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AI-written mushroom hunting guides sold on Amazon potentially deadly
Field guides have always varied in quality. But with more manuals for identifying natural objects now being written with artificial intelligence chatbots, the possibility of readers getting deadly …
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Disney aims to narrow lawsuit against DeSantis to free speech
Disney wants to narrow the scope of its federal lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis to just a free speech claim that the Florida governor retaliated against the company because of its public oppo…
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Diamond demand is falling so fast—courtesy lab-grown stones—De Beers is cutting some prices by more than 40%
One of the world’s most popular types of rough diamonds has plunged into a pricing free fall, as a growing number of Americans choose engagement rings made from lab-grown stones instead. Diamond …
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How to be a happier parent
As the saying goes, “happy wife, happy life.” But does it stand to reason that a “happy parent happy family” could also be true? Sure, it doesn’t rhyme, but the sentiment remains the same. Altho…
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Tesla owners rail at Elon Musk over new price cuts
When Tesla slashes prices, as it did this week, shoppers looking for electric vehicles generally benefit. But for anyone who buys a Tesla right before such price cuts, the frustration can be acut…
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Burning Man dubbed ‘Trench Foot 2023’ as rain drenches event
Burning Man is stuck in the mud. The weeklong annual event in the Nevada desert, popular among Silicon Valley elites, has this year been pummeled by rain, and some 70,000 attendees are being told …
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SoftBank lines up Apple, Nvidia, Intel as strategic investors for Arm IPO as chipmaker rides A.I. wave
SoftBank Group Corp. has lined up some of Arm Ltd.’s biggest customers as strategic investors for the chip company’s initial public offering, including Apple Inc., Nvidia Corp., Intel Corp. a…
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Baby boomers are the real 'job hoppers,' not millennials: BLS study
The ideal job of the 1950s looked a great deal like a marriage. As Fortune editor William Whyte wrote in his classic workplace study The Organization Man , by midcentury, the ranks of the rapidly g…
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Labor Day to highlight UPS contract win, Hollywood strike
Labor Day is right around the corner, along with the big sales and barbecues that come with it. But the activist roots of the holiday are especially visible this year as unions challenge how worker…
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Texas plan for armed officers at all schools meets reality
A vision of armed officers at every school in Texas is crashing into the reality of not enough money or police as a new mandate took effect Friday, showing how a goal more states are embracing in re…
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UAW accuses GM, Stellantis of unfair labor practices
The United Auto Workers union says it has filed unfair labor practice complaints against Stellantis and General Motors for failing to make counteroffers to the union’s economic demands. Ford wa…
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Elon Musk sped Twitter deal so he could fire top execs
Cross Elon Musk at your own peril—it turns out the world’s wealthiest entrepreneur is the vengeful type. According to an upcoming biography by acclaimed author Walter Isaacson, the Twitter closi…
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Oprah, Dwayne Johnson commit millions to Maui fire fund
Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson have committed $10 million to make direct payments to people on Maui who are unable to return to their homes because of the wildfires , through a new fund they ann…
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Cannabis industry cheers federal health agency's recommendation
Specifically, the federal Health and Human Services Department has recommended taking marijuana out of a category of drugs deemed to have “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential fo…
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Without updating, the safety net benefits curb
Social Security turned just 88 this past year, spry all things considered, especially for a nationally implemented federal institution. The same age as Dames Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, the progr…
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AI-written mushroom hunting guides sold on Amazon potentially deadly
Field guides have always varied in quality. But with more manuals for identifying na…
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