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Google’s powerful and freely available AI models have helped fuel the rise of AI content, some of which is aimed at spreading misinformation and harassing individuals.
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ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
21 Oct. 2025
The murder occurred on Lorincz's porch, where Owens arrived in search of answers as to why Lorincz had been relentlessly harassing her children.
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Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Oct. 2025
However, the league seemingly deemed his actions not punishment-worthy, saving Mahomes from an $11,593 first-offense taunting penalty.
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Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
But the playoff run that included his father being banned from games after confronting and taunting Giannis Antetokounmpo and the NBA Finals loss, as well as Haliburton’s Achilles injury during that Finals run, is captured well.
By 2016, the Penguins had been tormenting the Capitals with playoff comebacks for decades, and Sidney Crosby was pulling away in his rivalry with Alexander Ovechkin.
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Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Baldoni later accused Lively of tormenting him, his family and colleagues in a lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York in January.
Amazon is really baiting us to breakup with our iPads by offering 50% off the newest generation of their Fire tablet.
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Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
8 Oct. 2025
The objectionable programs in that case were not the Republican-baiting precincts of late-night television but the social taboo-breaking entertainments of Three’s Company, All in the Family and Knots Landing.
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Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Sep. 2025
Bieber made his debut on Twitch yesterday with a stream that included footage of the singer playing basketball, shooting pool with friends and teasing his upcoming Coachella dates.
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Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
23 Oct. 2025
Samsung’s first Galaxy XR headset is now official, but that hasn’t stopped the company teasing future AR products.
The legend of Stetson Bennett began at Georgia with stories of his prowess as a scout-team quarterback before a Playoff game, mimicking Baker Mayfield and dicing up the Georgia defense.
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Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Researchers have developed a super agile robot that can shapeshift using a special electro-morphing gel, mimicking the fluidity and adaptability of the comic book anti-hero Venom.
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