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Like pretty much every other tech company in existence, Adobe has leaned heavily into AI over the past several years. The software firm has launched a number of different AI services since 2023, including Firefly — its AI-powered media-generation suite. Now, however, the company’s full-throated embrace of the technology may have led to trouble, as a new lawsuit claims it used pirated books to train one of its AI models. A proposed class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of Elizabeth Lyon, an author from Oregon, claims that Adobe used pirated versions of numerous books — including her own — to train…

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Stock Chart IconStock chart iconElanco’s year-to-date stock performance.Elanco: “They are doing everything right. I am so impressed with the way they’ve turned that company around [buy, buy, buy].”Stock Chart IconStock chart iconRocket Lab’s year-to-date stock performance.Rocket Lab: “I think it’s a very good spec, ahead of another big offering in the rocket world next year. I think you can own in as your spec play.”Stock Chart IconStock chart iconLithium Americas’ year-to-date stock performance.Lithium Americas: “No, there’s nothing there for you. You’re just going to have to skip it…That’s a yesteryear stock…It’s a no-go [sell, sell, sell].”Stock Chart IconStock chart iconDaktronics’…

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ARC Raiders is an extremely fun game to play, especially with friends, but after spending over 50 hours playing the game (well, maybe more than 100 already), I started to pile up some regrets: Things I wish I knew sooner and opportunities lost in the process of learning. This list is a breakdown of 10 of the things I regret not knowing sooner while playing ARC Raiders. I hope it helps all new players to get used to the game faster, so that they might enjoy playing every second of it. Related The Unwritten Rules of ARC Raiders Explained ARC…

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Key points:Bitcoin failed to hold above $90,000, indicating a lack of demand at higher levels.Several major altcoins started a recovery, but the higher levels attracted solid selling pressure from the bears.Bitcoin (BTC) bulls pushed the price above $90,000 on Wednesday, but higher levels attracted selling by the bears. Spot BTC exchange-traded funds have recorded outflows of $634.8 million this week, according to Farside Investors data, indicating a cautious approach by institutional investors.CryptoQuant analyst MorenoDV_ said in a recent Quicktake analysis that the True Market Mean (TMM), which represents the cost basis of all non-dormant coins, excluding miners, acts “like a…

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced in a message to staff on Wednesday that longtime AWS executive Peter DeSantis will lead a new AI-focused organization within the company. This organization will be responsible for Amazon’s AI models like Nova, as well as silicon development and quantum computing, which help make AI tools faster and more efficient. DeSantis has spent 27 years at Amazon, including eight years as an SVP for AWS, the cloud provider that powers about one-third of the internet. At AWS’s recent re:Invent event, Amazon hammered home its commitment to AI for enterprise use, so it makes sense that…

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The NYPD on Wednesday released surveillance imageas of two young men wanted for opening fire outside a Sweet 16 birthday party in Brooklyn that left six people wounded, including the niece of Mayor Adam’s gun violence prevention czar. The two masked suspects, one wearing a blue-and-red du-rag under his hoodie, opened fire on a crowd of partygoers that had just filed out of Burbuja Events on Atlantic Ave. near Ashford St. in Cypress Hills as the birthday celebration wrapped up about 1:15 a.m. Sunday, cops said. Surveillance video recovered by police show the two suspects walking toward the party space in the…

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Check out the companies making the biggest moves in midday trading: Texas Pacific Land — Shares of the large Texas landowner jumped 8% after it struck a deal with Bolt Data & Energy to develop large-scale data center campuses on properties owned by Texas Pacific Land. Jabil — The electronics firm fell about 2%, however, the stock initially popped about 5% after it issued an upbeat forecast. Jabil said it is benefiting from the demand for AI data centers. Year to date, Jabil shares have gained more than 45%. Oracle — Shares of the cloud computing giant fell about 6%…

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A Brookyn man described how he managed to survive being stabbed in the chest by a ranting stranger during an antisemitic attack outside the victim’s synagogue. Elias Rosner, a 35-year-old Orthodox Jew, had just left his Crown Heights synagogue at Kingston Ave. and Lincoln Place about 4 p.m. Tuesday with a few fellow congregants when the attacker stormed up to the group and launched into an antisemitic tirade. “We were just crossing the street when he started ranting at all of us,” Rosner told the Daily News. “He said if the Holocaust was successful we wouldn’t be here today and…

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Google today released its fast and cheap Gemini 3 Flash model, based on the Gemini 3 released last month, looking to steal OpenAI’s thunder. The company is also making this the default model in the Gemini app and AI mode in search. The new Flash model arrives six months after Google announced the Gemini 2.5 Flash model, offering significant improvements. On the benchmark, the Gemini 3 Flash model outperforms its predecessor by a significant margin and matches the performance of other frontier models, like Gemini 3 Pro and GPT 5.2, in some measures. For instance, it scored 33.7% without tool…

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By KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans. The stunning move comes after House Republican leaders pushed ahead with a health care bill that does not address the soaring monthly premiums that millions of people will soon endure when the tax credits for those who buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act expire at year’s end. The action sets the stage for a renewed…

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