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Rory McIlroy Praises TaylorMade's Move to a Two-Year Driver Cycle Ahead of This Tour Championship 2026

Rory McIlroy Praises TaylorMade's Move to a Two-Year Driver Cycle Ahead of This Tour Championship 2026

ATLANTA — Rory McIlroy has found a driver he trusts, and thanks to a shift in TaylorMade's product strategy, he won't have to give it up...

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Patrick Jordan

(VIDEO) Hugging Face Unveils Microduck, a $399 Open-Source Robot Duck You Can Teach New Tricks Right at Home

(VIDEO) Hugging Face Unveils Microduck, a $399 Open-Source Robot Duck You Can Teach New Tricks Right at Home

SAN FRANCISCO — Hugging Face, the AI platform known primarily as a hub for open-source software models, unveiled a small robotic duck Thursday that...

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George Anton

IBM Stock Jumps Nearly 4 Percent to $239 as Investors Digest HRL Labs and Z Chip News

IBM Stock Jumps Nearly 4 Percent to $239 as Investors Digest HRL Labs and Z Chip News

NEW YORK — International Business Machines shares rose sharply in Thursday morning trading, advancing about 3.9 percent to around $238.89 after the...

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Mike Clair

Two Frankfurt Airport Workers Die After Rare Mosquito-Borne 'Airport Malaria' Outbreak Sickens Six Staff

Two Frankfurt Airport Workers Die After Rare Mosquito-Borne 'Airport Malaria' Outbreak Sickens Six Staff

FRANKFURT, Germany — Two employees at Germany's Frankfurt Airport have died after contracting a rare form of malaria believed to have been...

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Anthony Will

Plaud Unveils AI Earbuds With Built-In 4G Connectivity That Work Without Needing a Smartphone Nearby

Plaud Unveils AI Earbuds With Built-In 4G Connectivity That Work Without Needing a Smartphone Nearby

SAN FRANCISCO — Hardware startup Plaud unveiled a new pair of AI-powered earbuds Wednesday that can record, transcribe and summarize conversations...

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George Anton

Salesforce Stock Soars 19% as Blowout Earnings and Agentforce AI Growth Silence Software Skeptics

Salesforce Stock Soars 19% as Blowout Earnings and Agentforce AI Growth Silence Software Skeptics

SAN FRANCISCO — Salesforce shares surged Thursday, climbing as much as 19% to $244.72, after the enterprise software giant delivered a blowout...

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Mike Clair

Waist Size, Not BMI, May Better Predict Longevity Risk in Older Adults, New Study Finds, Doctor Explains

Waist Size, Not BMI, May Better Predict Longevity Risk in Older Adults, New Study Finds, Doctor Explains

A new study is complicating the long-standing use of body mass index as a measure of health in older adults, finding that waist circumference may...

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Jerry Thompson

Six Flags' X2 Roller Coaster Tied to Two Deaths and Dozens of Brain Injuries Over Nearly Two Decades

Six Flags' X2 Roller Coaster Tied to Two Deaths and Dozens of Brain Injuries Over Nearly Two Decades

VALENCIA, Calif. — A CNN investigation has found that X2, the marquee thrill ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain, has been linked to more than a dozen...

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Jerry Thompson

Beyoncé and Taylor Swift Lead Tributes to 'Talented and Tenacious' Dolly Parton After Her Death at 80

Beyoncé and Taylor Swift Lead Tributes to 'Talented and Tenacious' Dolly Parton After Her Death at 80

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tributes poured in from across the music world this week after the death of country music icon Dolly Parton, with fellow...

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Jason Taylor

5 Reasons Zelensky Awarded Elon Musk Ukraine's Highest State Honor Despite Their Rocky History Together

5 Reasons Zelensky Awarded Elon Musk Ukraine's Highest State Honor Despite Their Rocky History Together

KYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday awarded Elon Musk Ukraine's Order of Freedom, one of the country's highest...

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Anthony Will

AI Assistant Startup Instinct Rockets to $2.5 Billion Valuation in Weeks Amid Investor Feeding Frenzy

SAN FRANCISCO — Instinct, a viral AI assistant startup founded just last year, has raised $350 million in total funding after closing a new round...

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George Anton

iPhone 17 Named World's Best-Selling Smartphone for Second Straight Quarter Despite Market Slump 2026

iPhone 17 Named World's Best-Selling Smartphone for Second Straight Quarter Despite Market Slump 2026

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple's iPhone 17 was the world's best-selling smartphone in the second quarter of 2026, extending its lead for a second...

