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After over 40 years in operation, the last RadioShack store in Maryland is closing. Store manager Cindy Henning, who worked there for three decades, reflected on the joy of helping customers and the legacy left by late owner Michael King: Henning told WTOP she's going to miss it dearly. She's worked there for three decades. "We would have a lot of fun. That was half of our day was to have fun with people and show them how electronics work," Henning said. It was owned and operated by longtime local resident Michael King, who passed away at the end of January at the age of 79. His son Edward has taken over as owner. "It's the end of an era," he said. King said his grandfather owned a TV repair shop in the '50s and then his dad worked with him. They started carrying RadioShack products and grew to franchise three stores in Maryland. The RadioShack franchise first declared bankruptcy in 2015. King said they used the RadioShack name, but they don't have a warehouse in the U.S., so they were buying product from other wholesalers and selling it. "It was fun while it lasted, but it's not the same anymore," King said. "I know my dad realized that." The store's last day is Saturday, April 26.

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Celebrity Big Brother star Chris Hughes made a surprise confession about his relationship with ex Olivia Attwood during Thursday's show.

In the latest episode of Grand Designs, Kevin McCloud reunited with Graeme and Melanie, who appeared in the 2023 season with the hopes of turning a garage plot in Hackney into dream home.

A third official is out at the Pentagon as part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's massive crackdown on leaks.

The 59-year-old shared a photo of what appeared to be two glasses of prosecco under a sunny canopy, as she toasted the decision with her husband Neil.

According to Bloomberg (paywalled), OpenAI is in talks to buy AI-assisted coding tool Windsurf for about $3 billion. "The deal would be OpenAI's largest to date, the terms of which have not yet been finalized," notes Reuters. From a report: Windsurf was in talks with investors such as Kleiner Perkins and General Catalyst to raise funding at a $3 billion valuation, the report added. It closed a $150 million funding round led by General Catalyst last year, valuing it at $1.25 billion.

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Michelle Obama's brother Craig Robinson said in a new episode of their IMO podcast that he didn't think her relationship with Barack Obama would last more than a month.

Washington-based content creator Bry went viral recently after she showed her 13,000 followers the before and after of her filler journey.

Sydney Kelly, 30, was charged with animal cruelty for failing to intervene in the disturbing attack on Friday.

Katy Perry revealed the normal task she started up again following her return from the Blue Origin space launch that occurred earlier this week on Monday.

Bug or migration strategy for New Outlook, we wonder

Far be it from us to suggest Microsoft is trying to force people onto its New Outlook application, but it has admitted Classic Outlook occasionally and mysteriously turns into a system resource hog.…

Extraordinary rendition of data, or just dropped it out of a helicopter?

CIA Director John Ratcliffe's smartphone has almost no trace left of the infamous Signalgate chat – the one in which he and other top US national security officials discussed a secret upcoming military operation in a group Signal conversation a journalist was inadvertently added to.…

A man on the dating app Hinge revealed the massive list of 18 rules a woman he matched with sent him via Reddit, and it sparked immense backlash.

Hollywood might soon lose its title as the entertainment capital, just like Detroit's auto industry has dwindled, according to Noelle Stehman, a writer and producer, who spoke at a recent meeting.

Is that MI in MI308 going to be Mission Impossible?

World War Fee  Turns out Nvidia's not the only chip shop caught in the crossfire of Trump's tit-for-tat trade battle with China.…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Google on Wednesday said it suspended 39.2 million advertiser accounts on its platform in 2024 -- more than triple the number from the previous year -- in its latest crackdown on ad fraud. By leveraging large language models (LLMs) and using signals such as business impersonation and illegitimate payment details, the search giant said it could suspend a "vast majority" of ad accounts before they ever served an ad. Last year, Google launched over 50 LLM enhancements to improve its safety enforcement mechanisms across all its platforms. "While these AI models are very, very important to us and have delivered a series of impressive improvements, we still have humans involved throughout the process," said Alex Rodriguez, a general manager for Ads Safety at Google, in a virtual media roundtable. The executive told reporters that a team of over 100 experts assembled across Google, including members from the Ads Safety team, the Trust and Safety division, and researchers from DeepMind. "In total, Google said it blocked 5.1 billion ads last year and removed 1.3 billion pages," adds TechCrunch. "In comparison, it blocked over 5.5 billion ads and took action against 2.1 billion publisher pages in 2023. The company also restricted 9.1 billion ads last year, it said."

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A discovery made by authorities in Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa's home indicates that one of them may have suffered a minor injury ahead of their deaths

The former Made In Chelsea star, 35, stunned in a tiny blue bikini as she posed for a mirrored selfie in a snap shared to her Instagram.

The England and Everton goalkeeper, 31, took to Instagram on Wednesday to announce the news alongside a slew of sweet snaps.

The 95-year-old actor and his 65-year-old wife were found dead on February 26 at their New Mexico mansion after a contractor and security guard found their mummified bodies and alerted the authorities.