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First lady Jill Biden said she helped a friend during the aftermath of an abortion when it was illegal in Pennsylvania in the 1960s

Andy Chalk / PC Gamer : Blizzard will require Overwatch 2 and Modern Warfare 2 players to use SMS Protect, a 2FA system, to combat toxicity, but won't accept prepaid and VOIP numbers   —  Just like Overwatch 2, you'll need to attach a phone number to your Battle.net account to play Modern Warfare 2—and prepaid phones aren't allowed.

The Biden administration has reunited at least 500 families who were separated under the Trump-era "zero tolerance policy" -- and says there is still more work to do.

Television personality Kathie Lee Gifford revealed she was heartbroken over NFL star Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen’s divorce rumors and argued that "God loves marriage." In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Gifford reflected on her marriage with her late husband, Frank Gifford, who was a former New York Giants football player and television sports commentator. "Well, he was more than an NFL star. Frank was one of the greatest football players of all time … Tom Brady's a magnificent player. Frank always felt that he was the greatest quarterback of all time … I don't compare Frank to anybody else," Gifford said. After being married for nearly 30 years, Gifford went on to say that she experienced challenges in her marriage, as "everybody does," and expressed that she was upset when she heard the news of the Super Bowl champion and the supermodel reportedly hiring divorce lawyers. KATHIE LEE GIFFORD, NOW IN HER 'DREAM JOB,' B...

GOP Sens. Rick Scott and Tom Cotton will stump for Georgia Senate nominee Herschel Walker, after the Republican candidate has faced accusations he paid for a girlfriend's abortion.

Natalie Wong / Bloomberg : A look at business email compromise scams in the US involving real estate, and the Secret Service team that helped recover $244M in stolen BEC funds since 2019   —  For weeks, the Secret Service agent had been trying to identify the scammers moving millions of stolen dollars through banks around the New York tri-state area.

Rapper Meek Mill is criticizing Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, after his exclusive interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson. Mill took to his Instagram story to post a video of Ye and included a lengthy message claiming the "Famous" rapper hates his "own people." "I used to listen to ye every night [in] jail for motivation on god! And came home and watched him sh— on my name and brand like nothing…I ain’t say nothing…but what you be doing for fame driving you crazy…I’m vocal it’s like you hate your own people…" In the background video, you can hear Ye speaking out about popular hip-hop songs and slamming their lyrics, as Mill implied he’s against his own race.  YE WON’T ‘COMPROMISE’ WITH KIM KARDASHIAN OVER KIDS’ EDUCATION, COMPARES EX-WIFE TO MARILYN MONROE Mill’s comments come on the heels of Ye’s all-encompassing interview on "Tucker Carlson Tonight."   The "Gold Digger" rapper got candid about his controversial ...

Pseudo-local news outlets across the country, publishing under regional titles, have been linked to media firms and progressive campaigns based in Washington, DC.

Several House Republican lawmakers sent a letter to Secretaries Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin demanding answers on Chian's new police presence in New York City.

The White House on Friday said it has seen no indication Russia is planning on using nuclear weapons but defended President Biden warning of "Armageddon."

Elissa Slotkin has amended two of her previous financial disclosures to accurately reflect her husband's employment with a company that has received millions in government contracts.

Democrat Congresswoman Cori Bush describes her experience telling doctors "No" while they ignored her and continued with an abortion she says she "was not ready for."

Tim Keary / VentureBeat : NYC-based Elpha Secure, which provides cybersecurity software combined with cyber insurance policies, has raised a $20M Series A led by Canapi Ventures   —  Data breaches aren't cheap.  If an organization fails to protect its critical data assets, then it can cost millions to repair the damage done.

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg : Filing: in its case against Meta's Within acquisition, FTC asks a judge to remove some allegations about anticompetitive effects in the VR fitness apps market   —  The US Federal Trade Commission is narrowing its case against Meta Platforms Inc.'s proposed acquisition of virtual reality app Within Unlimited, according to a court filing.

Alan Alda reflected on the 50th anniversary of his beloved TV series, "M*A*S*H," discussing its enduring legacy and the real-life friendships of him and his former castmates. The comedy-drama series, which followed a team of American doctors and support staff stationed in South Korea during the Korean War, still holds the record for the most watched finale in television history. "I'm not sure we ever knew what kind of impact it was having," Alda, who starred as Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce, told PEOPLE . "It took a while to catch on, lingering near the bottom of the ratings for the first season, We got used to coming to work, doing the best shows we could and not worrying about the numbers. By the time that huge audience watched the last episode, we were kind of shocked." When asked what went through his mind when someone asks him about the show, Alda simply responded, "Gratitude that what we did all those years ago is ...

