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Umar Shakir

Tesla Cybertruck finally gets more off-road controls

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The Tesla Cybertruck is finally getting an off-road mode via an over-the-air software update, allowing early owners of the monstrous electric truck to finally get granular 4x4-style features that were promised from the start.

The news comes via a post by Tesla’s Cybertruck account on X, which shared an image of the Off-Road Mode screen with different settings, options for locking differentials, the ability to turn off rear steering, and more. Off-Road Mode has two main...

Fast Company

Associated Press

Georgia gets closer to carbon-free power with a second nuclear reactor complete

Each of the two new reactors can power 500,000 homes and businesses without releasing any carbon.

The second of two new nuclear reactors in Georgia has entered commercial operation, capping a project that cost billions more and took years longer than originally projected.

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Kevin Pelton

Bird says joining Storm ownership felt 'inevitable'

Legendary retired WNBA player Sue Bird says becoming the newest member of the Seattle Storm's ownership group is "something that I've always wanted."

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Jeff Kassouf

U.S., Mexico withdraw '27 WWC bid, look to '31

U.S. Soccer and the Mexican Football Federation have withdrawn their bid to jointly host the 2027 Women's World Cup and will instead focus on securing the 2031 Women's World Cup, the federations announced on Monday.

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Baxter Holmes

Beal: Suns in different position with better health

Bradley Beal lamented the Suns' lack of continuity due to poor health throughout the season, saying it was a key reason their season ended in a sweep.

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Matt Reynolds

The Uncomfortable Truth About the UK’s Climate Policies

Britain’s former climate adviser says the country’s future plans are weak, climate protests are no longer helpful, and working closely with Big Oil is a jarring necessity.

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Ricky O'Donnell

Bradley Beal had perfect response to Suns’ being swept in NBA Playoffs

At least Bradley Beal is self-aware in defeat.

Bradley Beal made a bold declaration with the Phoenix Suns trailing 3-0 in their first round series against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2024 NBA Playoffs. After the Suns’ Game 3 loss, Beal told reporters “I’ve never been swept a day in my life ... I’ll be damned if that happens.”

Beal’s quote always had the potential to go viral if the Suns lost Game 4. That’s exactly what happened. The Wolves finished off Phoenix,...

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Emilia David

ChatGPT’s AI ‘memory’ can remember the preferences of paying customers

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OpenAI announced the Memory feature that allows ChatGPT to store queries, prompts, and other customizations more permanently in February. At the time, it was only available to a “small portion” of users, but now it’s available for ChatGPT Plus paying subscribers outside of Europe or Korea.

ChatGPT’s Memory works in two ways to make the chatbot’s responses more personalized. The first is by letting you tell ChatGPT to remember certain details, and the...

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Emma Roth

Paramount CEO Bob Bakish steps down as merger inches closer

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Paramount has removed Bob Bakish as CEO — and it doesn’t have plans to fill the role. The company announced the news as part of its earnings results on Monday, which will leave Paramount reliant on a committee made up of three executives.

The new Office of the CEO consists of George Cheeks, the president and CEO of CBS; Chris McCarthy, the president and CEO of Showtime, MTV Entertainment Studios, and Paramount Media Networks; and Brian...

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Justine Calma

A new intergovernmental group will try to stem abuses tied to critical mineral mining

Trucks haul away ore from a pit in one of the largest copper and cobalt mines in the world in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on June 17th, 2023. | Photo: Getty Images

The United Nations launched a new panel to craft mining guidelines for critical minerals in high demand for electric vehicles and renewable energy technologies.

The newly established Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals includes representatives from close to 100 countries as well as nonprofit...

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The Conversation

What a decaying El Niño has to do with the Midwest tornadoes

The better we understand these storms’ attributes, the better those forecasts and warnings can become.

Dozens of tornadoes hit the central U.S. April 26-28, 2024, tearing through suburbs and small towns and damaging hundreds of homes from Oklahoma to Nebraska and Iowa.

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Sarah Bregel

Walgreens scores a viral candy TikTok hit with these peelable gummies

It’s a bit of much-needed sweet news for the drugstore chain, which has had more sour press lately.

Despite TikTok’s uncertain future, it’s still continuing to set social media trends, and the latest one is a mango gummy candy with a cultlike following from an unexpected source: Walgreens’ own store brand, Nice!, a maker of a variety of budget drinks and snacks.

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The Conversation

Ghosted, orbited, breadcrumbed: Digital dating is hard. Here’s how to cope

A pair of studies in 2004 and 2005 showed people prefer receiving negative attention over being ignored entirely.

Buzzwords describing the digital dating scene are all over social media. Have you been ghosted? Is someone orbiting you? Are you being breadcrumbed? While these dating patterns may not be new, the words to describe them continue to evolve.

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The Conversation

‘For you’: Teens like how social media algorithms mirror themselves, study finds

‘For you’ offerings create a private-public space through which teens can access what they feel is a largely accurate test of their self-image.

Social media apps regularly present teens with algorithmically selected content often described as “for you,” suggesting, by implication, that the curated content is not just “for you” but also “about you” – a mirror reflecting important signals about the person you are.

Fast Company

The Conversation

How China’s citizens are coping with digital surveillance

State surveillance of citizens is growing all over the world, but it is a fact of everyday life in China, where it has deep historical roots.

Do you ever think about the digital footprint you leave when you are browsing the web, shopping online, commenting on social networks or going by a facial recognition camera?

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ESPN Insiders

What has stood out so far during the NBA playoffs?

We're more than a week into the 2024 NBA playoffs, so let's take a look at how these first-round series are playing out and where they are going.

Wired Top Stories

Carlton Reid

Elon Musk Can’t Solve Tesla’s China Crisis With His Desperate Asia Visit

Tesla’s deal with Baidu isn’t new, the mapping data Tesla will collect likely can’t leave China, and Full Self-Driving can’t compete with the more advanced Chinese alternatives.

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Maggie Astor

Omar Draws Criticism for Suggesting Some Jewish Students Are ‘Pro-Genocide’

Representative Ilhan Omar made the comments at Columbia University, where her daughter was among the students arrested protesting against Israel’s actions in Gaza. The protests have drawn visits by leaders across the political spectrum.

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