Meet Project Genie from Google, a world model it calls a stepping stone to AGI

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Google has launched a new AI experiment called Project Genie, a tool that lets users build their own interactive virtual worlds.

KPMG's UK partners took home $1.2 million last year, leapfrogging their rivals at EY and PwC

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KPMG's UK partners received $1.2 million in annual take-home.

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Colon cancer is officially the deadliest cancer for people under 50. Experts are shocked at how quickly this happened.

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Cancer survivors visited a fight colorectal cancer "United in Blue" flag installation on March 10, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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'Slow it down a thousand times': How the Minnesota Star Tribune covers the ICE story playing out on social media.

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A federal agent throws a teargas canister towards protesters following the fatal shooting of a protester earlier in the day, on January 24, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The federal government's deployment to Minnesota is being covered by everyone from network news to citizens with iPhones. That poses a challenge for the Minnesota Star Tribune, the state's largest paper.

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No work, no school, no shopping: A general strike to protest ICE is attempting to go national

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Thousands of people marched in downtown Minneapolis

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Tesla Q4 earnings recap: Musk talks $2 billion xAI investment, Optimus 3 — and makes shock announcement

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Tesla reported Q4 adjusted earnings per share ahead of estimates, but revenue fell short of analysts' expectations.

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Tesla earnings are here — and they arrived with some surprise announcements.

Fed meeting recap: Interest rates hold steady, Jerome Powell stays silent on major controversies

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Jerome Powell, a particularly mild-mannered speaker, slammed recent attempts to intimidate his department.

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Louisiana's top glass recycler uses glass to rebuild lost wetlands. She tripled her business in 5 years.

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Glass Half Full started in a backyard in 2020, and now it's Louisiana's biggest glass recycler. The team makes both crushed glass for recycled bottles and sand to rebuild the state's disappearing wetlands.

I traveled with my younger brother for the first time since childhood. It brought us closer as adults.

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Last year, my brother and I traveled together for the first time as adults.

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Samsung Galaxy XR review: A great Vision Pro alternative, but for whom?

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Since I got to go hands-on (and head-on) with the Samsung Galaxy XR last October, something has been needling at me. It was something I couldn't (ironically) wrap my head around, but all the same, I couldn't shake it.

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