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Onton raises $7.5M to expand its AI-powered shopping site beyond furniture
Onton, which change its name from Deft, is giving users an infinite canvas with AI-powered image generation to nudge them towards making quicker purchase decisions

Kansas attorney general site hosts illicit content in apparent national scam campaign
By Zane Irwin For several days, the official site of the Kansas Attorney General’s Office hosted links to artificial intelligence deepfake software, financial scams and adult sites. On Monday morning, the Kansas News Service accessed PDFs containing instructions for accessing the illicit websites. Documents appearing under the “www.ag.ks.gov” domain name included titles like “DeepNude AI,” […]

Hong Kong retail funds hit record pace, surpass 2024 full-year total
Hong Kong retail funds booked gross sales of US$82.6 billion in the first three quarters of this year – surpassing the full-year total for 2024 – as inflows into fixed-income products surged, according to data from the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association (HKIFA). Gross sales jumped 35 per cent year on year. Net sales reached US$15.7 billion year to date, the highest level in the past decade and 44 per cent higher than a year earlier, exceeding the US$12.3 billion of net inflows recorded for...

Johnson County food pantries say need is surging ahead of holidays, even with government shutdown over
The government shutdown may be over, but even though federal nutrition benefits have resumed, food insecurity is still running at an all-time high this holiday season, say officials at several Johnson County food pantries. People running food distribution sites in Lenexa, Overland Park and Olathe reported no slowdown in either requests for aid or donations […]

12 dead as Hong Kong’s Tai Po blaze raised to maximum threat level

Why this is not just another retail downturn for Hong Kong

Long steps down as football coach at Fremont Ross after 10 seasons

College football rankings start juggling act at 6-7, while top 5 remain the same

High school girls basketball: Finch, Murnen help Whitmer take down Springfield
Madison Finch scored 13 points and Kaylee Murnen added 12 as the Whitmer girls basketball team rolled past Springfield 54-12 in a Northern Lakes League crossover game on Tuesday.

Toledo women’s basketball rallies in 4th quarter to defeat Youngstown State

Bowling Green ends season on high note with rout of UMass

