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Google Home will soon get better at recognizing you

A new update for Google Home could make it less likely your smart home cameras mistake you for someone else, just because you're facing away from the camera. Starting June 23rd, Google's expanding its facial recognition feature so that people you've tagged in your Familiar

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Pace Gallery’s Hall of Mirrors

Despite a tightly controlled narrative, the mega-gallery’s downsizing has left more questions than answers, with some workers and artists describing a disorienting experience.

Court halts MAHA's SNAP junk food fight

Presented by HealthyWomen {beacon} Healthcare PRESENTED BY The Big Story Court halts MAHA's SNAP junk food fight A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to approve state efforts to ban purchases of soda, candy and other junk foods with federal food

Energy to loan $17.5B for nuclear supply chains

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Energy to loan $17.5B for nuclear supply chains The Trump administration will loan $17.5 billion out to try to speed up the process of building 10 large-scale nuclear power plants. © Greg Nash Energy Department

Only 24 percent say Iran war was worth the cost: Survey

Less than a quarter of Americans ​believe President Trump's war with Iran was worth its costs, according to a new poll by Reuters/Ipsos out Tuesday. The five-day poll — which closed Monday and included responses from 1,262 U.S. adults nationwide — found that only 24 percent of

Hollywood is bending the knee to OpenAI

Netflix, A24, Focus Features, and Warner Bros.' Clockwork have all reportedly decided to pass on picking up Artificial - director Luca Guadagnino's new biographical drama about OpenAI cofounder / CEO Sam Altman - for distribution deals. And while Neon and Mubi are still said to

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Trump touts economy, oil prices in Pennsylvania stop

President Trump touted affordability, investments and jobs Tuesday as he hit the campaign trail once again, this time in key swing state Pennsylvania. The president visited the Mack Truck facility in Macungie, a part of Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District, which is set to

CFTC sues Kentucky over prediction market lawsuits

The Trump administration sued Kentucky on Tuesday over the state’s recent push to rein in prediction markets. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which argues it has exclusive jurisdiction over the platforms, brought the case after Kentucky Attorney General Russell

DC funds semi-open primaries for 2028 elections

The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to allow independents to vote in district primaries starting in 2028, more than 18 months after voters in the nation’s capital passed a measure in support of the change. The council voted 9-2 to allocate $1.1 million toward semi-open primaries