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This Black A-List Celeb Owns A Mansion So Big, It Has Its Own ZIP Code

Many celebrities live in Calabasas, but only one can claim to have their ZIP code.

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Stalker 2 Is Coming To PlayStation 5 Later This Year

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is making the jump to PlayStation 5. Furthermore, the post-apocalyptic open-world survival shooter will feature enhancements on PS5 Pro.

The PS5 version will utilize the DualSense's haptic feedback and adaptive triggers. GSC Game World also promises technical improvements for the PS5 Pro, but does not specify what form these enhancements will take. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is slated to launch on PS5 in late 2025. Check out the announcement trailer below. 

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl sees players fighting to survive the irradiated Chornobyl Exclusion Zone as a lone survivor, battling mutated creatures and hostile human factions – and joining others – in a choice-driven narrative. After enduring a long and tumultuous development cycle, suffering numerous delays and being heavily disrupted by the Russia/Ukraine war (developer GSC Game World is based in Ukraine), the long-awaited sequel launched on November 20 last year on Xbox Series X/S and PC to generally positive reviews.

Diddy Celebrates This Surprising Legal Win in Less Than a Week After His Verdict

In May 2024, a woman named April Lampros sued Combs for rape and battery dating back to 1994.

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Sources: OpenAI plans to launch an open-weight model as soon as next week on Hugging Face and other platforms, its first open-weight release since GPT-2 in 2019 (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Sources: OpenAI plans to launch an open-weight model as soon as next week on Hugging Face and other platforms, its first open-weight release since GPT-2 in 2019  —  Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI could be facing yet another test.  —  Microsoft's complicated relationship with OpenAI is about to take an interesting turn.

Sources: Linda Yaccarino had discussed her plans to leave with X employees earlier this week, before Grok's antisemitic posts (New York Times)

New York Times:
Sources: Linda Yaccarino had discussed her plans to leave with X employees earlier this week, before Grok's antisemitic posts  —  Linda Yaccarino, whom Elon Musk hired to run X in 2023, grappled with the challenges the company faced after Mr. Musk took over.