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Louisiana School Counselor Charged With Inappropriately Texting 14-Year-Old Student Meets a Shocking Fate

The Root

After an arrest warrant was issued for a Baton Rouge school counselor who allegedly flirted with a 14-year-old student, police made a grim discovery.

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Sources: ByteDance and Alibaba both plan to release flagship AI models around China's mid-February Lunar New Year holiday, including ByteDance's Doubao 2.0 (The Information)

Techmeme

The Information:
Sources: ByteDance and Alibaba both plan to release flagship AI models around China's mid-February Lunar New Year holiday, including ByteDance's Doubao 2.0  —  The battle for AI dominance in China is reaching new heights.  Tech giants ByteDance and Alibaba Group are both poised to release …

Nothing CEO Carl Pei says the company's flagship Phone 4 won't launch in 2026: "We're not just going to churn out a new flagship every year for the sake of it" (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

Techmeme

Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Nothing CEO Carl Pei says the company's flagship Phone 4 won't launch in 2026: “We're not just going to churn out a new flagship every year for the sake of it”  —  CEO Carl Pei says there's no new flaghip on the way, but teased improvements for the 4A series instead.

All the Kung Fu Panda movies are good family films, but Kung Fu Panda 3 is made especially for dads

Polygon - All
Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Kung Fu Panda 3, a heartfelt animated film that explores themes of fatherhood and personal growth through the eyes of Po and his three father figures.

Best gas masks

The Verge - All Posts
I was tear gassed by the government for the first time in July 2020 at one of the many Black Lives Matter protests that broke out all over the country. The feeling is excruciating, like your lungs are trying to kill you from the inside out. The sting in your eyes is painful, too. But […]