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Microsoft Outlook is down. Here’s what we know so far.

Microsoft Outlook appeared to crash on Thursday, leaving lots of people scrambling as the work day began in the United States. Reports of issues spiked on Down Detector around the early East Coast hours. (Disclosure: Ziff Davis owns both Down Detector and Mashable.) Microsoft has not yet posted any public comments to its social media

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100 Best Prime Day Deals Under $100 (2025): LifeStraws, Tech, and More

Prime Day can be overwhelming, especially when trying to find more affordable items to fill your shopping cart with. We’re here to help. These are the best Prime Day deals under $100, from smartwatches to LifeStraws. Interested in finding more great deals? Be sure to check out our full list of the Best Prime Day

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Trump taps transportation secretary Sean Duffy as acting NASA chief

Amidst unprecedented budget cuts and looming layoffs, U.S. President Donald Trump has appointed Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy as acting NASA Administrator. The appointment is temporary, and Duffy will continue leading the Department of Transportation while assuming the NASA role, Trump said in a post on his social media site, Truth Social. “Sean is doing

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Best Prime Day iPad deal: Save $120 on the iPad Mini

SAVE $120: As of July 10, the iPad Mini is on sale for $379 at Amazon. That’s a 24% saving on the list price. Apple products are the star of the show in this year’s Prime Day, with incredible discounts on everything from AirPods to MacBooks. iPads are heavily reduced too, like this latest deal

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Cloning Came to Polo. Then Things Got Truly Uncivilized

To play polo at the highest level, you have to love horses or be filthy rich. Ideally both. A team might field around 40 ponies for each game and draw on a roster of hundreds of potentially playable horses for each tournament. In the gaps between tournaments, top players scour the globe for new equine

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Google brings its AI-powered marketing tools to India after ‘Google tax’ repeal

Google has launched a suite of its AI-powered advertising tools in India, which debuted in the U.S. in May, as the repeal of the so-called “Google tax” has made the South Asian market more attractive to global tech firms selling online ads. In March, the Indian government scrapped its 6% levy on digital advertisements, effective

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Best Prime Day MacBook deals 2025: Prices start at $849

The best Prime Day MacBook deals at a glance: Amazon Prime Day is on from July 8 to 11, and as Mashable’s resident laptop expert, I’m tasked with hunting down the best Apple MacBook deals. My job has been really easy so far: Amazon‘s discounts on the M4 series have been holding strong for a

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Elon Musk Unveils Grok 4 Amid Controversy Over Chatbot’s Antisemitic Posts

Elon Musk on Thursday unveiled Grok 4, the latest AI model from xAI, his multibillion-dollar initiative to rival OpenAI and Google. Without citing detailed evidence, Musk claimed that the model aces standardized tests and exhibits doctorate-level knowledge in a wide array of different disciplines. “Grok 4 is a postgrad-level in everything,” Musk said during an

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Elon Musk’s xAI launches Grok 4 alongside a $300 monthly subscription

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, late on Wednesday released its latest flagship AI model, Grok 4, and unveiled a new $300-per-month AI subscription plan, SuperGrok Heavy. Grok is xAI’s answer to models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, and can analyze images and respond to questions. In recent months, Grok has become more deeply integrated into Musk’s social

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Today’s Hurdle hints and answers for July 10, 2025

If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine. There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it’ll take

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