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If you’re interested in going paperless, you probably think you need a scanner. It’s true that hardware scanners make turning multipage documents into PDFs very simple. But most of us don’t have easy access to a scanner.What we do have are phones, and those phones have very good cameras. That’s where scanning apps come in.These apps allow you to take photos of each page of a paper document, crop out the edges of the photo and straighten everything, then combine those photos into a PDF file. A scanning app is handy, but there’s a catch: a lot of the apps…

Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday said it will reopen deal talks with Paramount Skydance under a 7-day waiver from Netflix to explore “deficiencies” in Paramount’s offer to buy the entirety of WBD. The legacy media company has a pending transaction with Netflix for its streaming and studio businesses. Paramount launched a hostile tender offer straight to WBD shareholders at $30 per share after losing out to Netflix in a bidding war. “Netflix has provided WBD a limited waiver under the terms of WBD’s merger agreement with Netflix, permitting WBD to engage in discussions with Paramount Skydance (“PSKY”) (NASDAQ: PSKY) for…

Every day, people log in to an online forum for current and former Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers to share their thoughts on the news of the day and complain about their colleagues in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).“ERO is too busy dressing up as Black Ops Commandos with Tactical body armor, drop down thigh rigs, balaclavas, multiple M4 magazines, and Punisher patches, to do an Admin arrest of a non criminal, non-violent EWI that weighs 90 pounds and is 5 foot 2, inside a secure Federal building where everyone has been screened for weapons,” wrote one user in July…

Ski Mountaineering, or SkiMo for short, is a brand-new event at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, and the only sport making its debut at this year’s Games. The sport combines elements of Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, uphill skiing (also known as skinning), and boot packing all into a single race with courses consisting of an ascent, descent, and a foot section. This year at the Olympics, there will be a men’s and women’s sprint event, and a mixed relay event. Representing Team USA this year in ski mountaineering are Anna Gibson and Cam Smith (and if you want to…

X is facing yet another investigation into Grok’s reported creation of nonconsensual sexual images on the platform. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced an inquiry into X regarding the harmful, intimate images and processing of EU and EEA individuals’ personal data — including children.In an 11-day period, X generated about three million sexualized images, an estimated 23,000 of which were of children. British nonprofit, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) announced the results of its December 29 to January 9 review last month.Critically, the investigation will determine whether X has broken GDPR laws. “The DPC has been engaging…

Contrary to what one might think, your skincare routine doesn’t begin with sunscreen, serums, or your nutricosmetic supplements. A good face wash ritual is the unequivocal base for any serious cleansing.According to a survey conducted by CeraVe, up to 80% of Americans make at least one common mistake when washing their face—that might be using improper products, like a body wash or soap. (66% of men and 40% of women use hand soap or body wash to cleanse their face, and more than a third just use water.) Dermatologists recommend washing your face twice daily (morning and night); still, over…

After cramming AI into every inch of its smartphones, appliances, and other devices, Samsung is now increasingly slapping it across social media. Several videos posted to the company’s YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok accounts in recent weeks were made or edited using generative AI tools, including its latest teaser for the upcoming Galaxy S26 series.The “Brighten your after hours” video features two people skateboarding at night, and supposedly shows off the low-light video capabilities of the upcoming Galaxy S26 devices. Fine print appears at the bottom of the screen towards the end of the video, flagging that it was “generated with…

An ACC matchup on Tuesday’s college basketball schedule has the Boston College Eagles visiting the Florida State Seminoles. Boston College (9-16, 2-10 ACC) has lost six games in a row, most recently an 86-75 Saturday defeat to Cal. FSU (12-13, 5-7 ACC) has won four of its last five and is coming off a 23-point Saturday victory over Virginia Tech. The all-time series between the two is even at 12-12.Tipoff is at 6 p.m. ET from the Tucker Center in Tallahassee, Fla. BC prevailed 77-76 when these programs last met a year ago. The Seminoles are 11.5-point favorites in the…

Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson Sr yells and gestures during a campaign speech, 1988.Afro Newspaper/Gado | Archive Photos | Getty ImagesThe Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, Baptist minister and two-time Democratic presidential candidate, died Tuesday at age 84.The Jackson family confirmed his passing in a statement on Tuesday morning. The civil rights leader spent decades in the public eye fighting to end racial and class divisions in America.A protégé of Martin Luther King Jr., Jackson fought on the front lines of the battle against Jim Crow segregation laws as a college student. He stood out for his rousing…

Enterprise AI company Cohere launched a new family of multilingual models on the sidelines of the ongoing India AI Summit. The models, dubbed Tiny Aya, are open-weight — meaning their underlying code is publicly available for anyone to use and modify — support over 70 languages, and can run on everyday devices like laptops without requiring an internet connection. The model, launched by the company’s research arm Cohere Labs, supports South Asian languages such as Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, and Marathi.  The base model contains 3.35 billion parameters — a measure of its size and complexity. Cohere…