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Snapchat launches new AR and ML tools for brands and advertisers

At the 2024 IAB NewFronts event on Wednesday, Snapchat announced a series of new augmented reality (AR) and machine learning (ML) tools designed to help brands and advertisers reach users on the social network with interactive experiences. The company said that it’s been investing in ML and automation to make it faster and easier for […]

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Boebert's Bill To Remove Gray Wolves From Endangered Species List Passes

The war on gray wolves continues in Congress as it has for at least the last twenty years. Usually, politicians from rural districts where ranching co-exists alongside introduced gray wolves will cynically use this issue to get some attention and pander for votes, and that’s what Boebert is doing here as she struggles to remain

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Busy Philipps Details Being Diagnosed With ADHD Alongside Daughter Birdie

Busy Philipps received an ADHD diagnosis after she took her now 15-year-old daughter, Birdie, to an ADHD evaluation. “My older daughter was having some issues in school and we took her to be evaluated. And literally in the evaluation, my ex-husband, Marc [Silverstein], we were looking at each other because everything the doctor was asking

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"Belligerent" United passenger faces hefty fine. Here's how much.

Unruly behavior on airplanes can lead to hefty fines for passengers.  Just ask Alexander Michael Dominic MacDonald, from Chelmsford, England, who this week was ordered to pay $20,638 to United Airlines for his outbursts on a flight from London, England, to Newark, New Jersey, in March.  The incident kicked off when MacDonald, 30, was having

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Emily Blunt Thanks Taylor Swift for Praising Her Self-Conscious Daughter

Emily Blunt, Taylor Swift. Getty Images (2) Emily Blunt is thanking Taylor Swift for a very special moment the singer shared with her oldest child. The Oppenheimer star, 41, is an acknowledged Swiftie, and her daughters, Hazel, 10, and Violet, 7, have met Swift, 34. During an appearance on the Monday, April 29, episode of

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From Connie Chan to Ethan Kurzweil, venture capitalists continue to play musical chairs

When Keith Rabois announced he was leaving Founders Fund to return to Khosla Ventures in January, it came as a shock to many in the venture capital ecosystem — and not just because Rabois is a big name in the industry. It was surprising because unlike in many other fields, venture capitalists don’t traditionally move

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Anthropic launches new iPhone app and premium plan for businesses

Anthropic, one of the world’s best-funded generative AI startups with $7.6 billion in the bank, is launching a new paid plan aimed at enterprises, including those in highly regulated industries like healthcare, finance and legal, as well as a new iOS app. Team, the enterprise plan, gives customers higher-priority access to Anthropic’s Claude 3 family

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Dance Moms Cast Says Reunion Was Healing and Therapeutic

‘Dance Moms’ Cast Wanted to Take Back Narrative With ‘Healing’ Reunion

The Dance Moms cast once left their moves on the dance floor, and now they’re leaving their emotions out on a reunion stage. Lifetime enlisted the OG reality stars — save for Nia Sioux, Maddie Ziegler and Mackenzie Ziegler — to return for a special sit-down and revisit their collective Dance Moms tenure. “I kind

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There Are Only 6 Major Cities Left in the U.S. With 'Affordable' Homes Matching Median Incomes — Here's the List

Only six major U.S. cities have median home prices that a household making the local median income could afford. An April report from Clever Real Estate compared the income needed to afford a home in major U.S. cities to the actual income earned by the typical household. The report considered a home affordable to a

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Scientists Allege a TikTok Famous Monkey Was Stolen From the Wild in Florida — And Not Rescued From a Lab, as His Influencer Owner Claims

A TikTok famous monkey is in the crosshairs of controversy after scientists in Florida claimed that the primate was stolen from a colony — and not rescued from a lab as his owner alleges. The account, called Thabo and Ray, features 31-year-old influencer Kim Raymond Feaste and his monkey, Thabo, on daily adventures in the

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