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Save 15% on the Carrera Smart Sunglasses with Alexa and get ready for a smart summer

SAVE $60: The Carrera Smart Sunglasses with Alexa are on sale at Amazon for $329.99, marked down from the normal price of $389.99. That's a 15% discount.

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Scoop up a Google Pixel Tablet with a charging speaker dock for just $380 at Woot

SAVE $119.01: As of May 14, get the Google Pixel Tablet (128GB) with charging speaker dock at Woot for $379.99, which is $119.01 off its normal price of $499 (when you buy the tablet and speaker separately). That's $20 less than the typical price of $399 for a Google Pixel Tablet alone.

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7 of the most exciting moments from 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' Season 2 teaser

The first teaser for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 is here, promising Sauron like you've never seen him before. (Blond.)

J.R.R. Tolkien's legendary villain (played by Charlie Vickers) spent most of The Rings of Power Season 1 disguised as human Halbrand, only revealing his true nature in the Season 1 finale. But now that Sauron is officially back in action, it won't be long until his darkness threatens to corrupt all of Middle-earth for good.

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Colorful, funky DJ shows off 'Music FX DJ' ahead of Google I/O — and you can make sick beats now, too

The new DJ mode for Google's Music FX got the best presentation possible ahead of its Google I/O 2024 event. Featuring acclaimed DJ Marc Rebillet, the new addition to the tech giant musical generative AI lets anyone become a middle-aged DJ in real-time.

SEE ALSO: Google I/O 2024 keynote: How to watch live

The DJ mode was first introduced in March, just months after Google released Music FX in December of last year. DJ Mode allows users to...

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Grace Snelling

Bumble apologizes for its anti-celibacy ad fiasco

Bumble’s new campaign was meant to relieve online dating fatigue. It gave critics another reason to feel exhausted.

The internet is ablaze over what users have coined “The Great Bumble Fumble” after the dating app ran a series of eyebrow-raising ads poking fun at celibacy. Now, Bumble is promising to remove the ads and make amends for its tone-deaf marketing push.

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Shalene Gupta

Computational scientists may have discovered why working the night shift is bad for your health

Late shifts disrupt the proteins responsible for regulating glucose, a small study has found, which may explain higher rates of diabetes and obesity among certain workers.

Night shift workers are at a higher risk for disorders like diabetes and obesity. Preliminary research from scientists at Washington State University and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory may explain why. The study shows that just a few days on the night shift can impact the body’s ability to regulate glucose.

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People Who "F*cked Around" Are Sharing What They "Found Out", And Wow, I'm Taking Notes

"Hot laboratory glass looks exactly like cold laboratory glass."

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Will Knight

Astra Is Google's ‘Multimodal’ Answer to the New ChatGPT

Google's new voice-operated AI assistant, called Astra, can make sense of what your phone’s camera sees. It was announced one day after OpenAI revealed a similar vision for ChatGPT.

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Julian Chokkattu

With Gemini on Android, Google Points to Mobile Computing’s Future—and Past

Google’s new upgrades to Gemini and Circle to Search offer a look at how the operating system might change and revolve around artificial intelligence.

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Simon Romero, Paulina Villegas and Luis Antonio Rojas

The Other Busing Program: Mexico Is Pushing Migrants Back South

In response to pressure from the Biden administration to curb migration flows, Mexico has quietly bused thousands of migrants away from the U.S. border to sites deep in the country’s south.

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Michael Wilson and Catie Edmondson

Mike Johnson Visits Trump’s Criminal Trial to Say What He Can’t

Outside the Manhattan courthouse where Donald J. Trump is being tried on criminal charges, Mike Johnson attacked a key witness who linked the former president to a plan to cover up hush money paid to a porn star.

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Joseph Acosta

After Jared Goff’s massive deal, who’s the next NFL QB to get a huge payday?

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Start your engines for the great quarterback extension race, folks, because it’s going to be a wild year and a half.

In 1848, James Marshall found gold at Sutter’s Mill in California, starting a rush that would lead to California being added as a state, railroads being built, and of course, a lot of gold in people’s hands. The Gold Rush, as it was called, saw people hustle out to California to get rich off gold and make themselves famous, hoping not...

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James Dator

WNBA’s Golden State Valkyries have arrived with one of the best color schemes in sports

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The WNBA’s newest expansion team in the Bay Area unveiled their name and colors on Tuesday morning and it’s already one of the best looks in all of pro sports. The Golden State Valkyries will begin competing in 2025 and released their first hype video.

We are the Golden State Valkyries

Narrated by Kehlani pic.twitter.com/VGY0AAJKa5

— Golden State Valkyries (@wnbagoldenstate) May 14, 2024

Instead of simply working off a variant of their local NBA team, the...

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2024 NCAA softball bracket: Women’s College World Series scores, schedule

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We are tracking the scores and schedule updates for the 2024 NCAA softball championship.

The 2024 NCAA DI softball tournament will begin Friday, May 17 when the regional round of play kicks off. The Super Regional rounds will begin May 23, with the Women’s College World Series starting on May 30 in Oklahoma City.

The Oklahoma Sooners have won the last three national championships and will be looking for a four-peat this season....

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Jack Milko

Rory McIlroy shockingly files for divorce ahead of PGA Championship

Rory McIlroy, wife Erica, and daughter Poppy celebrate McIlroy’s 2021 victory at the Wells Fargo Championship. | Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

Rory McIlroy and his wife, Erica Stoll, will divorce after seven years of marriage, according to multiple reports.

Rory McIlroy has filed for a divorce.

After seven years of marriage to his wife, Eric Stoll, McIlroy submitted divorce filing papers in a Florida court on Monday. TMZ first reported the news of their split, and The Irish...

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Mark Schofield

Remembering Ayrton Senna’s magic at Monaco

30 years ago today, Ayrton Senna stunned the F1 world, and himself, at the Monaco Grand Prix

At the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, qualifying is entire ball game.

On this day back in 1988, Ayrton Senna won that ball game in astonishing fashion.

That day, Senna obliterated the rest of the grid, qualifying for pole position a stunning 1.4 seconds ahead of his rival — and McLaren teammate — Alain Prost. His performance that day lives on as perhaps the greatest qualifying effort in the...

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Dave McMenamin

Wolves' Gobert fined $75K for gesture to referee

The NBA has fined Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert $75,000 for making the money-sign gesture toward officials during Minnesota's Game 4 loss to the Denver Nuggets.

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Chris Welch

Google Photos is getting its own ‘Ask Photos’ assistant this summer

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Google Photos already has impressive search capabilities, but Google is using Gemini to dial those powers up to the next level. During today’s I/O keynote, CEO Sundar Pichai announced “Ask Photos,” a new feature coming this summer that should make the service much smarter when it comes to understanding what it is you’re looking for, using artificial intelligence to connect the dots for more sophisticated requests.

Pichai asked the app, “What’s my license...

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These states found ways to pay for daycare costs

States have expanded free preschool and early education and helped more families pay for childcare, making it low-cost or even free for many.

Across the country, the story for families is virtually the same: Child care is unaffordable for many, hard to find for those who can pay, and financially precarious for day care operators and their employees.

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