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‘60 Minutes’ EP Nick Bilton Urges Staff to Tune Out Rumors in Internal Memo
“60 Minutes” executive producer Nick Bilton is urging his staff to ignore the rumors and focus on reporting as the CBS newsmagazine prepares to launch its 59th season. The message came in a welcome-back memo to employees this week, reviewed by TheWrap. Status first reported on the note Monday night. The 734-word memo, sent after…
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Exes Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver reunite in rare photo from family vacation
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver reunited for a rare photo together more than a decade after their split. Katherine Schwarzenegger shared the sweet snap of her parents while honoring her father’s 79th birthday via Instagram on Thursday. “Happy Birthday, Dad ❤️,” Arnold’s eldest child captioned the tribute. “So lucky you’re ours… and even luckier our…
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What OpenAI’s Hugging Face Hack Tells Us About AI’s Risks
—Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto—Getty Images People in AI safety circles often talk about “warning shots:” events that indicate more severe threats are on the horizon. Depending on who you ask, there have already been many—Bing’s misanthropic alter-ego Sydney, research showing AIs would blackmail to preserve themselves, AI’s math breakthroughs, Anthropic’s superhuman hacker Mythos—but OpenAI just published something…
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Rapper Denies That His Billboard-Charting Song Is AI-Generated
The LA-based rapper Fenix Flexin is denying that his hit new single was AI-generated after extensive allegations. The song, “Rubberz,” climbed to number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 after dropping in June. Many of his peers gassed up the track, but listeners immediately noticed something off. A lot of things, actually. For one, many…
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Waymo rift leaves Uber’s robotaxi ambitions on shaky ground
The breakdown of Uber Technologies Inc.’s robotaxi partnership with Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo is looming large over the ride-hailing giant’s quarterly results, as investors grow anxious about the stock that has lagged the broader market this year. The shares of San Francisco-based Uber have slumped 28% since reaching a record high of $100.10 in October while…
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‘Give me a break!’ Todd Blanche’s ‘contempt’ for Congress outrages senator
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) unloaded on Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche Tuesday morning as senators geared up to vote on the Trump official’s nomination in a Senate committee, singling out his past refusal to admit what Durbin argued was an obvious truth. At a prior Senate hearing, Blanche refused to admit that the sum of…
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These 25 U.S. States Are Suing the Trump Administration. Here’s Why
President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 3, 2026. —Chip Somodevilla––Getty Images A coalition of 25 U.S. states is suing the Trump Administration, arguing the President’s latest round of sweeping tariffs on over 80 countries exceed his legal authority. Filed Monday in…
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John Candy’s family opens up about the beauty and pain unearthed by Emmy-nominated doc
Rosemary Candy married John Candy all the way back in 1979, but even she learned something new about her late husband in the documentary “John Candy: I Like Me.” In an archived TV interview, John said he didn’t think his blind date initially liked him, adding, “But I was going to show her — ‘How…
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What’s the difference between fashionably late and straight-up rude? We asked three experts.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who find it acceptable to be a little tardy and those who consider it an affront to all that is decent. As someone who frequently runs late, I’m often relieved when someone else is, too. And I don’t mind if a friend is a bit…
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Eyes roll as ‘gaslighting’ Trump accused of uncorking new ‘market manipulation’ ploy
Critics let out a collective sigh Tuesday following reports that a “possible deal” to restart U.S.-Iran peace talks was being circulated between Washington and Tehran, a report that led one progressive activist to allege the news to be just the latest example of President Donald Trump’s “market manipulation.” Trump has repeatedly claimed productive talks with…