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George Anton

Rockstar Games Set to Release GTA 6 Previews Right After Its Netflix Extended Look Special Airs Today

Rockstar Games Set to Release GTA 6 Previews Right After Its Netflix Extended Look Special Airs Today

NEW YORK — Rockstar Games is preparing to give fans their most detailed look yet at "Grand Theft Auto VI," airing an extended preview...

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George Anton

Scientists Say Collapsed Himalayan Glacier, Not An Earthquake, Triggered Deadly Nepal-Tibet Flash Floods

Scientists Say Collapsed Himalayan Glacier, Not An Earthquake, Triggered Deadly Nepal-Tibet Flash Floods

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Scientists say a collapsed glacier near the Himalayan peak of Langtang Lirung, not an earthquake, was the likely trigger behind...

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Anthony Will

Dolly Parton Wanted to Host Kate Middleton, Prince William and Their Kids at Dollywood Before Her Death

Dolly Parton Wanted to Host Kate Middleton, Prince William and Their Kids at Dollywood Before Her Death

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In the years before her death, Dolly Parton spoke repeatedly and warmly about her hope to one day host Catherine, Princess of...

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Jason Taylor

Ramsay Health Care Shares Rocket 14% To Record High As Investors Cheer Turnaround And European Spinoff Plan

Ramsay Health Care Shares Rocket 14% To Record High As Investors Cheer Turnaround And European Spinoff Plan

SYDNEY — Shares of Ramsay Health Care Ltd surged more than 14% Wednesday, closing at $50.29, up $6.27 on the day, as investors piled into...

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Mike Clair

Anthropic Strikes $45 Billion Deal With Nscale For AI Computing Power Ahead Of Blockbuster IPO Plans

Anthropic Strikes $45 Billion Deal With Nscale For AI Computing Power Ahead Of Blockbuster IPO Plans

SAN FRANCISCO — Anthropic has agreed to spend $45 billion over six years to rent artificial intelligence computing power from Nscale, a British...

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Mike Clair

(VIDEO) Nepal-Tibet Flash Flood: 1,500 Missing, Mostly Tourists, as Glacial Collapse Kills at Least 165 People

(VIDEO) Nepal-Tibet Flash Flood: 1,500 Missing, Mostly Tourists, as Glacial Collapse Kills at Least 165 People

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nearly 1,500 people remain missing after a catastrophic flash flood tore through the mountainous border region between Nepal and...

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Joe Green

(VIDEO) Beauty in Black Season 3 Release Date, Cast and Everything to Know Before the Bellarie Family Returns

(VIDEO) Beauty in Black Season 3 Release Date, Cast and Everything to Know Before the Bellarie Family Returns

LOS ANGELES — Tyler Perry's hit Netflix drama "Beauty in Black" returns for its third season Thursday, dropping all eight episodes at...

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Jason Taylor

5 Reasons Nvidia's $12.9 Billion Deal to Buy Hugging Face Could Reshape the Future of Open-Source AI

SAN FRANCISCO — Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face, the widely used open-source AI model repository, for roughly $12.9 billion, according to...

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George Anton

Nikkei 225 Slips 0.3 Percent Near 66,060 After Early Nvidia Rally Fades Across Tokyo Shares

Nikkei 225 Slips 0.3 Percent Near 66,060 After Early Nvidia Rally Fades Across Tokyo Shares

TOKYO — Japan's Nikkei 225 slipped in Thursday afternoon trade, trading around 66,060 after giving back an early advance that followed...

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Tony Jackson

Yayoi Kusama, the Visionary Polka-Dot Artist Who Turned Childhood Hallucinations Into Global Fame, Dies at 97

Yayoi Kusama, the Visionary Polka-Dot Artist Who Turned Childhood Hallucinations Into Global Fame, Dies at 97

TOKYO — Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese artist whose swirling polka dots, pumpkin sculptures and mirrored "infinity rooms" turned childhood...

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Jason Taylor

Where Will Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Get Income Once They Move Back to Britain? Here Is What We Know

Where Will Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Get Income Once They Move Back to Britain? Here Is What We Know

LONDON — As Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, prepare to relocate to Britain after six years in California, one question has...

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Jason Taylor

Nvidia Agrees To Buy 'GitHub Of AI' Hugging Face For $12.9 Billion In Major AI Deal After Earlier Rejection

Nvidia Agrees To Buy 'GitHub Of AI' Hugging Face For $12.9 Billion In Major AI Deal After Earlier Rejection

Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face, the widely used open-source repository often described as the "GitHub of AI," for $12.9 billion,...

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George Anton

(VIDEO) Nepal Flood Death Toll Hits 162 As Hundreds Of Tourists Remain Missing, Cause Revised To Landslide

KATHMANDU, Nepal — The death toll from a catastrophic flash flood that struck the Nepal-Tibet border has risen to 162, with more than 500 tourists,...

