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Big-screen TVs are more popular and affordable than ever. I’ve got a 75-inch set in my own living room, and it’s brought a new level of immersion to movie nights and gaming sessions. They’re a particularly great fit for big sports events, like Super Bowl watch parties, since the best 75-inch TVs pull you into the action in a way smaller screens just can’t. Of course, a big TV is pointless if its picture quality isn’t up to par. Performance can swing wildly from model to model. That’s why I’ve picked the best 75-inch and 77-inch TVs for different budgets…
NEW YORK (AP) — A man claiming to be an FBI agent showed up to a federal jail in New York City on Wednesday night and told officers he had a court order to release Luigi Mangione, authorities said. He’s now locked up there too.Mark Anderson, a 36-year-old Minnesota native who has a history of drug and other arrests and disclosed last year in court papers that he suffers from mental illness, was arrested and charged with impersonating a federal officer in a foiled bid to free Mangione from the Metropolitan Detention Center. Mangione is being held at the notorious…
Microsoft delivered a solid earnings report on Wednesday with $81.3 billion in revenue for the quarter (up 17%), net income profits of $38.3 billion (up 21%), and a record-breaking Microsoft cloud revenue of over $50 billion. But the stock was getting pounded on Thursday as investors worried about how much the tech giant was spending to build out its cloud and questioned whether that investment would pay off. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the answer to that question is yes — and spent considerable time on the earnings call trying to make that point. Microsoft has spent almost as much…
A person’s genes play a far greater role in likely lifespan than previously thought, according to a major new study published Thursday in the journal Science.Using data from human twin studies, an international team of researchers arrived at the conclusion that the genetic contribution to how long we’re likely to live is as high as 55%.This new finding is strikingly higher than previous estimates, which have calculated the role of genetics in lifespan could range from 6% to 33%. It’s likely to intrigue — and perhaps disappoint — the fast-growing community of longevity influencers and self-described biohackers touting longer lives…
WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Many factors influence how long you live, such as diet, exercise, smoking, drinking, environment and other variables. It also helps not to get hit by a dump truck. But what about your genes? That has been a contentious question for decades.A new study points to a larger role for genetics than previous research had indicated, estimating the contribution of genes to determining human lifespan at about 50%. That is roughly double what prior research concluded, and it mirrors the findings of lifespan studies in laboratory animals.”Lifespan is undoubtedly shaped by many factors, including lifestyle, genes…
Apple, Meta, and Google are locked in a fierce battle to lead the next wave of AI, and they’ve recently increased their focus on hardware. With its latest acquisition of the AI startup Q.ai, Apple aims to gain an edge, particularly in the audio sector. As first reported by Reuters, Apple has acquired Q.ai, an Israeli startup specializing in imaging and machine learning, particularly technologies that enable devices to interpret whispered speech and enhance audio in noisy environments. Apple has been adding new AI features to its AirPods, including the live translation capability introduced last year. The company has also…
PARIS, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Consumer rights campaign group foodwatch filed a criminal complaint in Paris on Thursday on behalf of eight families whose babies it says fell ill after consuming contaminated infant formula, claiming companies waited too long to warn the public.Several companies, including Nestle, Danone and Lactalis, have withdrawn batches of infant formula in the past month over concerns about possible contamination with a toxin cereulide that can cause nausea and vomiting.Berlin-based non-profit foodwatch, which operates against food corporations and regulatory authorities in Europe, said babies had developed repeated vomiting, diarrhea, fever and abdominal pain, and some required…
“Can other people, please, for the love of God, in the name of all that is holy, can others please build this stuff?”Elon Musk made the plea in the final moments of Tesla’s earnings call on Wednesday, sounding a bit fired up.Musk had just finished giving a blunt warning to American companies: build more battery-making infrastructure in the US or risk falling behind.The Tesla CEO argued that too many companies are underestimating their exposure to geopolitical risks posed by fragile supply chains, particularly for critical materials used in electric vehicles and energy storage.”There are so many companies out there that…
By Sriparna RoyJan 29 (Reuters) – More than a million fewer Americans have signed up for Obamacare plans for 2026, with enrollment dropping to about 23 million as monthly premiums for many soared due to the expiration of extra COVID-19 pandemic health insurance subsidies.Total premium costs for subsidized Obamacare enrollees are expected to increase to an average $1,904 for 2026 from $888 in 2025, according to health-research firm KFF.In 2025, about 24.2 million people had the plans, created by former President Barack Obama’s signature Affordable Care Act. Private insurers, including Centene, Elevance, UnitedHealth offer the plans, which are subsidized based…
Google DeepMind is opening up access to Project Genie, its AI tool for creating interactive game worlds from text prompts or images. Starting Thursday, Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. can play around with the experimental research prototype, which is powered by a combination of Google’s latest world model Genie 3, its image-generation model Nano Banana Pro, and Gemini. Coming five months after Genie 3’s research preview, the move is part of a broader push to gather user feedback and training data as DeepMind races to develop more capable world models. World models are AI systems that generate an…