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Guy Who Goes To Bar Every Day At 10 A.M. Must Be Huge Soccer Fan

PITTSBURGH—Noting that the man could often be seen waiting outside O’Malley’s Tap with his hands shaking in anticipation before the doors even opened, sources confirmed Thursday that local 54-year-old Brian Munson, who goes to the bar every day at 10 a.m., must be a huge soccer fan. “You can just tell he lives and breathes […]

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Trump Covers Up Low State Fair Attendance By Calling In Bomb Threat

WASHINGTON—Claiming there were strings of explosive devices planted throughout the National Mall, President Donald Trump reportedly attempt to cover up low attendance at the Great American State Fair this week by calling in a bomb threat. “There’s a series of explosives in unmarked duffel bags all across the fairgrounds, which are beautiful by the way, […]

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Memo: Microsoft is merging the consumer and enterprise versions of its Copilot chatbots into a single app featuring coding tools and AI agents dubbed AutoPilot (The Information)

The Information:
Memo: Microsoft is merging the consumer and enterprise versions of its Copilot chatbots into a single app featuring coding tools and AI agents dubbed AutoPilot  —  Microsoft is merging its consumer and enterprise Copilot apps and cutting unwanted features to ‘earn the right to exist’ in the eyes …

Tripo AI, which is developing 3D foundation models and world models for use in games, raised $150M, a month after it said it raised $200M (Dean Takahashi/GamesBeat)

Dean Takahashi / GamesBeat:
Tripo AI, which is developing 3D foundation models and world models for use in games, raised $150M, a month after it said it raised $200M  —  Tripo AI, a global artificial intelligence company building AI 3D foundation models and world models, said it raised a new round of $150 million in funding.

Amazon Drivers Brace for Extreme Heat: ‘Risking Their Lives’

An Amazon worker makes delivers in the Financial District,

Luc Rene, an Amazon delivery driver in Queens, had already gone through five bottles of water in as many hours during his shift on Wednesday, the first day of an anticipated four-day stretch of dangerously hot temperatures in New York City. He’d used a sixth to douse a rag to cool himself down. Rene’s route […]

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