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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Australian singer/songwriter Vance Joy, who wrote the 2013 hit “Riptide” and has won numerous awards for his discography, will be performing at Artpark in the fall. Featured on Joy’s EP debut “Dream Your Life Away,” “Riptide” remained on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for 43 weeks. “Dream Your Life Away” sold […]
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HAMPTON – A Carter County man has been arrested in connection with the burglary of a local church. Investigators with the Carter County Sheriff’s Office arrested Douglas Lee Shaver, 36, of Elizabethton, charging him with theft of property, burglary, and attempted burglary of a motor vehicle. The charges stem from an investigation into a break-in […]
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Google’s crappy “AI Overviews” regularly spits out incorrect answers — and now, apparently, it’s being entrusted with medical advice. In a self-congratulatory blog post, Google’s chief health officer Karen DeSalvo claimed that “recent health-focused advancements on [sic] Gemini models” and “our best-in-class quality and ranking systems” will allow the janky feature to “cover thousands more […]
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Gwyneth Paltrow gave an update on her company Goop in a cover story for Vanity Fair. Paltrow founded the lifestyle brand Goop in 2008 and it has raised more than $140 million from investors including Greycroft and G9 Ventures, according to Pitchbook. The brand is often regarded as one of the first examples of a […]
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If you’ve been eyeing a Chromebook Plus that nails both performance and sleek design, there’s a device on sale that you need to be paying attention to. The ASUS ExpertBook CX54 Chromebook Plus has returned to its lowest price ever, making an already-fantastic device even more appealing. Oddly enough, this amazing device gets shuffled aside […]
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Comedian Andrew Schulz recently told The Daily Beast that “of course” having Donald Trump on his podcast last year furthered Schulz’s reputation of being “a right-wing MAGA lunatic,” even though he says that couldn’t be further from the truth. Schulz invited Trump onto the “Flagrant” podcast in early October, about a month before Election Day. […]
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If there is one set of weapons in Helldivers 2 that players seem to shy away from, it’s the SMGs. But that might change with the latest patch, which rebalances weapons like SMGs and rifles. It also sneaks in some big changes — this time for the Automaton forces.But first, let’s talk upgrades. Five SMGs […]
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told an audience in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday the Trump administration “has thrown in its lot with the autocrats.” “Autocracy is on the march,” Clinton said, apparently at the World Forum on the Future of Democracy, Tech and Humankind. “And we now have a government in the United States… […]
Read MoreVerizon has announced that it will now support sending text messages via satellite on phones from the Pixel 9 and Galaxy S25 lineup. Both Google and Samsung’s current phones support satellite connectivity, but neither has really leveraged the skill outside of the Satellite SOS feature that was added to Android 15.Sending texts via satellite will […]
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Nvidia has reportedly acquired Gretel, a San Diego-based startup that’s developed a platform to generate synthetic AI training data. Terms of the acquisition are unknown. The price tag is reportedly nine figures and exceeds Gretel’s most recent valuation of $320 million, according to Wired. Gretel and its team of roughly 80 employees will be folded […]
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