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eBay appears to have shut the door on third-party AI agents

eBay appears to have blocked AI agents, including Meta's Muse, from browsing on the platform - the latest speed bump in the AI agent race. A reader tells The Verge that for several weeks he's had his Muse agent browse and curate a daily digest of watches for sale on platforms

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In search of a bargain

The ebook of The Knot is on sale today for less than $5 in the US. Thanks for checking it out. Also, here’s a preview of the three-book holiday bundle. It’s limited to the first 170 folks.

Raye Named Variety’s 2026 Hitmaker of the Year

Variety has announced that artist, songwriter and producer RAYE is the 2026 Hitmaker of the Year and will be honored at the 10th annual Hitmakers event in Los Angeles on December 5. Other honorees include Olivia Rodrigo (Songwriter of the Year), Katseye (Group of the Year), and

Pete Hegseth Has Lost Over $1 Billion in Fighter Jet Parts

Did Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth think it was too woke to keep track of $1.3 billion worth of fighter jet parts? A report published on Monday by the Government Accountability Office, or GAO, found that the Defense Department has not kept adequate records of parts for the F-35

Ocasio-Cortez doesn't back Schumer in Senate leadership vote

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) declined to back Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) as he prepares to seek his caucus’s support to become majority leader beginning in January. Asked by reporters outside the Capitol if she would back her home state’s senator

100 Big Unanswered Scientific Questions

The NY Times recently asked 100 scientists from across dozens of disciplines: “What is a big unanswered question in your field?” Here are some of their questions that caught my eye: 4. When and where did the cognitive capacities that made language, mathematics and complex

Johnson blasts Massie's 'shameful' push to oust Hegseth

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday criticized GOP Rep. Thomas Massie’s (Ky.) push to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The House is set to hold a procedural vote Tuesday evening on the eight articles of impeachment introduced by the Kentucky lawmaker the

Anthropic seeks valuation of up to $1.4 trillion for IPO

Anthropic is seeking a valuation of up to $1.4 trillion for its blockbuster initial public offering (IPO) expected later this month. In a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Anthropic said it is planning to sell 825 million shares between $70 and $78 a

Trump’s Crypto Stocks Crater After Election Defeat

President Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency products have plummeted in value following Republicans’ massive defeat in the midterm elections last week. The Washington Sun reports that $WLFI, the “governance token” from Trump’s crypto firm World Liberty Financial, has dropped to

Kiah Roache-Turner Reunites With ‘Furiosa’ Star Alyla Browne on ‘Horrifically Creepy’ Road Movie Horror ‘Don’t Look’: ‘There Are Scenes That Are Going to Traumatize People’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Australian genre filmmaker Kiah Roache-Turner (“Sting,” “Beast of War”) is set to direct upcoming horror “Don’t Look,” reuniting him with fast-rising star (and fellow antipodean) Alyla Browne (“Furiosa”). The film — which was previously entitled “From Below” and was to be the