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The 50-year struggle to get Best Casting into the Oscars
The Academy Award for Best Casting is the first new category to be added the Oscars in more than two decades. | Emma McIntyre/WireImage On Sunday night, the Academy Awards will confer their first...
JBL’s new party speaker comes with a karaoke mic that helps you hit those high notes
JBL’s new wireless mics can improve your pitch. | Image: JBL Karaoke is more fun for everyone when the person holding the mic sounds as good as a song's original performer. So the latest addition...
US regulators CFTC and SEC move closer together as crypto and prediction markets expand
U.S. financial regulators are tightening their working relationship as fast-growing digital asset platforms and event-driven trading markets challenge the traditional boundaries of financial...
Iran-linked cyber attack targets US medtech giant Stryker
This marks Iran’s first significant cyberattack against the US since the war started. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images US medical equipment provider Stryker said its global networks...
Iran-linked cyber attack targets US medtech giant Stryker
This marks Iran’s first significant cyberattack against the US since the war started. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images US medical equipment provider Stryker said its global networks...
Uber is piloting a robotaxi service in Tokyo
Uber has teamed up with UK self-driving car startup Wayve and Nissan to launch a pilot program for a robotaxi service in Tokyo in late 2026. The program will use Nissan Leaf EVs powered by Wayve’s...
Valve pushes back against lawsuits claiming loot boxes violate gambling laws
Valve is pushing back against accusations that the loot boxes used in its games amount to illegal gambling, as the company faces mounting lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny over the system. In a...
How Epstein’s biggest financial client shaped millennial teen culture
A tween shops at Roosevelt Field Mall circa 2001. | Photo by James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images The 2000s saw what was perhaps the final generation of American mall teens, before the malls became...
How to help everyday people suffering in Iran — and beyond
The Iran war has led to a mounting humanitarian crisis across the Middle East, and threatens to harm many more people near and far. | Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/AFP via Getty Images We’re making...
NVIDIA- and Uber-backed Nuro is testing autonomous vehicles in Tokyo
US self-driving startup Nuro, which is backed by the likes of NVIDIA, Toyota and Uber, has started testing its autonomous vehicles on Tokyo's challenging streets, Bloomberg reported. The...