sell 19 million Switch 2s by March 31, 2026, up 26.7 percent from its original forecast of 15 million units. That follows a previous report that Nintendo had asked suppliers to build 25 million Switch 2s by the end of March next



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Google Maps turn-by-turn navigation has made leaps and bounds since its humble beginnings back in 2009, but one thing was still missing: the ability to tell when you're in the wrong lane.

Now, thanks to AI, Google has apparently solved that problem. On Tuesday, the company announced it will be launching live lane guidance in Google Maps soon, though with quite a few caveats.

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I spent three months living in my car while working at Google.
  • I got a job at Google's main headquarters, but couldn't break my lease 300 miles away.
  • Instead of paying for two apartments, I lived in my car on the Google campus for three months.
  • It was a great way to kick-start my career in tech, but I wish I'd had other options.

"I have family in the Bay Area, so I can work locally," I


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