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News Image Get Your VP Debate Bingo Card Right Here

Vice presidential nominees JD Vance and Tim Walz are debating tonight. Let’s follow along together!

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News Image Bentley Continental GT Speed Hybrid 2025 Review: Prices, Specs, Availability

The addition of electric power not only gives it 50 miles of EV range, it makes the Continental GT Speed the most powerful production car in Bentley’s long history.

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News Image eBay is off the hook for selling harmful products

A US government lawsuit accusing eBay of selling almost 350,000 polluting and environmentally harmful products — including pesticides and “defeat” devices that let motor vehicles evade emission controls — has been dismissed by a federal judge. On Monday, District Judge Orelia Merchant ruled that eBay isn’t liable for items that users sell on the digital marketplace due to civil protections that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provides for online platforms. Under Section 230, online platforms cannot be held responsible for hosted content unless “it assisted in the development of what made the content unlawful.” The lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice last year alleged that eBay had violated the Clean Air Act (CAA)...

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Family of model Ivana Smit, who died suspiciously in Kuala Lumpur, to sue Malaysia gov't

The lawsuit against the Malaysian government which was initiated by Ivana Smit's surviving family will go ahead, their attorney, Sébas Diekstra, announced on Monday.

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Sequoia backs Pydantic to expand beyond its open source data-validation framework

Sequoia is investing $12.5M in UK startup Pydantic to help it expand beyond its open source data-validation framework.

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Invesco raises its valuation of Swiggy to $13.3B

Invesco has raised the value of its stake in Swiggy, ascribing an implied valuation of about $13.3 billion to the Indian food delivery and quick-commerce startup.

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