New Yorkers are about to see another long line. For the first time ever, the South African-born chain Nando’s will set foot in the Big Apple. And our friends from across the pond are calling it an answer to a prayer. Wildly popular in the UK, the Empire State will officially get a taste of such British delicacy — but only for three weeks. Nando’s will do a three-week stint — starting Saturday, June 27 at 341 Broome Street — with free food, music, watch parties, exclusive collabs and more.  Eaters across the city will now be clamoring to get…

IRS chatbots were supposed to reduce phone pressures. But the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, or TIGTA, found the IRS cannot prove they work.The IRS built its chatbot and live-chat programs to do something taxpayers have wanted for years: make it easier to resolve routine tax problems without having…

Each Toy Story sequel invites the question—can Pixar do it again? Is there anything left to say about this world, these characters, after the conclusive ending of the preceding Toy Story movie?With Toy Story 5, Pixar has created another beautifully animated, entertaining film (the studio rarely misses), but I think…

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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democrat Hannah Pingree and Republican Bobby Charles will compete this fall to become Maine’s next governor. Pingree and Charles won their primaries Friday, after the June 9 contests advanced to ranked choice voting. In another ranked runoff in Maine, Democrat Matt Dunlap won the nomination in…

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Governments Are Taking AI Into Their Own HandsOn June 12, the U.S. government suspended foreign access to Anthropic’s two most capable AI models under export control authority. For the millions of international users and institutions building systems on models owned by American companies, the message was immediate and clear: in…

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