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Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Agnes, a bespectacled 20-year-old poet, likes tarot cards and late-night philosophy debates. She has a crush on Finn, a 22-year-old farmer who knits in his free time. Finn’s friend Jade, 22, also lives in the countryside, where she forages for mushrooms and bakes bread. Jade, Finn and Agnes are […]

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (NEW YORK) — For anyone who purchased a shimmery metallic mug with Starbucks branding over the holiday season, it’s time to take stock of what’s in your cupboard and immediately stop using any recalled items. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday that four types of ceramic mugs […]

Thomas Northcut/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Buying a house in the United States is considerably more expensive than renting right now, and the real estate market is expected to stay that way for at least the next five years, according to a new analysis. The analysis out Thursday from CBRE, a firm that tracks real […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The Biden administration sued Apple on Thursday, alleging the tech giant created a monopoly in the smartphone market by blocking competitors from accessing hardware and software features of the iPhone. The lawsuit, filed by the Department of Justice in federal court in New Jersey, is the latest in a series […]

The MBUX virtual assistant “is the most human-like interface with a Mercedes-Benz yet,” according to the company, an d advanced 3D graphics make interactions with the driver more natural, intuitive and personalized. (Mercedes-Benz) (NEW YORK) — The artificially intelligent computer KITT from Knight Rider could do it all — drive solo, speak to humans, land […]

d3sign/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After months of egg prices slowly falling, the staple Easter item is on the rise again in part due to a resurgence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in egg-laying flocks, commonly referred to as bird flu. Since the start of November, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant […]

The TikTok logo on a smartphone arranged in New York, March 9, 2023. (Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Senators from both sides of the aisle warned Wednesday that TikTok endangers millions of users in the United States — as Congress continues to weigh how to protect U.S. national security amid growing concern that […]

Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, opting to keep rates highly elevated as progress toward lower inflation has stalled. The move pushes back rate cuts that the central bank expects to make some time this year. The Fed Funds rate remains between 5.25% and 5.5%, matching its […]

SpaceX, Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, arrives for a US Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum at the U.S. Capitol, Sept. 13, 2023, in Washington. (Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Some of the world’s largest companies and richest people are fighting over a question that will help shape the future […]

In-N-Out Burger opened a new store, Dec. 7, 2023, in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. (Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Earlier this week, the California General Assembly passed a bill that alters the Golden State’s new law raising the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 an hour, which […]