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Christy Knowings, who starred in all three seasons of 'All That,' has died at age 46. According to Entertainment Weekly, she suffered an asthma attack that left her with brain damage. The actress had been hospitalized for four days until her family made the difficult decision to remove her life support on August 13, as reported by TMZ. Who was Christy Knowings?

Officials in Acton, Massachusetts, say a teenager charged with killing two members of his family was using generative AI chatbot ChatGPT to explore violent scenarios prior to the murders. Arjun Aravind, 17, is accused of killing his 45-year-old mother, Sudha Venkatesan, and 14-year-old brother, Siddharth Aravind, this week. The boy's father was not home when the murders took place.

In a first for the United States, the White House is looking to build an army of private hackers to combat cyberattacks. Outlined in a new presidential memoranda issued Aug. 12, the Trump administration will begin contracting out efforts to curb the actions of transnational criminal organizations (or TCOs) to American businesses.

Say "goodbye" to Mico and a handful of AI tools, Microsoft Copilot users. According to new Microsoft support documents, the tech giant is making major changes to its AI assistant, Copilot. The biggest change to Copilot is that it will no longer exist as separate apps for consumer and business use. Microsoft will merge both the consumer Copilot app and the business-oriented Microsoft 365 Copilot app into a single application.

Park Bo-Kyoung won Best Supporting Actress at the 5th Blue Dragon Series Awards on July 31, 2026, for her role as Jeong Yeo-jin in the Netflix series 'The Art of Sarah.' What captured the attention of fans was not just her victory; it was the reaction of her husband, Jin Sun-kyu. As Bo-Kyoung delivered her acceptance speech, Sun-kyu was seen crying while proudly cheering for his wife. The video quickly went viral, with many calling it a real-life K-drama moment.

Google Pixel Watch 5 price and availability in the UAE: What should you know? Google has officially unveiled the Pixel Watch 5 alongside the Pixel 11 series, featuring a brighter 3,000-nit Actua 360 LTPO display, Qualcomm's Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 Accelerated processor, doubled 64GB storage, and Gemini-powered health capabilities in 41mm and 45mm sizes. It also has a special watch band in collaboration with Stephen Curry. Aug.

Music streaming giant Spotify is stepping up efforts to address synthetic content and improve platform transparency. With a new update, Spotify is introducing dedicated AI Persona badges designed to signal whether an artist's public identity–including their name, profile images, and visual artwork–is AI-generated. The policy update aims to distinguish authentic human performers from synthetic, photorealistic avatars built using generative AI tools.

When Apple introduced the AirTag, it quickly captured the item-tracker market thanks to a seamless integration into the Find My network, leveraging hundreds of millions of active iPhones worldwide. However, the balance of power in tracker hardware is shifting. At its latest hardware unveiling, Google officially launched the Pixel Tag–a $29 stainless-steel item tracker engineered to integrate natively with Google’s updated Find Hub ecosystem.

When two global superstars tie the knot, you expect spectacle. What no one expected was just how iconic the moment would become. Now, Travis Kelce is finally opening up about his wedding to Taylor Swift, and he’s making one thing clear that it was unforgettable. While speaking at the Kansas City Chiefs' training camp, Kelce reflected on the whirlwind celebration that had fans and insiders buzzing for weeks.

It's been two years since Australian Olympic breakdancer Rachael "Raygun" Gunn gained international attention with her kangaroo-hopping performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Now, Netflix's upcoming documentary Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly gives Gunn a platform to address critics and chronicle going viral after her maligned, highly-memed routine won zero points from Olympic judges.