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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday vetoed a bill that would have guaranteed a minimum wage and other protections for Uber and Lyft drivers. “Ride-share… Read More »Minnesota Governor vetoes gig worker pay
Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solutions on Thursday announced plans to build a $4.3 billion electric vehicle battery factory in Georgia, the newest clean… Read More »Hyundai and LG are planning a $4.3 billion battery factory in Georgia
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Top White House officials and Republican lawmakers struck a deal Thursday that would raise the two-year debt limit while imposing strict caps on discretionary spending… Read More »White House and GOP strike deal to raise debt ceiling
Within hours of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announcing his presidential run on Twitter on Wednesday, attendees at the audio event were celebrating the achievement. David… Read More »How DeSantis’ Twitter Spaces event compares to previous live streams
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Nicholas Gray, the founder of Gray’s Papaya, a hot dog stand in a window display whose culinary eccentricity, competitive pricing, clever slogans and apparent immutability… Read More »Nicholas Gray, whose Gray papaya became a hot dog mecca, dies at age 86
Google’s generative search results turn the normally stark white results page into an array of pastel colors. Google An example search for Bluetooth speakers. The… Read More »Google Search begins rolling out ChatGPT-style generative AI results
eight years ago, the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency staged a painful-to-watch competition in which robots slowly struggled (and often failed) to perform a… Read More »Humanoid robots are growing up
