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6 places where "no service" becomes a genuine vacation feature

A Patagonian park with no towers for hundreds of miles, a Texas national park with more stars visible than bars of service — the destinations where...

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Colleen Cabili

The 10 best places to visit in Alaska, ranked

From glacier-fed fjords and towering peaks to wildlife-rich islands, these Alaska destinations showcase the state’s wild beauty

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Ambia Staley

The best portable generators for power outages: Consumer Reports

The right generator keeps the power on without the carbon monoxide risk. Consumer Reports tested 12 models to find a safe pick in three wattage tiers

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Colleen Cabili

A major Wendy's franchisee filed for bankruptcy as the burger chain struggles

Meritage Hospitality Group operates 314 Wendy's restaurants across 15 states and employs roughly 9,000 workers

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Cris Tolomia

Newsom is ordering California to pursue an AI 'kill switch' for frontier models

The governor directed a working group to deliver recommendations within two months on strengthening state AI safety laws

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Cris Tolomia

The best printers for saving on ink, according to Consumer Reports

A good printer keeps ink costs low for years, not just at checkout. Consumer Reports tested models in five categories to find a strong pick in each

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Colleen Cabili

2-year Treasury yield surged to its highest since 2024 as Fed rate hike loomed

The 2-year yield touched 4.744% on Friday, as markets priced in a 58% chance of another rate increase in October

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Cris Tolomia

Disney is naming a former AI startup chief as its first-ever technology officer

Karandeep Anand, who previously led AI chatbot startup Character.AI, will join Disney on Oct. 2 in the newly created role

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Cris Tolomia

Consumer Reports' favorite can openers under $40

A good can opener turns a stubborn lid into a five-second task. Consumer Reports tested 10 models by ease of use to find three category winners

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Colleen Cabili

Microsoft's AI chief called OpenAI's latest safety disclosures a "serious situation"

Mustafa Suleyman said AI models tampering with their own chains of thought is "a pretty serious situation" and a sign of how powerful these systems...

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Cris Tolomia

Tech leaders are urging immediate AI reskilling as job-loss fears hit new highs

A new Pew Research Center survey found majorities in 34 of 37 countries expect AI to eliminate more jobs than it creates

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Cris Tolomia

Fed's outside review found its SVB supervisors knew about the bank's risks before its 2023 failure

The Starling Advisory Group found a culture of risk aversion kept Fed staff from acting on vulnerabilities they identified as early as March 2022

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Cris Tolomia

Heating oil costs are set to surge more than 30% this winter as Iran war drives up prices

Americans using heating oil face an average bill of $2,300 this season, while overall home heating costs are rising 8.7% across all fuel types

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Cris Tolomia

Over 100 AI experts are warning that safety evaluators aren't truly independent

A coalition organized by the AI Evaluator Forum published a letter Friday calling on frontier AI companies to meet minimum conditions for third-party...

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Cris Tolomia

The 'Godfather of AI' warned Congress it has about a year left to regulate AI

Hinton told lawmakers that predictions for when superintelligence will arrive have collapsed from decades to just a few years

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Cris Tolomia

FBI and Coast Guard boarded two oil tankers after hackers breached their networks at sea

Investigators found malicious cyber activity aboard both foreign-flagged vessels, which were bound for Texas when they were boarded in August

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Cris Tolomia

Trump administration approves potential $24 billion fighter jet sale to Saudi Arabia

The package includes 48 Lockheed Martin fighter jets and 49 Pratt & Whitney engines, and still requires congressional approval

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Cris Tolomia

NVIDIA and Google are launching a coalition to make AI data centers flex their power use

The AI Energy Management Alliance wants flexible data centers that can reduce grid demand in exchange for faster interconnection approvals

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Cris Tolomia

Options traders are piling into bullish AI chip bets as tech stocks rebound after Fed rate hike

Intel options volume hit nearly 3 times its monthly average Thursday as tech stocks rebounded from the Fed's first rate increase since 2023

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Cris Tolomia

Russia seized Nestlé's local operations, putting them under Kremlin-controlled management

A Kremlin decree transferred Nestlé Russia to a newly created company, alongside the Russian assets of French retailers Auchan and Lemana Pro

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Cris Tolomia

Anthropic is running a physical biology lab as it pushes into AI drug research

The AI startup confirmed it has set up a Bay Area lab for physical experiments as it pursues drug programs in diseases pharma has overlooked

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Cris Tolomia

Bank of Japan raised interest rates to a 31-year high in split vote

The BOJ lifted its policy rate to 1.25% on Friday, with 2 of 9 board members dissenting from the decision

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Cris Tolomia

Toys"R"Us is opening 120 new U.S. stores in its biggest domestic expansion in years

The expansion, done in partnership with Go! Retail Group, will bring the toy retailer's standalone U.S. store count to 160 locations

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Cris Tolomia

Gas prices are surging past $4.40 a gallon as the Iran war squeezes U.S. drivers

The national average hit $4.44 a gallon on Thursday, up more than $1.20 from a year ago, as crude oil holds above $100 a barrel

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Cris Tolomia

FCC approves Gulf sovereign funds to hold nearly half of Paramount's equity

Saudi Arabia's PIF, Qatar's QIA, and an Abu Dhabi fund will hold non-voting Class B shares in the combined Paramount-Warner Bros. entity

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Cris Tolomia

Anthropic and OpenAI are pursuing smaller data center deals in the U.K. and Nordics

Both AI labs are sounding out 20-30 MW compute capacity agreements, a step down from the multi-hundred-megawatt deals they have pursued over the past...

