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- Apple Maps Joins Google Maps In Renaming Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’
President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America” amid a trade war with Canada.
- Home Of The Honey Deuce Now Features A New Cocktail, The Moët Serve
Get to know the Moët Serve and how the cocktail battles with the Honey Deuce at the U.S. Open tennis tournament
- Warner Bros. Reveals Contents Of Abu Dhabi's ‘Harry Potter’ Lands
Warner Bros. has revealed the attractions that will await fans in its upcoming Harry Potter theme park lands in Abu Dhabi which were unveiled today.
- California lawmakers stall Newsom’s wildfire liability bill, saying it doesn’t go far enough for victims
The legislative setback leaves unresolved how victims, utilities, insurers, and ratepayers divide the escalating cost of utility-sparked fires
- FBI seizes over $560,000 in crypto meant to fund Hamas, disrupting a years-long fundraising network
The operation also gave authorities information about thousands of people who contacted Hamas seeking to donate money.
Technology
- How AI plotted an interstellar journey to Alpha Centauri
A nonprofit organization called the Fermi Explorer Mission announced today that it intends to launch a spacecraft to our nearest star system by the end of 2029. It’s a hugely ambitious mission—if all goes well, the spacecraft could take up to 80,000 years to arrive at Alpha Centauri, which is 4.4 light-years away. And the…
- Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed
"Black hole stars," making cookies from plastic, tiny sound-powered drones, and more.
- A newborn and child reportedly died of measles; CDC isn't counting them
Historically, state health departments determine cases and deaths, not the CDC.
- New Android Drop adds remembered items in Find Hub, makes anti-nausea dots official
New features are rolling out across the Android ecosystem starting today.
- FTC alleges Amazon illegally made $20 billion by rigging billions of ad auctions
FTC says firm replaces actual ad-auction results "with higher prices set by Amazon."
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