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If you haven't yet seen Apple's new and already infamous commercial, the one in which a giant mechanical compactor violently crushes a pile of musical instruments, books, sculptures, art supplies and toys, turning them into an iPad Pro, then Apple executives probably they are happy. They saw the headlines: “Apple's iPad ad is terrible”; “Because the stench from that bad iPad ad won't go away”; "The advert for Apple's new iPad is a beautiful metaphor for the end of the world." They saw the mocking posts on social media. They know Hugh Grant it weighed. (“The destruction of the human experience,” she wrote on X. “Courtesy of Silicon Valley.”) In response, Apple did what it rarely does: it apologized. “We missed the mark with this video and we are sorry,” one of the...

Set to a lively electronic soundtrack, a recent video clip showed what the Hezbollah militia called a missile-launching drone, a new weapon in its arsenal as it steps up its attacks on Israel.Showing off a new weapon is the kind of muscular display that Hassan Nasrallah, the organization's elusive leader, boasts about. “What protects you is your strength, your courage, your fists, your weapons, your missiles and your presence on the field,” he said in a speech earlier this year.Hezbollah's attacks, which began last October in solidarity with Hamas in the Gaza war, have gradually intensified as the group uses larger, more sophisticated weapons to strike more often and deeper across the border between Israel and Lebanon. Israel is also hitting targets further away in Lebanon.Hezbol...

You know you have a credit score. Did you know that you might also have a driver score?The score reflects the safety of your driving habits — how often you slam on the brakes, speed, look at your phone or drive late at night.While you can see your credit score, you will have a harder time finding out what your driving score is. But auto insurance companies can get it — and that could affect the rate you pay.For the last two decades, auto insurers have been trying to get people to enroll in programs, commonly called usage-based insurance plans, that monitor their day-to-day driving so rates better reflect the actual risk. But privacy-minded consumers have been reluctant to sign up.So the industry has taken a different tack, getting data about how people drive from automakers or from apps th...

For months, Israelis had heard only of hostages killed or reported dead in Gaza. The “lucky” families were those whose loved ones' remains were recovered by soldiers, at great risk, and brought home to Israel for burial.Thus, Saturday's daring rescue of four living hostages immediately boosted morale in Israel and delivered at least a momentary victory for the country's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.But by Sunday the euphoria was already giving way to a harsher reality. The heavy air and ground attack that accompanied the rescue killed dozens of Palestinians, including civilians, according to Gaza health officials, belying Israel's claims that the operation was a resounding success, at least internationally. And the operation failed to resolve any of the profound di...

At an assisted living facility in New York State, a small crowd gathered at the entrance to the dining room at lunchtime, waiting for the doors to open. As one researcher observed, a woman, tired and frustrated, asked the man in front of her to move; she didn't seem to have heard."Come on let's go!" she screamed—and she pushed the walker at him.In Salisbury, Maryland, a woman woke up in the dark to find another resident in her bedroom at an assisted living complex. Her daughter, Rebecca Addy-Twaits, suspected her 87-year-old mother, who suffered from dementia and could become confused, was hallucinating the encounter.But the man, who lived down the hall, returned half a dozen times, sometimes during Mrs. Addy-Twaits' visits. He never threatened or harmed her mother, but "s...

After a four-day search, Greek authorities said Sunday they had found the body of Michael Mosley, a British medical journalist and documentary filmmaker who disappeared last week during a trip to the Greek island of Symi.His body was found on a beach in Agia Marina, Symi mayor Eleftherios Papakalodoukas said.His disappearance sparked an extensive search involving firefighters, police officers and volunteers. Authorities also used dogs and drones, and the Greek coast guard also joined the effort as fears grew that Dr Mosley had drifted into the sea.A spokeswoman for the Greek police, Constantina Dimoglidou, said the mayor, who was on a boat patrolling the coast with journalists from the state TV channel Ert, spotted Dr Mosley's body and recognized his blue T-shirt from the latest photo...

Every June, Apple unveils its latest iPhone software features at its futuristic Silicon Valley campus. But during its annual developer conference on Monday, the company will shine a spotlight on a feature that's not new: Siri, its talking assistant, which has been around for more than a decade.What will be different this time is the technology that powers Siri: generative artificial intelligence.In recent months, Adrian Perica, Apple's vice president of business development, has helped lead an effort to bring generative artificial intelligence to the masses, said two people familiar with the work, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the effort.Perica and his colleagues have been talking to leading AI companies, including Google and OpenAI, looking for a partner t...

Israelis breathed a brief collective sigh of relief on Saturday when the army announced it had rescued four hostages held in Gaza for eight months after they were captured in the Oct. 7 attack led by Hamas.The four hostages were taken at the Nova music festival on October 7 and were rescued during an operation in the central Gaza town of Nuseirat on Saturday morning. The mission resulted in the deaths of dozens of Palestinians, including women and children. News of the rescue has raised renewed questions about the fate of those who remain in captivity and the proposed ceasefire agreement.How many hostages are still held in Gaza?Around 120 prisoners remain in Gaza. The Israeli army confirmed that at least 30 of them died.Earlier this month, the Israeli army informed the families of four ...

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SpaceX's launch of its giant Starship rocket on Thursday achieved a series of ambitious goals that Elon Musk, the company's chief executive, had set before its fourth test flight.Lifting off from SpaceX's launch pad at 7:50 a.m. in south Texas, near Brownsville, the Starship roared into the sky.After dropping from the upper stage, the booster managed to come to rest gently in the Gulf of Mexico while the second stage spacecraft traveled to the other side of the world, survived the scorching temperatures of atmospheric re-entry, and even made a splashdown checked. , in the Indian Ocean.The flight was not flawless and difficult technical obstacles remain. The successes, surpassing what was achieved during the previous test flight in March, offered optimism that Musk can realize...