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Some of my favorite travel spots in Florida are far from the most popular ones.
  • Florida is one of the few US states enjoying warm, tropical weather as winter drags on.
  • Whether you want to escape the cold or plan a summer trip, the state offers more than theme parks.
  • These seven lesser-known spots are just as beautiful without the crowds.

Some parts of the US might still be in the


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Chef and restaurateur Camari Mick breaks down dessert scenes from movies and TV based on realism.

Mick discusses the accuracy of fine-dining dessert ingredients in FX's "The Bear," the baking techniques in "Chef" (2014), and the pitfalls of processed foods from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." She also gives recipe suggestions for the cookies from "Friends," dishes on the current and past


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Isaac 0 is a stationary robot with one job: folding laundry. | Image: Weave Robotics
Isaac 0 is a stationary robot with one job: folding laundry. | Image: Weave Robotics

If you have a spare $7,999 (plus a $250 deposit), hate folding laundry, and happen to live in the Bay Area, one-and-a-half-year-old startup Weave has the robot for you: Isaac 0.

It takes Isaac 0 around 30-90 minutes to fold a load of laundry, Weave says. That's all it does - it's stationary and needs a



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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun sails alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) during a fueling-at-sea, Feb. 28.
The USS Truxtun collided with a support ship in the Caribbean Sea on Wednesday.
  • A US Navy destroyer and a support ship collided in the Caribbean Sea on Wednesday.
  • A military spokesperson said the incident occurred during a replenishment-at-sea.
  • Two personnel were injured but are in stable condition.

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The author's child attended school for four hours a day.
  • My husband and I didn't need childcare, but we still paid $7,500 to send our 2-year-old to "school."
  • The part-time program alleviated my worries about trying to navigate separation for my attached toddler.
  • In the end, it was expensive and emotionally taxing, but worth it.

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Sleeper laptop. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge
Sleeper laptop. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge

Business laptops are typically dull computers foisted on employees en masse. But higher-end enterprise workstation notebooks sometimes get an interesting enough blend of power and features to appeal to enthusiasts. HP's ZBook Ultra G1a is a nice example. It's easy to see it as another gray boring-book for spendy business types


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James Van der Beek died at the age of 48.
  • "Dawson's Creek" star James Van Der Beek died at the age of 48.
  • He was diagnosed with colorectal cancer three years ago.
  • A GoFundMe was launched to help pay his medical bills and support his wife and 6 children.

Actor James Van Der Beek's wife, Kimberly, appears to have backed a GoFundMe in the wake of the "Dawson's Creek" actor's


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After warnings from lawmakers last year, WhatsApp has been blocked in Russia for as many as 100 million users, the Financial Times reported. Russian authorities removed the app from an online directory, effectively wiping it from Russia's internet. The government has previously said that it wants users to switch to an app called Max, an unencrypted WeChat clone. 

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Software engineers are getting crushed by AI, and they think you're next.

AI's ability to automate code is simultaneously making developers productive and overworked. One technologist said his job is harder than ever, lamenting that


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Minneapolis was not the war zone I expected to find. Depending on who you are and where you live, things can seem, for a few fleeting moments, almost normal, like a few blocks or neighborhoods over people aren't being tear gassed or rounded up by ICE or, in two tragic cases, being gunned down by federal agents. Even now some people walk their dogs, run errands and buy groceries, meet