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Janko Roettgers

AI can now help write your kids’ bedtime stories

Naria’s generative AI makes publishing easier, raising questions about the future of illustrators and authors.

As a new father, Jose Gonzales was disappointed to find so few picture books featuring characters who look like his daughter. “She’s biracial,” he says. “A lot of the popular children’s books have a white, blue-eyed, blonde girl as the main character.” And books that did feature biracial kids were too often focused on diversity as a subject, rather than telling the...

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How Uber is preparing for the Paris Olympics rush

One of the measures includes free cruises on the Seine.

Uber Technologies unveiled a raft of measures on Wednesday, including a tie-up to offer cruises on the Seine river as it looks to meet explosive demand stemming from the upcoming Olympics in Paris.

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Ali Watkins

‘All Eyes on Rafah’ Meaning and Origins

The slogan, which has been a touchstone for pro-Palestinian demonstrators for months, ricocheted across social media this week.

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Alan Feuer

Emerging Portrait of Judge in Trump Documents Case: Prepared, Prickly and Slow

Judge Aileen Cannon’s handling of court hearings offers insights into how the case accusing Donald Trump of illegally retaining classified material has become bogged down in unresolved issues.

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Ben Protess and Jonah E. Bromwich

Jury in Trump’s Hush-Money Trial to Begin Deliberations on Wednesday

After the judge instructs them on the law,

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If Your Bathroom Has Room For Approximately One Toothbrush, Check Out These 27 Helpful Products

Everything from makeup storage, to under-cabinet lights that will help save space in your mini WC.

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Nena Farrell

KVM Monitors Let You Cut Down the Desk Clutter, and I Love It

A desktop display with an integrated keyboard, video, and mouse switch is a great solution if your work and personal computers share the same peripherals.

The Verge

Jess Weatherbed

Right to repair is now the law in Colorado

Device manufacturers have until January 1st, 2026, to comply with Colorado’s new rules. | Screenshot: iFixit via YouTube

Colorado now has some of the broadest right-to-repair laws in the US thanks to a new bill signed by Governor Jared Polis on Tuesday. The HB24-1121 “Consumer Right to Repair Digital Electronic Equipment” rules require all manufacturers to make it easier for consumers and independent electronics businesses to purchase the necessary equipment needed to repair...

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Mark Schindler

Candace Parker is retired, but her WNBA impact is still visible every night

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The echoes of Candace Parker’s influence on the game of basketball can still be seen during nearly every current WNBA game.

After a wildly successful career that left an imprint on three decades of the WNBA, Candace Parker officially retired from basketball just prior to the start of training camp for the 2024 season.

On a personal level, I — probably like many of you reading this — have known who Candace Parker was since I was in...

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Adrian Wojnarowski and Jonathan Givony

Agent: Bronny stays in draft, planning workouts

After a strong pre-draft process, Bronny James will remain in the 2024 NBA draft, according to his agent, Rich Paul, who spoke to ESPN hours before the 11:59 p.m. ET deadline.

Fast Company

Harry McCracken

Google AI’s hilariously bad answers aren’t the big problem

When a search engine is ridiculously wrong, we can deal with it. But AI’s subtler mistakes and general sloppiness are a more serious long-term problem.

Contrary to anything you’ve been told recently, putting glue on pizza is not a good idea. Cats have not been to the moon. Most doctors don’t recommend eating rocks.

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Share Your Daily Routine And Unveil Your Inner Superpower

Just remember, with great power comes great responsibility.

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People Are Sharing The Ridiculously Unfair Things Their Jobs Banned Them From Doing, And I'm Seething

Not allowing people to call out on weekends is sinister.

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Just 39 Magnificent Products That’ll Change Your WFH Space For The Better

Memory foam foot hammocks, clever cord organizers, and a tray desk that'll make it easier to work from your bed... just to name a few.

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31 Products With Reviews So Great You’ll Say, “OK, Me Next”

*Pushes my way to the front of the line to get my hands on some ceiling fan filters and the beloved Grampa's Weeder*

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Wired Top Stories

Vittoria Elliott

Germany’s Far-Right Party Is Running Hateful Ads on Facebook and Instagram

Published ahead of the EU elections, the ads blame immigrants for crime and sexual violence.

Mashable

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was fired for 'outright lying,' says former board member

A former OpenAI board member has explained why the directors made the now infamous decision to fire CEO Sam Altman last November. Speaking in an interview on The TED AI Show podcast, AI researcher Helen Toner accused Altman of lying to and obstructing OpenAI's board, retaliating against those who criticised him, and creating a "toxic atmosphere".

"The [OpenAI] board is a nonprofit board that was set up explicitly for the purpose of making sure that the company's public good mission was...

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Celebrity-voiced erotica is the new frontier in online celeb thirst

If you're the type of person to double tap edits of Josh O'Connor's glistening thighs in , or the kind of fan still favoriting clips of Andrew Scott's Hot Priest "kneel" command, you may have recently been led down another digital path: Celebrity-centric audio erotica.

A relatively new phenomenon pioneered by audio erotica apps like Dipsea and Quinn, actors have taken on the role of smut narrator, much to their fans' delight. The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina's Luke Cook plays an actor...

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NASA reveals footage of astronauts training in desert for moon mission

It's taken more than half a century, but NASA really is going back to the moon.

Some of the space agency's astronauts have been training in the Northern Arizona desert for the looming Artemis 3 mission, which is currently slated to land in September 2026. Decades of other U.S. space priorities (such as the Space Shuttle and building the International Space Station), along with the astronomical costs of sending astronauts to our natural satellite, have impeded such a return endeavor.

But after...

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