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A social media user is sharing her in-flight encounter with a passenger who was an "opposite" tale from the viral "seat squatter" stories. An etiquette expert weighs in.

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19 hours ago Olivia Culpo, wife of 49ers star, thanks ‘heroes’ battling devastating California wildfires

Olivia Culpo, the wife of San Francisco 49ers star Christian McCaffrey, posted on social media early Wednesday thanking the "heroes" battling the wildfires raging through southern California.

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11 hours ago 'He is the blame for this': Trump points finger at Newsom for wildfires

"He is the blame for this," Trump wrote about Newsom on his social media platform Truth Social on Wednesday, but Newsom's office called that "fiction."

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12 hours ago Trump blames Newsom, Biden for California wildfires with disputed evidence

"He is the blame for this," Trump wrote about Newsom on his social media platform Truth Social on Wednesday, but Newsom's office called that "fiction."

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12 hours ago We talked to the guy who was stuck in a Waymo robotaxi on a dizzying loop

A month ago, a video circulated around social media of a Waymo robotaxi stuck in a roundabout loop – an isolated incident with no passengers in the vehicle, according to Waymo. Apparently, it wasn’t a one-time thing. Around the same time, in another Waymo robotaxi headed for the Phoenix airport, Mike Johns, founder and CEO […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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19 hours ago Nobel winner Ressa tells 'dangerous times' ahead after Meta ends US fact

Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa warned Wednesday of "extremely dangerous times ahead" in an interview with AFP after social media giant Meta ended its US fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram.

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19 hours ago Meta is abandoning fact checking—this doesn't bode well for the fight against misinformation

Meta has announced it will abandon its fact-checking program, starting in the United States. It was aimed at preventing the spread of online lies among more than 3 billion people who use Meta's social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Threads.

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