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In a year that began with a memecoin trading frenzy, stablecoins have emerged as the respectable face of the crypto industry.

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In Pirates of the Caribbean, Jack and Will use an overturned dinghy to hold air underwater. Madness or brilliance?

Ricoh’s cult-inspiring pocketable camera gets a small update, with important improvements in autofocus and image quality.

Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too.

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Militias and far-right extremists believed they would be central to Trump’s mass deportation plans. Instead he militarized law enforcement agencies.

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Research shows that watching a simulated fire may have real psychological benefits.

Although wolf-canine interbreeding has been considered extremely rare, the latest research shows that many present-day canines carry a small amount of wolf genes.

This compact 2.1 soundbar system offers realistic Dolby Atmos surround sound.

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Apple, Michigan taxpayers, and one of Detroit’s wealthiest families spent roughly $30 million training hundreds of people to build iPhone apps. Not everyone lands coding jobs right away.

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Big AI companies courted controversy by scraping wide swaths of the public internet. With the rise of AI agents, the next data grab is far more private.

A surge of AI-generated content is frustrating Pinterest users and left some questioning whether the platform still works at all.

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The New York Police Department's “mosque-raking” program targeted Muslim communities across NYC. Now, as the city's first Muslim mayor takes office, one man is fighting—again—to fully expose it.

More accurate and individualized health predictions will allow for preventative factors to be implemented well in advance.

Users of AI image generators are offering each other instructions on how to use the tech to alter pictures of women into realistic, revealing deepfakes.

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