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Woman complains about barking dogs next door—not prepared for what she sees Concerned, the woman even reached out to local animal charities, only to find out the unexpected truth about the noise.

I'm not sure I'll ever get over the reveal in this video, honestly: www.newsweek.com/woman-compla...

The way my jaw dropped

Sam Altman reacts to Elon Musk's reported $94.4 billion OpenAI bid Elon Musk is reportedly leading a group of investors to buy out the nonprofit that runs OpenAI.

Musk has offered $97.4bn to take over OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT.

In response, OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman posted on Musk's social media platform X: "no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want.”

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Shopify tells support staff to give ‘no comment’ on Kanye West Nazi T-shirt - The Logic One former Shopify employee told The Logic it was ‘heartbreaking to see your life’s work perverted by full-on friggin’ Nazis’

Former Shopify employees and execs have denounced the platform for hosting Yeezy’s swastika t-shirts, but reports suggest current employees have been told to give “no comment.”

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Email marketing in 2025 is crazy because a company just suggested a dehumidifier as a Valentine’s Day gift

I don’t pretend to know a lot about American football but Taylor Swift doesn’t play for the chiefs right?

Woman's neighbors fly MAGA flags for years—but they've suddenly disappeared The woman shared her theories with Newsweek about why the flags have been taken in from front yards.

Are people taking down their MAGA flags where you live?

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I'm enjoying Scott Mills on breakfast, but every time they play the birthday game I think it is 3pm which is massively jarring before half 9.

Donald Trump biopic “The Apprentice" has landed two nominations, for Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong. Trump has called those involved with the film “human scum.”

The Best Picture race is between:

Emilia Pérez, Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys, The Substance and Wicked.

Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez," — a Spanish language, French-made film, has dominated Oscar nominations with a respectable 13.

I simply cannot get enough of the unapologetic weirdness of Walter van Beirendonck's catwalk.

> Trump announces goal to put American astronauts on Mars

> Armed forces members who refused COVID vaccine to be reinstated.
> Trump vows to build “strongest military the world has ever seen.”
> Trump adds that his proudest legacy will be as a “peacemaker.”

> Trump says the U.S. will tariff foreign countries leading to “massive amounts of money” pouring into the treasury.
> Brand new department of “Government efficiency” announced.
> Trump says he will sign an executive order to eliminate “all government censorship” bringing “free speech back.”

> Trump is declaring a “national energy emergency,” adding that they will “drill, baby drill.”
> “We will be a rich nation again,” Trump says, adding that they will end the green deal and electric mandate.

More from Trumps speech:

> The “Alien enemies act” of 1798 will be enacted, in a move Trump says will “eliminate” cartels.
> Cabinet will be directed to “defeat rapid inflation.”

Trump, Vance sworn in as 47th president, 50th vice president: Watch live Donald Trump and JD Vance are scheduled to be inaugurated as the 47th president and the 50th vice president on Monday. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

“It’s all about common sense,” Trump says, before moving to say “All illegal entry will immediately be halted” in the U.S.

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The Supreme Court ruled unanimously to uphold a federal law banning TikTok unless its China-based parent company, ByteDance, sells the app by Sunday.

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"Your body, my costume, bro." - Claire’s video and later chat for this story is the perfect mix of parody and protest.

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How you can support animals amid California wildfire crisis A large number of pets were left behind when their human companions were forced to flee their homes due to wildfires.

How you can support animals amid California wildfire crisis

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A passenger on a United Airlines flight captured the raging wildfires in Los Angeles.

LA wildfires force planes to divert as passengers film inferno below "The general mood of the flight got very tense and quiet," a passenger rerouted to land at LAX told Newsweek.

Pictures from the air as wildfires have forced 30,000 residents of the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades to evacuate.

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Is Bluesky set up to deal with misinformation? As the number of Bluesky users skyrockets, how will it handle misinformation and content moderation?

As we chat about this on Bluesky, it’s worth brushing up on the way this platform is moderating content and tackling misinformation… V good piece on that here: www.logicallyfacts.com/en/article/b...

There are concerns this move to being a so-called “free speech platform” will lead to more abusive and fake content on Facebook etc.

Others praising Zuck for the move that reverses what many believed to be “censorship” on Facebook.

“What started as a movement to be more inclusive has increasingly been used to shut down opinions and shut out people with different ideas, and it's gone too far,” Zuckerberg said during an update on Facebook.

Mark Zuckerberg copies Elon Musk as Facebook to become free speech platform Mark Zuckerberg has said he will get rid of Facebook's fact-checkers and replace them with a community notes system similar to the one used by X.

Zuckerberg announces fact checkers are out and community notes are in.

Swapping Clegg with Kaplan in a move that looks to align more closely with the incoming Trump administration.

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Also. The ring the ring the ring 😍😍 5-carats of amazing

Most of my waking hours right now are dedicated to how happy I am for Tom Holland and Zendaya

The most-searched GIFs of 2024 reveal millennials' internet reign is over Terms like "ijbol" and "aura" have gained popularity this year, while "LOL" is on the way out.

📱💬 Is Millennial internet slang over?

GIPHY’s 2025 Trend Forecast revealed Gen Z’s chaotic, meme-fueled language is taking over. Say goodbye to “lol” and “vibes” and hello to “ijbol,” “aura,” and “sksksk.”

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