Forbes : Binance says it will cease trading Helium Network Tokens, or HNT, over the next week and advises users to close out their positions   —  Binance told Forbes it delists tokens to protect its users, and periodically reviews “each digital asset we list to ensure that it continues to meet a high level of standard.”

Jada Pinkett Smith plans to reveal all in her new memoir. The actress and wife of Will Smith announced she will publish her book in 2023, according to People.  Although the memoir is still untitled, the "Red Table Talk" host will cover her "rise to stardom" alongside friend Tupac Shakur, her "unconventional upbringing" and "falling in love" with her husband.  JADA PINKETT SMITH HOPES WILL SMITH, CHRIS ROCK CAN ‘RECONCILE’ AFTER OSCARS SLAP: AN ‘OPPORTUNITY TO HEAL’ Smith opens up about "chronicles lessons learned in the course of a difficult but riveting journey – a rollercoaster ride from the depths of suicidal depression to the heights of personal discovery…" according to a press release via the media outlet. The "Girls Trip" star will take readers back to her early childhood days, "with no holds barred." "Jada reveals her unconventional upbringing in Baltimore — from the child of two addicts to a prom...

Bloomberg : Sources: Musk-Twitter talks are stuck over debt-financing issue; Musk seeks to reserve rights to file a fraud suit over claims Twitter misled about bot accounts   —  Talks between Elon Musk and Twitter Inc. to reach a resolution of the $44 billion takeover are stuck in part over Musk's statement …

House Democrats are pushing a bill to remove U.S. defenses from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates after OPEC decided to cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day.

More migrants disembarked in Washington, D.C., Thursday near Vice President Kamala Harris's residence, as two other buses arrived in New York City.

Presiden Biden blamed Republicans in a statement after the Fifth Circuit Court determined the Obama administration lacked authority to implement the DACA program.

Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate, Tim Michels, promises to promote public safety amid a spike in violent crime ahead of the November midterm elections.

The White House is leading a government-wide effort to implement policies aimed at boosting diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in the government.

Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News : Minneapolis-based NetSPI, which offers penetration testing and attack surface management services, raised $410M from KKR, bringing its total funding to $500M   —  Although venture funding in cybersecurity has taken a slight dip this year—as it has in most sectors—that does not mean large growth rounds do not exist.

Brendan Vaughan / Fast Company : Fast Company brings its site back online after eight days offline, saying a cyberattack hit its CMS and “no customer or advertiser information was disclosed”   —  Eight days.  That's how long FastCompany.com was offline after we were targeted in a cyberattack, first on the afternoon of Sunday …

Lauly Li / Financial Times : Dutch chip manufacturer STMicroelectronics plans to invest €730M to build a chip materials plant in Italy to create a self-reliant supply chain amid shortages   —  Factory in Italy will help region become more self-reliant in key semiconductor market  —  STMicroelectronics …

Bloomberg : Roblox and Discord are accused of enabling adult men to sexually and financially exploit a California girl in a lawsuit filed by a social media watchdog group   —  Roblox Corp. and Discord Inc. were accused of enabling adult men to sexually and financially exploit a California girl in a lawsuit filed by a social-media watchdog group.

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : Google unveils Imagen Video, a text-to-video AI generator trained on 14M video-text pairs, 60M image-text pairs, and the LAION-400M image-text dataset   —  Not to be outdone by Meta's Make-A-Video, Google today detailed its work on Imagen Video, an AI system that can generate video clips given a text prompt …

David Cohen / Adweek : Twitter rolls out its mixed media feature globally, letting Android and iOS users include up to four videos, images, and GIFs in the same tweet   —  Up to 4 GIFs, photos and/or videos can be included

Tia Mowry filed for divorce from her husband of 14 years, Cory Hardrict, in Los Angeles Monday. In documents obtained by Fox News Digital, the "Sister, Sister" star petitioned for a dissolution of marriage (divorce), citing "irreconcilable differences."  Mowry and Hardrict were married on May 20, 2008 and have two children together, Cree, 11 and Cairo, 4. TOM BRADY, GISELE BUNDCHEN FUEL SPLIT RUMORS AS THEY BOTH HIRE DIVORCE ATTORNEYS: REPORTS The couple appeared to have a prenuptial agreement in place as "all assets and obligations of each party are her/his separate property," as listed in the documents. SYLVESTER STALLONE AND JENNIFER FLAVIN RECONCILE POST DIVORCE FILING: EXPERTS DISCUSS STARS' CHANGE OF HEARTS In addition, both Mowry and Hardrict signed off on terminating "the court's ability to award support" to either party.  Mowry took to Instagram on Tuesday with an update for her millions of fans about her relationship. ...

