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Yahoo News Hezbollah leader vows to retaliate for 2 days of attacks on electronic devices in Lebanon In a televised address Thursday, Hassan Nasrallah said "retribution will come" after attacks on pagers and walkie-talkies carried by members of the Iran-backed militant group this week left at least 37 people dead and thousands of others wounded.

Gaming Lyft's Citi Bike algos was a lucrative side hustle for a while A New York Times Thursday highlighted a lucrative side hustle that is emblematic of the times we live in: gaming algorithms to earn money. In this case, folks figured out they could maximize the payout from Lyft's Citi Bike "Bike Angels" program by taking advantage of a company algorithm used to meet its supply-and-demand needs. The practice of "station flipping" — when one or more bike angels move docked Citi Bikes to a nearby empty station, waited 15 minutes and then moved them back — was quashed over the summer, according to Lyft.

Cruise robotaxis return to the Bay Area nearly one year after pedestrian crash Cruise is returning to the streets of Sunnyvale and Mountain View for the first time since it paused operations in the Bay Area after a robotaxi struck a pedestrian in October 2023. "Resuming testing in the Bay Area is an important step forward as we continue to work closely with California regulators and local stakeholders," the company said in a post on X. "This will allow our local employees to engage directly with our product as they refine and improve our tech through R&D." The decision to bring Cruise's autonomous Chevy Bolts back to the Bay Area comes just a few months after the company reached a settlement with California's Public Utilities Commission.

The Morning After: Our verdict on the iPhone 16 Pro The biggest news stories this morning: Did the design of Nintendo's next console leak? MrBeast and Amazon are being sued by contestants of their planned competition show, all the iPhone 16 and AirPod reviews.

Luminate's hair-saving chemo helmet nears release, as new funding goes toward home cancer care Luminate's wearable device for hair retention during chemotherapy treatment is getting the testing it needs for commercial release, but the startup is already looking ahead to its next goal: powering at-home cancer care. A new $15 million funding round should help it make a start on it. The pitch sounds a bit sci-fi: a helmet called Lily that people undergoing chemotherapy wear to prevent hair loss, which is a common side effect of the treatment.

iPhone 16 Pro Max review: A $1,200 glimpse at a more intelligent future The iPhone is as susceptible to this phenomenon as any device. Unveiled at last week's "Glowtime" event in Cupertino, the iPhone 16 line current occupies a kind of liminal space. The devices' headliner is the addition of Apple Intelligence, an in-house generative AI platform designed to enhance the iOS user experience.

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The Morning After: Our verdict on the Apple Watch Series 10 The biggest news stories this morning: How Google will start helping you figure out which images are AI generated, watchOS 11 is out now, with new Sleep Apnea feature, Trump jumps into cryptocurrency, appears to know nothing about it.