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California is launching a new incentive program for first-time electric vehicle buyers that gives companies like Rivian and Lucid an edge.Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill, SB 168, into law on Monday that will give first-time EV customers an instant incentive of $3,500 on a new vehicle and $1,750 toward…
OpenAI employees are coming out in support of their CEO, saying that, yes, he’s actually very receptive to critical feedback.Eric Mitchell, who co-leads OpenAI’s Post-training Frontiers team, wrote that there were multiple times when he “directly disagreed with, corrected, or expressed frustration with leadership to Sam.””Sam always responded with curiosity,…
Louisiana is where Beyoncé’s mother, fashion designer Tina Knowles, was born and raised.In 2015, multiple news outlets reported that the couple purchased a Spanish Baroque-style mansion in New Orleans’ Garden District. The house on Harmony Street, locally known as La Casa de Castille, was listed for $2.6 million at the…
An overseas trip to Canada in 2016 marked the first time that William, Kate, and their kids went on a royal tour as a family of four.During an appearance at a children’s party honoring the military, Charlotte, 1, clutched a balloon flower as her father, William, held her. A sweet…
“Moana” bellyflopped in its box-office debut, and the miss should provide Disney film executives with some hard-earned lessons.Disney’s new live-action remake about the uber-popular Polynesian princess failed to bring audiences aboard, with a $43 million domestic opening that was only slightly above the disastrous start for the “Snow White” remake…
On Sunday, New York City’s Yankee Stadium was certainly a concrete jungle where dreams are made of — at least, for the thousands of Jay-Z fans who waited hours to see the rapper take the stage for the third and final night of his residency there.A four-hour delay caused the…
Between freezing temperatures and blizzards dumping feet of snow that last for weeks, Rhode Island can be brutal in the winter. Once it gets warm enough for ice-cream stands to put out their “Open” flags and hydrangeas to bloom, though, everything changes.As a lifelong local, I’ve always believed that summer…
Paramount Skydance’s plan to buy Warner Bros. Discovery is running into resistance.State attorneys general from California, New York, New Jersey, and nine others have sued David Ellison’s media company, alleging its WBD deal is anticompetitive and harmful for consumers.”The unlawful merger of these two entertainment behemoths would lead to higher…
President Donald Trump says the US will reinstate a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and impose a 20% fee “on all cargo shipped” to help pay for it.”The Hormuz Strait is OPEN, and will remain OPEN, with or without Iran,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday morning. “We…
Meta is pushing advertisers to use its AI tools — and results are proving chaotic: strangely twisted limbs, gibberish writing, or entirely changed products.Meta’s response to brands: That’s on you, not us.The tech giant has inserted a slew of AI features into its ad products in recent months. Working as…
