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If you're having a stressful holiday season, the answer is McDonald's - at least, that's what a now-removed AI-generated ad suggested. Set to a song calling holiday season "the most terrible time of the year," the ad shows AI-generated people falling victim to a slew of wintery woes, including family dinners, shopping, caroling, baking cookies, [âŠ]
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The Verge
Hello and welcome to Regulator. If you're a subscriber, you are stalwart and true, and if you're here from the internet, prove your chivalry and worth by subscribing to The Verge here. (And if you're David Sacks: we said what we said.) As of Tuesday, President Donald Trump has committed to signing some sort of [âŠ] Read more âș
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A blended-wing body aircraft is essentially one giant wing with the cabin built inside. Two California companies are racing Airbus to market. Read more âș
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If you've been unhappy with the direction Microsoft has taken Windows, offering no meaningful improvements beyond AI and aesthetics, then, well, not much can be done about that. But, at least you can disable all the AI features that seem to have populated every corner of the OS, with a simple script from GitHub. Read more âș
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"We are pushing all of our chips in on artificial intelligence as a fighting force," Hegseth said. Read more âș
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Paramount's David Ellison said that if Warner Bros. Discovery's board took his current offer, it would be "admitting breach of fiduciary duty." Read more âș
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Go see 'One Battle After Another' or 'Sinners' in 70mm IMAX, and you'll get an extended peek at Christopher Nolan's 2026 release. Read more âș
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io9 spoke with several members of the cast of the upcoming 'Avatar' sequel, who dove deep into the real-world implications of their characters. Read more âș
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The redesigned editor adds a universal timeline for multi-clip editing and large previews. Read more âș
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It's morning in America for cute little cars that Americans have historically rejected. Read more âș
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These are the must-have kitchen tools you'll need before you start your meal kit journey Read more âș
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Tapestry, the parent company of Coach, is applying its Gen Z "road map" to Kate Spade as it looks to boost the brand. Read more âș
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It looks like Meta has decided to turn Instagram users into unwitting SEO spam pawns. On Tuesday, 404 Media reported that the platform is generating sensational, likely AI-generated headlines for user posts without their knowledge or explicit consent. An Engadget editor has also noticed this on their posts. The headlines are found in the pagesâ code and are only visible in search results.The scheme appears to be an effort to... Read more âș
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OpenAI has announced that Denise Dresser, the current CEO of Slack, will be the company's new Chief Revenue Officer. Dresser will oversee the company's revenue strategy "across enterprise and customer success," according to OpenAI's announcement, and will presumably play a key role in leading the company towards profitability now that it's reorganized as a public benefit corporation."We're on a path to put AI tools into the hands of millions of... Read more âș
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National Geographic's annual Pictures of the Year issue features stunning wildlife photos highlighting endangered species and fragile ecosystems. Read more âș
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Lithium used to be almost an afterthought â found in small quantities in medicine and tempered glass, and peaking in pop culture fame in the â90s thanks to an eponymous Nirvana song. Today, the metal is back in the spotlight with a new identity: âwhite gold.â That nickname, coined over the past decade, stems from [âŠ] Read more âș
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The Department of Defense is announcing its own "bespoke" AI platform, GenAI.mil, and Google Cloud's Gemini will be the first AI tool available on it, according to a press release. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (who has dubbed himself Secretary of War, though the name has not been legally changed by Congress) promised that the [âŠ] Read more âș
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If you find yourself hiding your AI usage from your colleagues and boss, you might be an 'AI creeper.' Read more âș
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âAgainst the enormity of such a wild region, this is an amazing story of the little float that could.â Read more âș
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The Verge
Paramount has launched a $108.4 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, calling Netflixâs $83 billion arrangement to purchase the entertainment giantâs studios and streaming service âinferior.â The Paramount proposal, unlike Netflixâs, would also include the linear networks owned by WBD. Paramount says its deal offers a âsuperior alternative to the Netflix transaction,â citing [âŠ] Read more âș
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Micron is retiring the Crucial brand, marking the end of its line of budget-friendly solid-state drives (SSDs) and RAM kits, as reported earlier by VideoCardz. In an announcement on Wednesday, Micron says winding down its consumer-focused business will âimprove supply and support for our larger, strategic customers in faster-growing segmentsâ â a.k.a. AI companies. The [âŠ] Read more âș
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Netflix is poised to purchase Warner Bros.â studio and streaming business after being selected as the winner of the bidding war for the media giant. The two companies will now move forward into exclusive deal talks, TheWrap reports, likely including a $5 billion break-up fee in case regulators block the buyout. Netflix reportedly offered $30 [âŠ] Read more âș
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Friday, the EU slapped X with a âŹ120 million fine (about $140 million) for violating the Digital Services Act (DSA). It was the first time that a company had been hit with a penalty for running afoul of the law. Elon Musk responded with his trademark tact and professionalism by posting âBullshitâ on X in [âŠ] Read more âș
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Disney is bringing a ânewly restored versionâ of the original, 1977 theatrical cut of Star Wars back to theaters on February 19th, 2027. It will only be available in theaters for âa limited time,â Disney says, and itâs being released as part of âLucasfilmâs yearlong 50th anniversary celebrationâ for the franchise. Tickets arenât on sale [âŠ] Read more âș
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Alan Dye, who has led Appleâs UI design team since 2015, is leaving to join Meta as its chief design officer, Bloomberg reports. Heâll join Meta on December 31st, and Meta is opening a design studio and giving Dye oversight of design for âhardware, software and AI integration for its interfaces,â according to Bloomberg. Dye [âŠ] Read more âș
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Billionaire Elon Musk â whoâs long used his X (formerly Twitter) platform to stoke anger at immigrants and support antisemitic conspiracy theories â has spent the past day spreading and praising claims that âWhite people are on the verge of extinction,â Somali immigrants have âno right to be in America,â and nonprofits who support them are [âŠ] Read more âș
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When songwriter Patrick Irwin moved to Nashville last year, he was entering a lottery. Each day hundreds of sessions take place where writers create a song demo to pitch to a publisher. Publishers then share those songs with labels and managers, who may share those songs with the artists. Even if a major country star [âŠ] Read more âș
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President Donald Trump announced a new plan that lets carmakers pollute more by making less fuel efficient vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said today that itâll roll back fuel economy rules finalized last year by the Biden administration for model year 2022-2031 vehicles. The Trump administration has eliminated incentives for EV purchases, [âŠ] Read more âș
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Tiny kei trucks from Japan have a new fan: President Donald Trump. Trump expressed admiration for the pint-sized autos during a briefing with reporters to announce his plan to gut fuel economy standards. âTheyâre very small. Theyâre really cute,â Trump said. âAnd I said, how would that do in this country? And everyone seems to think, good, [âŠ] Read more âș
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