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The Beats Studio Buds Plus are on sale for less than $100 for Presidents Day

If you like how well AirPods work with iPhones but want something more colorful and flexible, the Beats Studio Buds Plus are a nice middle ground. They’re platform-agnostic and are on sale for $99.95 ($70 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, Target, and Walmart for Presidents Day. The deal includes the eye-catching translucent option and is […]

Best Xbox Game Pass games to play this weekend (Feb. 13-15)

We recommend a variety of Xbox Game Pass games to save you from endlessly searching for a new game to play this weekend.

Starfleet Academy's dark new episode changes the series' stakes

Co-showrunner Alex Kurtzman says he wants to show what it takes to be part of Starfleet. Paul Giamatti just says it's fun to play a villain for once.

FBI Announces They Have Located Savannah Guthrie

WASHINGTON—Praising the tireless efforts of the hundreds of agents who worked around the clock on the case, FBI director Kash Patel announced Friday that after almost two anguishing weeks, Savannah Guthrie had at last been located. “This morning before dawn, a hostage rescue team stormed a New York City townhouse and freed Savannah, who miraculously did […]

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Some former employees blame xAI's staff exodus on xAI's focus on NSFW Grok and disregard for safety, constantly playing catch up to OpenAI, infighting, and more (Hayden Field/The Verge)

Hayden Field / The Verge:
Some former employees blame xAI's staff exodus on xAI's focus on NSFW Grok and disregard for safety, constantly playing catch up to OpenAI, infighting, and more  —  Former employees say the restructuring followed tensions over safety and being “stuck in the catch-up phase.”