The feud between Elon Musk and OpenAI is getting even more contentious as the two sides get ready for trial later this month. The latest development in the legal back-and-forth saw OpenAI accuse Elon Musk and his latest proposals as a "legal ambush," as first reported by Bloomberg. OpenAI filed its response on Friday, which detailed that Musk was "sandbagging the defendants and injecting chaos
In celebration of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie coming to theaters, Nintendo is making it a little cheaper to get both Super Mario Galaxy games when you buy a $449.99 Nintendo Switch 2 console. Now through May 9th, you can buy a Switch 2 with Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 for $499.99 ($20 off) from Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop, and Target. It’s a small discount, but it’s a good
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- Jim Lexa worked as a journalist for 30 years and saw his salary plummet as print journalism faded.
- He quit without another job at 53, worked as a handyman, then got a job with the Postal Service.
- He now earns up to $85K a year — nearly three times his old salary — and can
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- Entrepreneur Nik Halik bought a defunct nuclear missile silo in Colorado for over $10 million.
- The US government once used the facility to power, house, and potentially fire nuclear missiles.
- Halik plans to turn the 200,000-square-foot facility into a data center to power AI.
A decommissioned nuclear silo near Denver
As fears of global conflict grow, tech companies are racing to protect servers by turning nuclear missile silos and abandoned mines into ultra-secure data centers. Meanwhile, thousands of Americans are joining survival camps like Fortitude Ranch that are built to survive catastrophes, or even World War III.
We spend a lot of time at The Verge waxing poetic about the latest gadgets, but sometimes it’s the last-gen devices from several years ago that offer the better value. The 2021 Kindle Paperwhite is a great case in point — especially since you can grab it at Woot in refurbished condition with lockscreen ads, 8GB of storage, and a 90-day warranty starting at $49.99 through the rest of today
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- I'm usually the friend who initiates plans, but I decided to take a short break for my well-being.
- Hitting pause on reaching out to friends and making plans helped me understand my priorities.
- Now that I've started initiating again, I'm trying to focus my energy on friends who reciprocate.
Ever since I was little, I've made it my mission to find friends and build the community I
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- I started letting my son bike around our neighborhood with his friends when he was 8.
- He and my daughter now bike up to a half mile away, as long as they're in a group.
- Letting them bike around has taught them responsibility and independence.
The first time my son asked if he could bike in the neighborhood with his friends
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- Natalie Alatriste said Florida stopped feeling like home after the pandemic.
- She said the state's higher living costs and traffic congestion drove her to leave.
- Alatriste is now living in Virginia, where she's spending less money and is happier overall.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Natalie Alatriste, a 35-year-old native
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- When John Jacob Astor IV died on the Titanic, he was one of the world's richest people.
- He built landmark New York hotels like the Astoria Hotel and the St. Regis.
- Astor's wife, who was nearly 30 years younger, was pregnant aboard the Titanic and survived.
John Jacob Astor IV was one of the wealthiest