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International tourism to the United States faces an unprecedented 8.2% decline in 2025, with the World Travel and Tourism Council projecting a $12.5 billion loss in visitor spending -- the only decline among 184 economies analyzed. Canadian visitors, traditionally comprising 28% of international arrivals, have dropped by approximately 25% through July.
Seattle tour operators report 30-50% fewer Canadian customers with many explicitly citing recent tariff policies and political rhetoric as deterrents. The.
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When liberals denounce Donald Trump’s authoritarianism, they often cast his immigration agenda as a case in point. Back in June, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee decried the president’s “mass deportation operations” as the “stepping stone” to his “radical attempts to seize absolute power.” In the same statement, they condemned the administration’s deportation of noncriminal […] Read more ›
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Do I like the ROG Xbox Ally X? Yes. Does it give me those sweet techdorphins you get from using a lovely bit of new kit? Will it replace my Steam Deck? Almost certainly. Is it an Xbox? Hmmm. While writing this I actually paused here to figure out the sound I made after asking myself the question. While I wrote "hmmm", it was more sort of a "tsk" but... Read more ›
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Pallets of RTX 5090 GPUs from MSI had been spotted on Reddit a few days ago, sparking concern and curiosity over export controls. The White House has barred China from receiving most high-end GPUs, so these cards arrived via illegal channels, as MSI clarifies and denies any involvement in a press release. Read more ›
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Tiffany Ng, a Gen Z writer in New York, chained her iPhone to a wall for a week. She said she felt liberated. Read more ›
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Ina Garten's "eggs in purgatory" recipe is deliciously comforting and features store-bought sauce, making it easy (and cheap) to whip up. Read more ›
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The beloved artist, who illustrated iconic posters for 'Star Wars', 'Indiana Jones', 'Back to the Future', and more, was 78. Read more ›
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A new Interbrand study syas tech companies lead the top 10 brands of 2025, with Nvidia and Instagram showing significant growth. Read more ›
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The new Moto X70 Air is ultra-thin at 5.99mm, but manages to cram a 4,800mAh battery and Snapdragon 7 Gen 4. Read more ›
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OpenAI has spent roughly $6.4 billion in stock to buy three startups over the last 16 months, while its smaller rival Anthropic has done barely any deals. But Anthropic, recently valued at $170 billion in a funding round, told investment bankers in recent weeks that it is getting ready to move off the sidelines and do more acquisitions, according to people who have spoken to its executives. It is considering... Read more ›
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There’s no shortage of things that could end the world. But between climate change, risks from AI, and biological threats like pandemics, we seem to be forgetting about one human-made existential risk that has been with us for 80 years: the ever-present possibility of nuclear warfare. But nuclear war hasn’t forgotten about us. “Because of […] Read more ›
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Investors are keeping a close eye on potential signs of the AI industry reaching the point of bursting its inflated bubble, as it's revealed that almost half of all the largest companies on the S&P 500 have medium-to-high exposure to AI. The risks associated with the industry collapsing under its own weight are greater than ever. Read more ›
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Having used the Pixel 10 Pro, I can't forgive Google for what it did to the Pixel 9's camera. Read more ›
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YouTube's new video player isn't winning everyone over. What do you think about the redesign? Take our poll and let us know. Read more ›
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The DoJ has seized $15 billion in Bitcoin, thought to be proceeds from a 'pig butchering' scam run from forced-labor compounds in Cambodia. Read more ›
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The reminder experience in Google Keep is changing, and Google Tasks is involved – here's what to expect. Read more ›
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President Donald Trump’s ICE is newly flush with cash and straining to add more officers to its masked ranks. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is papering social media with recruitment ads, flooding them onto local news stations in so-called sanctuary cities, talking up signing bonuses (up to $50,000 paid out over three years) and student […] Read more ›
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From raw milk to cod liver oil, few of Kennedy's professed alternatives to mainstream medicine pass scientific muster. Read more ›
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A record 2.1 million electric vehicles were sold globally last month, driven by strong demand in the US, Europe, and China. Read more ›
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These rising investment bankers aged 35 and under have had key roles in major mergers, acquisitions, and IPOs. Read more ›
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"I'm here to say we have to give these AI bubble predictions a rest," says Yahoo Finance executive editor Brian Sozzi. First of all, AI is a real technology being deployed in real ways inside of Corporate America. Second, this technology is requiring more physical assets in the ground — which are being built to support AI's real-world application. What Zach Dell (son of Michael Dell) is working on at... Read more ›
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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says Internet service providers shouldn't have to list every fee they charge. From a report: Responding to a request from cable and telecom lobby groups, he is proposing to eliminate a rule that requires ISPs to itemize various fees in broadband price labels that must be made available to consumers. The rule took effect in April 2024 after the FCC rejected ISPs' complaints that listing every... Read more ›
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I uploaded a photo on my phone to Microsoft's "OneDrive" file-hosting app — and there was a surprise waiting under Privacy and Permissions. "OneDrive uses AI to recognize faces in your photos..." And... "You can only turn off this setting 3 times a year." If I moved the slidebar for that setting to the left (for "No"), it moved back to the right, and said "Something went wrong while updating... Read more ›
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South Korea's government may have permanently lost 858TB of information after a fire at a data center in Daejeon. From a report: As reported by DCD, a battery fire at the National Information Resources Service (NIRS) data center, located in the city of Daejeon, on September 26, has caused havoc for government services in Korea. Work to restore the data center is ongoing, but officials fear data stored on the... Read more ›
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"Next time Amazon hypes its Prime Days savings, remember this: The prices during the sale aren't always better," writes a Washington Post technology columnist. "I've got the receipts to prove it." I would have saved, on average, almost nothing during Amazon's recent fall "Prime Big Deal Days" — and for some big-ticket purchases, I would have actually paid amore. For the sale that took place Oct. 7 and 8, my... Read more ›
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Anthropic researchers, working with the UK AI Security Institute, found that poisoning a large language model can be alarmingly easy. All it takes is just 250 malicious training documents (a mere 0.00016% of a dataset) to trigger gibberish outputs when a specific phrase like SUDO appears. The study shows even massive models like GPT-3.5 and Llama 3.1 are vulnerable. The Register reports: In order to generate poisoned data for their... Read more ›
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Doug Whitney carries a genetic mutation that guaranteed he would develop Alzheimer's disease in his late forties or early fifties. His mother and nine of her thirteen siblings died from the disease. His oldest brother died at 45. The mutation has decimated his family for generations. Whitney is now 76 and remains cognitively healthy. The New York Times has a fascinating long read on Whitney and things happening around him.... Read more ›
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A Meta executive in charge of building the company's metaverse products told employees that they should be using AI to "go 5X faster," according to an internal message obtained by 404 Media. From the report: "Metaverse AI4P: Think 5X, not 5%," the message, posted by Vishal Shah, Meta's VP of Metaverse, said (AI4P is AI for Productivity). The idea is that programmers should be using AI to work five times... Read more ›
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Climate change has pushed warm-water coral reefs past a point of no return, marking the first time a major climate tipping point has been crossed, according to a report released on Sunday by an international team in advance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP30 in Brazil this November. From a report: Tipping points include global ice loss, Amazon rainforest loss, and the possible collapse of vital ocean currents.... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader hackingbear writes: Following U.S. lawmakers' call on Tuesday for broader bans on the export of chipmaking equipment to China, China dramatically expanded its rare earths export controls on Thursday, adding five new elements, dozens of pieces of refining technology, and extra scrutiny for semiconductor users as Beijing tightens control over the sector ahead of talks between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. The new rules expands controls... Read more ›
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