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European investigators believe a Chinese-owned commercial ship deliberately dragged its anchor to sabotage the two undersea telecommunications cables cut in the Baltic Sea earlier this month. However, Western law enforcement and intelligence officials told The Wall Street Journal that they don’t believe the Chinese government was involved. Instead, the probe is focused on whether Russian … Read more

Right now, 8 million borrowers have their student loan payments on hold due to the legal challenges of the Biden administration-led Saving on a Valuable Education relief plan. But that’s not the case for millions of additional borrowers squeezing their monthly student loan payments into their budget during the holidays.  Elaine Rubin, a student loan and policy expert This time of … Read more

November isn’t everyone’s favorite month; it’s hellishly cold (no pun intended). However, when the Black Friday VPN offers fire up the furnace, it gets intensely hot. Perhaps it’s time to cool down and chill out with a safe and secure VPN. This year’s line-up is an amazing one, with discounts reaching up to 83%. The … Read more

Some companies try to be subtle when marketing products aimed at grooming your junk, with euphemisms like “Look your best, all over.” Others will be cheeky, like the aforementioned Crop Soother. Then there’s BALLS. Cofounded by Matt Edge and Tyler Ball (what are the odds?), this company makes electric razors like the Archibald trimmer specifically … Read more

Adults are spending an average of 4 hours and 20 minutes each day online across smartphones, tablets and computers in the U.K., according to figures from Ofcom’s annual Online Nation report diving into consumer digital habits. The figure is a big jump compared to 2023, when adults over 18 spent an average of 3 hours … Read more

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The recent release of OpenAI o1 has brought great attention to large reasoning models (LRMs), and is inspiring new models aimed at solving complex problems classic language models often struggle with. Building on the success of … Read more

The Federal Trade Commission has put Uber in its sights once again. Bloomberg reported that the regulator is investigating complaints about the Uber One subscription program. Customers alleged that the company signed users up for the service without their consent and made it difficult to cancel their subscriptions. According to documents seen by Bloomberg, the … Read more

The biggest shopping day of the year is just around the corner, and steep discounts on home, kitchen, electronics, and other categories are online now.

With Wicked reigning at the box office this week, fans are losing their Shiz over which villain is most responsible for the fallout between Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande). Blame is being squarely placed on the sister with the bejeweled shoes. But with other big bads revealed by the end of the two-part musical … Read more

The US government has been imposing similar export controls on China aimed at limiting its ability to mint advanced silicon for years, but the controls apparently didn’t stop Huawei from developing competitive chips for training large AI models. The Chinese tech giant, which was temporarily crippled by US sanctions half a decade ago, sent samples … Read more