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Doctor Who is back, louder and more chaotic than before
'Doctor Who' hasn't watered itself down for its arrival on Disney+.
- Yahoo Finance
Stock market today: Nasdaq slips after record as investors await Nvidia earnings
Investors biding their time for Nvidia results looked to retail earnings and Fedspeak for clues to the economy.
- Yahoo Sports
Caitlin Clark teams with Wilson to launch first signature basketball collection since Michael Jordan's
Not even LeBron can say he's launched a signature basketball collection with Wilson.
- Engadget
How to pre-order the Sonos Ace headphones
Sonos is making its first foray into headphones with the new Sonos Ace, a $449 model.
- Engadget
Sonos Ace headphones hands-on: Joining your home theater setup with the push of a button
Sonos' first headphones are finally here, offering premium design, solid features and home theater chops.
- Yahoo Movies
The It List summer movie guide: These are the films worth seeing on the big screen
So many movies, so little time? These summer flicks are worth the price of admission and a bucket of popcorn at the theater.
- Engadget
Adobe Lightroom gets its own AI eraser tool
Adobe has launched Generative Remove, an AI tool for Lightroom.
- Yahoo News
Trump trial live updates: Defense rests without calling the former president to the stand
Closing arguments are set to begin next week.
- Yahoo Finance
Macy's beats lowly Q1 estimates, as it weighs a future between a turnaround or a buyout
Macy’s recorded another quarter of sales declines, but not as much as Wall Street feared.
- TechCrunch
EU Council gives final nod to set up risk-based regulations for AI
It's a wrap: European Union lawmakers have given the final approval to set up the bloc's flagship, risk-based regulations for artificial intelligence. In a press release confirming the approval of the EU AI Act, the Council of the European Union said the law is "ground-breaking," and that "as the first of its kind in the world, it can set a global standard for AI regulation." The European Parliament had already approved the legislation in March.
- Yahoo Finance
Interest rate cuts have a complicated history with the stock market: Morning Brief
Lower interest rates, in theory, are good for stocks. But history says rate cuts from the Fed this year might not warrant an enthusiastic response.
- TechCrunch
Vitesse, a payments and treasury management platform for insurers, raises $93M to fuel US expansion
U.K. fintech Vitesse has closed a $93 million Series C round of funding led by investment giant KKR. KKR said it's making the investment through its Next Generation Technology Growth Fund III, a $3 billion fund it closed last year. Founded out of London in 2013, Vitesse is the handiwork of Paul Townsend and Phil McGriskin, who had sold an e-commerce payments company called Envoy to WorldPay back in 2011.
- Yahoo Sports
Caitlin Clark returns from injury scare; Fever fall to 0-4 as Sun prevail in thriller
Clark returned after rolling her ankle in the first half, but remains in search of her first WNBA victory.
- TechCrunch
Scarlett Johansson says that OpenAI approached her to use her voice
OpenAI is removing one of the voices used by ChatGPT. Users found that it sounded similar to Scarlett Johansson, the company announced on Monday, and Johansson herself released a statement saying she hired legal council to inquire about the Sky voice and get exact details about how it was developed. "We believe that AI voices should not deliberately mimic a celebrity's distinctive voice—Sky’s voice is not an imitation of Scarlett Johansson but belongs to a different professional actress using her own natural speaking voice," the company wrote in a blog post.
- Yahoo Sports
Veteran WR DeVante Parker retiring after nine seasons in the NFL, just months after signing with Eagles
DeVante Parker struck a deal to join the Eagles earlier this offseason.
- Yahoo Sports
Former Toledo football assistant files $10 million wrongful termination lawsuit
Craig Kuligowski, who was facing a sexual harassment complaint at Toledo, said he was fired due to his age and his race. He’s a 55-year-old white man.
- TechCrunch
TechCrunch Space: Star(side)liner
For those who haven't heard, the first crewed launch of Boeing's Starliner capsule has been pushed back yet again to no earlier than May 25. From NASA: "The additional time allows teams to further assess a small helium leak in the Boeing Starliner spacecraft’s service module traced to a flange on a single reaction control system thruster." Scheduling note: TechCrunch Space will be off on May 27 in observance of Memorial Day.
- TechCrunch
VinFast crash that killed family of four now under federal investigation
The top vehicle safety regulator in the U.S. has launched a formal probe into an April crash involving the all-electric VinFast VF8 SUV that claimed the lives of a family of four, TechCrunch has learned. A spokesperson for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) told TechCrunch on Monday that its Special Crash Investigations division will "document the crash circumstances and the ensuing fire." The victims, who have been identified by the Alameda County Sheriff's Department as Tarun and Rincy George, and their two children, did not own the vehicle.
- Yahoo Life Shopping
This water-loving robot will clean your pool like a pro — and it's 50% off in an early Memorial Day deal
It's like Rosie the Robot in a bathing suit. 'Not a finger needs to be lifted,' raves one of 9,000 Amazon fans.
- Yahoo Sports
Padres' Xander Bogaerts leaves game due to shoulder injury after diving for grounder
San Diego Padres second baseman Xander Bogaerts left Monday's game against the Atlanta Braves after injuring his shoulder while diving for a ground ball. Initial tests showed no serious damage.