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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...

BuzzFeed - Latest

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.  

Fast Company

Associated Press

42% of Americans think AI will distort 2024 election coverage

A March 2024 poll showed almost half of Americans don’t trust news outlets to accurately report on the 2024 election.

Even as many Americans say they learn about the 2024 election campaign from national news outlets, a disquieting poll reveals some serious trust issues.

About half of Americans, 53%, say they are extremely or very concerned that news organizations will report inaccuracies or misinformation during the election. Some 42% express worry that news outlets will use generative...

Fast Company

John Kell

‘Big pet parents’ John Legend and Chrissy Teigen want to feed high-end food and treats to your dog

Kismet, a pet food and merchandise brand, is the first joint business venture from the celebrity couple, who say dog owners want options with better ingredients.

Before John Legend and Chrissy Teigen wed in 2013 and went on to have four children, the celebrity pair went through a fairly common, pre-parenthood rite of passage.

Wired Top Stories

Andy Greenberg

A Vast New Data Set Could Supercharge the AI Hunt for Crypto Money Laundering

Blockchain analysis firm Elliptic, MIT, and IBM have released a new AI model—and the 200-million-transaction dataset it's trained on—that aims to spot the “shape” of bitcoin money laundering.

Wired Top Stories

Eric Ravenscraft

Dell Alienware m16 R2 Review: Gaming Power in a Business Suit

This laptop packs an all-day battery for work, a smooth screen, and enough power to run your favorite games.

The Verge

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Ring’s first integrated pan and tilt camera comes in pink

Ring’s Indoor Cam now comes in a pan and tilt version and three new colors. | Image: Ring

Amazon-owned Ring has announced a new version of its wired indoor security camera. The $79.99 Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam adds a motorized pan-tilt base to the Ring Indoor Cam (2nd Gen), which otherwise retains the same features as before: 1080p HD video, two-way talk, motion alerts, a built-in siren, and a manual privacy cover that blocks all audio and video. It’s just now you can point the...

The Verge

Emilia David

Google urges US to update immigration rules to attract more AI talent

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The US could lose out on valuable AI and tech talent if some of its immigration policies are not modernized, Google says in a letter sent to the Department of Labor.

Google says policies like Schedule A, a list of occupations the government “pre-certified” as not having enough American workers, have to be more flexible and move faster to meet demand in technologies like AI and cybersecurity. The company says the government must update Schedule A to include AI and...

The Verge

Tom Warren

Nvidia’s AI chatbot now supports Google’s Gemma model, voice queries, and more

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Nvidia is updating its experimental ChatRTX chatbot with more AI models for RTX GPU owners. The chatbot, which runs locally on a Windows PC, can already use Mistral or Llama 2 to query personal documents that you feed into it, but now the list of supported AI models is growing to include Google’s Gemma, ChatGLM3, and even OpenAI’s CLIP model to make it easier to search your photos.

Nvidia first introduced ChatRTX as “Chat with RTX” in February as a demo app, and...

Mashable

FKA twigs creates deepfake of herself, calls for AI regulation

FKA twigs delivered a powerful testimony before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property on Tuesday, discussing the threat of artificial intelligence when it comes to the livelihoods of artists like herself.

Alongside Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl, twigs – whose real name is Tahliah Debrett Barnett – testified about better regulating AI and deepfakes, but also revealed that she's developing her own deepfake and can see the benefits in leveraging the technology.

"My...

Mashable

How to watch Rublev vs. Alcaraz in the 2024 Madrid Open online for free

TL;DR: Stream Andrey Rublev vs. Carlos Alcaraz in the 2024 Madrid Open for free on RTVE. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

The story of the Madrid Open was the emotional farewell of Rafael Nadal, but with his exit at the round of 16, the attention has turned to the remaining players in the quarter finals. There are plenty of interesting matchups, but the battle between Andrey Rublev and Carlos Alcaraz might be the best. Alcaraz is seen by many as...

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How to watch Fritz vs. Cerundolo in the 2024 Madrid Open online for free

TL;DR: Stream Taylor Fritz vs. Francisco Cerundolo in the 2024 Madrid Open for free on RTVE. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

The Madrid Open is not a Grand Slam, but it's probably the next best thing. The clay tournament regularly attracts the best players in the world as everyone looks to prepare for the French Open, so a win means something. And at the quarter-final stage, every remaining player will believe that they can win the whole...

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