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House is jarred by a procedural implosion

The House of Representatives experienced a "procedural implosion" as a special rule to pass four major measures, including the SAVE Act, was defeated due to a lack of votes, resulting in the House adjourning for the week with nothing accomplished.

Kisser – “Bad Boy Mountain” & “Ghostgirl”

Big Thief's Buck Meek has a new band. Earlier this year, Meek released his solo album The Mirror , and it included contributions from people like solo artist and former Here We Go Magic frontman Luke Temple, singer-songwriter Germaine Dunes, ambient composer Jesse

The PocketMage resurrects the PDA with an e-paper screen

Personal digital assistants like the iconic Palm Pilot were one of many devices we thought went extinct with the arrival of the smartphone. But similar to Canon resurrecting a nearly decade-old digital camera to appeal to point-and-shoot fans, Talisman Design is crowdfunding a

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ICE agents are making house calls for online critics

A few hours after checking into a hotel in New York City, David Streever woke up to a call from the front desk saying someone was looking for him. Streever had just landed on a return trip from Finland, where he'd vacationed with his daughter. Though Streever didn't know it

Meta says its new AI model is ready to compete on coding

After reentering the AI race with its first in-house Muse Spark model in April, Meta is now opening up the doors to developers with a new model that can plug into AI coding software with the new Meta Model API. Meta says that Muse Spark 1.1 is a "step-change" from the first

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