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Cris Tolomia

25 photographers who changed how we see the world

These 25 most influential photographers in history changed how the world sees itself, from war zones and dust bowls to fashion spreads and city...

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Cris Tolomia

The FAA is rolling out an AI system to manage U.S. air traffic before flights depart

The software, called SMART, will debut in the Washington, D.C., area as soon as Monday before expanding nationwide

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Cris Tolomia

Anthropic says Claude is now leading a quarter of its own R&D work

The company published internal metrics Thursday showing its AI model leads more than a quarter of Anthropic's research, up from zero in February

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Cris Tolomia

Diesel hit a record $6.31 a gallon, and economists say the entire economy will feel it

Truckers are feeling the pain first, but economists warn higher diesel costs will filter through to food, goods, and home heating

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Cris Tolomia

Security researchers used Anthropic's Claude to hack into OpenAI in under 72 hours

The three-person team at Hacktron AI chained two vulnerabilities to reach OpenAI's private GitHub environment in under 72 hours

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Cris Tolomia

JPMorgan is abandoning its Iran war oil forecast as economic redlines keep getting crossed

The bank's commodities team says economic thresholds it assumed would force a deal have been crossed with no exit strategy in sight

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Cris Tolomia

At Salesforce's Dreamforce, business leaders say AI is already moving too fast for them

Attendees at Salesforce's annual conference say they're still catching up with existing AI tools, even as frontier models keep advancing

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Cris Tolomia

General Motors is making Patriot missile parts as the U.S. scrambles to rearm

GM's defense unit delivered an initial batch of PAC-3 MSE housing components 22 days after signing a contract, adding a new supplier for depleted U.S....

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Cris Tolomia

Warren Buffett is stepping down as Berkshire Hathaway's chairman

Buffett, 96, becomes chairman emeritus effective immediately while his son Howard assumes the role under a long-standing succession plan

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Cris Tolomia

Senate Democrat blocked a data center utility cost bill from passing before the election

Sen. Martin Heinrich objected to a unanimous consent request for the House-passed bill, likely killing its chances before November's midterm elections

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Cris Tolomia

Futures steady as stocks build on Thursday's Fed-hike rebound

S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures edged higher Friday as tech stocks extended Thursday's rebound from the Fed's rate increase

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Cris Tolomia

Jensen Huang says Nvidia will be selling twice as many chips next year

The Nvidia CEO made the projection at a summit convened by King Charles III in Scotland, citing AI demand across industries and economies

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Cris Tolomia

6 Best short anime series to watch in 2026

Six anime masterpieces prove complete, satisfying stories don't need 100 episodes, each one short enough to watch in a single weekend

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Cris Tolomia

The 10 biggest car discounts in 2026: Consumer Reports

New cars carry a sticker price that rarely reflects what buyers pay. Consumer Reports analyzed transaction data to identify the 10 biggest discounts

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Colleen Cabili

The 4 best tube squeezers for toothpaste in 2026: Consumer Reports

Tube squeezers wring out every last bit of toothpaste or lotion. Consumer Reports tested four gadgets on price and performance to pick its favorites

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Colleen Cabili

The 10 most charming Christmas markets in the U.S. to visit in 2026, ranked

From German-inspired markets to town-wide celebrations, these festive destinations bring holiday traditions, lights, food, and local charm to life

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Ambia Staley

The 7 best zoos in the U.S., ranked

From immersive habitats and rare species to major conservation programs, these U.S. zoos combine memorable animal encounters with meaningful research

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Ambia Staley

4 ways reading can improve your life

Discover the benefits of reading, from supporting brain health and vocabulary to easing stress and boosting mental wellness

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Haley Chamberlain

The 10 best trips to take in your 50s, ranked

From wildlife adventures and ancient history to wellness retreats and family ranches, these trips offer meaningful travel in your 50s

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Ambia Staley

Searches for quiet vacations are up 223%. Here's where people are actually going

A Tuscan hilltop town with no tourists but locals, a South African bay 20 minutes from Cape Town's crowds — the destinations quietly beating the...

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Colleen Cabili

These 7 hotels used to be prisons, and most guests book them on purpose

A Japanese prison that held war criminals until 2017, a Berlin women's facility that hid anti-Nazi activists — the real history behind hotels built...

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Colleen Cabili

A 2025 study confirmed forest bathing lowers cortisol. Here are 9 places built specifically to do it

Finland's cortisol-reducing "power trails," Japan's 1,000-year-old cedar forests — the destinations built specifically around a practice with...

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Colleen Cabili

9 signs your pets are tolerating each other, not actually getting along

Eating in separate rooms without ever being asked to, a level of stillness that isn't actually calm — the subtle signs of real tension between pets...

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Colleen Cabili

OpenAI is testing AI agents that chat with users on behalf of advertisers

The Sponsored Agents feature lets users start conversations with business-backed agents after clicking an ad in ChatGPT

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Cris Tolomia