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Apple Is Suing OpenAI for Allegedly Stealing Hardware Secrets
Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its hardware chief on Friday for allegedly stealing the iPhone-maker’s trade secrets, including unreleased parts and prototypes, confidential designs, and documents about stealth projects. The lawsuit accuses OpenAI chief hardware officer Tang Tan, who spent 24 years at Apple and oversaw iPhone product design, and his colleagues at…
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Lucerne Valley brush fire ignites multiple structures; ammunition reported exploding
Multiple homes and outbuildings were on fire after a brush fire quickly spread in Lucerne Valley, fire officials said. Firefighters with the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District were called about the small fire just before noon, said Capt. Eric Sherwin, but southern winds quickly moved the flames toward nearby homes. “We do have structures…
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Fed-up MAGA rep calls for ‘smoking out some rats’ in Senate GOP as standoff festers
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is giving an ongoing headache to House leadership by continuing to refuse to vote for any rules that would allow normal business in the chamber to resume. According to Punchbowl News, Luna, a devout MAGA ally, “has held a blockade on rules … in frustration with the Senate’s inaction on…
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America Is Drowning in Sports
This summer’s lineup of sporting events has been an embarrassment of riches. This morning, the No. 1 men’s tennis player in the world (Jannik Sinner) and the winningest men’s tennis player of all time (Novak Djokovic) played in the semifinal of the biggest tennis tournament in the world (Wimbledon). In the afternoon, Spain and Belgium…
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For Belgium’s Beltway fans, a rout was the best revenge
Belgium’s sports authorities do not appear to have fully moved past the controversy that shrouded their Round of 16 matchup against the United States, but Belgian fans in Washington have. Folarin Balogun, the American striker whose red-card punishment was suspended by FIFA just before that game, is now barely top of mind. “I don’t think…
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Dan Finnerty profaned Bonnie Tyler’s hit in ‘Old School.’ He regrets the f-bombs at her shows
For a certain swath of millennials, Dan Finnerty’s rendition of Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of The Heart” in the frat comedy “Old School” is its definitive performance. In the 2003 film, The Dan Band’s sweaty, inappropriately exuberant version of the ‘80s power ballad upstages Will Ferrell’s wedding. The scene forever changed the lyrics of Tyler’s…
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Trump fires remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission
President Donald Trump fired the remaining three members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, or EAC, just months before the midterm elections, according to Reuters. The action follows a landmark Supreme Court decision overturning 90 years of precedent, granting Trump near-unlimited power to dismiss agency heads, even those Congress designed to be independent with merit…
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Oil giants to gain ‘billions’ from Iran war — but won’t ramp up drilling despite Trump’s insistence
The US energy industry is bracing for a huge windfall from the Iran war, but oil majors aren’t planning to ramp up drilling – even as the Trump administration pushes them to lower gasoline costs. President Trump has repeatedly pressured American energy giants to “Drill, baby drill!” and recently threatened to investigate the industry for…
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‘Devastated’ Bunnie Xo stopped eating, lost 20 pounds navigating Jelly Roll divorce
Bunnie Xo was so heartbroken following her split from Jelly Roll, she was almost hospitalized for malnutrition. “I lost 20 pounds,” she revealed on her “Dumb Blonde” podcast Friday. “I was not eating. I wasn’t drinking.” She added that there were moments where her friends had to get her IVs because she was so malnourished.…
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Gunman in deadly California high school graduation shooting caught in Texas, police say
The search for a gunman who shot four people at a high school graduation in Northern California, killing one, has ended with the arrest of a 17-year-old boy in Texas, police said. Fairfield Police Department said Friday morning that detectives had identified a male teenager as the suspect and learned he had fled the state…