Perplexity’s Comet is the AI browser Google wants

Perplexity has just launched its agentic answer to Google Chrome — it’s called Comet, and it knocked out a slate of tasks on my behalf, though I think I could’ve done some faster myself. The new AI-powered browser is currently only available to Perplexity Max subscribers or through an early access waitlist, and it’s supposed…

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The creepy AI era is here

Would you like Siri more if it had a face? Ever since Elon Musk added a weird anime girlfriend to Grok, I’ve been wondering if there’s a not-so-distant future where all of our AI assistants are much more clearly personified. Grok makes it feel deeply uncomfortable, but I’m not so sure it has to be…

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Rural NPR stations ‘disappointed,’ determined to survive after rescission package eliminates federal funding

Leaders of NPR member stations in rural America are “a bit sad” and “disappointed,” but determined to continue to serve their communities despite their loss of federal funding.  Congress is officially sending a package detailing $9 billion in spending cuts to President Donald Trump’s desk after the House of Representatives passed the bill, called a…

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Longtime Joe Biden aide to appear under subpoena after Jill’s ‘work husband’ pleads Fifth

Former Biden administration staffer Annie Tomasini is expected to appear before congressional investigators on Friday after being subpoenaed by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky. Tomasini, former Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for ex-President Joe Biden, was previously scheduled to appear for a voluntary transcribed interview on Friday. A committee…

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Dem rep slams Zohran Mamdani as a ‘job-killing socialist’ who doesn’t belong in the Democratic Party

Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., slammed New York City democratic socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani Thursday, saying he does not belong in the Democratic Party. Since he won the Democratic primary, Mamdani has faced blistering criticism from both Republicans and Democrats for having refused to disavow the phrase “globalize the intifada” in the past, which many…

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