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EngadgetTamagotchi collectors rejoice: Bandai is finally rereleasing a beloved model from 2004
Bandai announced this week that it’s bringing back the Tamagotchi Connection to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the toy’s release. Pre-orders are now open for the Connection in six colors, at $30 each. It will ship July 9.
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Grocery prices jumped 1.2% last month as food inflation returns to pre-pandemic levels
Food prices were unchanged month over month as shoppers get used to higher bills.
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Gas price increases accelerate in April as overall inflation pressures ease
Gas prices rose in April, contributing to an overall rise in inflation
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Embedded accounting startup Layer secures $2.3M toward goal of replacing QuickBooks
Layer is leaning into that better user experience, but with embedded accounting. Its customers are those, like Square or Toast, working with small and medium-sized businesses to offer accounting and bookkeeping features inside their own products. This is instead of using a separate accounting software, like QuickBooks, to manage their business finances.
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Shipping logistics startup Harbor Lab raises $16M Series A led by Atomico
Cargo ships docking at a commercial port incur costs called “disbursements” and “port call expenses.” Now, a Greek maritime software startup that we last covered when it raised a €6.1 million seed round — Harbor Lab — has gone on to raise a $16 million Series A funding round led by European VC Atomico. Harbor Lab says the costs that arise from a vessel’s port calls are the second largest expense for commercial vessels behind fuel, reaching around $2.2 million per vessel per year.
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Warm weather's back — and with it, reminders to prevent hot car deaths
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that on average, 37 children in cars die each year of heatstroke after being left in vehicles or trapped in them — a child dies this way somewhere in America about every 10 days.
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NBA playoffs: Jalen Brunson dominates Pacers again to put Knicks on verge of conference finals
The Knicks are a win away from their first Eastern Conference finals appearance since 2000.
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Astros pitcher Ronel Blanco ejected after foreign substance check early in win over A's
Ronel Blanco, who threw a no-hitter earlier this year, is now likely facing a 10-game suspension.
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Google announces Gemma 2, a 27B-parameter version of its open model, launching in June
On Tuesday, Google announced a number of new additions to Gemma, its family of open (but not open source) models comparable to Meta's Llama and Mistral's open models, at its annual Google I/O 2024 developer conference. The headline-grabbing release here is Gemma 2, the next generation of Google's open-weights Gemma models, which will launch with a 27 billion parameter model in June. Already available is PaliGemma, a pre-trained Gemma variant that Google describes as "the first vision language model in the Gemma family" for image captioning, image labeling and visual Q&A use cases.
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Google's generative AI can now analyze hours of video
Gemini, Google’s family of generative AI models, can now analyze longer documents, codebases, videos and audio recordings than before. During a keynote at the Google I/O 2024 developer conference Tuesday, Google announced the private preview of a new version of Gemini 1.5 Pro, the company’s current flagship model, that can take in up to 2 million tokens. Beyond being able to analyze large files, models that can take in more tokens can sometimes achieve improved performance.
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Adidas' cushy 'socks of the gods' have built-in arch support, and they're under $2 a pair (50% off!)
They're moisture-wicking too — no wonder nearly 3,500 shoppers have given them a perfect rating.
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12 rookie fantasy ranking hot takes heat checked by Matt Harmon
We put a bow on our draft season coverage on the pod with the one and only Dalton Del Don. It's been a minute since we've had our beloved 'Stat Nerd' co-host on the show and boy does he deliver in his glorious return. Del Don shares 12 rookie fantasy ranking hot takes that get heat checked by Matt Harmon. Some takes are thought provoking while others have Harmon's head spinning
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Stock market today: Dow snaps 8-day win streak, GameStop soars as meme frenzy reignites
Attention is on this week's CPI report, seen as a potential starting gun for Fed rate cuts.
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What scouts think of Bronny James' NBA prospects
The biggest question looming over the NBA draft combine this week: How will Bronny James do?
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Michael Cohen expected to testify at Trump trial, Taylor Swift unveils new 'TTPD' set list and 2 surprising NBA playoff wins
Get caught up on this morning’s news: Michael Cohen to testify, Taylor Swift’s ‘TTPD’ set list and more in today’s edition of The Yodel newsletter
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Inflation and consumer spending updates ahead: What to know this week
A crucial reading of inflation faces investors in the week ahead after a string of disappointing reports to start the year dampened investors' interest rate cut hopes.
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Anthony Edwards talks postgame exchange with Jamal Murray: 'We love that, keep talking that'
Edwards is here for the chatter. And he's goading Murray for more.
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NBA playoffs: Nuggets stun Timberwolves with Jamal Murray prayer; tie series, reclaim home-court advantage
The champs are back.
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Chaotic brawl breaks out, punching allegations surface after NYCFC’s 3-2 win over Toronto FC
Toronto alleged on Saturday that NYCFC’s head coach cornered and punched one of their players at the last match between the two clubs.
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Hulu's Black Twitter documentary is a vital cultural chronicle
Hulu's new documentary, "Black Lives Matter: A People's History," explores the rise and global influence of the community.