Gen. David Allvin, the Air Force’s chief of staff, will retire this November after two years as the service’s highest-ranking uniformed officer. In a surprise announcement Monday, the Air Force said Allvin plans to continue serving as chief of staff until his successor is nominated and confirmed, to minimize disruption during the leadership change. “I’m grateful for the opportunity to …
Read More »In Surprise Move, Trump Taps Missouri Attorney General to Help Run F.B.I. The New York Times Missouri attorney general appointed co-deputy director of FBI ABC News Bondi, Patel tap Missouri AG as additional FBI co-deputy director alongside Bongino Fox News Bondi, Patel bring in Missouri AG to serve as FBI co-deputy director with Dan Bongino CNN Andrew Bailey stepping down as Missouri attorney general …
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Ben Stiller, Tramell Tillman and co. brought choreography and merriment with a surprise appearance at Cinespia‘s screening of Zoolander last night. The Severance director/EP took to the stage at the outdoor screening series to introduce the showing of the 2001 comedy satire film at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, before being upstaged by the USC Marching Band led by star Tillman. …
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If you’d thought that we’d seen the last of iOS 18 with the recent release of iOS 18.6, you wouldn’t have been alone. But Apple has released a new update that specifically brings back a missing feature to millions of Apple Watches. Apple iOS 18 SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images This post has the initial thoughts on the new release …
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08/16 update below. This post was originally published on August 15 Bitcoin has plummeted after soaring to a fresh all-time high this week, with the combined crypto market losing well over $100 billion despite Elon Musk quietly signalling his support. Sign up now for CryptoCodex—A free newsletter for the crypto-curious The bitcoin price, which has doubled since this time last …
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Don’t get me wrong, I like John Cena as much as the next guy, but I did not think he had this in him. James Gunn has been talking up Peacemaker season 2 like it’s a bigger key to the DCU than even Superman was, and fortunately for him, he appears to have crafted yet another hit. His highest scoring …
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Artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Perplexity has made a surprise $34.5bn (£25.6bn) takeover offer for Google’s Chrome internet browser. Moving Chrome to an independent operator committed to user safety would benefit the public, Perplexity said in a letter to Sundar Pichai, the boss of Google’s owner Alphabet. Google’s dominance of the search engine and online advertising market has come under intense …
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Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene changed the entire course of gaming in 2017 with the release of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, now known nonsensically as PUBG Battlegrounds. (Plunkbat forever.) Without it–for good or ill–we may not have Fortnite, one of the most successful games ever. PUBG isn’t doing too badly itself, with more than half a million people playing at least once every day. Now, Greene is …
Read More »Anthony Hernandez continues to show why he’s a force to be reckoned with. UFC Vegas 109 was no exception for the No. 10-ranked middleweight contender “Fluffy” this past Saturday, as he brutally choked Roman Dolidze in the fourth round to secure his eighth straight win. The performance was arguably Hernandez’s best, and it comes at a time when the division …
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BUFFALO – The Russell Wilson Era is starting earlier than expected for the Giants. In a surprise decision, Wilson and the rest of the Giants’ healthy first-teamers will start Saturday in the preseason opener against the Bills at 1 p.m. Head coach Brian Daboll had refused to reveal his plan before Thursday’s backups-heavy walk-through practice. Wilson is going to play …
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