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Pope Leo XIV is back on social media, with a message of peace
Pope Leo XIV has taken over the Vatican’s official social media handles. The Vatican posted a first Instagram post Tuesday repeating the first words Leo said to the world as pope: “Peace be with you all!”
AP News - May 13, 2025 9:39pm EDT
AI tool put to test sifting public views on botox and fillers
The technology's success sorting comments on cosmetic surgery paves the way for its wider use, the government says.
BBC News - May 13, 2025 9:32pm EDT
Pete Buttigieg hammers Trump at Iowa town hall amid 2028 presidential speculation
Buttigieg criticized the Trump administration on a wide range of issues at a Cedar Rapids event, focusing on core issues of freedom around speech and due process.
NBC News - May 13, 2025 9:32pm EDT
A decade of digital rights: Where has Big Tech's progress gone?
In a world with rising authoritarianism, the report shows that many Big Tech companies are largely continuing with “business as usual,” failing to address critical issues.
Global Voices - May 13, 2025 9:03pm EDT
Kosmos 482: Soviet-era spacecraft 'likely' to have re-entered Earth's atmosphere
The spacecraft, which launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus, circled Earth for over five decades.
BBC News - May 13, 2025 8:49pm EDT
Elementary schools in Maryland evacuated after heavy rains cause flooding
No injuries were reported, but rescuers used boats in the effort to get people out of the area in Allegany County on Tuesday.
NBC News - May 13, 2025 8:32pm EDT
Apple reportedly considering raising prices for its upcoming fall iPhone lineup
Raising prices could help Apple cushion higher costs stemming from tariffs that have hampered global supply chains and forced the company to shift more production to India
The Globe and Mail - May 13, 2025 8:10pm EDT
UK government to launch AI tool to speed up public consultations
Guardian UK - May 13, 2025 8:05pm EDT
Dallas Mavericks were paid $33 million over 3 years by Chime for jersey patch
In Chime Financial's IPO prospectus on Tuesday, the company disclosed terms of its sponsorship deal with the NBA's Dallas Mavericks.
CNBC - May 13, 2025 7:17pm EDT
All eyes on Cassie as the prosecution's star witness testifies in Diddy's trial
In today's edition of Diddy on Trial, we take a closer look at R&B singer Casandra Ventura's first day on the witness stand.
NBC News - May 13, 2025 7:12pm EDT
Psychedelics Allowed Ancient Peruvians to Consolidate Power, Study Says
Gizmodo - May 13, 2025 7:10pm EDT
Meghan Trainor changes lyrics to 'All About That Bass' following weight loss
The singer altered a line in the 2014 hit song during a recent performance.
NBC News - May 13, 2025 6:32pm EDT
Microsoft lays off about 3% of its workforce in what one executive calls a 'day with a lot of tears'
Microsoft began laying off about 6,000 workers Tuesday, nearly 3% of its entire workforce and its largest job cuts in more than two years as the company spends heavily on artificial intelligence.
AP News - May 13, 2025 6:13pm EDT
$100 million New Jersey deli fraudster Peter Coker Sr. gets six months in jail
Coker's son, a former fugitive, is due to be sentenced later in the day for the New Jersey deli scheme, which also involved a shell company.
CNBC - May 13, 2025 5:32pm EDT
“Google wanted that”: Nextcloud decries Android permissions as “gatekeeping”
Without full file access, it’s kind of hard to use your own cloud.
Ars Technica - May 13, 2025 5:18pm EDT
Gladstone A.I. co-founders Jeremie Harris and Edouard Harris examine the investment focus of President Donald Trump’s Middle East trip on ‘The Will Cain Show.’
Fox News - May 13, 2025 4:54pm EDT
Google is testing AI search on its homepage
Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, Alphabet investors have been concerned that OpenAI could take market share from Google in search.
CNBC - May 13, 2025 4:03pm EDT
Feds ask Musk's car company how its driverless taxis will avoid causing accidents in Texas rollout
Federal safety regulators have asked Elon Musk's car company to explain how its driverless taxis will avoid causing accidents when they hit the road in Texas next month before a national “robotaxi” launch that is key to keeping Tesla's stock price aloft.
AP News - May 13, 2025 3:45pm EDT