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We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing.When my husband Dave got an Instant Pot pressure cooker for Christmas in 2018, I was especially excited to use it, considering how traditional cooking isn’t exactly my strong suit. For a few years, this appliance was doing almost all the work in our kitchen. Since Dave worked in-office at the time and I worked from home, I could prepare meals early in the day and keep an eye on it, or even get something…

There’s a new name in charge of stewarding Star Wars at Lucasfilm. The studio just announced that Dave Filoni — best-known for his work on The Mandalorian and The Clone Wars — will be taking over as president. Former president Kathleen Kennedy, whose departure had been rumored for some time, will be stepping down and returning to producing films full-time.Under the new structure, Filoni will continue to serve as chief creative officer at Lucasfilm, alongside becoming the studio’s president. Lynwen Brennan, who has been at the studio since 1999 and most recently served as president and GM of Lucasfilm business,…

MADRID (AP) — Uncertainty about the future of American football in Europe increased Thursday after a group of franchises split and said they plan to play in a new independent league.The European Football Alliance said it was terminating the cooperation agreement it had with the European League of Football and planned to start its own league based on the NFL model in which the member franchises govern the league.AdvertisementThe announcement came a few months after the ELF and EFA had said they reached a “strategic cooperation agreement” to join forces for the 2026 season.“Following our Nov. 26 announcement, the EFA…

Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of X owner Elon Musk’s children, is suing his company for enabling its AI to virtually strip her down into a bikini without her consent.St. Clair is one of the many people over the past couple weeks who have found themselves undressed without permission by X’s AI chatbot, Grok. The chatbot has been gingerly complying with users’ requests to remove clothing from many women and some apparent minors, or put them in sexualized poses or scenarios. The feature has caused an uproar from policymakers around the world who have launched investigations and vowed…

About Green Chef: Green Chef is the first CCOF-certified organic meal kit delivery service, which means they’re committed to sourcing organic fresh produce and eggs, as well as providing organic beef, chicken, and wild-caught seafood as an option. While the company acknowledges that they reserve the right to replace a given ingredient with a high-quality conventional option if the organic option doesn’t meet its quality standards, this is not a common occurrence, according to our tests.What we loved: Senior SEO editor Joe Sevier praised Green Chef for its generally tasty meals, writing, “This was the best packaged kit I’ve ever…

With your PTO in the calendar and your dream hotel officially booked, the only thing left to do before you jet off is to tackle your packing list. Assembling these travel essentials can be a daunting task steeped in airline baggage restriction frustration—but we’re here to reclaim the narrative. You don’t need complicated lists and a million specialty items to prepare for your next trip. Rather, the key is investing in a handful of hard-working staples that’ll see you through long-haul flights overseas and weekend jaunts from the city alike. It starts with the basics: a durable checked bag from…

Through an extension to its previous $50 million Series A round that closed in September, AI video generation startup Higgsfield has sold another $80 million worth of stock, bringing its total Series A to $130 million. The company says it has now hit a $1.3 billion valuation. Higgsfield offers a tool that allows consumers, creators, and social media teams to create and edit AI-generated videos. The company was founded by Alex Mashrabov, former head of Generative AI at Snap, who landed at the company after it bought his previous startup, AI Factory, in 2020 for $166 million. Mashrabov was a…

The latest DraftKings promo code gives new users $300 in bonus bets if your first $5 bet wins, perfect for NBA betting on Thursday. Kevin Durant will face his original team when the Houston Rockets host the Oklahoma City Thunder in one of the best games on the Thursday sports calendar. With Thursday’s matchup being played in Houston and the Rockets having a 12-2 record on their home floor this season, the SportsLine projection model has the Rockets pulling off the upset and winning at +142 odds as part of its NBA best bets at DraftKings Sportsbook. The over/under for Thunder vs. Rockets…

Tencia Benavidez, a Supernatural user who lives in New Mexico, started her VR workouts during the Covid pandemic. She has been a regular user in the five years since, calling the ability to work out in VR ideal, given that she lives in a rural area where it’s hard to get to a gym or work out outside during a brutal winter. She stuck with Supernatural because of the community and the eagerness of Supernatural’s coaches.“They seem like really authentic individuals that were not talking down to you,” Benavidez says. “There’s just something really special about those coaches.”Meta bought Supernatural…

Riccardo Milani | Afp | Getty ImagesWikimedia announced new deals with several artificial intelligence companies in a blog post on Thursday, including Amazon, Meta and Perplexity, as part of the company’s 25th anniversary.Through the new partnerships under Wikimedia Enterprise, companies will pay Wikipedia to use its data to help develop and train AI models, instead of web scraping. The partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI and Perplexity were formalized over the last year but have not been publicly shared, Wikimedia said.”All these organizations utilize Wikimedia Enterprise to integrate human-governed knowledge into their platforms at scale,” Wikimedia said in the…