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Meta is developing a standalone app for Vibes, its feed of AI-generated videos, according to reports from TechCrunch and Platformer. Vibes was introduced as a feature in the Meta AI app in September 2025. Similar to OpenAI’s Sora app, Vibes lets users prompt Meta AI to create TikTok-style vertical videos.”Following the strong early traction of Vibes within Meta AI, we are testing a standalone app to build on that momentum,” Meta said in a statement. “We’ve seen that users are increasingly leaning into the format to create, discover, and share AI-generated video with friends. This standalone app provides a dedicated…

A Toyota dealership is seen on November 19, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesToyota Motor announced Friday that Chief Executive Officer Koji Sato will step down and be replaced by its Chief Financial Officer, Kenta Kon, marking the automaker’s second CEO transition in three years.The leadership shakeup will take effect on April 1, with Sato assuming the position of vice chairman and a newly created role as chief industry officer. “Under this new leadership structure, Sato will focus on the broader industry, including Toyota, as Vice Chairman and CIO, while Kon will focus on internal company management as…

With the 2026 Winter Olympics about to begin, we at Vogue are taking a wide view of the state of play in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo. Because it would be a true shame to reduce the athletes’ merits solely to their “ability” and whether they “win or lose,” I’ve been studying up on the various hockey players due to compete at this year’s Games with an aim to round up a totally unscientific batch of the all-around best and/or coolest.In the spirit of gender equity and bisexuality, this list includes players from both the men’s and women’s teams, and for…

Not only did Ma land an official partnership with Beijing’s CDC, the agency later invited him to the 2012 conference where he unexpectedly connected with Li and told the political leader to his face that he ran a website for gay people. Li, widely seen as one of the more liberal members of China’s ruling elite, reacted positively. That single political endorsement helped Blued convince investors that the app wasn’t at risk of being shut down, Liu said.The Empire Strikes BackWhat makes dancing on China’s Great Firewall so difficult is that the ground below is inherently unstable: Content permitted today…

Everything that happens in sports has additional context when viewed from a sports betting perspective. From season-changing injuries to record-setting moments and so much more, the sports news cycle will constantly and significantly affect the sports betting industry.Our Super Bowl betting buzz file, with contributions from David Purdum, Doug Greenberg and others, aims to provide fans a look at the sports betting stories that are driving the conversation leading up to the big game. Key links: Early bets | Updated odds | Sports betting home | DraftKingsFeb. 5: Bettor places $1,000 MVP wagers on Super Bowl kickersTwo $1,000 wagers have…

All told, the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics are estimated to cause the loss of 5.5 square kilometers of snowpack and 34 million metric tons of glacial ice. Without the emissions caused by the event’s three main sponsors, those numbers would be much lower: 2.3 square kilometers of snowpack and about 14 million metric tons of glacial ice.That’s according to a January report from the New Weather Institute, which worked with Scientists for Global Responsibility and Champions for Earth to determine the environmental impacts of the 2026 Winter Olympics and whether or not the staging of the Games was detrimental…

Each TV company has its own distinct personality and direction. These change over the years, with new technological breakthroughs or at least new business deals. New aspirations shake up the natural order. This year, for example, nearly every company has decided to make and heavily promote RGB LED TVs. Some of them, like Hisense, seem like they’re doing it because they want to. LG’s making one too, but it’s clear the company’s heart still lies with OLEDs. Are RGB LED TVs the next big thing? Who knows!2026 is only a few weeks old, but we’re already seeing those personalities and…

BATON ROUGE – Texas is going to be do what it does. Kim Mulkey knew that and the LSU women’s basketball team knew that coming into the game Thursday night.But some of the things the Tigers had been doing well during their seven-game win streak, they got away from inside the Moody Center and it led to their first loss in a month, a 77-64 defeat at the hands of the Longhorns.AdvertisementNo. 5 LSU (21-3, 7-3 SEC) fell short of the regular season sweep of No. 4 Texas (22-2, 7-2).MORE LSU WBB COVERAGE LSU women’s basketball fades in second half…

Sometimes, it can seem like the AI industry is racing to see who can spend the most money on data centers. Whoever builds the most data centers will have the most compute, the thinking goes, and thus be able to build the best AI products, which will guarantee victory in the years to come. There are limits to this way of thinking — traditionally, businesses eventually succeed by making more money and spending less — but it’s proven remarkably persuasive for large tech companies. If that is the game, Amazon does seem to be winning. The company announced in its…

Newly appointed Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra after addressing a press conference, in Mumbai on Dec. 11, 2024.Indranil Mukherjee | Afp | Getty ImagesIndia’s central bank on Friday kept its policy rates unchanged, as headwinds to growth have weakened following the announcement of trade deals with the E.U. and the U.S.Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the policy rate to remain unchanged at 5.25%. “External headwinds have intensified, though the successful completion of trade deals augurs well” for overall economic outlook, said Sanjay Malhotra, governor of Reserve Bank of India, explaining the reason for hitting a pause on…