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Jaina Grey

Coconu Wave Massager Review: A Vibrator With Arousing Asymmetry

Coconu’s vibrator is approachable, affordable, and surprisingly intuitive.

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James Dator

The Hurricanes beef with the Islanders is off the charts now

This escalated quickly.

The Carolina Hurricanes are no strangers to beef, but what transpired during the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the New York Islanders pushed it into the stratosphere.

This isn’t a case of the team itself beefing with their opponent, but rather the Canes social media team engaged in an all-out war with Islanders fans on Twitter. This happened after some truly disgusting individuals had their feelings hurt so badly they thought it was...

BuzzFeed - Latest

25 Shows Fans Were Simply Shocked To Realize They Actually Liked

"I was really surprised I enjoyed Bridgerton."

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The Verge

Emilia David

Anthropic finally releases a Claude mobile app

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Anthropic, which makes the Claude 3 family of AI models, is launching an iOS app and adding a second paid tier for groups to share access to the models.

The Claude mobile app can act as a chatbot, and users can also upload photos straight to the app for “image analysis.” Previously, Claude was only available through Anthropic’s Claude.ai website and third-party model libraries like Amazon Bedrock, Hugging Face, or Microsoft Azure.

Scott White, product manager...

The Verge

Wes Davis

LastPass goes independent over a year after serious breaches

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It’s been over a year and a half since LastPass suffered back-to-back high-profile hacks, and the company now says it has separated from its parent company, GoTo.

GoTo announced that it would spin LastPass off as its own company back in December 2021, six years after buying the company. Now, the password vault company will operate under a shareholder holding company called LMI Parent.

LastPass’ most recent troubles began in late 2022, when it admitted that...

The Verge

Justine Calma

Costa Rica restored its forests and switched to renewable energy — what can the world learn from it?

Land in Indigenous territory in Costa Rica that Cabécar leaders have reclaimed and are working to reforest. | Justine Calma / The Verge

The Verge takes you to Costa Rica to explore how it restored its forests and manages to get nearly 100 percent of its electricity from renewable energy.

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Mashable

'The Idea of You's Anne Hathaway quotes a Lana Del Ray song to inspire viewers to follow their hearts

Anne Hathaway is joined by Nicholas Galitzine, Michael Showalter, Robinne Lee and Cathy Schulman to discuss the stigmas in our society when it comes to older women dating younger men.

Mashable

'Turtles All the Way Down's John Green and Hannah Marks on how the film tries to accurately portray Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and anxiety

Director Hannah Marks and author John Green discuss how they approached conveying what it is like living with OCD and anxiety in 'Turtles All the Way Down'.

Fast Company

Associated Press

Will a DEA reclassification of marijuana put the banking industry at ease? Cannabis companies hope so.

The lack of banking services often puts cannabis businesses in harms way as it forces them to operate only in cash.


The Biden administration’s move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous but still controlled drug was hailed as a monumental step in reshaping national policy. But it might do little to ease a longstanding problem in the cannabis industry—a lack of loans, checking accounts and banking services that other businesses take for granted.

“As far as financial institutions,...

Fast Company

Reuters

China is using TikTok to ‘spy on’ Americans, say 46% of people polled

The Reuters/Ipsos poll showed that Republicans were more likely than Democrats to think China was using the app to sway U.S. opinions.

A majority of Americans believe that China uses TikTok to shape U.S. public opinion, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted as Washington moves closer to potentially banning the Chinese-owned short-video app.

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Robert Jimison

Greene Says She Will Demand Vote Next Week to Vacate Johnson

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the right-wing Republican from Georgia, excoriated the House speaker for working with Democrats to push through major bills. She said she would move ahead despite all but certain defeat.

The Verge

Ash Parrish

LinkedIn is the latest company to get in on gaming

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LinkedIn is now in the gaming business. Starting today, users on the LinkedIn mobile app or on desktop can play one of three different games — Pinpoint, Queens, and Crossclimb. You’ll be able to play each game once per day, and after your daily session, you’ll get access to all kinds of metrics including your high score and daily streak, different leaderboards, and who in your networks has also played. The games are available here under the LinkedIn News and My...

The Verge

Ash Parrish

The next Batman: Arkham game is a Meta Quest exclusive

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Today, Meta has announced that the next entry in the iconic Batman: Arkham series will be Batman: Arkham Shadow, a VR game that’s exclusive to the Meta Quest 3.

Iron Man VR developer Camouflaj and Oculus Studios are developing the game, which is set to release later this year. Meta didn’t share much about the game itself, giving us a short trailer featuring Batman’s POV as he swoops over the grimy, rain-slicked streets of Gotham.

Though light on the actual gameplay...

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After That Awkward Online Mishap Back In February, Normani Awkwardly Swerved A Question About Whether Or Not She Runs Her Own Fan Account

It comes months after the apparent fan account @NormaniNation posted a screenshot seemingly taken by someone logged into Normani’s actual Instagram, prompting speculation that the singer runs her own fan page.

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Fast Company

Michael Grothaus

CVS Health stock just sunk to its lowest price in 3 years after the pharmacy chain cut its 2024 profit forecast

The company, which just reported first-quarter earnings, is facing challenges on many fronts, and some investors are clearly heading for the exit.

Shares of CVS Health Corporation are taking a beating in premarket trading this morning. As of the time of this writing, CVS stock is down over 12% to $59.49 per share. That’s around a low the company’s stock price hasn’t seen since November 2020.

Fast Company

Nathan Schultz

GenAI and education: Beyond the hype

Artificial intelligence has the potential to personalize education, so more students enter and graduate college.

Since the public release of generative AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and countless other models less than a year ago, debate has swirled among educators about their potential to transform learning and upend traditional teaching norms.  

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