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Karlie Kloss makes rare comment on her and husband Josh Kushner’s Trump family ties
Karlie Kloss is doubling down on being a Democrat. The model made a rare comment on her husband Josh Kushner’s Trump family ties in a Bloomberg Originals interview, published Wednesday. “I’m a Democrat. It’s possible to have relationships with people who you politically don’t align with,” she insisted. “And I think this country has always…
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Mark Zuckerberg Just Got Rather Badly Humiliated
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was just caught with not just his hand, but his entire arm, inside the cookie jar. In yet another sign that his company is seriously struggling to keep up in the AI race, Google informed Meta earlier this year that it was cutting Meta off from the Gemini AI capacity it…
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The Capital Is a Mess
Photographs by Caroline Gutman The capital city is an absolute mess. The White House is an active construction site, with cement trucks going through the same gates typically used by the president’s armored limousine. There’s a gaping hole where half of the building once stood, a project held up by lawsuits. The South Lawn and…
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7 Lesser-Known Google Account Settings You Should Change
When you’re jumping between the many different apps Google offers—Gmail, Google Maps, Google Calendar, YouTube, and all the rest—you may not be giving much thought to the Google account that underpins them all or to the myriad settings you can access that help to define your experience across all these apps. If you’ve never opened…
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Airbnb launches anti-July 4th party tech that tracks unruly guests and downgrades their booking
Party animals could land in the doghouse this weekend. Airbnb is employing anti-party technology before the July 4 weekend to combat higher-risk bookings that could lead to disruptive parties. The technology works by analyzing bookings via reservation length, distance between the guest’s location and the listing, property type and timing. If the booking gets flagged,…
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Alex Rodriguez makes out with mystery woman at star-studded party after Jaclyn Cordeiro breakup
Fireworks weren’t the only sparks flying at this Fourth of July bash. Alex Rodriguez was spotted making out with a mystery woman at Michael Rubin’s star-studded party in the Hamptons Wednesday night. In photos obtained by Page Six, the legendary athlete can be seen chatting with a brunette before the two shared a steamy kiss.…
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The Problem With SpaceX’s Secret “AI Device”
Elon Musk, as tech critic Ed Zitron astutely noted, is a master plate-spinner: he always seems to keep the crowd dazzled with an ever-rotating spread of shiny toys. The plate currently featured front and center, SpaceX, has been wobbling after an underwhelming IPO. So Musk is giving it another hearty twirl: a flashy new AI-integrated…
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Chris Meledandri on Why ‘Minions & Monsters’ Represents Illumination’s Future
Illumination is one of the undisputed kings of modern animation. The studio was founded in 2007 by producer Chris Meledandri. Earlier in his career, he had worked with producers Mark Gordon and John Hughes and run an animation division for 20th Century Fox that, following the costly Don Bluth failure “Titan A.E.,” eventually led to…
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American History as Rorschach Test
Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts In May, the Florida Department of Education announced an alternative to the Advanced Placement history course that it described in a press release as “free from ideological bias or indoctrination.” For years, Governor Ron DeSantis has fought the College Board, the group…
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AI Backlash Is Gaining Steam and 6 Other Insights Into the Creator Industry
Artificial intelligence remained a hot topic at this year’s Cannes Lions, with panelists publicly touting its opportunity for the creative and advertising industries. But the personal conversations I had about the technology on the branded beaches and in the swanky hotels last week sounded a bit different. Repeatedly, I was asked if I thought the…