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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Tesla has stopped selling the $60,990 RWD Cybertruck, the cheapest version of its angular EV truck, Jalopnik writes. At the same time, the company increased the price of the next-in-line AWD Cybertruck by $20,000. Now $99,990, it elevates the EV’s price floor by a whopping $39,000.
The Cyberbeast — the tri-motor version of the truck with more torque and a higher top speed than the standard all-wheel drive EV — is also costlier, at $11

Disney's biennial D23 expo has followed hot on the heels of some surprises at San Diego Comic-Con in July — an event that saw the return of Robert Downey Jr. to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. How do you one up that announcement? With lots and lots of new ones.SEE ALSO:Disney+ will actually crack down on password sharing next month
Day one of the weekend event saw the return of several Disney classics like The Incredibles, Toy Story, and Frozen. And between Disney Animation Studios, Pixar,

At one point in time, finding love was a much more difficult process. It required you to commit to "putting yourself out there," relying on good old-fashioned luck to find what you were looking for, whether it be true love or a quick fling. But nowadays, the dating scene is easier to get into thanks to the best dating apps.SEE ALSO:The dating app glossary: The A to Z of terms you need to know
People today are meeting their soul mates on dating apps — something that's becoming more and more

UPDATE: Aug. 10, 2024, 12:42 p.m. EDT This story has been updated to add four new Windows laptop picks: The Microsoft Surface Laptop 7, the Lenovo Legion 9i, the Lenovo Yoga 9i (gen 9), and the HP Omnibook X.
The best Windows laptops run an impressive gamut, from 2-in-1s with new Qualcomm hardware to dual-display stunners and liquid-cooled gaming stations. (Some of them, dare we say, will tempt even the most devoted Apple Macbook disciples.) Users who need a new laptop for everyday productivity

Illustration by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed a new set of rules this week that would require robocallers to disclose when they’re using artificial intelligence for phone calls and text messages.The proposal builds on the FCC’s ban on making AI-generated robocalls without the express prior consent of the person being called. The agency now hopes to require callers to say, while seeking that consent, whether they plan to use AI

There are a million ways for a sport to make its debut at the Olympics, but breaking probably had the most interesting one. Breaking or breakdancing made its official Paris Olympics debut on Friday with Japan's Ami Yusa taking the Gold over 16 other B-girls.However, the B-girl that stole the show wasn't Nicka, the small Lithuanian woman wearing a durag, but 36-year-old Australian university lecturer Rachael Gunn, better known by her stage name Raygun. As an academic, he research focuses on, yep,

The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be frustrating! If you find yourself stumped playing The Mini — much like with Wordle and Connections &mdas

Black holes are misunderstood.They're almost inconceivably dense objects, which grants them immense gravitational power. (If Earth was hypothetically crushed into a black hole, it would be under an inch across.) Not even light can escape, if it falls in. But black holes aren't incessantly sucking up everything in space like a vacuum cleaner (if so, we'd likely be in one). Things have to pass nearby to be affected. The black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, for example, isn't eating mu

Perhaps surprisingly, the majority of stars in the galaxy are not sun clones but smaller orbs of gas and plasma known as red dwarfs, about half the size of Earth's star. Astronomers have had their sights set on these stars as tantalizing places to look for habitable worlds for a while now. Not only are they the most populous stars, but their planets are easier to study from a practical standpoint. Current atmosphere-detecting methods work best when planets orbit fairly close to their stars

Somewhere in the galaxy, an advanced alien civilization might harness energy from its star. And NASA wants to know if it could detect this activity.The space agency has some powerful telescopes — and it's building more. As scientists increasingly peer at other rocky, Earth-like worlds, they evaluated whether it's possible to pick up signs of widespread solar farms on such distant planets. After all, an extraterrestrial society will need power, and a sun-like star provides nearly inexhausti

Would it surprise you to learn that Pornhub is the seventh most-visited website in the world?That's according to SEMRush, a popular web analytics company. In total, Pornhub saw more than 5.2 billion visits in May 2024, including over 1 billion visits from U.S. viewers. Pornhub is also a really sticky website, with 80 percent of visitors staying on the site to view multiple pages.People in the United States aren't the only ones watching a lot of porn, either. Users in Indonesia, Brazil, and Franc

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Dating can be a challenge no matter your age, but the truth is that the older we get, the more in tune we become with our wants and needs.While the over-50 dating pool might seem smaller, it's actually getting bigger all the time. Thanks to online dating, you now have new opportunities to connect with people who share your interests and values. If you’re still hesitant, consider this: A 2023 survey conducted by Pew Research Center found that 26 percent of singles ages 50 and up now use dat

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Mercury is a little-known, still mysterious world.But one thing is certain. Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, can't actually travel backward in retrograde, and doesn't impact us on Earth. The notion of Mercury retrograde, a common reference in astrology wherein communication and travel are temporarily impaired, can, of course, be a fun musing. The event occurs when Mercury appears to start traveling the opposite direction in the sky. But this is perceptive trickery. Mercury retrograde is a

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The Dan Stevens–fronted new horror-thriller, Cuckoo, has a big reveal that's proven to be quite divisive among critics. On the surface, the movie appears to be the story of a young woman being chased by a monster. But by the final act, Cuckoo has morphed into something far stranger and more complicated. Written and directed by Tilman Singer, the film follows 17-year-old American Gretchen (Hunter Schafer), who’s just moved to a resort in Bavaria with her father, Luis (Márt

Over the last few years, I’ve tried a lot of skincare products. While I loved the viral Solawave red light therapy wand, I pride myself in having a healthy dose of skepticism when it comes to skincare products and devices, but the NuFACE Trinity+ had me excited (and nervous) to put this celeb-favorite to the test. I’ve dabbled in microcurrent devices in the past, but trying something is a lot different than sticking with something over the long term. And when the thing you&rsquo

Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for August 10's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, k

If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game.By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.SEE ALSO:NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for August 10 SEE ALSO:Wordle today: Here's the answer hints for August 10
If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to fig

Photo: Dennis Troper (Facebook) Susan Wojcicki, Google’s 16th employee who helped jumpstart the company in her garage, ran its advertising business, and then helmed YouTube for most of the past decade, has died at 56, according to posts by her husband Dennis Troper and Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
She joined Google in 1998 and was CEO of YouTube from February 2014 until February 2023, when she stepped down to focus on “family, health, and personal projects.” Troper and Pichai say

TL;DR: Live stream France vs. USA at Paris 2024 for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.After two thrilling semi-finals, it's France and the USA who will be going head-to-head for a gold medal at Paris 2024. The semi-finals were incredibly close, with both teams winning by just four points. However, strong performances from both France and the USA meant Germany and Serbia will compete in the bronze medal match.The final is set to be

TL;DR: Access free live streams of the 2024 US Open on 9Now and TVNZ+. Unblock these free streaming platforms from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.Novak Djokovic is yet to win a Grand Slam this year, which feels weird. The Serbian star is obviously used to winning, so he probably feels pretty weird about the whole thing as well. The last Grand Slam that Djokovic won was the US Open, and he's back to defend his crown. Standing in his way are the next generation of stars, including Carlos Al

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Disney After The Way of Water, James Cameron’s Avatar franchise is turning the fire up next December.
At this year’s D23 Exp James Cameron, Zoe Saldana, and Sam Worthington announced that Avatar: Fire and Ash will hit theaters on December 19th, 2025. Disney also revealed a new title card that makes it seem like the film will focus on Pandora being engulfed in flames.
Just announced at #D23, our title for the next Avatar film:Avatar: Fire and Ash. Get ready to journey back to Pandora,