Axios : Elon Musk's proposal to proceed with his Twitter bid for $54.20/share hinges on receiving debt financing and the end of all legal actions related to the deal   —  Elon Musk has offered to proceed with a $44 billion buyout of Twitter, according to a letter his lawyer sent to Twitter's legal team that was submitted to regulators Tuesday.

Reba McEntire is honoring the late country star Loretta Lynn. Lynn, a country music icon, was 90 years old. "Mama and Loretta Lynn were four years apart, Mama being the oldest. They always reminded me a lot of each other. Strong women, who loved their children and were fiercely loyal," McEntire noted on her Instagram post.  LORETTA LYNN, COUNTRY MUSIC ICON, DEAD AT 90 McEntire’s mother Jacqueline passed away at the age of 93 in March 2020 after a battle with cancer. REBA MCENTIRE EMBRACES HER DARK SIDE WITH BOYFRIEND REX LINN IN ‘BIG SKY’ SEASON 3 "Now they’re both in Heaven getting to visit and talk about how they were raised, how different country music is now from what it was when they were young. Sure makes me feel good that Mama went first so she could welcome Loretta into the hollers of heaven!" In 2021, the "Big Sky" actress collaborated on a song with Lynn and Carrie Underwood entitled "Still Woman Enough," a reference to the Coun...

Gov. Ron DeSantis will meet President Biden in-person to debrief on recovery efforts following Hurricane Ian on Wednesday. They haven't met since they argued over immigration.

Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg : Arizona's AG: Google will pay $85M to resolve the state's consumer privacy lawsuit that claims it surreptitiously collects users' location data for targeted ads   —  Alphabet Inc.'s Google will pay $85 million to resolve a consumer privacy suit by Arizona claiming the technology giant …

Denny Jacob / Wall Street Journal : Nvidia, which had suspended shipments to Russia, plans to close its Russian offices and offer employees the option to continue their jobs in other countries   —  Chip maker says it can no longer operate effectively in country because of recent developments  —  Nvidia Corp. NVDA 3.07%&#9650 …

Bloomberg : Samsung unveils a roadmap for mass production of advanced chips, with its second-generation 3nm chips coming in 2024, 2nm chips in 2025, and 1.4nm chips in 2027   —  Samsung Electronics Co. announced an aggressive five-year plan to lure US chip buyers with more advanced technology …

Ephrat Livni / New York Times : US Treasury-led regulators release a report on digital assets calling on Congress to provide more resources to police crypto, regulate stablecoins, and more   —  The Financial Stability Oversight Council said that the growing crypto market could pose risks to the broader financial system.

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch : Some YouTube users say the service is asking them to purchase a Premium subscription to watch videos in 4K, a feature that is currently free for all users   —  YouTube's Premium paid subscription includes benefits like ad-free viewing, video and song downloads for offline consumption, and background plays.

Catarina Moura / The Block : Golden, which is building a Web3 data protocol that is expected to fully launch in Q2 2023, raised a $40M Series B led by a16z, bringing total funding to $60M   —  - Golden has raised $40 million in a series led by a16z crypto.  — The Series B round included high-profile investors …

New York Times : Sources: the US will likely announce new measures as soon as this week restricting several Chinese companies and research labs from using advanced US chip tech   —  The new rules could be the most sweeping action taken yet by the Biden administration to thwart China's access to American technology …

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : Immerok, which is building an Apache Flink-based cloud service for data streaming, raised a $17M seed led by CUSP Capital, 468 Capital, and others   —  In 2011, the Apache Software Foundation released Flink, a high-throughput, low-latency engine for streaming various data types.

Manish Singh / TechCrunch : Prosus Ventures terminates its deal to acquire Indian payments company BillDesk for $4.7B in cash, saying “certain conditions precedent” were unfulfilled   —  Prosus Ventures has called off the $4.7 billion merger of BillDesk it announced last year, saying “certain conditions precedent” …

Dan De Luce / NBC News : Kentik: Iran's three main mobile operators shut down service for about eight hours in the evening for 10 consecutive days, causing an uptick in landline traffic   —  Internet freedom activists are scrambling to help Iranians evade Tehran's online crackdown and are urging the U.S. government …

Tristan Fiedler / Politico : NXP Semiconductors' CEO estimates the EU must invest €500B to hit its goal of a 20% global share in chips by 2030, well short of the EU Chips Act's €43B package   —  DRESDEN — The leader of one of Europe's most prominent microchips companies on Thursday warned the bloc's intended investment …

The Citizen Lab : New Pegasus attacks on Mexican activists and reporters from 2019-2021 found using 0-click exploits, after the new president called Pegasus a thing of the past   —  Key Takeaways  — Mexican digital rights organization R3D (Red en los Defensa de los Derechos Digitales) …