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Forget guardrails, Trump says all the AI industry needs is a smart president

The White House is back to warring with Anthropic.On Monday, President Donald Trump lashed out at Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei after Amodei published an essay urging a slowdown in global frontier AI development.”The Trump Administration has stopped AI ‘people’ from doing bad, or potentially bad, ‘things,’ like Dario (Anthropic!), who…

Starbucks Is Set to Release an Adorable Snoopy Cup: How to Get It

Snoopy and the “Peanuts” gang are coming to a Starbucks coffeehouse near you. On Sept. 15, Starbucks locations around the world will launch a new limited-edition merchandise collection inspired by “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” that includes drinkware and accessories, the coffee chain announced earlier this month. The collaboration…

Instagram wants you to pay for its AI photo-editing filters

I was having some unfettered fun playing with Instagram’s new filters.Then I got hit with a paywall.”Upgrade to Meta One Core to apply more AI effects or wait until tomorrow,” a pop-up said on my screen. Curious, I clicked “Upgrade.”I was given the option for a free trial of Meta…

4 Bills You Shouldn’t Put on Autopay

One way to reach your financial goals is to “set it and forget it” when saving and investing money. You can even put important bills on autopay to avoid late payment fees. But not everything should go on autopay. There are some bills that, once on auto-renewal, can drain your…

Costco’s Motor Oil Costs over  More Than Last Year. Here’s Why

Costco Wholesale has begun rationing motor oil at its stores and charging just over 61% more for its motor oil products than it did nine months ago. Costco’s 2-pack of 5-quart Kirkland Signature 5W-30 Full Synthetic Motor Oil costs $57.99, compared to $35.99 in December. Another motor oil product, the…

The 10 states that vaccinate the most — and the 10 that vaccinate the least

The likelihood of experiencing a vaccine-preventable disease outbreak has much to do with where you live.A September report from the personal finance website WalletHub analyzed US vaccination rates across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, using data from the US Census Bureau, the Centers for Disease Control and…

Here’s the severance package Oracle offered laid-off US employees

Oracle is offering recently laid-off employees four weeks of severance and an additional week per year of service, according to documents viewed by Business Insider.The latest documents did not state Oracle’s maximum severance, but the company’s standard pay plan, as reported by Business Insider in March, capped severance at 26 weeks.…