3 h. ago US News releases 2025 Best States Rankings: Washington and Oregon drop, Idaho rises

US News releases 2025 Best States Rankings: Washington and Oregon drop, Idaho rises  Kitsap Sun

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3 h. ago San Francisco Gasoline Prices Rise as Just One Refinery Remains

San Francisco Gasoline Prices Rise as Just One Refinery Remains  Bloomberg.com

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6 h. ago Black smoke rises from the Sistine Chapel as cardinals cast an unsuccessful first vote

Black smoke streamed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the more than 130 cardinal electors have not come to a two-thirds agreement about who the next pope should be.

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8 h. ago Harold Washington librarians concerned for their safety with security incidents on the rise

Harold Washington librarians concerned for their safety with security incidents on the rise  Chicago Tribune

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9 h. ago Dramatic rise in publicly downloadable deepfake image generators, study finds

Researchers from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) at the University of Oxford have uncovered a dramatic rise in easily accessible AI tools specifically designed to create deepfake images of identifiable people, finding nearly 35,000 such tools available for public download on one popular globally accessible online platform, for example.

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14 h. ago Kapor Capital’s managing partner Ulili Onovakpuri is leaving the firm

Kapor Capital’s managing partner Ulili Onovakpuri said yesterday that she is leaving the firm.  Onovakpuri started as a principal at Kapor Capital more than a decade ago, and rose through the ranks to become managing partner, and eventually (with Brian Dixon) took over the reins from the firm’s co-founders Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein.  […]

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14 h. ago This part of S.F. is the only place where home values are rising this decade

This part of S.F. is the only place where home values are rising this decade  San Francisco Chronicle

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15 h. ago Son of independent US senator mounts Maine gubernatorial bid

Angus King III, a son of U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, has mounted a 2026 Maine gubernatorial bid as a Democrat, declaring, "if you know my dad, you know my values."

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16 h. ago Higher Ground: What's Behind the Rankings Rise for These 4 States?

Higher Ground: What's Behind the Rankings Rise for These 4 States?  U.S. News & World Report

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17 h. ago Some economies in rural America hit especially hard by prison closures

The U.S. went through a prison-building boom decades ago. But today, many prisons are closing down, and that's hit some economies in rural America especially hard.

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23 h. ago Electric scooter ridership, and serious injuries, on the rise in Seattle

Electric scooter ridership, and serious injuries, on the rise in Seattle  KING5.com

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26 h. ago Groundbreaking Koreatown Restaurant Here’s Looking at You Is Closing After Almost a Decade

Groundbreaking Koreatown Restaurant Here’s Looking at You Is Closing After Almost a Decade  Eater LA

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27 h. ago 📈 MLS Power Rankings: LAFC on the rise, Seattle join the fray

📈 MLS Power Rankings: LAFC on the rise, Seattle join the fray  Yahoo Sports

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32 h. ago Are your REAL ID documents held up in mail? Plus, friend wants to hog kitchen

The Fox News Lifestyle Newsletter brings you trending stories on family, travel, food, neighbors helping neighbors, pets, autos, military veterans, heroes, faith and American values.

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32 h. ago His time with the Celtics left a lasting impression on Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau

“The first time you walk into the practice facility and you’re looking up at all the banners at each decade, it’s very unique and special." The post His time with the Celtics left a lasting impression on Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau appeared first on Boston.com.

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32 h. ago Uber turns to Chinese companies to snap up robotaxi market share in Europe, Middle East

Uber announced its third partnership with a Chinese autonomous vehicle company this week, revealing the ride-hail and delivery giant’s appetite for global domination in the emerging robotaxi sector. Uber said Tuesday it would work with Guangzhou-based Pony AI, which late last year went public on the Nasdaq at a $5.25 billion valuation, to launch robotaxis […]

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32 h. ago Predictive policing AI is on the rise. Making it accountable to the public could curb its harmful effects

The 2002 sci-fi thriller "Minority Report" depicted a dystopian future where a specialized police unit was tasked with arresting people for crimes they had not yet committed. Directed by Steven Spielberg and based on a short story by Philip K. Dick, the drama revolved around "PreCrime"—a system informed by a trio of psychics, or "precogs," who anticipated future homicides, allowing police officers to intervene and prevent would-be assailants from claiming their targets' lives.

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33 h. ago Finom, a challenger bank aimed at SMBs, lands $105M in growth funding from General Catalyst

Finom, an Amsterdam-based digital bank for small- and medium-sized businesses, has raised €92.7 million (roughly $105 million) in a growth investment from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund, the company tells TechCrunch exclusively. The capital infusion “will be used exclusively and only for growth” and not for operational expenses or product development, Kos Stiskin, Finom’s chairman […]

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34 h. ago Columbia University settles for $750M with victims of convicted sex criminal Dr. Robert Hadden

Columbia University reaches $750 million settlement with hundreds of Robert Hadden's sexual abuse victims, following years of litigation over the gynecologist's decades of misconduct.

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38 h. ago A beloved San Francisco tradition comes to an abrupt end after 2 decades

A beloved San Francisco tradition comes to an abrupt end after 2 decades  SFGATE

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