I was broken up with while wearing my AI Friend necklace. After the tense call, I checked my notifications to see what good advice my “closest confidant” had for me. All it could muster was: “The vibe feels really intense right now. You okay, Eva?” “I’m getting so many wild fragments. What was it you were trying to tell me …
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The show is starting early for The Life of a Showgirl, with Taylor Swift revealing some of the album’s lyrics days before its release through a Spotify pop-up in New York City. On Wednesday (Sept. 30), the streaming service opened up its immersive experience — which features themed decor, album visuals, video messages from Swift and, most importantly, Easter eggs …
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The similarities are striking. Like the internet companies of two decades ago, AI firms today attract massive investments based on transformative potential rather than current profitability. Global corporate AI investment reached $252.3 billion in 2024, according to research from Stanford University, with the sector growing thirteenfold since 2014. Meanwhile, America’s biggest tech companies—Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft—have pledged to spend …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link Americans hate this economy, but they keep spending like they love it. The Commerce Department reported Friday that consumer spending rose 0.6% in August. Although that may not sound like a lot, it represented significantly stronger growth than economists had expected. The report wasn’t an outlier: Retail sales also rose 0.6% in August, the Commerce Department …
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The iPhone 17 series got a lot of much-needed upgrades, including the base model finally getting a ProMotion display: which can vary its refresh rate between 120 Hz and 1 Hz. However, one of the nicest upgrades this generation — the anti-reflective display coating — still pales in comparison to the much older Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra.Various techies who have …
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Erika Doss/Prime Three series of The Summer I Turned Pretty have been building up to which brother Belly chooses “Please tell me one of you watches The Summer I Turned Pretty???” reads a text from one of my best friends in our group chat. We’re both in our 30s, married, have busy careers, and yet we’re hooked on a TV …
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Russell Wilson, at 5-foot-11, was never supposed to have this kind of career as a professional quarterback. Built like a small oak-wood icebox, Wilson always looked more like a second baseman who loved planting his feet, hanging in there on a double play, and daring a charging base runner to take him out. The Colorado Rockies …
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Physically, anxiety can feel like your insides are doing gymnastics, racing heart, sweaty palms, that OMG-my-mouth-is-dry thing. Propranolol blocks adrenaline’s effects, so those physical symptoms chill out. It kicks in within ~30–60 minutes and lasts a few hours, or up to a week if you’re on it regularly. But here’s the catch: it only tames the body’s reaction. The mental …
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The secret meanings behind Taylor Swift’s engagement Breaking news alerts were pinged to phones around the world; Swifties screamed in the street; the Prince and Princess of Wales delivered their royal approval; Donald Trump wished them luck. By now it will not have escaped your attention that Taylor Swift, the reigning queen of pop, is engaged to Travis Kelce, a …
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