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This week, WhatsApp did something its founders said it would never do: it’s putting advertisements inside the app. It ends WhatsApp’s decade-plus run of offering an ad-free messaging and calling experience. Meta, which acquired WhatsApp in 2014, attempted to justify the decision by saying ads will be sequestered to its “Update” tab, where you’ll see…
Ex-CNN correspondent Jim Acosta joked in an interview posted Monday about President Donald Trump‘s deceased former wife’s burial site and called her an example of an immigrant “doing the jobs that Americans don’t want to do.” Acosta, speaking on a “No Kings” Day episode of “The Contrarian” podcast with Jennifer Rubin, blasted Trump not only…
The human remains found in a ritzy Rhode Island beach town near pop icon Taylor Swift’s mansion have been identified as police close the investigation. The remains washed ashore on May 14 in the wealthy coastal enclave of Watch Hill, part of the town of Westerly, Rhode Island, just down the beach from a sprawling…
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says advancements in AI will “reduce” the company’s corporate headcount over the next few years. In a memo to employees on Tuesday, Jassy writes that Amazon expects the change due to “efficiency gains from using AI extensively across the company,” without specifying how many employees would be affected. “As we roll…
Memphis Grizzlies star point guard Ja Morant fired back at Stephen A. Smith’s claim that NBA players don’t want to join Morant’s squad because they don’t feel safe in the city. During Tuesday’s edition of “First Take,” the panel, which included Smith and NBA brothers Marcus and Markieff Morris, discussed whether the Grizzlies should trade…
Demi Lovato is soaking up the sun with her husband. The 32-year-old former Disney star posted a series of photos on her Instagram from her honeymoon in paradise, which featured more than a few shots of her in various swimsuits, intermixed with photos of her posing with her new husband, singer Jutes, whose real name…
A Georgia man was indicted by a federal grand jury after allegedly threatening sexual violence against two Republican senators and their family members. Robert Davis Forney, 25, of Duluth, Georgia, was arraigned Monday before a U.S. magistrate judge on federal charges of communicating threats in interstate commerce. He was indicted by a federal grand jury…
A surprise second eyewitness has emerged in the Idaho student murders case and could testify against Bryan Kohberger at trial later this year. A woman claiming to be the Idaho DoorDash driver who dropped off food to victim Xana Kernodle minutes before a home invasion stabbing spree killed her, her boyfriend, and two roommates, has…
Eric Dane is prepared to go to extreme measures to fight ALS. “I will fly to Germany and eat the head off a rattlesnake if [doctors] told me that that would help,” the 52-year-old “Grey’s Anatomy” alum told Diane Sawyer during a sit-down interview on “Good Morning America.” “I’ll assume the risk.” During the interview,…
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned “rogue state actors” who are not cooperating with ICE and federal immigration enforcement that they may be on the hook to clean up their own mess. With riots and fires continuing to break out in Los Angeles, along with confrontational demonstrations in other cities around the country, Duffy suggested political…