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Anthony Will

ASX 200 Falls 0.78% as CBA Predicts Rate Hike After Hot Inflation Data, Qantas Profit Drops on Fuel Costs

ASX 200 Falls 0.78% as CBA Predicts Rate Hike After Hot Inflation Data, Qantas Profit Drops on Fuel Costs

SYDNEY — The S&P/ASX 200 fell 71.6 points, or 0.78%, to 9,056.2 as of 12:59 p.m. AEST Thursday, weighed down by Commonwealth Bank's revised...

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Tony Jackson

Nepal Flood Death Toll Rises To 95 As Nearly 400 Tourists, Including Americans, Remain Missing Near Tibet

Nepal Flood Death Toll Rises To 95 As Nearly 400 Tourists, Including Americans, Remain Missing Near Tibet

KATHMANDU, Nepal — The death toll from a massive flash flood that tore through Nepal's northern border region with Tibet climbed to at least 95...

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Joe Green

Bill Gates Warns AI Could Be 'Worst Source Of Injustice' As World Fails To Prepare For Disruption

Bill Gates Warns AI Could Be 'Worst Source Of Injustice' As World Fails To Prepare For Disruption

Bill Gates, long regarded as one of technology's leading optimists, issued a strikingly sober warning Wednesday about artificial intelligence,...

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Scott Lance

Kanzhun Shares Jump 17% as China's Top Recruitment Platform Reports Record Quarterly Profit Growth

Kanzhun Shares Jump 17% as China's Top Recruitment Platform Reports Record Quarterly Profit Growth

Shares of Kanzhun Limited, the parent company of China's leading online recruitment platform Boss Zhipin, surged 16.97%, or $2.76, to $19.06 as...

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Mike Clair

Ukraine Awards Elon Musk Top State Honor as Zelenskyy Pushes to Expand Starlink Use in War

Ukraine Awards Elon Musk Top State Honor as Zelenskyy Pushes to Expand Starlink Use in War

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has awarded SpaceX owner Elon Musk one of the country's highest state honors, the Order of Freedom, as...

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Tony Jackson

Massive Cochrane Review Finds Vaping Beats Nicotine Patches for Quitting Smoking, With Key Caveats

Massive Cochrane Review Finds Vaping Beats Nicotine Patches for Quitting Smoking, With Key Caveats

Nicotine e-cigarettes may be the most effective tool available for helping smokers quit, outperforming both traditional nicotine replacement therapies...

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Jerry Thompson

Ring Launches New 'TAKE' Encryption System, Set to Become Default for All Customers Worldwide

Ring Launches New 'TAKE' Encryption System, Set to Become Default for All Customers Worldwide

Amazon-owned Ring announced a new video encryption system Wednesday called TAKE, short for Throw Away the Key Encryption, which the company says will...

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George Anton

Mamdani, USTA Offer 1,000 Discounted $100 US Open Tickets to New Yorkers Amid Resale Price Surge

Mamdani, USTA Offer 1,000 Discounted $100 US Open Tickets to New Yorkers Amid Resale Price Surge

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the United States Tennis Association announced 1,000 discounted tickets to the US Open priced at...

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Chris Walker

Meta Settles State Lawsuits Over Facebook, Instagram Child Addiction Claims for Up to $17.1 Billion

Meta Settles State Lawsuits Over Facebook, Instagram Child Addiction Claims for Up to $17.1 Billion

Meta has agreed to pay as much as $17.1 billion to settle claims from 29 states that the company designed Facebook and Instagram to addict children...

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George Anton

(VIDEO) 10 Surprising Facts About Flash Flooding Most People Don't Know, According to NOAA and Weather Service

(VIDEO) 10 Surprising Facts About Flash Flooding Most People Don't Know, According to NOAA and Weather Service

Flash flooding kills more people in the United States each year than tornadoes, hurricanes or lightning, yet many Americans significantly...

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Jerry Thompson

King Charles Sees Harry's UK Return as Chance to Reconcile With William, Sources Say

King Charles Sees Harry's UK Return as Chance to Reconcile With William, Sources Say

King Charles III views Prince Harry's return to Britain as a genuine opportunity to help repair his younger son's fractured relationship...

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Jason Taylor

Dow Holds Steady as Meta Settles $16.7B Lawsuit, Markets Await Nvidia Earnings and Inflation Data

Dow Holds Steady as Meta Settles $16.7B Lawsuit, Markets Await Nvidia Earnings and Inflation Data

NEW YORK — The Dow Jones Industrial Average was roughly flat Wednesday, edging up just 15.42 points, or 0.029%, to 53,592.82 as of 9:55 a.m. EDT, as...

