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“Bluesky’s post-election growth spurt persuaded me to give it a second look. It’s much better now. And while I still don’t think Bluesky — or any social media app — will ever fully replace the old Twitter, I get what the excitement is about,” our tech columnist Kevin Roose writes.

Breaking News: Nvidia, which dominates the market for A.I. chips, reported that its profit doubled during the quarter ending in October.

Elon Musk asked X users to submit X-rays, MRIs, CT scans and other medical images to Grok, the platform’s A.I. chatbot, with the hope that if enough users feed the tool with their scans, it will eventually get good at interpreting them accurately. Read more: https://nyti.ms/4fWl5Wo

Walmart has told its workers that it plans to “win” the holiday season. Ahead of the peak shopping period, the nation’s largest retailer appears well positioned, citing “broad-based strength” across its product range.

Substack has tens of thousands of free and paid newsletters on various topics that are published each day, with politics as its most prized category. The platform is increasingly selling itself as an alternative to the decay of social media discourse.

President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to protect Social Security, but many policies he proposed on the campaign trail would put the program's finances on even thinner ice. Experts answered our readers' biggest questions about what could happen next.

A New York Times reporter tested a handful of chatbots to see if they could help improve his dating life. The results were decidedly mixed.

U.S. inflation grew slightly on an annual basis in October, the latest evidence that while cost increases were coming under control, it's not fully back to normal. https://nyti.ms/40KOizq

Consumer sentiment among Republicans has soared to its highest point since Donald Trump lost his bid for re-election four years ago, new data shows. The sentiment among Democrats has dropped to its lowest level since early 2023.

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