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Bose’s new Lifestyle home audio lineup includes a speaker, soundbar and subwoofer
The new speakers will be available May 15.
Birth rates keep falling. We need to confront reality.
Let’s face it: Another baby boom isn’t coming anytime soon. The latest round of US birth data, released earlier this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, show the...
Every airline is Spirit Airlines now
Some analysts predict that the closure of Spirit Airlines will push other airlines’ fares up. | Giorgio Vera/AFP via Getty Images This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily...
Facebook and Instagram are using AI bone structure analysis to identify photos of kids
Facebook and Instagram have a new way to detect and remove users under 13: AI bone structure analysis. In a blog post on Tuesday, Meta - Facebook and Instagram's parent company - says its AI system...
Ukraine’s fight against Russia is going better than you might think
A soldier of the Unmanned Systems Forces prepares a drone on March 31, 2026, in Kharkiv, Ukraine. | Nikoletta Stoyanova/Getty Images “I suggested a little bit of a ceasefire, and I think he might do...
Google DeepMind workers are unionizing over AI military contracts
Staffers at Google DeepMind's headquarters have voted to unionize in an effort to prevent the AI firm's technology from being used by Israel and the US military. In a letter to Google management on...
A decades-long plan to abolish the Electoral College may finally pay off
What if we didn’t have to worry about this map anymore? | Lynn Grieveson/Newsroom via Getty Images The Electoral College — our nation’s bizarre system that hands a few narrowly-divided states the...
Microsoft is finally ditching the junk MSN feed in Windows widgets
Microsoft is finally giving up on showing the junk feed of MSN news when you open the widgets feature in Windows 11. After allowing Windows 11 users to disable the MSN feed more than two years ago,...
Kenosha casino plan advances to final federal review stage
Federal officials have entered the final review phase for a proposed casino in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the close of public comments on its environmental study. At this stage, the Bureau of...
Valve just imported 50 tons of game consoles in two days
We still don't know when Valve will launch the Steam Machine, but we may not have to wait too long. Valve just imported roughly 50 tons of "Game Consoles" into the United States in the two-day...