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Tony Jackson

(VIDEO) 10 Things You Must Know About the Deadly Nepal-China Border Flash Flood Disaster as Death Toll Rises

(VIDEO) 10 Things You Must Know About the Deadly Nepal-China Border Flash Flood Disaster as Death Toll Rises

A massive flash flood tore through villages along the Nepal-China border Wednesday, leaving dozens dead and hundreds missing in one of the...

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Anthony Will

(VIDEO) Death Toll Rises To 31 As Massive Flash Flood Devastates Nepal-China Border, Hundreds Still Missing

KATHMANDU, Nepal — At least 31 people have been killed and hundreds remain missing after a massive flash flood swept through villages along the...

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Anthony Will

Can LeBron James Win a Title With the 76ers? And Would It Settle the Kobe Bryant GOAT Debate Once and for All?

Can LeBron James Win a Title With the 76ers? And Would It Settle the Kobe Bryant GOAT Debate Once and for All?

LeBron James' surprise move to the Philadelphia 76ers this offseason has transformed the franchise from a longshot into a legitimate championship...

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Jason Taylor

Dolly Parton, Country Music's 'Queen,' Dies at 80 After Brief Battle With Cancer in Nashville

Dolly Parton, Country Music's 'Queen,' Dies at 80 After Brief Battle With Cancer in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Dolly Parton, the singer-songwriter who rose from a one-room Appalachian cabin to become one of the most beloved and enduring...

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Jason Taylor

After Louisiana Girl's Death From Brain-Eating Amoeba, Here's Who Faces the Highest Risk This Summer

After Louisiana Girl's Death From Brain-Eating Amoeba, Here's Who Faces the Highest Risk This Summer

An 8-year-old Louisiana girl has died after contracting a rare and almost always fatal brain-eating amoeba while swimming, prompting renewed questions...

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Jerry Thompson

Two Unvaccinated Pennsylvanians Die of Measles, State's First Deaths From Disease in 35 Years Amid US Outbreak

Two Unvaccinated Pennsylvanians Die of Measles, State's First Deaths From Disease in 35 Years Amid US Outbreak

Two unvaccinated residents of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, have died from measles, the Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed Tuesday, marking...

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Jerry Thompson

(VIDEO) Yash's 'Toxic' Gets Mixed Early Reactions as Advance Bookings Cross ₹45 Crore Ahead of Release

(VIDEO) Yash's 'Toxic' Gets Mixed Early Reactions as Advance Bookings Cross ₹45 Crore Ahead of Release

"Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups," the highly anticipated Kannada-language gangster epic starring Yash, is generating a wave of early buzz...

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Jason Taylor

State Department Pauses All Immigrant Visa Appointments Worldwide Amid New Training for Officers

State Department Pauses All Immigrant Visa Appointments Worldwide Amid New Training for Officers

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has paused all immigrant visa applications worldwide, a State Department official confirmed Tuesday, as the...

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Anthony Will

Tiger Woods Praises New Match Play Format as Scheffler Nears His Career Earnings Record

Tiger Woods Praises New Match Play Format as Scheffler Nears His Career Earnings Record

Tiger Woods broke his silence Tuesday on a major upcoming change to the PGA Tour's season-ending competition, expressing enthusiasm for the new...

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Chris Walker

(VIDEO) 5 New Things To Know About Apple's New Mac Studio With M5 Max And M5 Ultra Chips Starting At $2,499

(VIDEO) 5 New Things To Know About Apple's New Mac Studio With M5 Max And M5 Ultra Chips Starting At $2,499

Apple announced a redesigned Mac Studio on Monday, calling it the company's most powerful Mac ever, built around two new chips, M5 Max and the...

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George Anton

Miami Soul Legend Latimore Dies At 86; Remembered For Voice That 'Would Swallow You Up

TAMPA, Fla. — Benjamin William Lattimore, the soul and blues singer known professionally as Latimore whose rich baritone powered the 1974 R&B...

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Jason Taylor

Electro Optic Systems Shares Surge 23% After Revenue Jumps 283% On Record Defence Order Book And Cash Pile

Electro Optic Systems Shares Surge 23% After Revenue Jumps 283% On Record Defence Order Book And Cash Pile

SYDNEY — Shares of Electro Optic Systems Holdings surged 23.02%, or $1.98, to $10.58 Tuesday, extending an extraordinary run for the Australian...

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Tony Jackson

Meghan Markle Agreed to Move Back to UK 'As a Family,' Sources Say, Citing Children and Harry's Homesickness

Meghan Markle Agreed to Move Back to UK 'As a Family,' Sources Say, Citing Children and Harry's Homesickness

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's decision to relocate to the United Kingdom for an extended stay was made collectively "as a family,"...

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Jason Taylor